About

Frank was born and raised in Fox Lake IL He is a product of the University of Illinois Engineering school with a degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering.
He worked for Caterpillar Tractor in Peoria IL, Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids IA, Control Data in the MN twin cities, Storage Tech in Boulder CO, UFE in Stillwater MN and Archive in CA. He is not a job jumper, he is just old!
Formally a Director of Engineering Services, Director of Operations and a Director of Manufacturing Engineering, Frank also managed Configuration Management, Cost Estimating, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering, Pilot Production and Repair Operations. He has contributed as a Design Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.
He started his own business as a consultant, seminar provider and writer. His expertise is renowned in Configuration Management/Engineering Documentation Control.
Frank provided seminars in his field to over 3,500 product manufacturing people thru the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. consulted for over 75 clients in product manufacturing companies and wrote four books in the field.
His most read book - Engineering Documentation Control Handbook is in the fourth edition and has sold over14,000 copies not counting E-Books or the books sold by China as a result of their pirating his rights. He also authored; CM Metrics. CM For Senior Managers, and the EDC/CM Standards Manual.
He coached kids for 26 kid-seasons in four sports and written two "fun books" which are out of print - Out-House Logic and Coaching Kids.
He is now as retired as he will get. He has built a car bridge and helped build a cabin in northern Saskatchewan He is available for email/telephone short questions.

Other Works

  • Engineering Documentation Control / Configuration Management Standards Manual

    2018
  • CM For Senior Mangers

    2015
  • Coaching Kids

    2011
  • Configuration Management Metrics

    2010
  • Outhouse Logic

    2005
  • Engineering Documentation Control Handbook

    1993

Awards and Recognition

  • China has stolen my intellectual property - Their EDC Handbook is always priced slightly under mine. It has a blank/black cover. Has it been withdrawn from the market due to Authors Guild?