SKILLS

• Software Engineer with extensive experience in factory automation, product development, data acquisition, environmental regulations compliance, instrumentation, real-time, and embedded systems.
• Ability to simplify software architectures to improve reliability and maintainability.

WORK HISTORY

Contract System Engineer, confidential

• Resolved data availabiltiy and validation issues in a Continuous Emission Monitoring System.
• Supported and modified FactoryLink applications for Brewery projects, including quality improvement, energy and water savings.
• Conducted data analysis to support investment in capital projects, using Sybase, Oracle, and FactoryLink. Provided Allen-Bradley PLC-5 programming services.
• Converted FactoryLink Applications for upgrade to FactoryLink 7.5 and Windows Server 2003 .
• Improved efficiency of air compressors by simplifying and streamlining PLC programs. Gathered data to demonstrate further potential savings and justify a capital improvement project for re-control.

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• Worked with a team to install a new continuous manufacturing line. Duties included selecting machinery to automate specific tasks, reviewing electrical and P ID drawings, writing construction specifications, overseeing the installation, conducting testing, troubleshooting, and refinements.
• Participated in control panel design and construction, and specification of controls and instrumentation components.
• Designed program layout, Input/Output, and sequence of operation for RSLogix 5000/ControlLogix PLCs to control machinery in a new manufacturing line.
• confidentialUpgraded legacy air pollution data collection software to use new technology and meet new requirements. Provided technical support and programming changes as needed

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• Provided support, upgrades, and Y2K readiness for data acquisition systems.
• confidentialProgrammed ORION ORMEC PLC to control an automated hazardous waste drum core sampling system.
• confidentialUsed Visual Basic to create a controlled workflow HMI for the Xfactory Manufacturing Execution System.
• confidentialUsed Visual Basic to automate configuration tasks for the FactoryLink HMI, and performed exhaustive testing of a new product release.
• confidentialUsed FactoryLink HMI to interface and collect manufacturing data from an automated fuel injector assembly line and developed a TCP/IP driver to communicate with MV-19 manufacturing robot controllers.
• confidentialProgrammed custom reports and provided ongoing support for systems used by public utilities to monitor compliance with the Clean Air Act.
• confidentialDeveloped custom C programs for FactoryLink IV that run on a UNIX platform and interface to a TCP/IP network and an Oracle RDBMS. Developed or upgraded FactoryLink IV applications used in mail processing, statistical process control, and reporting.

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• Provided technical support for brewery automation based on UNIX FactoryLink.
• confidentialProgrammed upgrades to a Windows application that performs data substitution in accordance with 40 CFR 75 for Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems. Removed all known bugs while reducing source code by 50 , and increased speed of execution by a factor of 10.

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• Developed embedded C programs to run on MicroDAC controllers, used to automate processes in brickmaking. Upgraded a Wonderware application used to control clay mixtures for brickmaking.
• confidentialProgrammed custom device drivers for data acquisition that run on GE 90-30 PCM cards.
• confidentialDesigned and programmed custom FactoryLink IV tasks to meet the air pollution monitoring requirements of public utilities according to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The product is installed at many U.S. power plants.
• Implemented a Document Control System for a medical firm using Visual Dbase. Upgraded a process control application running on Factory Link for a natural gas supplier.

confidential

• Designed and programmed custom FactoryLink IV tasks to meet the air pollution monitoring requirements of public utilities according to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The product is installed at many U.S. power plants.
• Implemented a Document Control System for a medical firm using Visual Dbase. Upgraded a process control application running on Factory Link for a natural gas supplier.

Lear Siegler Measurement Controls Corporation Software System Engineer

Reviewed contracts for the purchase of stack pollutant monitoring instruments and computer systems, designed appropriate system interconnects, prepared technical drawing packages, ordered parts, prepared software, and performed integrated system tests.

1. TECHNICAL INVENTORY INDICATES KNOWLEDGE IN-DEPTH

• DOS, Windows 95, NT, 2000, XP
• 1.1.2. Unix
• Unix C Linux C RedHat Linux
• Hewlett Packard HP-UX
• IBM AIX
• SCO OpenServer
• 1.1.3. Network Systems
• TCP/IP including configuration in all operating systems, and network hardware
• 1.1.4. Database Engines
• Microsoft SQL Server Sybase
• Oracle
• Oracle Pro-C dBase IV
• 1.1.6. Programming Languages
• Microsoft Visual C Microsoft Visual Basic Unix ANSI C
• Unix shell
• 1.1.7. Operating Environments
• All versions of USDATA's FactoryLink including FactoryLink ECS.
• All versions of USDATA's Xfactory MES WonderWare
• 1.1.8. Architectures
• Real Time
• Client/Server Networking
• Multi User
• Multi Processing
• Embedded Systems