SUMMARY:

• A capable and proven purchasing and parts room professional with experience across multiple systems and organizational techniques utilizing continuous improvement, systems development and organization.
• A capable proven natural gas/construction/trucking industry safety solutions professional with a track record of continuous improvement, system development, and organization.
• Technology solutions professional with extensive expertise in all aspects of computer systems development, support, and management. Proven success at developing software, developing systems of validating and verifying software and computer hardware, and developing computer hardware and software life cycles.
• Effectively conceptualizes and develops computer systems and utilizes networks to streamline processes and increase productivity. Proficient at database programming and administration. Experienced at troubleshooting software and hardware issues both inline and in off - line simulated real-life environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people of all ages, backgrounds, and technical ability. Demonstrated electrical/mechanical ability in design, construction, and maintenance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages etc.: LabVIEW, VB6, BASIC, VB.NET, HTML, Wiki, VBA, SAP, Ariba, Coupa, IDBuyDatabases:SQL, SQL Server, Access

Hardware: Allen-Bradley PLCs (SLC 100 through 504, Micrologix), APC Back-UPS, Cannon digitalcameras, Cisco routers, Dell computers, monitors, and DLP projectors, DLink cameras and

Ethernet devices, Fluke meters, Garmin and DeLorme GPS, GORDOS DAQ devices, HPprinters, scanners, and meters, Intel processors and network cards, Linksys routers and switches, National Instruments hardware, Seagate drives, Sony digital cameras, video cameras, laptops, etc., Texas Instruments calculators/keyboards.

Software: Adobe Acrobat and Photo Deluxe, DIAdem, Garmin, Google Earth, Picasa, SketchUp, etc.,Intel utilities, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash, McAffee, Measurement and AutomationExplorer, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Publisher, LiveMeeting, Communicator,and Visio, Printkey, QuickTime, Real player, Roxio, RSLogix and RSLinx, Seagate utilities,Skype, Ulead VideoStudio, Windows Media Player, WinZip, Windows PowerShell, and amultitude of apps for both smart phones and conputers.

Misc: Drill press, grinder, cutoff saw, lathe, manual end mill, CNC end mill, circular saw, reciprocating saw, band saw, welder (stick and MIG), air nailer (roof, stick, finish), HILTI hammers/drill.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Parts Clerk

Responsibilities:

• Organize and keep stock on over 8000 parts needed to keep 7 productions lines running 24/7/365
• Keep a searchable, up to date, inventory spreadsheet that anyone can search to find the location of a part quickly and easily
• Establish and nurture personal connections to suppliers and machine builders around the world
• Become familiar with three separate manufacturing technologies and the parts needed to support each
• Leverage and grow an additional vendor managed inventory (VMI) stock of support parts
• Source and purchase all parts utilizing SAP Ariba EDI, direct credit card purchase, and various internet suppliers leveraging PayPal.
• Continuously improving the quality of parts as well as price by searching out new sources and buying most used parts in bulk
• Record all purchases, inventory, inventory usage, inventory replenishment, supplier statistics, and various other needed information derived from the history of purchase and usage data
• Establish relationships with shippers, brokers, and customs for direct-drive/direct ship, hazardous, NDA, ground, LTL, international, etc. in-bound or out-bound at all hours of the day and night
• Establish and track all critical use parts
• ISN (ISNETWORLD) - Monitor and provide notice when a supplier falls short of what is required to do business
• Keep organized and accurate files on all shipment documents

