R. Bruce Lucas: Project/Electrical Engineer

**** ******** ****** ( University City, MO 63130 (

abmmi4@r.postjobfree.com ( 314-***-****

I have 30 years of experience as a design, test, project and consultant

engineer and 6 years as a military technical specialist. This has

provided me with 36 years of experience in electronic components,

equipment and systems in the areas of communication, automatic testing,

design automation, data acquisition, control, and interface devices on

research, development, design, integration, support and management levels.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

o Salvaged Project: Managed a team of design engineers, technicians, and

production planners to cut four months development time for a critical

test set for weapons system in the AV-8B Harrier.

o Salvaged Project: Managed a team of engineers, designers, technicians and

draftsman, to successfully salvage a microprocessor based ophthalmic

microsurgical station.

o Competitive Project: Managed a team of design engineers, technicians, and

production planners to successfully compete for an in-house contract to

develop special, ramp test equipment.

o Competitive Project: Managed a team of design engineers and technicians

to develop and design a computer-based meteorological product for

educational, broadcast television.

o Salvaged Project: Managed the development and manufacture of a special

fixture that would house a minimal configuration of a complex Internet

Router used for board and system, debug, test and integration.

o Process Improvements: Managed a team of engineers and technicians to

design and develop numerous test fixtures to life cycle critical

merchandiser components, assemblies and equipment.

o Process Improvements: Developed a PC application to acquire bill

acceptance data extracted from multiple bill acceptors using a database

and embedded software.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE BASE

. Electronic circuitry (Digital/ Analog) for multilayer PCBs/wire-wrapped

prototypes.

. Proof-of-concept and pre production prototypes, products, test equipment

and systems.

. Electro-mechanical, optical, power, pneumatic and hydraulic interface

devices.

. Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Vacuum, Optical, etc. Sensors

(Discrete/Analog/Digital).

. Microprocessors, Embedded Controllers and PCs, Programmable Devices

(Memory/Logic).

. PC Interfaces: Off-the-shelf, data acquisition, control and

communications boards and modules.

. Avionic Systems, Black Boxes and Wire Harnesses/Cabling.

. Instrumentation, Fixtures, & Interface Devices for Production Testing and

Qualification.

. Simulation of Electro-Mechanical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic, Analog, and

Digital Processes

. Embedded Software Testing: Development, Qualification, and Audits.

. Life Cycling Pneumatic, Mechanical and Electro-Electrical-Mechanical

Components, Assemblies and Equipment.

. Manufacturing Engineering: Design Automation, Production Test Fixtures,

Qualification Testing.

Lotus 123, Microsoft Word/ Excel/ Project/ Access/ OutLook/ PowerPoint,

FileMaker Pro, Visio, CorelDraw, PhotoPaint, SourceSafe, UltraEdit-32,

AutoCAD Electrical.

WORK HISTORY

Date Company Position

04/07-11/0 Monsanto Corporation (Today's Contract Electrical

9 Staffing) Engineer: Design

01/05-01/0 EADS North American Defense, Inc. Senior Test Engineer, Lead

7

08/01-11/0 CRANE Merchandising Systems (National Engineering Manager:

4 Vendors) Test/Reliability

08/00-08/0 Celox, Inc. Member of Technical Staff

1

01/98-08/0 Coin Acceptors, Inc. (CoinCo) Senior Test Engineer

0

07/96-08/9 System Dynamics International, Inc. Senior Engineer: Consultant

8

09/94-07/9 Yaros Communications Inc. Chief Engineer

6

06/88-09/9 System Dynamics International, Inc. Senior Engineer: Consultant

4

06/85-06/8 STORZ Instrument Company (Bausch & Senior Projects Engineering

8 Lomb) Manager

09/81-06/8 McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Boeing Senior Electronics Engineer:

5 Corp.) Lead

06/80-09/8 Naval Electronics Systems Engineering System Projects Engineer

1 Center

04/70-01/7 United States Navy: Honorable Communications Technician

6 Discharge

EDUCATION

Date Institution Degree

09/99-12/9 Washington University: Managing 3 Credits

9 Technical Professionals

08/84 Daisy Systems: Computer Aided Certificate of Training

Engineering

06/81 Office of Personnel Management: Tech Certificate of Training

Writing I & II

04/81 Office of Personnel Management: Basic Certificate of Training

Contracting

06/78-05/8 Old Dominion University: Norfolk, BS Electrical Engineering

0 Virginia Tau Beta Pi: Honors Society

01/76-05/7 Tidewater Community College: Virginia AS Engineering

8 Beach, VA

07/71-11/7 U.S. Navy: Electronics C School Certified Technician:

1 Cryptography

07/70-06/7 U.S. Navy: Electronics A School Certified Technician:

1 Communications

PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY

I have always believed in the team concept for problem solving. But teams

cannot be successful without good communication. Over the course of my

career I have worked hard to develop my communication skills, both orally

and written. I have sought out and participated in courses to

continuously improve in these areas. While my education lies with

technology, my management experience has taught me that people skills are

the most important ingredient in obtaining and maintaining a successful

position in any organization. The following is a list of some of the

personal development courses and seminars I have attended:

( Toastmasters International: Public Speaking: Competent Toastmaster.

