Engineer Manager
Resume:
Robert Bruce Westwater
Shelbyville, Indiana
Cell 317-***-****
****@*****.***
July 20, 2012
Human Resources Department
Dear Sirs;
After retiring I have decided to return to work. I am looking for any type of part-time or temporary work.
It is my objective to end my retirement and to join a company where my extensive experience in many fields can be put to use, (Electronics (RADAR, Avionics, Digital/Analog Computers and Customer Service). Computer Hardware Senior Level Field Service Engineer, UNIX Administrator, (HP-UX, Solaris, Digital-Unix, & Linux), Firmware and Software Validation Engineer, and Test Analyst for e-commerce and FDA (Medical) regulated projects, GxP’s(Cfr820,210,211 and Part 11), and (GAMP) . I have worked as an Avionics Technician in several Avionic Repair Shops, in R & D as a Junior Design Engineer. I have been an Instructor in electronic theory for the military. I have attended several powerful courses in Customer Relations. I have the proven ability to be an asset to your organization.
I am The Self-Motivated Individual with the “whatever it takes” attitude that your company needs. I am a team player, and have a sense of commitment, tenacity, adaptable to change, motivated, aptitude for learning, and creative. I embrace 100% customer satisfaction and am results oriented. Enclosed for your inspection is my resume of qualifications and experience.
Please feel free to reply via e-mail or call me at 317-***-**** (Cell) to discuss my qualifications in further detail and to set up an interview. Thank you for your consideration and any efforts you may extend on my behalf.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Westwater
Enclosure
Resume
ROBERT BRUCE WESTWATER
7141 W 100 S
Shelbyville, IN 46176-9086
Cell 317-***-****
****@*****.***
SUMMARY:
Communications, Radar, Avionics, R&D Engineer and Computer Hardware Field Service engineer (over 15 years experience) and Unix Administrator and QA Test Analyst with over 20 years of IT experience. I specialize in UNIX administration of Solaris (2.6-5.8), HP-UX, Linux (RedHat, Slackware or Mandrake) and Digital True-64 UNIX systems and quality assurance and testing of application software and systems using both automated and manual testing tools. My strong communication and interpersonal skills would make me a valuable asset to any company.
LANGUAGES
HARDWARE
SOFTWARE / ANCILLARY
Visual Basic
IBM PC
Star Office
SUN SPARC
Rational Test Suite (Robot)
Perl
ULTRA SPARC
NIS
Bash shell, korn, and C shell
SUN Servers
MS Office
Fortran
Digital and analog circuit design
Telnet
FORTH
RF circuit design
Exchange
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Tape drives
dns, named, proxy server
Red Hat 5.0 – 8.0
CRT Terminals
vi
HP-UX 10.1
IBM Mainframes
ADSL
Solaris 2.51 - 5.8
DATABASES
TCP/IP
Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / NT
Oracle 8i
NFS, FTP, ssh
UNIX / Digital
Access, SQL
Samba
Linux Mandriva, PCLinuxOS
Suse, PCLinuxOS
RADAR (Land, Ship & Airborne)
Microwave
Avionics
Legato Backup
Veritas Netbackup
ISO 9001
Macromedia MX
FrontPage 2002
Sierra Web Studio
EXPERIENCE:
• Inbuilding Wireless – Henkels & McCoy, Indpls, IN
June 2011 – August 2011
Supervisor on various size projects reporting to Operations Manager
o Assists the Operations Manager in meeting project completion schedules and labor budgets as directed. This may be a duty of multiple projects at one time due to size and duration
o Ability to run a project of at least 7-15 personnel and one or more foreman on different projects with little direction from the Operations Manager
o Maintains a daily time, material, and event record for job status information and provides documentation, reports, and information to Operations Manager as directed
o Ensures 100% compliance to H&M policies and processes
o Insures the quality of workmanship, tracks production, and monitors safety procedures
o Approves and insures the accuracy of time sheets and expense reports, as well as completing disciplinary and evaluation forms for those employees assigned to his/her projects
o Develops work-around procedures for maintaining crew productivity during delays caused by other trades, customer, lack of materials, absenteeism, etc. in conjunction with the project schedule
o Constantly monitors project budget to meet or exceed estimates
o Assists in realizing changes to the scope of work and documenting change orders. Reports, coordinates and supervises all aspects of a project as directed by the Operations Manager
o Works closely with other Site Managers and/or Operations Management in development and implementation of installation, testing, and documentation practices and procedures
o Furthers oneself through ongoing education either corporate or specialty courses
• Wal-mart, Franklin, IN
October 2009 – May 2011
Sales Associate Cell Phone Sales Associate.
