{"id":510,"date":"2011-02-18T14:36:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/five-questions-friday-with-ed-gebo-"},"modified":"2011-02-18T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T19:36:21","slug":"five-questions-friday-with-ed-gebo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2011\/02\/five-questions-friday-with-ed-gebo.html","title":{"rendered":"Five Questions Friday with Ed Gebo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e2014e8628fca9970d.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gebo_Headshot\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2014e8628fca9970d\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e2014e8628fca9970d-120wi.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Gebo_Headshot\" \/><\/a> Name:&#0160;<\/strong> Edson Gebo&#0160;<strong> <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Owner, Mechanical Designer, SolidWorks Administrator, Eastern SolidWorks User Group Network Representative, Executive Officer of the Connecticut SolidWorks User Group, blogger wanna-be<strong>&#0160;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job description:&#0160; <\/strong>Anything I can get my SolidWorks hands on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:&#0160; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/dddesign\/welcome.html\">Digital Detail &amp; Design<\/a><strong>&#0160;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:&#0160; <\/strong>Southbridge, MA<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Why do you choose to do the work you do?<\/strong> <br \/>I like variety, and being self-employed allows me a greater      freedom to work on many unique projects.&#0160;      Having a good array of industrial experience and extensive      knowledge of SolidWorks helps me complete tasks and add valuable input.&#0160; As a young kid, I loved to take things      apart, so the mechanical side was born early.&#0160; I was introduced to the CAD world around      1985 while attending Worcester Vocational Tech.&#0160; The drafting dept had just purchased an      Apple IIe, with two floppy drives, a monitor with a green monochrome      screen, and a vicious pen plotter that would eat paper without notice.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.What is your proudest career moment?<\/strong> <br \/>Being nominated for Massachusetts Staffing Employee of the year for 2010 was an honor.  Dedication and hard work pays off.  Winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swugn.org\" target=\"_self\">SolidWorks User Group<\/a> leader award at SolidWorks World 2011 isn\u2019t so much of a career moment, but it was truly an honor and a nice surprise.  I put a lot of effort into reaching out to help others, having quality meetings, etc. So my SolidWorks User Group commitments are like my second career, but it\u2019s more like a labor of love, an emotional paycheck.  It\u2019s quite flattering to get recognized for such an achievement.  I was among numerous SWUG leaders that were just as worthy.  I wish I could have shared the award with them all.  To all those SWUG leaders, I applaud your efforts!  Salud!<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZ8tfmS_FjE#t=2m32s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"475\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.What goal of yours inspires you most?<\/strong> <br \/>Saving the world, of course (is it not everyone\u2019s goal?), but I\u2019ll keep it to \u201cmake a difference\u201d and \u201cnever give up.\u201d That seems to be working for me.  As for past goals\u2026when I opted in to run for Eastern SWUGN representative, I vowed in an e-mail to SWUG leaders in the Northeast (some having no idea who I was), that I would become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/support\/797_ENU_HTML.htm\" target=\"_self\">CSWP<\/a> before SolidWorks World. On Sunday morning, before SolidWorks World 2011 officially kicked off, I nailed it!  CSWP was mine!<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.How has SolidWorks made a difference in your life?<\/strong> <br \/>Lots of ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has kept me employed in some capacity even through this tough economy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has allowed me to work on great projects and interesting things<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has opened doors for me career-wise that would not have been open if I were still using 2D CAD<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has made me become a more efficient and better designer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has permitted me to gain self employment<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has helped me network with many like minded users I now call friends to share ideas and collaborate with<\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has allowed me to reach even further to users and leaders via the SolidWorks user group network.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.Do you have a killer SolidWorks tip or trick you\u2019d like to share? <\/strong><br \/>How about in a multi-body part or assembly, if you hold down the shift key, you can pick a surface on a transparent part that has non-transparent parts behind it.  Ultimately, it\u2019s the one that helps the user the most, especially when you hear \u201cahh\u2026I didn\u2019t know SolidWorks could do that\u201d.  Not only is that killer; that just rocks!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e20147e2a97574970b.jpg\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC02881\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e20147e2a97574970b image-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/6a00d83451706569e20147e2a97574970b-800wi.jpg\" title=\"DSC02881\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:&#0160; Edson Gebo&#0160; Title: Owner, Mechanical Designer, SolidWorks Administrator, Eastern SolidWorks User Group Network Representative, Executive Officer of the Connecticut SolidWorks User Group, blogger wanna-be&#0160; Job description:&#0160; Anything I can get my SolidWorks hands on. 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