James R. Musgrave
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805
Phone # 818-***-**** *********@*******.***
POSITION GOAL: Looking for a position in the Los Angeles, California area
in an Electrical Engineering Automation Controls Role, to be employed with
a company that promotes career and family oriented goals, professional
achievements, and well being within an environment where I can apply the
many facets of my international and domestic electrical process & controls
experiences spanning over 25 years of international and domestic career.
Case Western Reserve University BSEE/AP. Microsoft Certified Professional.
Contract Work History Summary: Contracts completed via my privately own
business "Delta Ambiguities Inc." 2008-2013
XYTool and Die Inc 6492 State Rd, LaOtto, IN 1-2-13 to
present
A supplier of manufacturing equipment for the
automobile and packaging industries.
POSITION: OEM Controls Project Engineer.
Responsible for purchasing, designing and start up of controls systems for
various manufacturing equipment.
Professional Achievements:
+ Created the Bills of Materials and Purchase Orders
for machinery control systems.
+ Designed the control and scada system schematics
using ACAD 13.
+ Designed PLC, HMI, Drive and instrumentation system
machine interfaces and bench tested the software.
+ Started up said systems online & installed equipment
at the customer facilities.
Protech Employment / Lincoln Electric, 22801 St Clair,
Cleveland Ohio 11-8-11 to 6-1-12
A supplier of welding equipment and welding
consumables.
POSITION: Production line system controls upgrades projects engineer.
Responsible for upgrading the control systems for the Fluorspar Kiln, Large
Direct Kiln, Small Direct Kiln, Roll Crusher and Sweeco Shaker production
lines.
Professional Achievements:
+ Created the Bills of Materials and Purchase Orders
for all of the lines.
+ Designed the control systems and panel layouts using
MicroCAD schematics, including itemized BOM cross references.
+ Designed the PLC and HMI codes for the operator
system's interfaces.
+ Managed panel layout designs and in house online
system startups including the TCP/IP plant and corporate processing network
interfaces to the RSLogix 5000 PLCs, HMIs, and
peripheral instrumentation equipment.
Rockwell Automation Corporate Headquarters, 1 Allen
Bradley Drive, Mayfield Hts, Ohio 9-1-2010 to 2011
A supplier of software and hardware for the
automation's controls industries.
POSITION: RSLogix 5000 PLC Systems Software Beta Test Engineer.
Responsible for Meta Data testing for the RSLogix 5000 PLC's new version
releases and the automatic testing procedures revolving around SQL data
acquisition, direct PLC data gathering for HMI recognition software and
testing seamless user interface programming, and peripheral manufacturing
device monitoring.
Professional Achievements:
+ Tested multiple Microsoft Platform Operating
Systems, with new scada data management controls, and HMI functionalities
via
tentative beta Rockwell RSLogix 5000, RSView SE,
and RSView ViewPoint software releases.
+ Applied Sigma Six data logging, alarming, and
trending algorithms.
+ Installed and integrated proprietary software to
interface with RSLogix 5000 software using OPC, bus systems and scada
databases.
Comptrol Incorporated, Cleveland, Ohio 2010
An O.E.M. focusing on ACAD, AC/DC/Servo drive
integration, PLC design and networking, high voltage control interfaces,
and
remote controls for industrial mining corporations
POSITION: Electrical Engineer Design Engineer / Project Manager.
Responsible for turnkey controls systems design, ACAD schematics creation,
comprehensive bill of materials spreadsheets, sales quotes, field service
installations and quality assurance lean engineering follow up testing.
Professional Achievements:
+ Code generation for CNC G-Code plasma cutting
machines.
+ Integrated cutting edge ENET networks between Danfoss Drives,
Rockwell PLCs, PCs utilizing MS-SQL data logging and high
power input monitoring systems.
+ Built a W2003 and DNS server system to successfully
track ENET communication's stability, with external alarming notification.
+ Upgraded 20 year old relay logic systems to modern
standards for the paper and steel industries, typically with 500 to 1500
I/O points.
Full Time Employee Work History Summary: Organizations where I held formal
employee status positions.
Rockwell Automation, Mayfield Village, Ohio. November
1998 to May 2008.
A hardware and software provider for the automation
and controls industries.
POSITION: Technical Support Specialist for the Allen Bradley software and
harware product lines.
Responsibilities included global technical support for the RSView32, SE,
and ME HMI software. RSView software integrates a wide range of automation
controls including all known PLCs, third party OPC/DDE servers, ActiveX
controls, AC/DC & servo drives, and control peripherals. Data collection,
logging, and alarm messaging via ODBC are also supported. OPC server usage,
and IT systems integration.
Professional Achievements:
+ Rockwell University Certified in RSLogix 5000 &
Compaq Logix PLCs, PLC5s, SLC500s, ControlNet, DeviceNet, RSView32,
RSView SE, Kinetix 5000 and Ultra drive systems,
and ViewPoint.
+ Designed and supported a wide array of materials
handling equipment including relay control module's peripherals,
hydraulics,
pneumatics, proximity sensors, light curtains, AB
440R Estop dual redundancy safety relays, and Stratix Ethernet switch
networking.
+ Integrated third party motion controls, I/O bus
systems (ie Siemens Profibus and Asibus), Siemens S7 and S5 PLCs, GE Fanuc
PLCs,
SMC Linear Controls, PLC Direct, Modicon and Omron
PLCs.
+ Handled over 16,000 support calls while maintaining
the highest customer support satisfaction rating in my group 3 years
running.
