Technical Manager Resume
SUMMARY:
- Dynamic, dedicated engineering professional with 25+ years of international experience and proven record of delivering multifaceted projects on time and within established budgets. Entrepreneurial outlook and a motivational leader, skilled at empowering employees to develop individual aptitudes while collaborating as a unit.
- Expert communicator, adept at making complex technical information accessible to diverse constituencies of internal and external business partners. Well - earned reputation for strong work ethic, high energy level, and consistent commitment to corporate success.
- Proven ability to establish and grow mutually beneficial relationships with key clients.
- Consistent record instituting business practices that cut costs and minimize risk.
- Demonstrated capacity to identify opportunities for automation and develop innovative, profitable solutions.
- In short, I am very dedicated to my work and don t let go until it has passed the finish line.
- I take all the help I can get and know how t o get it from suppliers and manufacturers or colleagues, which I blend with my deep and broad competence within Industrial Automation & IT.
- I have always been mentoring younger engineers and others with hands on or training seminars.
- The value of working as a Team and how to push forward has always been a corner stone in my career.
- How to meet and exceed expectations is something that I value very high, internally as for customers. Personally, I like a dynamic environment and don t hesitate to learn something new by doing research, reading and do operative work (such as design- and functional- specifications, program, FAT, SAT, Commissioning, Validation and Documentation).
- Humor is also important, as I believe it releases and opens your mind.
- I strive to balance economy, efficiency, quality and the right applications or products in every project I have had the chance to influence. I follow the idea to get the most out of the investments at the right price when applicable.
- Industrial Automation Project Management Strategic Leadership
- PLC s & PAC s HMI/SCADA Motion Control Vision Historians based on OSI Soft PI Reporting Tools Databases Microsoft Office Tools AC Drives, DC Drives and Servo Motors Risk Analysis Quality Control Production Optimization Efficiency Enhancement Six Sigma OEE Sales GMP, GAMP CFR part 11 Marketing Client Relations Customer Training Mentoring Oral/Written Communication
SELECT COMPUTER SKILLS:
Hardware: Switches, Routers, General Networking, Server - Client etc.
Software: Microsoft Operating Systems, Microsoft Office Suite/ Tools, Lotus Notes. VMWare vSphere, Citrix, TeamViewer.
Programming Languages: Assembler, Basic, Pascal, Visual Basic, C++ (fair)/ ANSI C. VBA (with Excel object model and ADO), Python, Java scripting
Networks: TCP / IP wired / wireless, Field/ CAN/ CIP/ Sercos buses delivered either by ABB, SattControl, Rockwell, Siemens Mitsubishi and Omron, Soft networks such as OPC UA/DA and DDE plus gateway, Profibus DP, ProfiNet, Modbus TCP, CNet, ENet, DNet, RIO, DF1, DH485,Built and sold drivers created for Ethernet-IP and an OPC Clients in VB.
Databases: MSSQL Server, DB2, MS Access etc. T-SQL programming.
HMI/SCADA: MasterView, IFix, Fix, WinCC, TIA, RSView32, FTView SE/ME, Ignition (ongoing) etc.
Batch & Recipe handling: Mainly RSBatch and Siemens (Older version with PCS7)
Historians: iHistorian, FT Historian, FT Transaction Manager (RSSQL.)
Reporting SW: VantagePoint, Ignition, TrakSys, MSSQL (T-SQL)
Operator Panels: PanelView, PanelViewPlus, Siemens (ProTool SW), ABB (CP series), Modicon (Beijer) etc.
Vision: Mainly Common Vision Blox CVB and some Adept Vision. Plus general configurable Vision products.
PLC/ PAC: PLC2, PLC3, PLC5, SLC500, All of Logix family (RA), S7/ S5 (Siemens), Modicon, Omron ABB’s Masterpiece200 & 800XA etc. Good understanding of Honeywell/ RA (PlantPax).
Motion Control: Delta Tau, ABB, IMC-S Compact (Rockwell), IMC servo for PLC5 and SLC500, 1394 Kinetix, Ultra Drives, Adept
Motion Analyzer: Software for design and dimensioning.
Motor Drives: Servo, Stepper, AC (Low/ Medium Voltage), DC, Softstarters. RA, Siemens, ABB Reliance, ElectroCraft etc.
Language skills: English, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Incl. some German.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Technical ManagerResponsibilities:
- Technical managerBuilding automation.
- Bacnet, Profibus PA.VFD’s, and Servo motors for elevators.
- Integration of electrical equipment and first serve basis application via their homepage applications.
- Plus preventive maintenance on sensitive areas, via automated text messages to maintenance of status.
- Tolerance warnings and failures.
- Oil, greasing, motors, and Drives, valves, etc.
Confidential
Sr Engineer Automation & IT including consultancy
Responsibilities:
- Worked with Server virtualization and MS SQL server. (VMWare-vSphere technology).
- Various reporting services (Excel etc.) to client computers connected to the SQL server, in both MIS & MES fashion.
- LabView as an early control interface to various measuring equipments, FEM analysisbefore standardizing on control interfaces like Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC’s). Contractual hire.
Confidential
Technical ManagerResponsibilities:
- Working mainly with Siemens PCS7/S5, WinCC, IFix, Modicon, Omron etc, Database reporting and auditing/ versioning tools.
- Successfully acted in a project of approximately 3000 I/O:s in an environmentally controlled facility system. Pressure, temperature, humidity, particle measurements and air flow controls basically.
- To facilitate environmentally controlled and monitored systems to production equipment.
- Reporting tools from different databases.
- GMP, CFR part 11, GAMP, in all cases followed with CAPA’s and CC’s.
