Alan Mertens is currently a  Senior Mechanical Designer at Sandia National Labs. He's a talented designer, engineer, and thinker.

He taught me CAD fundamentals while I was in high school, pursuing mechanical engineering. Though I did not end up in engineering, I use CAD as a designer nearly every day. Alan's mentorship has been invaluable and it was an honor to get him on the podcast.

A brief overview of Alan's pedigree and some notable accomplishments:

British Aerospace Guided Weapons Division UK - Junior Draftsman

March Engineering Ltd. UK - Designer and Technical Director
- Responsible for the research and development department, wind tunnel models, quality control, and concept design/layout of each new generation of IndyCars (leading to two Championships and five Indy 500 wins)

Galmer Engineering Ltd. (UK) - Owner / Technical Director
Designed and manufactured a prototype Galmer G91 chassis (plus five production models), which went on to win the 1992 Indy 500

Galmer Inc. (US)
Owner / Technical Director, December 2000 to Present
Technical Director of the Galles Racing IndyCar program

https://galmerinc.com/

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