+ Designed DCS and control system projects via
RSView32, RSView SE, ME, and Factory Talk Platforms.
+ Utilized web publishing via IIS with W2003, W2000,
and NT Servers, XP Pro, and Windows 7 Operating Systems.
+ Designed a web base "Navigate2" ActiveX control that
allows Internet access to machine based HMI interfaces.
+ Authored over 100 public technical support notes,
currently published on Rockwell Automation's technical support web site.
Desco Equipment Corporation, Eastlake, Ohio. Sept.
1995 to Nov.1998.
An OEM international equipment manufacturer of high
speed closure printing, materials handing, and vision inspection systems
supporting global installations and comprehensive
controls integration(s).
POSITION: Electrical Engineer Department Manager.
Responsible for the departmental management of the electrical engineering
department, engineers electricians and assemblymen.
Professional Achievements:
+ Managed the Electrical Engineering Department and
Electrical Assembly Group.
+ Traveled to Japan, Mexico, Canada, China, Venezuela,
Costa Rica, Poland, and domestic US cities supporting startups and sales.
+ As a Project manager, planned, organized, oversaw and
assigned personnel to multiple manufacturing projects.
+ Converted over 100 old electrical system's
documentation using MS Office and ACAD12 and created turnkey machine design
prints.
+ Designed three state of the art show machines, all of
which integrated newer bus system technologies, that eliminated component
wiring yet still connected third party I/O.
+ Researched, designed, built, marketed, and installed
a prototype class IV laser system, replacing ink printing on the inside of
plastic closures, (plastic bottle caps) thus
allowing the elimination of inside closure plastic liners, for Coca Cola in
China and Mexico.
Beilomatik / Goebel Darmstadt, Connecticut. March 1990
to June 1995.
An OEM distributor of German, high quality, paper and
plastics web processing and printing equipment as well as an original
equipment manufacturer of web slitting and processing
machinery. Goebel printing presses currently print currency and stamps at
the
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in
Washington, D.C.
POSITION: Project Manager / Controls Engineer.
Responsible for the design and the building of comprehensive controls
systems for the paper industry.
Professional Achievements:
+ Built and managed an Electrical Engineering
department PC network specifically focused on the design, construction, and
maintenance of operator control panels and
electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic peripherals.
+ Planned, organized and implemented manpower,
hardware, and software. (ACAD 10,11,12)
+ Trained personnel on ACAD using up to date hardware
and add-ons.
+ Archived 20 years worth of old assembly prints and
schematics into ACAD medium while maintaining new design output of new and
improved web processing controls & peripherals.
+ Logged and designed multiple pieces of state of the
art equipment ranging from $5K to $10MM while realizing 100%-200%
personnel time efficiency improvements.
+ Designed Allen Bradley ladder logic, generated
construction schematics, and researched the market potential for an
inventive
electronically geared flexo-graphic printer for
the Bureau of Engraving in Printing, Washington D.C.
Avtron Manfuacturing, Cleveland, Ohio. August 1988 to
March 1990.
A manufacturer of industrial digital control systems,
AC and DC drives, and web tracking equipment, used in paper and
plastics processing lines in organizations such as
Mobil, Dow, Georgia Pacific, Fasson, and other paper & plastic web
processing mills.
POSITION: Controls Engineer.
Responsible for the design and digital integration of controls into DC
drive and operator interface systems.
Professional Achievements:
+ Repaired, serviced, installed and programmed
microprocessor based components for electrical control systems, AC/DC
drives, and
diagnostic equipment.
+ Promoted to Head Instructor for the PDC5
(Programmable Digital Controls) Systems Group.
+ Traveled to customer's facilities, established
computer links, that monitored on line production, and systematically
upgraded
firmware, software, and hardware, to optimize
performances in manufacturing of multi-million dollar production lines.
+ Rectified and improved manufacturing system which
increased productivity 15% which spurred customer satisfaction leading to
future sales of comprehensive $100K systems.
FORMAL EDUCATION HISTORY:
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (MCP).
+ Formal testing and Microsoft classes through 1998 to 2006. Passed alls
tests taken.
+ Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, Visual Basic 6 MS1016, Windows
2000 Server, Windows 2000 Workstation, Windows Advanced Networking &
Terminal Services Certified.
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (MBA).
+ August 1990 - June 1992.
+ Graduate Course Work: Masters in Business Administration. (partial)
+ 4.0 GPA in Major Course Electives.
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ( BSEE-BSAP ).
+ August 1984 - June 1988.
+ Dual Bachelors of Science Degrees, Electrical Engineering and Applied
Physics.
+ CWRU Student Body Elected Vice President Senior Year.
+ CWRU Soccer Team Player.
+ Zeta Psi Fraternity Officer Posts, Entire 4 years.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
+ August 1983 - June 1984.
+ Honor Roll Student both semesters.
+ Engineering & French Majors.
+ Soccer Team Player.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY AND HOBBIES.
+ Two children, Adam (18) and Anna (16).
+ Mentor Soccer Coach-Referee for over 17+ years, Class certified by Osyan
Soccer Foundation since 2003.
+ Big Brother/Big Sister support mentor.
+ Sylvan Certified high school calculus & science tutor.
+ Paintball, soccer, chess, softball, and volleyball recreational player
+ Acoustic guitar musician and choir member.
+ Red Cross Certified Lifeguard & WSI (Water Safety Instructor)
certification(s).
+ SPCA volunteer.