o Sell Cell Phones, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and various Pre Paid Phones.
o Responsible for selling Laptops and Desktop Computers, Routers and other accessories.
o Also sell HDTV’s Surround Sound Systems and accessories.
o This position requires vast technical knowledge and excellent Customer Skills.
o Sales of Cell Phones increased over %400 under my tenure.
o Increased sales of Computers and HD TV's.
October 2009 - Present
• Eagle Avionics – Independent (Consulting)
September 2007 – February 2008
Avionics Technicion:
o Avionics Specialist: Installing new Garmin GPS, aircraft communication and navigation equipment.
o Work in aircraft as well as on the repair bench, manufactured cable harnesses for new installations.
• Harman Becker – Cybertech (Consulting)
May 2007 – July 2007
CMI Administrator.
o Environment: HP 11.11 Unix. Maintain HP UNIX on a legacy CMI system (PICK Database) during transition to SAP. Also maintained Sun Solaris Work Stations through out the plant. Terminated due to a Merger and consolidation of Unix/SAP/EDI duties. Tools used were korn shell and Perl. Used SAM for backups.
o Responsible for providing management with reports pertaining to backups and system usage, and for License tracking and management.
o Required a strong working knowledge of performance and event monitoring for servers. (Unix and Windows Servers)
• Elli Lilly – Safis Consulting LLC
June 2006 – August 2006
Test Analyst
Environment: Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Red Hat Linux.
o Software Validation Engineer – Validation of ICE Portal software to be used for Lilly employees to connect remotely to internal Lilly content. Test suite included using Rational Test manager, Rational Requisite Pro., Soda for Word, and Remedy.
• Elli Lilly – VMC (Consulting)
March 2004 August 2005
Senior Validation Engineer
o Environment: Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
o Software Validation Engineer – Clinical Trials. Instrumental in validation of software, which can save time and monies in Clinical Research, by expediting FDA approval of new drugs. This software would allow more studies to be possible with the existing staffing and to be completed sooner. A successful launch of this product could mean many millions of dollars of savings.
o Write Test Scripts and SQL Scripts, WEB testing, Oracle and SAS AS400 & UNIX back end.
• IBM – Sedona Group (Consulting) 309-***-****
September 2003 January 2004
Senior IBM Installer
Environment: Windows XP
o IBM Installer for State Farm Insurance agents for the State of Indiana.
o Responsible for installing new IBM Servers, (Windows Server 2003) configuring software and network using SMS.
o Responsible for Converting existing Laptops and Workstations to Windows XP installing network drives and printers, and troubleshooting.
• IBM – ARC Consulting
May 2003 August 2003
Senior IBM Installer
Environment: Windows XP
o IBM Deployment team at Cummins Engine Company in Columbus, Indiana.
o Work in a team deploying IBM Desktop, laptop and Workstations.
• Computer Sciences Corp – CDI Consulting
May 2002 August 2002
Senior UNIX Administrator
Environment: Digital True-64 Unix 4.6d, Solaris Unix 2.6, 5.7 & 5.8, Oracle 8i, Bash, korn, and Perl.
o Responsible for backup strategy and implementation of the Engineering Department using Legato Backup and Veritas NetBackup. On call 24x7 with pager.
o Responsible for daily UNIX admin activities, user maintenance, & monitoring of systems, applications & networks with minimum supervision.
o Install software & OS upgrades.
o Analyzed and resolved hardware and software problems on 75 Sun Work Stations besides the Digital and Sun (E-1000, 420R, V880 & 220R) servers.
o Worked with Remedy and Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange. Responsible for constant supply of status reports to upper management.