Confidential
Technical ManagerResponsibilities:
- Provider of Industrial IT & Automation consultancy services.
- Focus mainly in Life Science as a Sr. Consultant. GMP/ GAMP, CFR part 11, etc.
- I.e. working for Astra Zeneca and Confidential Medical Optics within engineering, project management etc.
- Later recruited by Confidential see above.
- Automotive industry, Scania.
Tool: ing, Sandvik.
Confidential
Technical ManagerResponsibilities:
- Provider of Industrial IT & Automation consultancy services.
- Consultant and owner.
- Various smaller projects for about 8 months.
- As ScanCoin, Optronics, Valmet etc. Mostly RSLogix 5K and VB programming.
- Built an OPC client in VB for communication with ControlLogix controllers.
Confidential
Commercial Engineer IA
Responsibilities:
- Contributed to development of Integrated Architecture business by leveraging sales expertise. Evaluated unique needs of each client and proposed appropriate solutions for discrete or process control. Conducted training seminars for customers and internal technical engineers. Resolved escalated technical support issues.
- Provided guidance and mentoring to teams of 10 - 12 employees.
- Delivered new business by expanding into energy and building automation markets.
- By selling new products for the Scandinavian market.
- Such as power monitors, PLC s and remote I/O and AC drives over EtherNet-IP either wireless or wired.
- Generated significant revenues by completing projects for high-value clients including OEMs and machine-builders.
- Most often by completing pilot projects with success and the use of Rockwell s IA concept to reduce time and objectification.
- Grew mature accounts by providing attentive, effective customer service.
- By calls, information or with cooperation with the regional salesmen.
- Enhanced quality of customer service by fostering productive collaboration between sales and technical personnel.
- Training, seminars, help guides and discussions before releasing proposals.
- Improved operations with design of innovative processes and systems for both internal and external customers.
- Built tools to get faster to results and routines for each project.
- Streamlined processes and enhanced quality of service by developing quick guides with tested code to address recurring escalated technical issues.
- Represented company at key industry events, such as Confidential and RSTeched.
- Played key role in launch of Confidential office.
- In certain cases their key customers.
Confidential
Regional Manager
Responsibilities:
- Recruited and hired high - performance personnel.
- Oversaw sales, marketing, and operations functions of business unit.
- Established and maintained relationships with clients.
- Identified and developed opportunities to cut costs and boost efficiency through process improvement.
- Coached project leaders.
- Grew sales to approximately 10 million SEK within 2 years of opening business unit.
- Achieved region s highest profit margin with projects and consultancy added to services.
- Mitigated impact of market instability by offering a mix of contracting and consulting
- Services. This concept was later copied by all regional offices.
- Cut costs, improved operating efficiency, and minimized risk by establishing certified team of project managers and by standardizing tools and programming.
- Contributed myself as a consultant, creating client partnerships.
- Mentor and trainer for project managers and engineers within industrial automation for a large international project in Saudi Arabia for oil & gas.
Confidential
Technical Manager
Responsibilities:
- Provided industrial automation expertise to high - value clients.
- Drove 50% sales increase by selling consultancy hours and coaching other consultants.
- Employed key engineers and set them out as consultants within the period of employment.
- Employed 5 engineers to the existing 10 employees excluding me.
- Spearheaded development of industrial automation business, growing department from 1 employee to 6. The other Engineers were Mechanical Engineers.
- Delivered 4 million SEK in new sales by establishing cooperative partnerships with colleagues in other regions. Project cooperation between offices.
- Grew business with existing customers and secured new business by revitalizing marketing materials and promotions and by offering new seminars and training programs.
- By hiring Mechanical engineers Electrical construction, and other areas of expertise.
- Decided to move ahead from the company due to an imminent sale of the whole company and the interest from Midroc Electro, an entrepreneurial company with large projects.
Confidential
Product Manager/ Sales & Application Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Contributed to development AC/DC Drives business by leveraging sales expertise.
- Marketing, sales and dimensioning plus translations.
- Conducted training, seminars, project leadership and guidance.
- Solved technical support issues.
- Provided guidance and mentoring to customers or internally.
- Design, programming, commissioning and documentation.
- Delivered new business by expanding into AC/DC Drives markets with the use of Motion
- Control products. Networked solutions to PLCs etc. grew business even further ahead by including softstarters.
- Grew mature accounts by providing attentive, effective customer service.
- Enhanced quality of customer service by fostering productive collaboration between sales and technical personnel.
- Delivered self - developed quick guides and alike with tested code for use.
- Improved operations with design of innovative processes and systems for both
- Internal and external customers.
- Delivered 40 million SEK in new sales by establishing cooperative partnerships with Colleagues in other regions and projects.
Confidential
Part time Project Manager/ Production Technician
Responsibilities:
- Contributed to development of improvements in production flow and processes.
- Conducted investigations and project leadership.
- Provided design, programming, commissioning and documentation.
- Handling of aggressive chemicals used in autoclaves for impregnation of High Effect Capacitors.
- Process optimization by reducing time in process.
- Project management and mentoring of engineers to implement instruments and data logging done by me with products from ABB (Masterpiece & MasterView) and Mitsubishi
- PLCs . Reduction of time was achieved with 75% (Down to less than 2 days of 7) which affected the factories output drastically.
- Four engineers involved in project during two years.
- Budget responsible. Time scheduling, reporting and meetings Time period: 1992 - 93.
- Redesign of winding machines to cut back number of machines and operating personnel
- By half and increase output with 50%.
- Development and design was mainly done by four engineers including myself.
- Worked as a lead engineer during a period of 2.5 years.
- Budget, meetings, schedules etc. were reported by me.
- The company relocated to another city and I agreed to complete the work I had started with a project (contractual) hire.