Mark Simko

Experience

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  Allen Bradley/Rockwell

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

  Rockwell Automation Allen Bradley Technical Support Engineer

  PLC's, AC/DC/Servo Drives, Motion Control, Software.

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  Xerium Corporation

  Apr 2002 - Nov 2015

  Process and Machine Automation Technology/platform selection and design. Capital planning for, and project management of, the expansion, upgrade and replacement of electrical machine controls and plant power systems. Company-wide development and implementation of an automation spare-parts inventory and an electrical controls/power predictive maintenance program. Recent design and implementation of CNC Upgrades for Precision Roll Grinders and Drilling Machines using the Siemens 840D sl CNC Control. Achieved OEM status with Siemens CNC Division. Show less

  • Corporate Electrical and Automation Engineer

    May 2013 - Nov 2015

  • Electrical Controls Engineer and Systems Integrator

    Apr 2002 - Apr 2013
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  United Sortation Solutions Division of Intelligrated/Honeywell Corporation

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Field Service Engineer

  Startup/Commissioning, debugging, and burn-in of large sorting, conveyor, and vertical-lifting systems. Beckhoff TwinCAT and Allen Bradley/Rockwell RSLogix5000 PLC programming. Visual Basic and C# HMI code development. Electrical Control design and modification. Emergency and scheduled field service in continental USA. Technical support of customers such as Amazon Fulfillment, Target, Grainger, Victoria's Secret, and the US Postal System.

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  Targeted Microwave Solutions (TMS)

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  Automation Programmer

  Design, development, programming, validation, and commissioning of large industrial microwave heating/drying process systems (cascaded 125 kW Generators up to 1.25 Mega Watts) using Siemens (Step 7, TIA Portal, WinCC, WinCC Flexible), and Allen Bradley/Rockwell Automation (RSLogix 5000 Designer, Factory Talk Studio, and RSView) platforms. PID closed loop design/optimization/tuning for process control of magnetrons, VFDs, and related components.

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  Mark Simko, LLC

  Aug 2018 - now

  Electrical Design Engineer

  Self-employed Electrical/Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer, Systems Integrator, and Master Electrician/Master HVAC Contractor specializing in Solar/Photovoltaic/Wind Power/HVAC System Design/installation/commissioning.