Confidential, Shinglehouse, PA

HSE (Health Safety Environment) Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked with medical providers all over Pennsylvania and New York states to better and more flexibly provide for the DOT medical needs of the company
• Without a database system to utilize, I leveraged 8 interdependent excel spreadsheets that ran multiple custom VBA macros to track, update, and share relevant HSE data with customers (both internal and external)
• Developed a system that produces relevant, near real-time data from Behavior Based Observations for use in safety program design and implementation
• Transformed a DOT record keeping system into an efficient, effective, and organized system able to meet DOT requirements as well as the needs of the company
• Developed a system of record keeping for all using some existing components (FleetMentor Tracker) as well as VBA custom code to provide accurate, up to date information to supervisors on demand, complete with expiration dates.
• Developed a communication tool to share incident/near miss information and findings with the entire company
• Developed a structure and delivery system for all company weekly safety meetings that should accommodate all of our various work groups
• Leveraged my extensive computer skill set to build added value into many of the systems that I have developed and/or improved
• Developed a system for delivering safety orientation information in the most efficient manner by anyone to anyone
• Was responsible for workers comp, OSHA 300, 300 A, and 301 logs data, delivering safety statistics and other data as requested to customers
• Worked well together with other safety team members
• Responsible for tracking custody and docking of 70 gas detectors using INET
• Managed all operator qualifications and welder qualifications and worked with QA on tracking as well as tracked on systems like Veriforce and PEC as well as DOT.
• Was responsible for FMCSA data and roadside inspection record keeping
• Was developing a system for managing waste, permits, and disposal
• Was in the process of setting up a company-wide wiki
• Was involved in managing data from IVMS systems Geoforce and Omnitracs
• Was working on capturing business intelligence for the HSE department

Confidential, Shinglehouse, PA

IT - Field and office support

Responsibilities:

• Technology Solutions Professional - Industrial automation, software development, data acquisition, SQL database programming and administration, macros/office automation, efficiency/technology leveraging and management, general PC maintenance and upgrades, LabVIEW and VB programming.

Confidential, Olean, NY

Senior Technician - Systems

Responsibilities:

• Created software tools (using LabVIEW and VB6) used to measure, collect data on the process in-line, and simulate various parts of the process off-line for a primary production product tester saving untold losses in tester down time.
• Used database data collected from a primary production tester, made code changes that reduced the test time for each part from 46 seconds to 30 seconds, increasing efficiency by 34.8%.
• Created complex macros in VBA to analyze data that was manually being processed saving ≈80% of the man hours needed.
• Completed two successful international trips to Finland in 2008 to support a newly deployed product that is now on the market.
• Successfully owned a software package (VB6) with 40+ users utilized by Olean and two sister facilities in Wisconsin as well as the accompanying databases used by the software located on two separate SQL Servers located in Olean and Wisconsin.
• Wrote multiple DLLs in LabVIEW and called them from VB6 tester code that improved the efficiency of two sub-processes by 25% as benchmarked by an outside contractor.
• Successfully installed a system documentation wiki where all programmers and maintenance personnel could record activities on all tests, testers, software packages, projects, etc. that was accessible from any web browser 24/7 by anyone in either of the two buildings at the Olean facility as well as from any valid VPN connection.

Confidential

Senior Technician - Product Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Developed code for various testers in the Product Engineering Laboratories as well as the Environmental Stress Laboratory that met the ISO 17025 standard and developed the standard by which to verify and validate the code created; managed code, hardware, and all documentation according to ISO 17025 standard.
• Re-designed and built a 4 station high-voltage test center, complete with PLC control and software for data acquisition that improved the safety as well as the flexibility of the testing available significantly.
• Wrote a software package to process data and create a report from a cornerstone test in the lab that cut the processing time from 2 days to a little over 2 hours and saved ≈85% of the man hours needed.
• Collaborated with marketing on a project using Macromedia Dreamweaver as well as some new data formats to more easily translate laboratory data into marketing data. Received a one-time pay increase as reward.
• Re-designed a high-voltage test station making it safer and more ergonomically correct as well as decreased the time between tests by 50%.
• Analyzed and converted old BASIC programs into LabVIEW code for product development project.
• With safety first and using best practices: ran all wiring, installed all plumbing, designed from scratch, built, and installed unique fixtures/parts, and created corresponding drawings for all activities that I was responsible for.
• Cleaned, repaired, organized, and made functional a previously neglected laboratory so well that plant tours began to include this laboratory.