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CAREER OBJECTIVE:
Skilled designer of electrical distribution and electronic systems for public works, industrial and commercial facilities, rapid transit, theme parks, communications sites, office buildings, and schools. Project manager, systems analyst, and programmer. Want key involvement in design projects.
EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
R. A. Alcalá & Associates, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Electrical Engineer - November, 2002 to present
Designed electrical power distribution facilities and lighting for light rail rapid transit stations and shops, state highways, and athletic complexes.
Published technical paper on lighting strategies for light rail stations.
JOL Enterprises, Yuma, AZ
Electrical Engineer - May, 2002 to October, 2002
Designed electrical power distribution facilities and lighting for athletic complexes and school, office, and commercial buildings.
Bechtel Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Supervising Electrical Engineer - August, 2001 to May, 2002
Reconstituted lost electrical drawings for airport terminals.
Prepared designs for airfield renovation and terminal expansion.
Performed quality reviews for various airport projects.
Supervised designers.
Contractor, Electrical Design, Phoenix, AZ
August, 2000 to April, 2001
Designed medium- and low-voltage power distribution facilities for semiconductor, nuclear accelerator, and aircraft engine plants. Supervised designers. Clients included Industrial Development Corporation/Natural Data and Knight Advanced Technology.
Gray & Associates, Scottsdale, AZ
Electrical Engineer - December, 1999 to August, 2000
Built strong in-house electrical design capability for wireless facilities, greatly reducing outsourcing.
Published technical paper on power requirements of wireless base station equipment, ending client's long-standing uncertainty about facilities specifications.
Developed library of standard drawings.
Supervised and trained junior engineers and designers.
Lamoreaux, McLendon & Associates, San José, CA
Senior Engineer - August, 1999 to October, 1999
Designed communications systems and variable message signs for light rail line. Assisted with final communications testing.
Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix, AZ
Transportation Engineer I - July, 1996 to August, 1999
Designed traffic signal and roadway lighting installations.
Quantified cost benefit of applying LED technology to traffic signals, clearing way for $2,000 annual cost saving per intersection.
Issued paper on drawbacks of reduced urban freeway lighting, leading to recision of State policy.
Devised experiment to characterize damage to traffic signal equipment caused by nearby lightning strikes.
Determined statistical causes of delays in an engineering organization's internal project delivery.
Managed project schedules.
Taught Primavera utilization for project management.
Self-Employed, Scottsdale, AZ
March, 1995 to July, 1996
Wrote, illustrated, and published user manuals for computerized exercise equipment.
Consulting Engineering Group, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Planner - January, 1995 to March, 1995
Constructed relational data base of needs and preferences of 2,000 corporate employees, leading to a detailed parts list of office furnishings needed for campus move/downsizing.
Los Angeles County MTA, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Engineer - November, 1991 to January, 1995
Managed procurement and consulting contracts.
Developed system specifications.
Evaluated proposals and deliverables.
Advised operating departments on technical issues.
Metro Rail Transit Consultants, Los Angeles, CA
Project Integration Engineer - September, 1990 to November, 1991
Coordinated design reviews of stations, tunnels, and systems for Los Angeles subway project.
Southern California Rapid Transit District, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer - November, 1983 to August, 1990
Managed subway signage project and assisted project managers of communications, train control, and passenger vehicle contracts.
Surveyed peer properties and identified technical criteria.
Wrote subsystem specifications.
Saved an estimated $100,000 in construction claims by assuring consistency in system drawing and specification packages.
Scored proposals, selected prime contractors, and reviewed progress submittals.
Evaluated consultants' work plans.
The Walt Disney Company
Engineer and Technical Writer - July, 1979 to October, 1983
Led redesign of collision-avoidance system for Walt Disney World monorail.
Quantified complex signal impedance of rapid transit guideway, enabling precise modeling of technical characteristics and successful system implementation.
Wrote operation and maintenance manuals.
Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Pasadena, CA
Senior Reliability Engineer - January, 1978 to July, 1979
Characterized Deep Space Network equipment reliability and established reliability test methodology.
Wrote mainframe data base routines.
Sparling Envirotech
Engineer
Designed flowmeter instrumentation.
Analyzed solid-state component reliability.
Aeronutronic Ford Corporation
Telemetry Analyst
Analyzed and predicted Deep Space telemetry performance.
Transducers, Inc.
Engineer
Developed industrial instrumentation equipment.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Technical Trainer & Writer
Taught weapon system field and depot maintenance. Wrote related manuals.
Philco-Ford Corporation
Test Technician
Tested Army weapon system production electronic assemblies.
EDUCATION:
M.S. California State University, Los Angeles
Major: Electrical Engineering
Thesis: Macromodels in a General Circuit Analysis Program
B.S. California State University, Los Angeles
Major: Engineering
A.A. East Los Angeles College
Major: General Engineering
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:
Registered Professional Engineer, California and Arizona
Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), inactive
STRENGTHS:
Staff management skills and cheerful persistence in all technical pursuits.
Methodical application of scientific fundamentals to effect solutions to various engineering problems.
Computer literacy in scientific programming, CAD, desktop publishing, and the Microsoft Office PC suite.
Particular ability to seek out and correct technical, presentational, and cross-referencing flaws in construction bid packages.
Superior documentation, publishing, and training skills.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
AutoCAD 2000
CorelDraw
Visio
PowerPoint
QuarkXPress
Microsoft Word
WordPerfect
AGI32
Excel
Access
Primavera P3
FORTRAN
BASIC
ACHIEVEMENTS/HONORS:
LACMTA TEAMETRO Award for Excellence nominee, 1993-94.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT:
National Electrical Code Review, 2002
Fundamentals of Grounding and Bonding, 1998
Fundamentals of MicroStation 95, 1997
Traffic Signal Workshop, 1997
Project Management Team Training, 1996
Total Quality Project Management and Controlling Project Design Costs, 1991
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