( Information Mapping Systems: Communication Through Effective Memo

Generation.

( Dale Carnegie: Effective Speaking and Human Relations.

( American Management Institute: Improving Management Skills of the New

or Prospective Manager.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Projects Engineering Manager 06/85-06/88

STORZ Instrument Company (Bausch & Lomb) St. Louis, Missouri

Salvaged Project

Background STORZ planned to design and manufacture its own Ophthalmic

Microsurgical Station to replace the existing, OEM supplied by

another vendor.

Challenges Before production, all circuitry and most pneumatic designs were

scrapped.

After production, numerous problems bought manufacturing to a

halt and the unit was could not be manufactured. The equipment

enclosure was a particular concern.

A power ultrasound device used in cataract surgery, specified as

an additional requirement, was a year behind schedule.

The project team was poorly organized with unqualified personnel

occupying key positions, lab space was not being utilized

efficiently, and, product specifications and test procedures were

non-existent.

Responsibili I was responsible for all research, development, design,

ties and integration, regulatory, sales, marketing and manufacturing

Duties interfacing, coordination and support.

Achievements Production was resumed and a $2,000,000 project was salvaged.

Projected sales of $200,000/month were realized.

Anticipated sales were estimated to be $1,000,000/month along

with disposables and projected earnings for the power ultrasound

device were $500,000 month.

Senior Electronics Engineer: Lead 09/81-06/85

McDonnell Douglas Corp. (Boeing Corp.) St. Louis, Missouri

Salvaged Project

Background Due to a delay in the development of the Stores Management

Processor (SMP), a Weapon Replaceable Assembly (WRA) for the

AV-8B Harrier, development of the ATE for production ramp testing

had to be accelerated as much as possible. Also, the vendor did

not have the capabilities to develop his own ATE for production

to meet the revamped schedule.

Challenge Problems in previous ATE development of other WRAs had led to

delays due to poor coordination, documentation processes, task

prioritization, critical path visibility, and design techniques.

Too much emphasis was placed on the up-front development of the

electrical interfaces without enough emphasis on the mechanical

challenges.

Responsibili Manage a team of three electronic/electrical engineers and

ties and technicians to produce in-house electronic test equipment for

Duties production ramp testing of combat aircraft systems.

Design and debug circuits, systems, and software for Automatic

Test Equipment (ATE) and integrated it with the Unit Under Test

(UUT).

Design test equipment related to production testing and

manufacturing processes.

Achievements The development phase was finished four months ahead of schedule.

The Integration phase was completed on time with respect to the

new schedule.

A second ATE set was shipped to the vendor, speeding up delivery

of modules for aircraft installation.

Production delay of the integration of the SMP WRA for production

installation was minimized.

Senior Electronics Engineer: Lead 09/81-06/85

McDonnell Douglas Corp. (Boeing Corp.) St. Louis, Missouri

Competitive Project

Background An existing Air Data Test Set for Altitude and Airspeed testing

was manually controlled and difficult to use. The test set was

the size of a suitcase but the support cart was large and had to

be towed on the ramp with a truck. The combined equipment was

difficult to set up and required at least two operators to

perform tests.

Challenge If the Manufacturing Engineering Department demonstrated a

qualifying prototype of an Air Data Test Set in six months for

production ramp testing, it would be awarded a $300,000 in-house

contract to build eight units. The existing unit cost was

$42,000 without the air compressor and vacuum pump support cart.

Responsibili Designed and debugged circuits, systems, and software for

ties and Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and integrated it with the Unit

Duties Under Test (UUT).

Managed a team of three electronic/electrical engineers and

technicians to produce in-house electronic test equipment for

production ramp testing of combat aircraft systems.

Designed test equipment related to production testing and

manufacturing processes.

Achievements The prototype was developed in six months with limited resources

using off-the-shelf, Standard Bus components, commercial grade

pneumatic hardware, and a hand-held controller.

The footprint of the mobile unit was reduced to the size of a 19"

cabinet. With one operator it was tested on an aircraft and

qualified as a successful, proof-of-principal prototype.

The units projected cost was $32,000 including the air compressor

and vacuum pump.

My department was awarded the in-house contract.

Chief Engineer 09/94-07/96

Yaros Communications Inc. St. Louis, Missouri

Competitive Project

Background I was approached by Yaros Communications as an independent

contractor to develop a proposal to develop integrated weather

equipment as part of an educational system that would interface

with a local television station. This system would use a PC or

Macintosh for classroom interfaces and data storage, while the

weather equipment, a sensor platform and remote controller, would

be installed by the station for data acquisition, or, live,

remote weather broadcasting.

