Ray Peedin

Experience

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  Energy Conversion Devices

  Jan 1985 - Jun 1989

  Project Manager

  Research and Development in the field of microwave plasma assisted Chemical Vapor Depositions. Characterization of dielectrics; semiconducting and conducting thin films.Designed and built large area research vacuum deposition system(s).Expert in mass spectrometry helium leak detection.Designed and assembled ultra-high purity gas handling systems.Advanced knowledge of microwave propagation, measurement and microwave insertion into vacuum chambers.Participated as team member responsible for design, development, debugging of computer controlled production machine for deposition of electro photographic devices using microwave plasma's. Show less

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  HDS, Inc

  Jun 1989 - Nov 1996

  Production Manager

  Assisted in design and engineering of high volume amorphous diamond coating production machine. Production system utilized reduced pressures and microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.Secured necessary materials and constructed system.Debugged and made required engineering changes for successful optimization of system operation.Performed research and development on various amorphous diamond coating compositions.Responsible for technical support, customer service, machine operation, and maintenance.Trained and supervised machine operators. Designed advanced cleaning procedures for substrates.Maintained computer hardware and software. Show less

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  R&D Water Technologies

  Jun 1996 - Oct 1999

  Project Engineer

  Re-designed water filter to address issues that previously had prevented WQA certification.Direct and coordinate production, processing, distribution, and marketing activities of industrial organization.Review processing schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.Develop and implement production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports, to detect production problems.Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records.Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, and statistical studies. Show less

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  Century 21 Town & Country

  Oct 1999 - Dec 2013

  Director of Information Technology

  Administered PDC, Exchange, SQL, and Print/File servers. Deployed and configured workstations for Administration, Accounting, and 16 remote sales offices multiple times.Supported Great Plains, Microsoft Office, Vipre Enterprise, Websense, Barracuda Web Filter, Symantec Corporate Anti-Virus, PCAnywhere, Profit Power and Relospec. Responsible for monitoring Backup, Anti-Virus, Content and Spam filtering.Interfaced directly with Accounting, Relocation and Administrative department heads to address issues.Provided complete Help Desk/End-User support and troubleshooting for PC hardware, Microsoft Office, other software, and Microsoft Windows operating systems Worked directly with telecommunication companies to provide both voice and data services. Oversaw several network moves related to head-end location changes.Conducted software and hardware research, testing and implementation.Reviewed project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.Managed backup, security and end user help desk for over 1000 end users.Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.Developed computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery. Show less

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  TelecomTechnicians, Inc.

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2015

  Systems Engineer
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  SunTel Services

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2021

  Network Services Engineer
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  Flint Housing Commission

  Sept 2021 - now

  Information Technology Specialist