Pete Puglisi

Experience

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  Pall Corporation

  Jan 2003 - Mar 2015

  Principal Engineer

  Project Management Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities. Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures. Supervise controls and software development efforts on new product releases of direct flow and cross flow micro filtration systems.Innovative Design Developed a standardized modular concept for controlling a membrane based plant.Problem Resolution Directed a strategic initiative to attain a highly standardized global automation solution utilized across a variety of product lines.Develop detailed operational directives to create repeatable, high quality methods for operating and maintaining automation systems throughout the product life cycle.Identify the individual commercial and regulatory needs of each business segment on a global scale to provide highly standardized automation solutions which can be successfully implemented and maintained to improve system performance and reduce costs.Responsible for product planning and execution as it pertains to product life cycle management, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. Global team leader for technical resources to support strategic initiatives relating to product sustainability and growth throughout the organization. Show less

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  North Point Technology, LLC

  Mar 2015 - May 2017

  Engineering Manager

  • Plan and formulate aspects of research and development proposals such as objective or purpose of project, applications that can be used from findings, costs of project, and equipment and human resource requirements.• Oversee key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis. • Select, develop, train and supervise staff.• Develop, determine and implement policies, procedures and programs.• Select correct design concepts and fundamental technology used for new products or improvement for existing ones.• Review and analyze proposals submitted to determine if benefits derived and possible applications justify expenditures.• Approve and submit proposals considered feasible to management for consideration and allocation of funds or allocate funds from the department budget.• Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring projects such as preparation of records of expenditures and research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences to inform management of current status of each project. Show less

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  Great Lakes Cheese

  May 2017 - Oct 2020

  Controls Engineering Manager

  · Manage the electrical design, line controls & automation strategies of the shop floor environments.· Oversee the design, quality, consistency, compliance & execution of control system projects in both cheese making & packaging plants.· Manage a team of controls plant specialists/engineers to successfully execute multiple concurrent projects.· Support the development & implementation of engineering standards, master specifications & best practices· Apply automation solutions to meet site, enterprise & business unit objectives for productivity, quality & cost. Assist sites globally with technical planning, technology assessments, process control troubleshooting, downtime tracking & root cause analysis.· Ensure that automation solutions are compliant to minimize regulatory risk to the business.· Monitor & influence changes in external codes & standards on company's behalf & work to ensure ongoing compliance within.· Collaborate with internal IT resources to design & implement process network infrastructure.· Lead internal plant PLC resources across the enterprise, working collaboratively with plant maintenance mangers.· Specify and procure design controls panels & hardware & Field Instrumentation. Show less

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  Vulcraft Verco - Division of Nucor Corp

  Oct 2020 - now

  Senior Process Controls Engineering Lead

  Coordinate and direct technical resources to support strategic initiatives. Work with cross-functional teams to design, build and rollout innovative products that deliver the company’s vision and strategy.