I am a versatile reliable problem solving Veteran that offer solutions not excuses!

I am a Senior/ Principal Technician that has worked electrical, mechanical, hardware, software, digital, analog, robotics, R&D, design, test, quality, manufacturing, QA & DA

Overview: If you are looking for someone to own a problem and manage a solution, I am a great fit.

I am a rare combination of tech that has worked in all aspects of the engineering and manufacturing process in medical, commercial and military fields. Beyond that I have a management/marketing degree and have been a small business owner for 10+ years thus understanding how the entire process fits together and am a responsible, reliable, independent technician and writer. I have been tasked to lead unusual multi-disciple projects.

I have worked the past 10+ years mostly in the medical electronics field. I have worked with everything from two persons to fortune 500 companies and know there are different needs for each and can adapt accordingly.

Professional Summary: As a USAF Veteran with design, quality, reliability, testing, writing and customer service in my pedigree I possess a rare combination of knowledge of diverse engineering groups and can handle the: electrical, mechanical, software, robotics and the interfaces between. I DAILY keep updated on the latest technology through podcasts and the web.

Technical with complete Engineering Process Experience: R&D Development, Receiving Inspection, AME, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Design Assurance, Material Review, Continuation Engineering, Test Engineering, Software, Documentation, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, Management, Electrical and Mechanical Hardware Development, Software Tools and Robotics

Quotes about me:

From my supervisor at Guidant (now Boston Scientific) at my annual review: I talked to everyone you interface with at meetings where you represent our group and everyone thought (because of your professionalism) you were an Engineer not a Tech.

From my director at Smith Medical to my VP: Let me introduce you to Dennis, since you have the hottest project in the company right now, you want Dennis to be your tech in charge, he’s smart, resourceful and gets things done.

Same VP a few weeks later: Dennis what happens if that seal leaks, I keep on getting the run around when I ask Engineering.

(15 minutes later he watched as I duplicated his problem and he had video for his 1 PM meeting of what REALLY happens.)

From a Lead Salesmen at Once Innovation: Dennis what is your job description? Is it “guy who fixes things others screw up? We have needed a guy like you for YEARS!”

Employment History:

2017/05 – 2017/04 Elucent Medical: Chief Tech doing RF ID data acquisition, documentation, development and general lab work. I found out despite a six month contract they wanted a tech for 30 days to get ready for a show.

2016/12 – 2016/06: United Technology Corp: I work in Test Engineering creating & documenting Test Systems from a BOM including building and wiring all aspects. In charge of ordering parts, cutting & assembling metal for the frame, wiring the system including: relay matrix, GPIB cables, Robotic stepper motor positioning system, test equipment, design & manufacture of the test head, trouble shooting and calibration. Basically, given the parameters I designed, built and documented the test system. Local Engineering Group was moved out of the Twin City.

2016/05 – 2015/11: Once Innovations: Once manufactured commercial LED lighting. I was the technician in charge of the lab in a small 15-person company. Tasked to do an abundant number of things not found in larger companies: all aspects of many disciples of engineering including equipment and general lab management. We moved the lab; I planned the move and configuration. Since I have a degree in management/marketing I was the technical liaison between Marketing/Sales and Engineering. I saved the company $120k by developing and implemented return product triage and decontamination systems bringing product from the dock through testing to back-to-stock and creating Engineering MRB data. I did extensive evaluation testing and creating engineering processes. I managed and did hands-on of reconfiguring items for sale. I also worked daily with the order processing and shipping department. Once was not an ISO organization, thus I was writing processes, creating test fixtures, testing and introducing Once Innovations organization to ISO standards and concepts.

2015/11 – 2015/05: St Jude Medical: I was an engineering tech working with the three-dimensional magnetic catheter robotic positioning system. I worked all aspects of the program: fixture creation, hardware/software design and testing, troubleshooting, documentation and process writing and implementation. I also did some work on the patch adhesion resistance/capacitance pull testing. I was a Senior Engineering Tech supporting all: testing, documentation development, photography, test method creation, fixture and process creation and support for a stepper motor Velmex BI-Slide screw robot system driving CMS and a magnetic location Catheter system using the magnetics of a Northern Digital Inc box.

2015/05 - 2012/09: Smiths Medical Senior AME Technician supporting all mechanical, electrical and software technology. Daily I worked with: O-scopes, DVMs, ZEISS CMM machines, 3-D Printers, Robotics, Microscope and electrical measurement devices and computers, doing: FAI First Article Inspections, DVTs Device Verification Testing, ETPs Engineering Test Protocols, Updating BOM Build of Materials, using: ADP, Oracle, Globalview, Calypso, Solid Works, Labview, Mini-tab and specialized Hardware & Software.

