Software Engineer

Richard Ektarian

Email: abox0f@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ********** **.

City: La Habra

State: CA

Zip: 90631

Country: USA

Phone: 562-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: 35

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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RESUME OF RICHARD EKTARIAN

1360 Antoinette Dr, La Habra, California 90631

562-***-**** abox0f@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS SUMMARY

Computer programming in Fortran/C/HP Basic/Pascal/8086 Assembly, automation software, many software applications, familiar with Unix/Linux/BSDs, installation/troubleshooting, S100/PC/HP 9000 computer systems.

Digital/analog electronics, three phase power systems, very high voltage/current testing, wiring, schematics, control systems, motors, generators, computer data acquisition and control systems using HP Multiprogrammer and Keithley, instrumentation/sensors of many types: real time analyzers, counters, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, accelerometers, xy plotters, pyrometers, torque/load cells, thermocouples, etc...

Assembly/test work of all kinds, lathe/mill work, piping, TIG welding, high vacuum systems, engine building, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics, flow/sound/endurance testing, facility water treatment, mechanical drawings, hand tools/micrometers, dial indicators, forklift certified.

Technical documents, flow charting, project scheduling, gantt charts, safety adviser, handling of radioactive substances, Q clearance, software QA inspector.

CAREER HISTORY

GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES 11/07/2004 to 8/14/2005

1901 Raymer Av., Fullerton, California 92833 - 714-***-****

Maintenance Dept.

Servicing/calibrating CEMS(Continuous Emissions Monitoring System) for AQMD compliance, updated furnace electronic process control system, maintained diesel generator for electrical back-up of entire facility, monitored facility water treatment and adjusted for ph and bacterial content, maintained natural gas back-up system, and performed various other kinds of electrical and mechanical work necessary to maintain a pattern glass factory.

INTERNET FOREX INVESTING 2004

Worked at home.

MIKE`S PC SERVICES 1994 to 2004

Stanton, California - contact by email: abox0f@r.postjobfree.com

Computer Consultant

Harvesting information from the INTERNET and processing it using Access and Word. I wrote several programs in the Euphoria programming language to assist in this work.

Started my own business at home. 1991 to 1994

ALLIED SIGNAL AEROSPACE (now Honeywell International)

2525 W. 190th St., Torrance, California - 310-***-****

Software Engineer - Test Equipment Dept. 1986 to 2/1/1991

Responsible for the complete development of test stand software, including:

Initial cost estimate of required software.

Complete software design, coding, and debug.

Creation of Requirements, Design, Validation Test Plan, and Calibration documents.

In addition to software engineering, I maintained the Gen Rad Unix computer system

which was used to test circuit boards and I was the Safety Trainer for the Test

Equipment department.

Laboratory Development Specialist 8/5/1977 to 1986

Under contract from the Department Of Energy (DOE), developed and tested uranium

hexafluoride gas centrifuges to determine their viability for uranium enrichment.

Performed the following:

R&D on gas centrifuge and successfully ran one-year qualification test for DOE

Received Q clearance.

Used High vacuum systems.

Learned proper handling of radioactive substances.

Installed and used sensors/Instrumentation (Oscilloscopes, Real Time analyzers, volt/current

meters, hall effect probes, load cells, thermocouples, etc for data acquisition.

GOULD INCORPORATED (was ITE Imperial) 7/2/1973 to 7/29/1977

11711 S. Woodruff Av., Downey, California - 562-***-****

High Voltage Test Technician and Swing Shift Lead man

Gould manufactures three phase high power circuit breakers.

Helped build the high voltage test laboratory.

Performed high voltage impulse tests (up to 2,000,000 volts) and steady high

voltage tests (up to 1,000,000 volts) on three phase high power circuit breakers.

Performed high current test (up to 4000 amps).

Some tests were performed under varying environmental (rain) and mechanical

conditions for sales qualification on circuit breakers rated up to 550 KV.

MAGNA CORPORATION - Santa Fe Springs, California 1969 to 1972

TIG welder and final tester on corrosion measuring instruments

to measure wear in pipes for the oil industry.

EDWARDS LABORATORIES - Santa Ana, California 1968 to 1969

Laboratory Technician

Tested replacement heart valves in the R&D lab for flow, sound, and endurance.

Wired a plastic extrusion machine to make catheters, a new product line for the company.

EDUCATION

Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California 1978-1979

Studied Geology and Electronics.

Cerritos Junior College, Norwalk, California 1969-1976

Studied Physics and Calculus.

California State University at Long Beach, California 1966-1967

General engineering courses.

ORGANIZATIONS

National Geographic Society - Life Member

National Rifle Association (NRA)

HOBBIES

Computers, Geology, Cars, Guns

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