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Engineer Quality Assurance

Location:
Chicago, IL, 60614
Posted:
July 13, 2010

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John Osborn

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Chicago, IL 60614

Cell: 773-***-**** Home: 312-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

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Objective Project Engineer of similar position in the field of mechanical

engineering and the power industry.

Qualificatio 6 years engineering experience in a variety of industries. Focused on

n Summary accomplishing project goals and creating novel engineering solutions.

MEng in Aeronautical Engineering.

Work Oct'07 - Present Application Engineer SmartSignal

Experience Corporation, Lisle, IL

Improving and creating new software for power & energy industry asset

monitoring.

Mar '09 - Present Advanced Applications Group

Developing logic and modeling techniques to detect and diagnose early

signs of failure.

Designed SHIELD Suites for Combined Cycle and Oil & Gas Upstream

assets.

Engineered CycleWatch CT startup monitoring from prototype to product.

Working development partnerships with Mitsubishi Power Systems and

Chevron.

Driving products through the design, test, build and deployment stages.

Monitoring live test bed of 100+ coal, combined cycle and energy

assets.

Oct'07 - Mar'09 Implementation Group

Successfully grew pilot projects to fleet deals with Entergy Nuclear,

Salt River Project, APS & Portland General Electric, bringing in 6

million in revenue for the company.

Maintained existing client relationships with Detroit Edison, Ameren &

TransAlta.

Teamed with SmartSignal & client resources to solve unique

implementation issues.

Analyzed operating data for over 1500 coal and combined cycle process

and rotating assets.

Mar'06 - Oct'07 Quality Assurance Engineer Oberon

Media, Seattle, WA

Testing of multiuser online software and content delivery web pages

Led groups of 4-8 colleagues to carry out testing.

Processed test results into documented, prioritized issues.

Negotiated with developers and producers to reach resolution on complex

software issues.

Sep '04 - Jan '06 Research Engineer SIBCR, VA Puget

Sound Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Supported the Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and

Prosthetics Engineering at the VA Medical Center in their development

of a finite element human foot model.

Researched and created FEA equations for poroelastic cartilage material

model.

Implemented the model in Ls-Dyna finite element software.

Created test procedure and 3D anatomical test models.

Education 2009 The Executive Technique Listener Train of Thought Communication

Techniques

General Electric Frame 7 Combustion Turbine Training Course

Bently Nevada Vibrations Training Course

1999 - 2003 MEng Aeronautical Engineering

University of Bristol, UK

Thesis was a feasibility study into novel air conditioning concepts in

partnership with Advanced Transport Systems Ltd. in the UK.

2001 - 2002 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

University of Washington, Seattle

Awarded a one year placement for the Aeronautical Engineering student

exchange.

Computer Microsoft Office 2007, Matlab, Ls-Dyna, Ansys, C, Fortran, Visual

Skills Basic.

Full suite of SmartSignal solutions: EpiCenter, eCM, SHIELD,

CycleWatch.



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