SUMMARY:

• Electrical Engineer from Louisville Kentucky with over 8 years of experience of Automotive Tier 1 and OEM and Aerospace with Systems DOD and DOE Experience.
• I am a team player with s in Technical Project Management from the AMA as well as s in producing Results with others and goal Setting.
• Developed numerous specifications and requirements documents throughout my career as well as technical proposal and tech briefs.
• Possess wide variety of client and customer service based assistance and and development as well.
• Worked with varying sized teams to develop new products on both the electrical and mechanical side. Develop using a Risk Analysis approach to use theories and combine research and development to maximize the ROI.
• Identified opportunities to solve customer needs by assisting customers in their designs and I routinely make recommendations to resolve technical issues with customer applications.
• Routinely specify equipment, materials, and supplies required for completion and implementation of technical projects. I participate or facilitate in meetings with management and/or customers to review design concepts and communicate technical information on a regular basis.
• Traveled extensively worldwide to participate in trips to customers to present design concepts and conduct technical review meetings.
• Worked extensively with Process Engineering to establish repeatable processes in new products. I am a seasoned Reliability Engineer who practices concepts such as Worst Case Analysis, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis on a Regular Basis.
• I have knowledge of industry standard simulation programs. I have been involved in electronic packaging.
• Extensive knowledge of software development, as it applies to motion control.
• Plant Manager and Operations Manager throughout my Career as required. I have previous knowledge of EMC requirements and control. I am familiar with MIL spec's and have designed under MIL specifications in the past. I was a Golden Globe winner in 1992 an have excellent communication, presentation and writing skills. I have Military/Aerospace electronics experience. I have extensive Technical Project Management experience. I have numerous years of mechanical experience in a production environment.
• Currently provide extensive technical support and project leadership to many different division of manufacturing worldwide.
• Extensive knowledge of Designing for Manufacturability.
• 8 years of Reliability and Quality Assurance Management experience.
• Performed mechanical and electronic design throughout my career.
• Extensive experience with simulation and simulation testing in both Hardware and Software applications.
• Extensive testing experience and test stand development including of power electronic modules and High Voltage applications.
• Used a wide variety of motor controllers, drives, linear regulators, solid - state switches and relays, and amplifiers in my control system design architecture.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Louisville, Kentucky

Quality OPT Ongoing Product Testing Manager and Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated all phases of OPT (Ongoing Product Testing) including design, testing, analysis, and project management
• Utilize APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) tools, to ensure a robust and cost effective OPT
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC and Program and Commission using Mitsubishi, Omron, Automation Direct, and Allen Bradley / Control Logix PLCs and RS View and Historian for De-Watering Process Equipment and Systems
• Coordinate the development of complex layouts and approve subsequent OPT and fixture and jig drawings
• Create and monitor time lines and schedules according to new product introduction and APQP guidelines
• Design, develop and test controls & software for new products
• Lead OPT teams. Resolve daily OPT issues using re-engineering techniques if needed
• Perform investigative engineering analysis of all types as required.
• Communicate daily with customers and suppliers as technical expert
• Design detailed OPT Plans with Confidential PC platforms for quality and cost and delivery that meet or exceed customer expectations
• Participate in chair design reviews and identify supplier selection and manage RFQ process
• Reported to the Manager, Quality and Engineering Change Management, was responsible for the coordination and evolution of Confidential ’s ongoing product testing quality assurance activities.
• Provided quality and functional evaluation of a wide variety of Confidential products as delivered from their respective manufacturers prior to being shipped to customers.
• Developed product test strategies, processes and procedures that are aimed at ensuring we are shipping defect free products based on a degree of statistical certainty for JIT
• Support PLC Automation for Ford KTP
• Developed and maintained a suitable lab space for conducting testing activities including budgeting for and procuring test equipment
• Audit plant operation and maintenance of testers and provide feedback to operations
• Coordinated and managed the day to day activities of the test team which was primarily be made up of third party contract resources and complete Validation at all plant locations and on-site supplier run offs
• Design control systems for hydraulic and mechanical manufacturing
• Prepared reports and presenting results from product testing activity. AutoCAD LT and Electrical
• Found and highlighted product quality and interoperability issues and reporting findings to the engineering and development teams in order to improve Confidential customer’s quality experience
• Identified opportunities for improvement as it relates to products, packaging and processes
• Participated in root cause analysis and corrective actions with suppliers and Confidential teams
• Design Lighting Systems for Clean Room and Visual Inspection Stations
• Luminance Readings and Recordings and Validation
• Manage and Provide Documentation Library
• Involved in fixtures, DFA, equipment, PFMEA, ergo, MTM, line balancing, tooling, and molds

