Experience

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  Spang & company

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1983

  Intern

  Summer Intern at an Electronic Component Manufacturer. Given small jobs such as cross reference charts to competitior products, made sample kits for potential new customers, unique product testing, draft responses to customer inquiries, and some process automation.

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  General electric

  Aug 1984 - Oct 1997

  Team member in the development of a PLC based control package specifically designed for injection molding, blow molding and co-extrusion manufacturing. Assigned to a design team at GE Fanuc (GE PLC’s) to develop hardware products specifically targeted for the plastics industry. Developed a self-tuning PID temperature regulator using the critical frequency method. • Provided technical and managerial support on difficult field startups and technical sales support to assure customer confidence in GE products and systems. Show less • Designed control systems for numerous automation projects from kickoff through onsite startup. Involved in several manufacturing industries such as Steel, Automotive, Appliances, Food container, Plastics, Machine Tool and Material Handling. • Troubleshooting skills and application concepts acquired during this period have provided a solid foundation and problem-solving resource.Skills acquired at GE: GE Drives (DC - SCR based), PLM80, Assembly (8088, V25), GEFanuc PLC’s (Series Six, 90/70, 90/30, Genius I/O), GE Cimplicity (MMI), MSOffice, Encoders, Resolvers, Temposonics, Hydraulic Systems, Serial Communication, In-circuit emulation, Control system theory, PID Loop control, Stepper and servo motion control, hydraulic and pneumatic cylinder control, circuit board design. Show less

  • Project Manager - Installation & Services Engineering (I&SE)

    May 1995 - Oct 1997

  • Product Development Engineer - Application and Technology Center

    May 1991 - May 1995

  • Systems Engineer - Custom Automation Services (CAS)

    Aug 1984 - May 1991
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  Anchor hocking glass

  Oct 1997 - Feb 2008

  Responsible for all the electrical and mechanical maintenance, automation, manufacturing and control systems for a 24/7 manufacturing operation with an extreme hands-on culture. • Tracked budgets, oversaw maintenance department staffing requirements, assisted with day to day issues, coordinated capital improvements, eliminated downtime through continuous improvement activities. • Managed 4 direct report engineers for the facility with over 26 PLC based control systems on 8 manufacturing lines. Majority of capital improvements were done with in-house resources. Show less Responsible for supporting manufacturing, system upgrades, retrofits, and process improvements. Was the only EE onsite during this period.• Converted 7 of 8 manufacturing lines to PLC based control systems consisting of 1 PLC, at least 2 coordinated AC drives, 100 I/O points, 10 HMI screens, and several pushbutton stations. • Networked all PLC and HMI based systems. • Added machine diagnostics to all PLC based systems to minimize downtime and off shift phone calls. • Introduced AC Servo technology to the facility including conversion of 2 drive systems from AC motor to AC servo.Skills Acquired at Anchor Hocking: A/B Drives and Servos (AC Inverter), PLC’s (RSLogix 5,500,5000), PanelViews, Intellutions FIX32 MMI, OPC, DDE, MS Access, Visual Basic 6.0, Multi-axis pick and place and Arc Flash analysis. Also developed a strong appreciation of the demands of a 24/7 manufacturing operation. Show less

  • Engineering Manager

    Oct 2003 - Feb 2008

  • Manager of Process Developement and Major Projects

    Oct 1997 - Oct 2003
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  Westinghouse electric company

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2017

  Principle engineer

  • Worked on several new and retrofit projects related to Nuclear Plant monitoring systems. Involved with hardware design, cabinet design, software interface, test validation, software releases and issue tracking. Was onsite during 4 refueling outages when systems were installed and commissioned. Typical system consisted of 3,000 to 5,000 I/O signals and 15-25 cabinets.• Developed a process to automatically generate AutoCAD drawings from a project specific database in seconds per page. Drawing packages included I/O loop drawings, Cabinet layouts, Cable Block diagrams, and Cable Connection Diagrams. Drawing packages ranged from 50 to 5000 pages. Utilized the same technology to generate documents for I/O testing based on database point configurations. The results reduced man-weeks of effort on each project it was utilized. Process has been used on every major DCS project since initial deployment (including all 6 new plant projects). Process included I/O database validation, cabinet configuration audits and I/O test data sheets. Process involved 2 applications, and over 30,000 lines of VB code developed myself over a 4 year period. Nominated for a Westinghouse Innovation award. Discussed the technology with inhouse patent attorneys for patent consideration. Show less

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  The oneida group

  May 2017 - Sept 2019

  Senior manager of automation and inspection

  Technical advisor to the VP of operations regarding automation and process improvements, capital projects, and overall factory support. Current focus is on electrical and automation improvements to support new products and downtime avoidance.

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  Shasta services. division of tms international

  Sept 2019 - Oct 2023

  Senior automation engineer

  Working with metal processing in the aircraft and aerospace industries. Focusing on process improvements and operation efficiencies through process control and automation.

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  Cdmg engineering

  Oct 2023 - now

  Senior controls and automation engineer

  Technical lead for the Automation group. Assisting and mentoring younger engineers and supporting the group on various projects.