Quantum Leap Associates, Inc.

 
 
T E C H N I C A L   C A P A B I L I T I E S

 CAD/CAE | OPERATING SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION | PROJECT MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
| MARKETING | TRAINING | SPECIAL PARTNERSHIPS



CAD/CAE System Administration

General Capabilities

                
  • Software Installations & Updates
  • Administration of S/W Maintenance Contracts
  • License Administration, Management & Gathering of Usage Metrics
  • Documentation of Software Inventories for Expense Reduction
  • Plotter Support
  • Troubleshooting
  • Orchestration & Management of User Advisory Groups
  • Data Translation (IGES, STEP, VRML, DXF, SLA, etc.)
  • Creation of Batch Scripts for Remote Rendering (Alias)
  • Data Management & PDM System Administration
  • Migration of Legacy CAD Data (EMS to Microstation)
  • Customization & Site Standardization
  • General User Support
 
 

Experienced with the following commercial CAD / CAE systems:

                
  • Pro/ENGINEER
  • Unigraphics
  • Alias / Wavefront
  • MSC / Patran
  • ICEPAK
  • EMAS
  • Maxwell
   
 

Experienced with the following commercial license manager

                
  • FLEXlm

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Project Management

General

                
  • Process Improvement & Cycle Time Reduction
  • Implementation Planning

Standards

                
  • Standards Implementation
  • Global Site Coordination & Standardization
  • Creation of New Part Release Procedures

Documentation

                
  • Technical Documentation & Writing
  • Capturing & Documenting of Major Accomplishments (Warboards)
  • Web Based Dissemination of User Support Info

Special Projects

                
  • Y2K Project Management & Remediation
  • Benchmarking of High Performance Computing
  • Porting of Specialized FORTRAN Code to Different UNIX Platform

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Operating System Administration
(UNIX, Windows NT and Macintosh)

Specific Hardware and O/S Experience

                
  • Silicon Graphics (IRIX)
  • IBM (AIX)
  • HP (HP-UX)
  • Sun Microsystems (Solaris)
  • Microsoft Windows (NT 4.0, 98)
  • Apple Macintosh (MacOS)
   
 

Additional Skills and Experience

                
  • TCP/IP Networking
  • X Windows, NFS, NIS
  • Shell Scripts (Ksh, Csh)
   
 
General Capabilities and Examples of Typical Tasks Performed
 
                
  • O/S Installations & Updates
  • Documentation of Network Topology
  • Troubleshooting
  • User Administration
  • Development and Rollout of Standards
  • Printer/Plotter Setup and Administration
  • Disk Management
  • Capturing of CPU Uptime & Performance Metrics
  • Creation & Documentation of Procedures
  • Coordination of Hardware Upgrades with Vendors
  • Network Performance Troubleshooting
  • Management of Hardware & Software Maintenance Contract
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Management

General

                
  • Recruiting, Hiring & Management of Technical Staff
  • Performance Reviews & Documentation
  • Building Healthy Relationships w/ Vendors, Suppliers
  • Conflict Resolution Between Employees

Financial

                
  • Budgeting
  • Expense Tracking by Discipline

Leadership

                
  • Development & Team Building
  • Implementing Reward and Recognition Programs

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Marketing & Marketing Support

Sales & Marketing

                
  • Sales
  • Prospecting
  • Large Account Management

Technical Support

                
  • Pre-Sales Support
  • Post-Sales Support
  • Demos
  • Trade Show Support

Miscellaneous

                
  • Customer Satisfaction Quality Management
  • Web Site Development
    (in conjunction w/ Cyberworks Inc.)

 

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Training

Customized Classes

                
  • Customized Course Development for Pro/ENGINEER Training
  • Custom Delivery of Training
  • Post-Training Evaluation Questionnaires
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Special Partnerships

We have partnered with these vendors to provide specialized service

                
  • CADTRAIN for their Computer Based Training Product
    "COAch for Pro/ENGINEER"

     
    Codtrain

  • Prescient Technologies for their "DesignQA" Product for 3D Model Verification and Optimization
     
    Prescient Technologies


  • Cyberworks Institute and Anthill.com for creation and hosting of customized, secure web sites (including e-commerce)
     
    Anthill
     
    Cyberworks Institute
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