Senior R&D Electronic Technician at Smiths Medical: Small shop six R&D techs working on heavily mechanical driven computerized medical drug pumps. Worked on Continuation Engineering, specifically replacement & testing of obsolete parts including PLAs. Which could involve a dozen different things on a given day including: replacement parts research, DVT Device Verification Testing, environment chambers, ESD, RF and other testing, troubleshooting, fixture creation, Software testing, repair, vendors, calibration and engineering planning.

• Consulted on special high visibility multi-discipline projects working with VP & director level managers

• Brought in schedules by working 90 days straight one summer to save the company $50K

• Often tasked to write, perform and verify test procedures

• Worked equally well in mechanical as well as electrical and software engineering

• Only technician that would weekly work engineering on six different product lines

2012 – 2011: Minnetronix R&D Electronics Tech: QA, Reliability, Development tech work on Nutrition & Heart pumps

• Worked on evaluating a new bubble detector for their medical nutrition pumps.

• Worked on design assurance evaluating in drop tests, humidity and temperature testing on a heart pump

2011 – 2010 Comcast Technician Installed & troubleshot internet, phone and cable TV

2008 - 1994 Guidant (was CPI, now Boston Scientific) Diagnostic Engineer: Developed hardware, software and test fixtures for pacemakers testing parts and programming Automatic Tests Systems (robot handlers)

• Designed, developed and maintained hardware & software for fixtures for testing parts

• Helped develop an automated parts handling testing robot and associated fixtures

• Wrote Diagnostic test code in C and Labview and worked on Auto-CAD

Current – 1992 Web design/publisher: Designed a 20,000-page website and dozens of small business websites & a magazine

I owner/publisher/writer of Bird Dog & Retriever News magazine which I started in 1992 and have been creating bimonthly for 25+ years. I am in charge of all content creation and marketing for the business.

USAF Computer/Electronics Tech School and Avionics Technician at Minot AFB worked on B-52s & KC-135s

Education: USAF Electronic Tech School and Assoc Degree Anoka Ramsey CC business/marketing degrees. In addition, daily I listen to about an hour plus of Tech-News Today and other podcasts keeping me current on technology. I also regularly attend: IEEE, Labview, Diagnostic Group and other regular hardware and software technical meetings across the metro and have many cross-platform contacts. I also listen to other non-tech related podcasts (TED Talks, Business podcasts, etc.) to get a better perspective when looking at issues. I am well read on a diverse range of disciplines.

Product Fields: I have worked on: Implantable and External Medical Electronics and products from a variety of pumps, to pacemakers, defibrillator devices to hearing devices. I have also worked on commercial, and military products.

Work Environments: I have worked in: Clean Rooms, R&D Labs, Soldering stations, Microscope Environments, ESD Labs, RF Labs, Manufacturing Floors, Test Labs, Secure Facilities, Flight Lines, Heavy Manufacturing and Office Environments. I have worked in ISO-9000, RoHS, FDA, EU, commercial and military environments

Equipment types used: Ammeters, DAC Data Acquisition Equipment, Frequency Counters, Frequency Generators, Function generators, Hi Pot Testers, Leakage Testers, Logic analyzers, Millimeters, Ohmmeters, Oscilloscopes, Pico ammeters, Voltmeters, DVM & VOMs, calipers, presses, lathes, variety of mechanical gauges.

Extensive testing at a number of local test labs including: Northwest EMC, Specialty Labs, TUV America, Environ Labs evaluating: Conductive Disturbances, Conductive Emissions, Current injection discharge testing, Drop & impact testing, DVT Device Verification Testing, EFT Electrical Fast Transients, RF Radio Frequency Emissions Testing, Environmental Chamber Testing, Energy Star Testing, ESD Electro Static Discharge, air, contact, vertical & horizontal coupling Planes, Hi Pot Dielectric Strength, Immunity Testing, Leakage current testing, Magnetic Field Testing, Power cycle testing, Power interruption Testing, Radiated emissions, Radiated Immunity Testing, Radiated Susceptibility Testing, Shake & Surge Testing

Software: Have designed and written extensive diagnostic software for test & evaluation in: Labview (developer), and other software languages, Proficient on the Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

A few positions I have worked in: Receiving Inspections, MRB, Research & Development, Continuation Engineering, AME Advance Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Control, Quality Testing, Design Assurance, Project Lead, Test Technical

References: Available upon request, I’m on Linked In www.linkedin.com/in/DennisJGuldan

email ac085l@r.postjobfree.com Availability: immediate

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