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Education:
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
Emphasis on digital Systems and Control
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dean's Honor List
MBA
Troy State University at Dothan
GPA: 3.94
Optical Coating Technology
Continuing Education in Engineering and Mathematics
University of California at Los Angeles
Rubber Technology
American Chemical Society, Rubber Division
Vendor Schools:
IBM: OS/2 System Administrator
Rockwell/Allen-Bradley: PLC, AC Drives
Parker-Hannifin: Hydraulics
Successful Applications:
Automated Systems Design and Integration: Filming and Packaging (up to 18 axis servo), Clean Room Equipment (to class 1), Optical coating, Conformal coating for PC boards, Contaminated groundwater pumping, Urethane wheels (1 per second), Rubber compounding (including process automation and data acquisition), Thin wall latex HV leak testing (1 million pieces per day), Large conveyor system for airbag/explosives manufacturer (1500 I/O), Interfaced PLC's to bar code readers and printers, HIPOT test equipment, PC database applications, SCADA systems. Medical device experience, Disk drive experience, Auto industry experience, Semiconductor wafer experience.
Process Loop Control: Voltage & current, Thermocouple & RTD, Mass flow control, Magnetic pickup for RPM control, Electric servo & stepper motor, IP to steam valve, and Hydraulic servo & proportioning valve. PID tuning theory & practice with manual & auto tune software.
Plant Layout and Facilities Planning: Engineering mgr. for the move of a 52,000 sq. ft. electronics manufacturer. The move occurred on schedule and within budget.
Hardware:
PLC: Application & programming of Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron, Gould-Modicon, IDEC, & TI, both analog & digital I/O. I am fluent in indirect and indexed addressing and user defined data types.
Servo and Variable Frequency Drives: Parker, AB, Toshiba, Emerson, API/PacSci
Robots: Seiko, Adept, Staubli, Denso, Fanuc, Unimation
Vision: Cognex, DVT, Acuity, Automatix
Bar Code: Sick, Microscan, Symbol, Zebra, Accu-Sort, Intermec
Software:
Operating Systems: XP Professional, 2000 Professional, NT, V+, IBM OS/2
Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008, PI System, Access, OS/2 Database Manager – relational database and data historian system integration.
SCADA: Factory Talk, RSView, Citect, Heuristics ONSPEC, ICOM WINtelligent.
Other: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional, Microsoft Project, Excel (using VBA), Microsoft Word, Solidworks, ACAD, RSLogix 5, 500, 5000, Basic, Visual Basic, IPL, ZPL, VAL, Rail, and others too numerous to mention.
Work History (Request Addendum for Details if Required):
For the past five years I've been self employed, doing project management, contract engineering work, and consulting. During my career I've held various engineering positions involving automation design, build, programming, and management. I've worked as an employee for large and small manufacturing companies in various engineering and management positions. I've also worked as an employee for large and small automation companies.
Professional:
SME senior member - Robotics Division, ISA member, The Gamma Beta Phi Society
References:
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