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2016 SUMMIT – Made in Washington -Recreation Manufacturing Panel Moderator Ray Blotteaux

January 27, 2016 by Todd Elsworth

Ray Blotteaux is the owner and President of Transition Composites Engineering (TCE). Founded in 2007, TCE is a veteran owned small business located in Ferndale, WA.

Mr. Blotteaux has nearly 30 years of composite product development and manufacturing experience in the US, Mexico, Asia, Canada, and Europe.

Ray has a unique combination of analytical and hand’s on skills. He is intimate with all of the steps required to take a new idea for a composite product from concept to mass production.

From a single prototype, to factories fabricating 30,000 pieces per month, Mr. Blotteaux’s experience runs deep.

Ray has product and process development experience in the following industries:

Medical

o Orthotics and Prosthetics

o Bone models

o Device prototypes

Sporting Goods

o Hockey shaft and blade development for Reebok, CCM, Koho

o Bicycle frames for Trek Bicycle

o Baseball and lacrosse

Aerospace

o Primary structures

o Flight controls

o Flight test engineering

o Crash damage and battle damage repair

Infrastructure – large filament wound and pultruded poles and tubes

Mr. Blotteaux has been awarded several US and international patents. He has been an adjunct faculty member and research advisor at Western Washington University since 2005.

Ray holds a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University in 1992 and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1985.

Ray spent 8-years in the US Air Force as an aerospace engineer with experience in structural design, process development, flight test, and battle damage repair. He served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

 

Todd Elsworth

Todd Elsworth is one of the many “Mossy-haired lunatics roaming the dripping peninsulas”, described in “I’m Here for the Weather” by Tom Robbins. As executive director, he works to fulfill our mission to teach the health benefits of nature, promote outdoor recreation, and steward the places where we play.

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