• NSI Software (Permanent)
August 2000 September 2001
Senior Solaris Test Engineer
Environment: UNIX, Solaris, Oracle, vi, NIS, NFS, Samba, DHCP, Bash Scripting, and Perl.
o Tested High Availability Software running on Solaris 5.8 using various applications to simulate high CPU loads. (This was testing Disaster Recovery Software for UNIX, Windows and NetWare made by NSI.)
o Involved in testing Disaster Recovery Software on Solaris 2.51 through 5.8.
o Was UNIX mentor to the younger staff members.
o Used Oracle 8.05 and Oracle 8I (8.1.6, 8.1.7) as system load for testing.
o Involved in automating the testing process by writing Bash Scripts and creating test programs in Perl.
• Centillion Data Systems – TRS Consulting
May 2000 – August 2000
SQA Test Analyst
Environment: Windows 2000 - Web Testing (Internet Explorer & Netscape) and Sun Solaris.
o Tested an ORACLE database application front end written in C++, MFC, and Sting Ray.
o Evaluated Rational Test Suite, Seque Silk, QES EZ, and Vermont High Test to determine which testing tool best fit the company’s needs.
o Acted as a UNIX System Administrator for an HP9000 System.
o Environment: HP9000, Unix, Oracle, Rational Test Suite, Seque Silk, QES EZ, Vermont High Test, C++, MFC, and Sting Ray.
• ecampus.com – Maxim Group (Consultant)
November 1999 – December 1999
Test Analyst
Environment: Windows 2000 - Web Testing (Internet Explorer & Netscape)
o Tested an e-commerce web site using Rational SQA Suite 7.1.
o Used object oriented testing, which required using Robot and writing automated test scripts as .sbl and .hbl modules to test the HTML code.
o Environment: Rational SQA Suite, Rational Requisite Pro, Clear Case, Clear Quest, OO Testing, Rational Robot, and HTML.
o Responsible for developing Test plan from requirements, writing test script and test cases.
• Eli Lilly – CTG (Consulting)
• March 1999 – September 1999
Test Analyst
Environment: PowerBuilder, Oracle, MS Word, SQL Suite, and SQL.
o Schooled in Ration Suite (Requisite Pro, Clear Case, Clear Quest, and Robot)
o Tested PowerBuilder-developed Oracle database application.
o Worked with MS Word and Rational Robot SQA Suite to automate testing tools for clinical trial data collection.
o Responsible for developing Test plan from requirements, writing test script and test cases.
o Wrote test scripts which used SQL.
o Trained new testers in proper script writing skills.
• E.D.S. – Computer Merchant (Consultant)
March 1998 – January 1999
Sr. UNIX System Administrator
Environment: Unix, Solaris, HP Server, and Windows NT
o Installed, configured, and supported an Electronic Documentation Management System consisting of 3ea HP-UX servers 2 gigabyte ram each, sharing a common EMC storage unit.
o Installed FIDI and 10 base-2 cables, Solaris Ultra Sparc workstations with 2ea Kodak 950 Image Scanners serving approx. 195 WinNT 4.0 clients hooked to the HP servers
o Responsible for networking security, user administration, back ups, day to day operations, providing customer troubleshooting, and software maintenance.
o Responsibilities included Windows 2000 clients and maintaining users, DHCP, DNS and NIS on the UNIX Servers.
• Eli Lilly – Source Consulting
October 1997 – February 1998
Software Validation Engineer
Environment: Rational SQA Suite and SQL
o Schooled in Ration Suite (Requisite Pro, Clear Case, Clear Quest, and Robot)
o Tested PowerBuilder and ORACLE database applications
o Automated testing tool for the pharmacy and laboratory activities using Rational SQA Suite
o Responsible for developing Test plan from requirements, writing test script and test cases.
o Responsible for working within the FDA guidelines to write test scripts.