Challenge Develop low cost, low volume, easy installed sensor platform with

product identification and flexibility. Be able to withstand

harsh environmental conditions and located as much as 1,000 feet

away from the controller. The controller was developed as an

alternative to the classroom computer and part of a network

allowing access to sensor platform by other schools or the

television station.

Responsibili I was responsible for all the coordination, development, design,

ties and fabrication, and support of the Sensor Platform and Remote

Duties Controller.

Achievements I was instrumental in managing a project that was taken from

conceptualization to production (100 units) and supporting

systems after they were sold and installed.

I was offered full-time employment with Yaros Communications as

Chief Engineer.

Member of Technical Staff 08/00-08/01

Celox, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri

Salvaged Project

Background Celox Networks, Inc. developed the SCx19 specialty switch. The

initial strategy for bench debug and integration of SCx19 circuit

card assemblies (CCAs) was to use five interconnecting, backplane

segments for a base system consisting of five CCAs. Subsystems

were assembled and propped up on the bench to be cooled with

nearby fans.

Challenge Attempts to implement this strategy ended in failure because it

was clear that there was a high probability that the CCAs could

be damaged by excessive heat if not uniformly cooled, or, by the

CCAs shorting out with each other. Also, test equipment leads

could not be reliably attached.

Problems began to impact the schedule when these boards were

received, in quantity.

With over 200 software programmers, the lack of prototype

developmental systems and subsystems was having an impact on

software development.

Responsibili I was responsible for developing a recovery strategy, proposing a

ties and fixture that would overcome these difficulties, and designing a

Duties prototype for evaluation.

Achievements The completed, prototype fixture was a fully functional,

minimized version of the SCx19 that met debug and integration

criteria and could be used for applications software development.

The final cost to develop and fabricate the initial prototype

fixture by the contractor was about $12,000 to $15,000, which was

very cost effective based on the complexity of the units under

test.

Under my direction five more fixtures were fabricated to meet the

requirements of the integration teams as well as the needs of

software developers insuring an increased number of parallel

developmental paths, reducing development time for Celox.

Engineering Manager: Test/Reliability 08/01-11/04

CRANE Merchandising Systems, Inc. (National St. Louis, Missouri

Vendors)

Process Improvements

Background & Crane Merchandising Systems was in the process of releasing three

Problems new products during a downturn in sales due to 9/11. There were

also severe budget constraints imposed by corporate headquarters

due to delays in the developmental of projects.

Challenges Food and beverage merchandisers require extensive, manual

lifecycle testing usually performed by temporary employees. The

temps proved to be unreliable or erratic in their performance,

depending on their skill levels. This created a tremendous

overhead for Test Engineering who was responsible for hiring and

managing them.

Responsibili I managed a team of four test engineers and technicians.

ties and I improved documentation of Test Procedures, Test Plans, Reports,

Duties and Data collected from all aspects of testing.

I worked on developmental, process control improvements.

I developed an EMC/EMC test lab in a manufacturing area to run

preliminary certifications tests for EMC/EMI per EN55104 for

immunity.

Direct The reliance on temps was greatly reduced to one who was tasked

Results to perform strictly manual tests while maintaining the automated

tests.

Failure and status reports were generated automatically and

emailed to the appropriate engineers and managers.

Data could be collected for extended periods of time of up to 12

months and beyond.

Testing was accelerated and the number of temps required for one

year was reduced from 4 to 1 with a savings of over $75,000.

Senior Test Engineer 01/98-08/00

Coin Acceptors, Inc. (COINCO) St. Louis, Missouri

Process Improvements

Background Coin Acceptors is one of the worlds' largest bill validator

manufacturers making products for almost all foreign currencies

as well as US. Developmental and qualification testing requires

that hundreds of thousands of bills be hand-fed into numerous

validators. In a special test mode data is collected for each

bill and then statistically analyzed.

Challenge Data collection was a labor-intensive process, subject to error

if the tests were not performed correctly. Personal computers

used for the data collection were archaic and the need to collect

data accurately and efficiently was not seriously considered.

The data from each bill created its own file that required custom

software for post-processing after testing was completed.

Hundreds of thousands of these files would be collected.

Tests using multiple bill validators for comparison of common

currency was difficult, if not impossible, to develop.

Responsibili Responsible for developmental and qualification testing for a

ties and SmartCard CAD (Card Acceptor Device) terminal developed for the

Duties domestic and international market.

Generated documentation for test plans and procedures that

encompass all aspects of product testing such as emissions,

susceptibility, power, etc.

Responsible for developing, designing, fabrication and debug of

Special Test Equipment required for CAD component and system

testing.

Achievements Data collected could be processed using the database tools

instead of using custom, post-processing software. Real-time

data evaluation and monitoring could be built into the data

collection process.

The quality and quantity of data collection accelerated

developmental as well as qualifying tests.

More complex and meaningful tests could be developed and

performed.

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