Christopher L. Ferrell
Custar, OH 43511
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OBJECTIVE: Seeking entry-level electrical engineering position utilizing
over 1 year of professional engineering work experience in both corporate
office settings and "in the field."
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
. B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University,
December 2003.
. Power Distribution & Control Systems, currently studying at Owens
Community College
. Programmable Logic Controllers - RSLogix5000, PLC-5 and SLC 500,
currently studying at O.C.C.
. AutoCAD design drawing editing experience
. Writing & Communication Skills used to generate over $1,150,000.00 in
sales throughout the more recent Sales & Marketing portion of my
career.
ENGINEERING WORK EXPERIENCE
INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS DESIGN ENGINEER intern, Control Design Solutions Ltd, --
Jun.2003 - Sept.2003
. Used AutoCAD to edit design drawings including P&IDs, power
distribution schematics, I/O rack wiring diagrams, panel layouts and
bills-of-materials.
. Edited HMIs using PanelView, as specifically indicated by senior
engineers' revision markings.
. Studied PLC ladder logic during "down time"; particularly Allen-
Bradley / Rockwell Automation hardware & software such as RSLogix,
ControlLogix, SLC 500 and PLC-5
. Assisted the company owner "in-the-field" for Production Start-Ups,
Control Panel Checkouts, etc.
I.T. COMPUTER SUPPORT co-op, American Electric Power - Client Platform
Services Dec. 2001 - Dec. 2002
. Used Computer Skills to configure workstation "images" for various
business & engineering groups of AEP to ensure that their systems
could be quickly and easily restored to working order should the IT
Help Desk people need to reformat.
. Configured MS Windows, Excel, Word and other MS Office Suite programs,
as well as "business unit specific" software, such as EasyPower for
the Transmission Engineering Groups.
. Created about 25 different "images" required by various business units
throughout the AEP enterprise.
. 1,000s of workstations carried an "image" of my design.
POWER TRANSMISSION PLANNING ENGINEER co-op, American Electric Power
June 2001 - Sept. 2001
. Assisted 12 Senior Engineers in High Voltage (765,000V - 345,000V)
electrical power system load flow analysis, working with Aspen Single-
Line Diagrams.
. Used MS Excel to prepare graphical representations of years' worth of
system load flow data. Prepared weekly Power Outage Summary Reports;
a written email correspondence sent every Thursday to all Transmission
Planning Engineers.
SALES & MARKETING WORK EXPERIENCE
CO-OWNER, WaterLeads.com
January 2006 - Present
. Worked with 53 water purification businesses on their direct marketing
campaigns to generate sales leads.
. Generated over $100,000.00 in sales of subscriptions to my
WaterLeads.com service (over the phone).
Water Equipment Salesperson, Aqua Express
April. 2005 - Dec. 2005
Small Business Inside Sales Rep, NewPros Communications
Dec. 2004 - April. 2005