• Shepard Poorman– Aerotek (Consulting)
July 1997 – September 1997
UNIX Systems Administrator
o Short term contract. (Emergency basis – IT Manager had abruptly left with no warning)
o Administered Digital and Solaris Unix Servers.
o Responsible for Legato network backups.
o Worked with large size LAN network including a DNS server and about 250 gigabytes of disk storage.
o Had to develop Documented on the daily activities plus the back up procedures and system updates. (There was nothing left behind by the previous Sys. Admin.)
o Performed administration duties preparing for the company's planned merger.
• Boehringer Mannheim Corporation – Aerotek (Consulting)
October 1994 – June 1997
Firmware/Software Validation Engineer
o Responsible for patient care software verification and validation of firmware.
o Developed information mapping, trace matrix, and software validation protocols.
o Developed software simulators for testing software with information as provided in the software requirements specification.
o Ensured compliance with GMP, FDA and ISO 9001 requirements.
o Participated in development teams at project conception to completion.
o Programmed in C an emulator for testing production test jigs.
• E.D.S. - Butler Service Group (Consulting)
November 1993 – March 1994
DATA Manager
o Responsible for archiving and tracking CAD data on an IBM mainframe DB2 database and transferring CAD data between the CGA (mainframe) and Uni-Graphics (Sun UNIX) environments and controlling the access to outside vendors.
o This position required a UNIX and CAD background.
• Biomedical Safety Consultants
June 1993 – September 1993
Electronic Engineer
o Responsible for the expansion into the electronic area of biomedical servicing.
o Responsibility included maintaining and installing computer systems, incubators, centrifuges, and the more state-of-the-art biomedical safety cabinets with solid state controls.
•B & B Avionics & Voelz Avionics
June 1991 – January 1993
o Avionics Specialist: Installed and repaired aircraft communication and navigation equipment.
o Worked in aircraft as well as on the repair bench, manufactured cable harnesses for new installations of complex flight navigational and communications equipment.
o Worked on RADAR, LORAN, GPS, VOR, ILS, ADF, Flight Directors and Autopilots.
• Scitex Corporation
December 1989 – May 1991
o Customer Service Engineer: Responsible for installing and maintaining computers and peripheral equipment used for color separating in the pre-press industry.
o Installed hardware, software including optical R/W drives, SCSI, Ethernet, Apple-Talk, and proprietary networks.
o Worked with HP-2000, UNIX, Intel RMX, Macintosh, and OS-2.
o Was responsible for customer training both on the hardware and software in the interim till formal training occurred.
• CAD/CAM Eng. Inc.
November 1988 – August 1989
o Systems Engineer in charge of site selection, site preparation, installation, and maintenance of Sun UNIX Workstations and ComputerVision CAD systems.
o Field service functions on Intel based CAD systems marketed by CAD/CAM. Required knowledge of Auto Cad, GCD and ComputerVision CADS-4X.
o Developed Pascal program to interface with a page scanner for reading resumes.
o Installed UNIX CAD systems and LANs with disk-less clients, loaded software on Sun workstations and installed LANs. Performed initial System Manager and Operator training.
• ComputerVision Corp. / Prime Computers
January 1984 – November 1988
o Senior Field Service Engineer responsible for CAD computer systems maintenance and installation. Worked on 32 bit (Nova) mini-computers with 64 bit APU and the Sun UNIX systems.
o Installed complex UNIX TCP/IP networks comprising several Sun servers with up to 40 workstations.
o Detroit Diesel Allison Division, Allison Gas Turbine, Fisher Guide Lamp, Crane Naval Weapons and Delco Remy were among some of my customers.
• General Automation / Sorbus
August 1977 – January 1984
o Field Service Engineer responsible for several national customer accounts in the state of Indiana.
o Maintained minicomputers installations and peripherals. Serviced CNC controllers (GEN III) and factory automation systems (SPC).
o Programmed in Basic, FORTRAN, FORTH, and Assembler.
o Trained on Real Time Operating Systems and Assembler, IBM System-3 and the 360 series of mainframe computers as well as GTE Telenet (Internet) systems and IBM communications controllers and terminals.
