Objective:
A challenging engineering position in a technologically progressive service
or manufacturing industry.
Career Track:
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - May 2010-Present Velux Greenwood Inc.
Greenwood, SC
Management of Curb Value Stream Maintenance Team.
Project management and maintenance supervision
Manufacturing Engineer - 2007-2010 Velux Greenwood Inc. Greenwood, SC
Project management in the Velterm Glass Plant, Curb Mount Assembly Plant,
Commercial Skylight Plant.
Glass pane spacer benders, laminated glass cutters, butyl extruders,
acrylic thermoformers etc.
New product Implementation predominantly on Curb Mount product line
including CR Onsrud CNC Router, Sash Servo Controlled Weld Seam PVC/ABS
Cleaners, PVC/ABS Frame and Sash Welder, Gantry Robot for application of a
two part mixed gear pump controlled silicone, Multple Santoprene Gasket
Welders and Multiple Semi-automated Mitre Saws.
Information Systems Manager/Project Electrical Engineer - 2002-2007 Grede
Foundries Inc. Greenwood, SC
Design and installation of facility wide network hardware, increasing
overall intranet bandwidth by over 200%. Gigabit fiber/copper and 100MB
Ethernet with three Virtual LANs for wired, wireless, and automation
equipment.
Completion of Domain conversion from NT to Windows 2000/2003. Managed the
upgraded of over 200 workstation and a dozen servers.
Design and installation of several Mettler Toledo Scale systems (JagXtreme)
with integration into existing Information Systems. Scales used for
monitoring the melting over 250 tons of iron/day with alloy recipe.
Design and implementation of new Electrical Demand Shedding system saving
over $300k/year.
SAP Deployment Lead, Lotus Notes Domino Management, Windows 2003 Server
Active Directory/Domain management, Antivirus and Proxy Server management
(Symantec), Information backup management (Veritas), LAN installation and
management, SQL Server management, AT&T Definity Phone System management,
SCADA, CMMS, CNCs, PLC Programming, Web Development, SQL DB management,
Energy Committee, Safety Auditor, Quality Auditor, and Six Sigma Green Belt
training
Facility Electrical Engineer - 2000-2002 Grede Foundries Inc. Greenwood, SC
SCADA, CMMS, CNCs, PLC Programming, Web Development, SQL DB
management
Plant Electrical Engineer - 1998-2000 Grede Foundries Inc. Pryor, OK
Robotics, SCADA, CMMS, CNCs, PLC Programming, Web Development, SQL DB
management
Senior Engineer - 1994-1998 Sheidow Bronze Corp. (Colonial Guild Corp.)
Kingwood, WV
Research and Development, SCADA, CMMS, PLC System Design
Quality Control Supervisor 1993 Sheidow Bronze Corp. Kingwood, WV
Managed a staff of Quality Inspectors worked toward ISO9000
certification
Foundry Supervisor 1993 Sheidow Bronze Corp. Kingwood, WV
Managed a staff of Molding Line and Melting personnel in a
manufacturing environment
Electrical Engineer - 1990 -1992 Sheidow Bronze Corp. Kingwood, WV
Electrical Distribution, Controls/PLCs & Associated MMI, Research and
Development
Learning Credentials:
Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Computer Engineering, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 1990
Graduate work in VLSI Design
Masters in Business Administration, West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WV 1994
Graduate work in TQM and OSHE
Continuing Education Classes in CAD (AutoCad and Solidworks), Lean
Manufacturing, Protection of Electronic from Environmental Factors, ISO/TS
including ISO 14001 Auditing, STOP Safety Training, Advanced PLC
Programming, AC Drives, Work towards MCSE, etc.
Programming Experience:
Visual Basic, Lotus Script and Formula Language, PLC Ladder Logic (Allen-
Bradley, Siemans, Square D, Omron, Modicon, Mitsubishi & GE Fanuc),
JavaScript, C++, and Visual Studio .NET
Organizations, Associations and Interests:
IEEE, ISA, American Foundry Society, Knights of Columbus (Past Grand
Knight), Greenwood County Food bank Board of Directors, Boy/Cub Scouts of
America (Assistant Scout Master), Religious Education Assistant, Church
Webmaster, Cycling, Website development using Open Source Content
Management Systems
References and further data provided upon establishment of mutual interest