Project Manager Resume
Sunnyvale, CA
Software and Control Architect with over 15 years of experience in all development phases of the life cycle of commercial products. Effectively analyzes, designs, codes and delivers as finished products complex applications based on a Windows PC platform. Core strengths:
- Product definition and design
- Data analysis for modeling and controls
- System simulation tools
- Debugging and problem solving
- Beta testing at customer sites
- Best practices in programming
- Communication and mentoring skills
- Network design for real-time performance
- Project Management
Skills:
- Programming Languages: C# (8 yrs) , C++(4 yrs), C (15 yrs), Python, Rational Rose
real-time, Ladder Logic - Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP, token passing, mod-bus RTU, RS-232, RS-485
- Development Platforms: .NET, Windows Vista/XP, Motorola 68xxx, Introl (X-development Multi-tasking 68K), DOS, Rational Rose, PLC (Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley)
- Tools: In circuit emulators, Visual Studio, Visual Slick Edit, Code Co-op, Beyond Compare, SVN, PVCS, AutoCAD, EtherTest, WireShark, Microsoft Office (Excel, Visio, MS Project, Word)
Additional Knowledge:
- Disk I/O including Fat table design and byte-reversal issues (Big-endian versus Little-endian).
- Windows GUI design, OOD and OOP, design patterns, Harel statecharts, UML, Component-based programming. Unit Testing, Agile design process, embedded systems and PLC programming, SCADA including HMI, machine vision control and MySql, resource sharing issues related to parallel controls while applying multi-threading.
- Serial communication in half- and full-duplex mode.
- Automatic Batch Controls including lot-driven recipes.
September 2011-Current: Automation Specialist
Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA
Liquid Handling Systems
- Contribute to “Access” Laboratory Automation Platform.
December 2010-June 2011: Software Architect / Consultant
Confidential, Fremont, CA
Industrial Automation Semiconductors
Design wafer handling controls for the semiconductor industries.
- Use multi-threading, design patterns, Harel-based State Machines and multi-layering to create new design components which can be easily combined to full solutions.
- Successfully interact with vendors and customers.
June 2009-March 2010: Software Architect / Consultant
Confidential, San Jose, CA
IP wireless network solutions.
Design a Hybrid Energy Control System for cell-tower sites in Africa.
- Create the program to automatically dispatch large (>25kW) alternative energy sources to AC/DC sinks using rechargeable batteries (C# / .Net, SNMP, UDP, TCP/IP and Mod-bus).
- Showcase the potential savings by deriving and displaying the energy balances real-time.
- Deliver the promised fuel savings at the first beta site in Tanzania (>25% Savings).
April 2006-June 2009: Windows Project Manager and Co-founder
Confidential, San Jose, CA
Vision-based controls for the printing industries.
Design color-registration and ribbon controls for multiple printing towers of commercial web-presses controlled from one PC, using in-house designed high speed smart cameras (C# / .Net, TCP/IP, UDP/IP, Multi-threading, real-time controls). Create the framework for a PC based operator station to control 96 parallel high speed control loops in real-time over Ethernet.
- Display full-color image input from 24 cameras in parallel (>25 /sec per camera).
- > 20% savings in make-ready paper waste within a month of installation.
July 1997-April 2006: Chief Scientist
Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA
Closed loop controls for the printing industry.
Create a C# based viewer to assess the performance of new products. This viewer can be used in any PC-based environment.
Design and implement the controls for Color-quick, the first successful color control system for the ink distribution on web color printing presses in the world.
- Initial Proof of Concept (3 Months of beta site field-testing).
- Increase the robustness using auto-adaptive control and modeling methods.
- Received an Intertech award for most innovative design in the printing industry (1997).
June 1990-July 1997: Project Manager and Principal Control Engineer
Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA
Closed loop controls for the printing industry.
Design the Servo Processing Unit (SPU) firmware, a smart power distribution center (1996).
- Invent an auto adaptive coast algorithm for the servos to increase accuracy, shorten move-time and eliminate re-tries.
- Implement an embedded MC68000 based multitasking microprocessor, operating in real-time and responsible for generating and distributing servo move commands over 8 banks of 500 parallel intelligent servos (Ethernet, RS422).
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering at the Department of Measurement & Control
Languages: Fluent in English and Dutch, proficient in German, working knowledge of French.
