Robert G. Cerchione

*** ******* ****

978-***-****

North Andover MA 01845

acbyzh@r.postjobfree.com

Quality Assurance Engineer

Verification and Validation

Systems Test Engineer

Results Driven Professional

Hands On Challenge Resolution

Technical and Management Expertise Provides

Innovative Solutions

Bachelors masters c/c++ project manager new product introduction

software medical manufacturing research test protocol documentation

Core Professional Competencies

Project Management/Design/Implementation Sales

Management/Proposal Generation

Advanced Software Systems Development - LabView National Instruments

Alliance Member

Customer Relations/Support

Vendor Relations

Quality Assurance/Acceptance Testing Automated

Data Collection/Reporting

Technical Documentation Review/Generation Multi Discipline

Team Leader

20 Years LabView Development 25 Years

System Test & Measurement

Professional Experience Highlights

Technical Consultant/Test and Measurement Systems/Product

Engineering/Project

Management/Software Quality

Engineering

Providing Systems For Monitoring Measurement and Control Solutions

. Develop advanced expert systems for Monitoring Measurement and

Control Applications

. Perform role as Project Manager to define Project Objectives, System

Performance, Cost Trade Offs, ROI

. Integrate Software and Hardware for R&D, Manufacturing and Quality

Assurance test equipment

. Provide Technical Support to installed customer base 24/7

. Generate Proposals and Technical Documentation for Test and

Acceptance Protocols

. Coordinate with all project related teams

. Provide Data Analysis and Report generation

. Industries Served - Aerospace, Manufacturing, Automotive, Medical,

Defense, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, Transportation, Research and

Development

Most Recent Consulting

Assignment

2012-Present

Sr. Software Quality Validation and Verification Engineer

. Develop, maintain and execute Verification and Validation test plan

protocols for test and manufacturing hardware and software

. Create top level Test Plan Architecture defining all future test plans

to Validate product conformance to corporate level product

requirements

. Document software defects using a defect tracking systems

. Communicate with Developers and Software Engineering for defect

validation and corrective action testing

. Prioritize level of importance of project related defects and issues

. Engineer test protocols for all levels of product development from new

release, to Product Delivery Test, to System Integration Test and

Final System Testing

. Conduct daily meetings with Developers, Software Engineering, Hardware

Engineering and Program Marketing to discuss defect status and timing

impacts for corrective action

. Evaluate software changes and their relationship to risk and

reliability testing

Select Systems Designed As Technical Consultant

More Available Upon Request

MEDICAL

Merck Medical - Non Invasive Heart Failure Monitor For Treatment Efficacy

Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure

. Developed software and hardware instrumentation to screen cardiac

patients non-invasively for Heart Failure

. Designed custom algorithm based on physiological measurements of

pulse amplitude and heart rates as a screening test

. Clinical trials proved algorithm more accurate than direct

catheterization

. Instrument is now FDA approved as a screening test for heart patients

Type II Medical Coronary Device

. Engineered test protocol for E-Beam sterilization for refrigerated

product

Remanufactured Medical Devices

. Developed test protocol to measure degree of sharpness of surgical

devices compared to OEM equipment for FDA certification

Point of Service Assay Equipment

. Developed entire quality plan for Verification and Validation

testing of rapid assay Point of Service processing equipment

Biopure Corp - Process Control System

. Designed control automation software to process cow's blood platelets

for use by humans

. System controls pumps, heaters, ovens, chemical additives

. Process is FDA validated

Bausch & Lomb - Process Monitoring System

. Designed software to monitor injection molding process for contact

lenses

. Collected data from force, pressure and temperature sensors to

predict quality of contact lens

. Software algorithm reduced inspection from 100% to 100 piece lot

inspection per shift

OTHER

Proxim - Wireless Network Hub/Repeater

. Developed software and integrated customer hardware for test stand

. Measured frequency ranges and RF output at frequency

. Scanned RF signals for noise and data content and other parameters

. Collected data and sent to database

. Reduced test time by 60% and improved test data accuracy

Osram Sylvania - Quality Assurance Inspection System

. Vision inspection system for dimensional and visual defects of light

bulb assemblies

. Designed a unique mirror system to project three axis views into a

single video frame reducing image processing time

. Reduced inspection time and increased production rate by 66%

. Reduced inspection system cost by $300K

Compaq Computer - Motion Control And Vision System

. Created software to align deposition masks for red, green and blue

pixel phosphors for computer monitor production

. Vision system software provided closed loop feed back to motion

system to provide precise alignment of the three phosphor matrix

Other Diverse Design/Build Consulting Projects

. Analog Devices - Test and measurement test stand for chip

accelerometer testing

. Dias Analytic - Fuel Cell Test stand

. Edwards High Vacuum - Test stand for high vacuum pumps

. ITT Devcon - Test system for measuring epoxy exothermic reaction

temperatures

. Keurig - Developed test system for automated coffee brewing R&D

. Laser Pro - Developed test measurement system for laser printer

. Lite Array - Measurement and control system for deposition of LCD

dashboards

. Textron - Test and measurement system for automobile seat lumbar

support system

. Others upon request

Education

Aeronautical And Space Engineering - Wentworth Institute

Mechanical Engineering - UC Long Beach

BioMed Instrumentation For Engineers Certificate - UC Los Angeles

Advanced LabView Certificate

Top Secret Clearance - Issued By Atomic Energy Commission - Expired

Development Software

National Instruments Alliance Member

LabView Beta Test Site for LabView 3 and LabView 8.5

National Instruments Professional Developers Suite Software including:

LabView through version 2012, GPIB, TCP/IP, DAQ, SCXI, Imaq Vision,

FieldPoint, NI Connectivity Toolkit, NI Motion

pcAnywhere

MathCad

Communicate with SQL Databases

Other Achievements

Guest Author IEEE Magazine - Article On The

State of Data Acquisition

Pilots License Construction Supervisor License

Amateur Radio License

References

Furnished Upon Request

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