Confidential, Springfield, Tennessee

Power Train Cooling APQP Program Manager and OPT / Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated all phases of product development including design, testing, analysis, and project management
• Utilize APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) tools, to ensure a robust and cost effective product design
• Participate in chair design reviews and identify supplier selection and manage RFQ process
• Involved in fixtures, DFA, equipment, PFMEA, ergo, MTM, line balancing, tooling, and molds
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC and Program and Commission using Mitsubishi, Omron, Automation Direct, and Allen Bradley / Control Logix PLCs and RS View and Historian
• Coordinate the development of complex layouts and approve subsequent part and assembly drawings
• Create and monitor time lines and schedules according to new product introduction and APQP guidelines
• On-site supplier run offs
• Ensure commissioning and installation meet design and Manage and Provide Documentation Library
• Design, develop and test controls & software for new products. AutoCAD LT and Electrical
• Support PLC Automation
• Lead product development teams. Resolve daily product development issues using re-engineering techniques if needed
• Perform investigative engineering analysis of all types as required for JIT.
• Communicate daily with customers and suppliers as technical expert
• Validation at all plant locations
• Audit plant operation and maintenance of testers and provide feedback to operations
• Design detailed CFM's aligned with JE PC platforms for cost and delivery that meet or exceed customer expectations

Confidential, Kellogg, Louisville

Nuclear Production & Procurement Manager& Electrical Engineer & Applications Developer & Controls Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead and directed continuous technical improvements of the equipment in support of plant business goals.
• Drove asset optimization practices through reliability simplification, standardization, and automation Drove KPIs related to Engineering reliability
• Responsible for changes to Equipment Maintenance Plans (EMP) based on data analysis of failures
• Developed equipment / components standards for reliability and maintainability
• Implemented and followed all job related ISO 9001 standards
• Design and Select the appropriate Hardware from the Allen Bradley Rockwell Library depending on the job application, accuracy and Speed required from the Scope of the Project and types of IO to be utilized.
• Once selected Develop System Level Drawings and Block Diagrams to emulate the System and create Sequence of Operation on the types of IO and IO count and HMI and Communication Method and Accuracy are decided.
• Develop the Panel Layouts and Schematics necessary to Commission the project.
• Develop the Startup Logic and selected PLC Logic to emulate the Sequence of Operation.
• Run Simulation Test and Exercise all the IO and Develop the necessary HMI Screens with a Panelview or Panelbuilder Architecture that best fits the Users.
• Install and Debug the Installation after Commissioning till Project Scope and Requirements are satisfied
• Worked with capital project teams to ensure maintainability and reliability are integrated in all capital projects.
• Lead development of plants predictive maintenance programs.
• Performed Life Cycle Cost analysis, leads RCM, FMEA, and other Root Cause Analysis Efforts
• Support PLC Automation
• Responsible for the management of the onsite technical staff to include a team of test technicians and engineers, condition of the Production facilities and recommendations for improvements, and actively participate in the Staff Continuous Improvement Program. AutoCAD LT and Electrical
• Ensure the test technician(s) understand the assignment and is aware of schedule requirements associated and agrees to perform all assigned activities. Prepare and maintain corporate planning & scheduling programs
• Provide timely status of transformer testing, dedication and production
• Prioritize testing schedule to meet customer needs and part availabilities
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC
• Communicate with technicians, engineers, shipping & receiving to ensure manning, test equipment and product issues are resolved in a timely manner
• Meet with mechanical engineers, project engineer, customer and DTE management to discuss the design and function of the customer machine
• Technical excellence, by virtue of experience, or interest. Responsibility to develop, mentor and train others in the department in that area
• Assess all project changes to determine their impact on the project and take appropriate measures to reflect the changes in the project budget, schedule and manpower requirements
• Provide suggestions for future standards and process improvements for the department

Confidential, Tennessee

Senior Reliability Engineer and Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Reliability Engineering for all Plants locally and abroad
• Develop programs and material for business users and technical staff of the application
• On-site supplier run offs
• AutoCAD Electrical for Schematics and Manage and Provide Documentation Library
• System Development Life Cycle creation and documentation and maintenance HTML AutoCAD LT
• Validation at all plant locations
• Energy Savings and Power Factor Analysis. Utility and Maintenance Savings with Predictive and Proactive Measures
• Support PLC Automation

Confidential, Florida

Technical Project Manager and Electrical Engineer and Developer (Testing / Quality / Reliability)

Responsibilities:

• Software Mechanical and Electrical and Reliability Engineering and DCS interfacing procedures
• Manage existing product lines
• Develop and implement equipment modifications and/or replacements and Tech Briefs
• Large-scale information technology Project Electrical and projects Microsoft Office Suite
• System Development Life Cycle creation and documentation and maintenance
• Manage technical staff and Manage and Provide Documentation Library
• Ensure that personnel performing safety analysis and V&V activities are sufficiently independent of the design activities for the application in question. AutoCAD LT and Electrical
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC and Program and Commission using Mitsubishi, Omron, Automation Direct, and Allen Bradley / Control Logix PLCs and RS View and Historian
• Ensure technically competent personnel perform safety analysis and V&V activities
• Design control systems for hydraulic and mechanical manufacturing
• Ensure commissioning and installation meet design
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC

