Warren D. Strickler

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Kingsport TN 37663

423-***-****

Work Experience

Feb 2013-Present: Engineering Manager, AGC, Church Hill, TN

I manage the Engineering and Maintenance departments at AGC's largest flat

glass plant in the United States. I have 10 direct reports and

approximately 50 indirect. I am responsible for every aspect of

engineering and maintenance including plant and capital budgets, capital

projects, Preventative Maintenance, process improvement, building and

grounds maintenance and upgrades, plant support systems (air, water, water

treatment, natural gas piping, pollution control systems, etc.), contractor

management, and much more. I must estimate and justify all capital

projects, insure they are completed on time and within budget, then audit

afterwards to insure that the forecasted payback is being realized. Other

KPI's that I manage are maintenance overtime, equipment maintenance budget,

PM completion rates, Mean time to repair, project on time rates, and cost

savings.

March 2012-Feb 2013: Plant Controls Engineer, AGC, Kingsport, TN

I prefer being in a plant environment, working with equipment on a daily

basis. To achieve that goal, I accepted a position with AGC North America,

a flat glass manufacturing facility. Here I was responsible for all plant

electrical systems. My role included start up and commissioning of new

equipment, continuous improvement of existing control systems, and

maintenance support and troubleshooting of problem areas. During my

tenure, I took over project management duties on a struggling project that

was overbudget and weeks behind the implementation schedule. Within a week

the machine was in limited production, with full production coming another

10 days later. I spent another month with the equipment on a part time

basis rewriting code.

Feb 2010-March 2012: Controls Engineer III, M.C. Dean, Christiansburg, VA

I was a Controls Engineer for a mid size systems integrator. Typical

projects range from million dollar drive systems upgrades to one day

service calls. Completed a drive system upgrade for a calendaring line

where I was responsible for writing all software for a ControlLogix

processor that interfaced to an older PLC5 supervisory controller over DH+

and Siemens drives over Profibus. Wrote several custom Add On Instructions

for Rockwell ControlLogix processor to communicate to Profibus field

devices using Prosoft's PDPMV1 communication card. Configured the Profibus

network for multi-master communication. Customer is a flour milling plant.

Managed programming and startup of a Siemens PLC/Drive system with

Wonderware HMI for a Winding application on a film coating line. I was

also project manager for a job to design, program, and start up a custom

dust collector system that interfaced with plant control system.

Feb 2005-Feb 2010: Contract Controls Engineer, US Fence, Bulls Gap, TN

For five years, I was contracted to US Fence, a manufacturer of extruded

plastic fencing. In my tenure there, I was Electrical Project lead on

several capital projects including a $15 million addition of 6 complete new

extrusion lines where I wrote all of the software for the Allen Bradley

ControlLogix line control system. I was also project manager for the

implementation of a Wonderware Factelligence MES system, which included

interfacing to all of the plants ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and FlexLogix

processors. I implemented several process improvement projects that had

payback of 6 months or less through reduction of scrap, labor savings,

cycle time reduction, and improved efficiency. Supported maintenance

through training and hands on troubleshooting assistance during equipment

breakdowns.

Feb 2002-Feb 2010: President, Automation Engineering Solutions, Inc.,

Kingsport, TN

As the owner of this small systems integrator, I was involved in all

aspects of the business. Responsibilities included: developing business

plans, making sales presentations, programming and designing controls and

drives systems, building control panels, procuring equipment, project

management, implementation and start up, and generation of drawings and

manuals. PLC experience includes Allen Bradley ControlLogix, SLC, and

Micrologix, Siemens S7-400, S7-300 and S7-200, Siemens TI 505, Mitsubishi,

and Automation Direct. Drives experience includes Allen Bradley, Siemens,

Reliance, Square D, Kollmorgen Servo, and Pacific Scientific Stepper.

Field Device experience includes Milltronics, Banner, Sick, Keyence, Allen

Bradley, Rosemount, Broooks, Keyence CV-3002 vision systems, IAI

Robocylinder Actuators, etc. User interface experience includes Wonderware

FactorySuite, InSQL Server, SCADAlarm, WinCC, Allen Bradley RSView and

PanelView, Proface, Panasonic GT Touchscreens, and TCP Touchpanels. Major

industries served include: Water and Wastewater, Extrusion (plastic and

rubber), Process (Glass), Automotive.

Feb 2000-Feb 2002: Business Group Manager, Expert Automation, Radford, VA

I managed a team of engineers and technicians focused on Water and

Wastewater projects for this systems integrator. I was responsible for

every aspect of project including submittals, design and programming,

testing, installation and startup, and generation of Operation and

Maintenance manuals. Worked with Allen Bradley and Siemens PLC's and

numerous Wonderware FactorySuite products.

1992-2000: Sr. EE, Information Systems Manager, AFG Industries, Kingsport,

TN

My initial position with AFG was as Senior Plant Electrical Engineer. I

was responsible for all electrical equipment in the plant. I designed and

implemented PLC based process control systems, drive systems using servo,

stepper, and vector technologies. Optimized process by identifying and

tuning problem control loops.

In 1995, I was promoted to Plant Information Systems Manager. In this

position, I was responsible for managing a team that designed and supported

a Windows NT LAN with critical systems such as timekeeping, manpower

scheduling, process control archiving, and CMMS running as served

applications. Designed and implemented PLC based process control and data

acquisition systems. Optimized all systems through continuous improvement.

Chaired the AFG Year 2000 committee that met goal of rollover with zero

loss of critical systems.

1989-1992: Application Engineer, Kollmorgen Industries, Radford VA

Worked with customers to design, program, and install servo based motion

control systems in various applications. Systems included robotics, CNC

based machine tools, thermoforming machinery, explosion proof paint booths,

sorting and palletizing machines, etc. Taught Motion Control classes and

led presentations to customer audiences ranging from 5 to 200.

Education

BSEE, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Received BSEE with a minor in Mathematics in 1989. Graduated in 4 years

with a 3.1 QCA. Special emphasis on control theory, analog and digital

communications, and finite mathematics.

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