Alexander Schonwetter

A mechanical engineer by training, a draftsperson by certification, an IT specialist by experience, and a web developer by night, I ain't a typical engineer.

I am a passionate, task driven, mechanical engineering technologist. I use my training, passion and experience to push the industry to the next level. I seek to build a better world where manufacturing uses the latest innovations to make industry safer, organized and more modular than ever before.

From an early age, I enjoyed hands-on learning. Using a screwdriver, a set of pliers and the determination of a knowledge hungry student, many household electronics were either subject to a rapid and chaotic disassembly, or in marketing terms an electro-mechanical audit. Much to the chagrin of my parents, a common practice was to find thrown out electronics for me to destroy in their minds for my education. This destruction over time turned into reconstruction and the start of my mechanical and electrical education. Using the internet, and education as a mechanical engineer, I went from seeing cool colorful components on the insides many devices, to understanding from a root level how these devices worked and were made.

Using this tinkering passion, I quickly learned from the ground up how these devices worked from the electrical, mechanical and computational sides. As a result, I am successful in an industrial environment where my friendly and outgoing personality allows me to communicate quickly and effectively to all levels of manufacturing.

This custom built website further explores my skills, experiences and some of the current and future plans I am working on.