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Trainer biography - Carl Portman
Autodesk-approved AutoCAD trainer, AutoCAD designer, AutoCAD consultant

Carl's career began as a technical apprentice at The Hymatic Eng. Co., a leading aerospace company. At Hymatic, Carl worked in the Production Engineering Dept. designing jigs, fixtures, gauges and machines, initially on a drawing board and then on a mainframe Hewlett Packard CAD system.

In 1987, Carl moved to Seco Tools where he designed special carbide insert cutters; it was here that Carl was introduced to AutoCAD (release 9).

In the 20 years since, Carl's career has been exclusively CAD-orientated. His achievements include:

		Setting up and managing CAD (multiple systems) at one of the country's largest tool design companies, and training senior staff to use the systems.
		Designing complete car plants.

For the last 13 years, Carl has worked as a CAD designer, consultant and trainer. He also lectures in the use of AutoCAD for 3D modelling at a local college (City and Guilds).