Confidential, Orlando, Florida

Senior / Quality / Validation / Sustaining / Reliability Engineer and Electrical

Responsibilities:

• System performance and robustness, Temperature, humidity, air flow, pressure, and other devices, monitoring and performance verification of the system under actual running conditions.
• Sampling methodologies using digital controllers
• Ensure that personnel performing safety analysis and V&V activities are sufficiently independent of the design activities for the application in question.
• AutoCAD LT and Electrical
• SDG liaison to the project Integrated Safety Analysis group for Lasers for Tech Facts
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC and Program and Commission using Mitsubishi, Omron, Automation Direct, and Allen Bradley / Control Logix PLCs and RS View and Historian
• Design control systems for hydraulic and mechanical manufacturing

Confidential, Largo, Florida

Operations Manager and Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Custom Reliability and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
• Quality Controls Expert for custom automation and test equipment machinery for automotive and medical industries
• Coordinated system, sub system and integration/test of total system for Tech Facts for JIT
• DOD and DOE and Homeland Security Systems Development and Project Electrical
• Worked on Setting up Configuration Management System Implementation and developed and re-wrote Technical quality documents for most operations. AutoCAD LT and Electrical
• Lighting Design for Automotive In Line Manufacturing Vision Systems
• Support PLC Automation
• Design and Select the appropriate Hardware from the Allen Bradley Rockwell Library depending on the Job Application and Accuracy and Speed required from the Scope of the Project and types of IO to be utilized. Once selected Develop System Level Drawings and Block Diagrams to emulate the System and create Sequence of Operation. On the types of IO and IO count and HMI and Communication Method and Accuracy are decided.
• Develop the Panel Layouts and Schematics necessary to Commission the project.
• Develop the Startup Logic and selected PLC Logic to emulate the Sequence of Operation.
• Run Simulation Test and Exercise all the IO and Develop the necessary HMI Screens with a Panelview or Panelbuilder Architecture that best fits the Users.
• Install and Debug the Installation after Commissioning till Project Scope and Requirements are satisfied
• Ensure commissioning and installation meet design and Manage and Provide Documentation Library

Confidential, Oregon, Illinois

Electrical Engineer and Technical Services Engineer

• Mechanical and Reliability and Electrical Engineering for Product Design and Project Electrical of Pneumatic and Electronic Valving and Fixtures Utilizes the following processes in daily operations: Kanban, lean cell automation designs and production processes, visual aids, kaizen and special task force teams, and six sigma analysis and evaluation for JIT
• Design control systems for hydraulic and mechanical manufacturing
• Ensure commissioning and installation meet design
• Design Panel Layouts, Hardwire, HMI, and PLC
• AutoCAD Electrical for Schematics
• Responsible for all robotics and testing and test equipment throughout facility for Tech Facts
• High Volume Manufacturing Systems and Automation and Test Equipment qualification documents and Tech Briefs
• Ensure commissioning and installation meet design
• Support PLC Automation
• Develop and qualify all test equipment utilizing the following software programs, Steeplechase, Schneider Electric, Visual Basic, VB.NET, ASIC, National Instruments, Labview, RS SQL, MS SQL, and Test Stand
• Involved in fixtures, DFA, equipment, PFMEA, ergo, MTM, line balancing, tooling, and molds
• Design, select, test, programming, standards, and debug with Allen Bradley PLC’s and associated software and peripherals and Lighting Design for Automotive In Line Manufacturing Vision Systems
• Design and Select the appropriate Hardware from the Allen Bradley Rockwell Library depending on the Job Application and Accuracy and Speed required from the Scope of the Project and types of IO to be utilized. Once selected Develop System Level Drawings and Block Diagrams to emulate the System and create Sequence of Operation.
• On the types of IO and IO count and HMI and Communication Method and Accuracy are decided. Develop the Panel Layouts and Schematics necessary to Commission the project.
• Develop the Startup Logic and selected PLC Logic to emulate the Sequence of Operation.
• Run Simulation Test and Exercise all the IO and Develop the necessary HMI Screens with a Panelview or Panelbulder Architecture that best fits the Users.
• Install and Debug the Installation after Commissioning till Project Scope and Requirements are satisfied
• On-site supplier run offs
• Technical writing/documentation of ISO 9001 and QS 14000 procedures. AutoCAD LT
• Audit plant operation and maintenance of testers and provide feedback to operations
• Responsible for Customer Quality for all New Product Lines and some pre-existing lines that developed new part numbers or Customers and Manage and Provide Documentation Library
• Resolve issues, identify issues, program quality specifications, program timing, program documentation, and resolve any outstanding technical concerns. Perform Customer PPAP’s, APQP, and PSO’s
• Participate in chair design reviews and identify supplier selection and manage RFQ process
• AutoCAD Electrical for Schematics
• Work with integrated circuits and PC based board controllers and Adept and Motoman and Bosch and Yamaha and ABB and Fanuc robots
• Validation at all plant locations