Summary
Ed Freeland is a seasoned product and manufacturing engineer with 8+ years of focused experience designing furniture, cabinetry, and marine interiors for manufacture. He blends hands-on CAD expertise in Autodesk Inventor and PTC Creo with practical shop-floor collaboration, delivering drawings and on-site solutions that align with mechanical, electrical, and structural systems. Known for driving lean improvements and facilitating kaizen events, he consistently reduces manufacturing cost while improving safety and product quality. His background spans mass-production cabinetry to luxury yacht interiors, giving him a rare mix of volume-manufacturing rigor and custom, owner-driven design sensitivity. Based in New Bern, NC, he excels at bridging design intent and production realities across cross-functional teams. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex system constraints into elegant, buildable cabinetry solutions that keep projects on schedule.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Furniture Design and Manufacturing, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Furniture Design and Manufacturing at North Carolina State University