• Typographic Sales
August 1976 – August 1977
o Electronic maintenance technician responsible for 100% uptime by doing routine maintenance and emergency repairs of Mergenthaler computerized phototypesetting equipment, keyboards and peripherals.
o Worked on DEC PDP-8 & PDP-11 and Data General Eclipse computers.
• Mergenthaler Linotype
June 1973 – July 1976
o Field service engineer on phototype setting equipment and on micro and minicomputers.
o Was responsible for the state of Indiana, but travels covered 13 states because of my expertise in diagnosing and repairing equipment and customer satisfaction.
o Position required optical, mechanical as well as electronic expertise as work involved working on computerized precision optics and mechanical assemblies.
o Worked on microcomputer CRTs and keyboards. Trained on first the micro computer chip (Intel 4004).
• Bio Dynamics, Inc.
February 1972 – May 1973
o Research and development junior engineer in electronic design of medical laboratory diagnostic equipment. Duties required in-depth knowledge of digital and analog circuits.
o Responsible for electronic design of the computer and analog data acquisition parts of a blood analyzer.
• Electronic Associates
January 1969 – November 1971
o Junior Engineer and Project Engineer in charge of communication products.
o Worked in R&D on VHF, HF and LF, SSB and CW equipment. Responsibilities included designing and modifying communications systems meeting FCC approvals, conduct testing of products to verify meeting FCC approval.
o As Product Engineer was responsible for field installations and factory support. As product engineer was responsible for the production line start up of new products. Traveled to shipyards for installing equipment in radio rooms, as mfg. rep.
o Represented mfg. on shake down cruses (maiden voyages). As liaison between various venders and manufacturing traveled to various venders.
• Electronic Assistance
August 1968 – January 1969
o Technician doing production testing and repair of Analog Computer circuits. Worked with operational amplifiers and transistors. Trouble shoot down to the component level.
• US. Army
September 1961 – August 1967
o After graduation from Field Radio Repairman School was instructor for six months.
o Was stationed in Germany and became Team Chief of the repair team.
o Was responsible for repair team as NCOIC (no-commissioned officer in charge).
o Was trained on RADAR, carrier and microwave equipment as well, SSB, CW, AM, and FM communications gear.
o Honorably discharged as an E-5 after 6 years of service with letter of commendation for outstanding performance from the Commanding Officer.
Salary Requirements: OPEN (Can vary depending on benefits)
EDUCATION:
Danville Community College,
Danville, IL.
Engineering
US Army Signal School:
Field Radio Repairman School
Instructor, Field Radio Repairman School
LICENSES:
FCC Amateur Radio Operator, Extra Class N9BK
FCC Commercial Radio Telephone with RADAR Endorsement (Formerly the 1st Class)
FAA Commercial Pilot, Airplane Single & Multi-engine Land Instrument Airplane – 3000 hrs.
Accomplishments:Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America.Honorably discharged from US Army with rank of E-5.NCOIC (Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge) 7th Army Signal Support Team # 5.Instructor, United States Army Signal School, Fort Gordon, GA.Instructed course in telescope making, Star Astronomy Society, Inc. of N. J.Past Vice-president, Garden State Amateur Radio Club, Red Bank, NJ.System Operator of various Apple & IBM Bulletin Board Systems for over 15 years, active on Inter-Net. (*********@*********.***, ****@*****.***, ****@*******.*** )Designed serial device driver for PC-Board BBS for Apple II-e using Promethus serial card and external 1200/300 baud modem.Designed IEEE-488 to RS-232 converter and wrote driver using FORTH.Computer Consultant for over 15 years.Amateur Extra Class Radio Operator, N9BK.Owner The Computer Specialist 1989 - 1994FCC First Class Commercial Radiotelephone License with RADAR endorsement.Commercial Airplane Pilot, single & multi-engine, land with instrument rating. 3000 hrs exp.Flight time in: PA28-161, PA38-112, CE-172, CE17
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