Resume of John Evans
WORK HISTORY
Woodstock, Ga.
Self-Employed Contract Engineer
. Worked with OEMs to provide software support and guidance.
. Designed controls with AutoCAD utilizing Allen Bradley PLCs, HMIs and
Drive systems, among others.
. Provided software support for robotics and tooling to OEMs.
8/2011 - 6/2012
SecureUSA, Inc.
Controls Engineer
. Developed Control designs based on Customer Requirements
. Produce those designs using AutoCAD
. Developed Sequence of Operations for All systems
. Author all programs and test when equipment is built
. Perform Factory Acceptance testing on all equipment
. Developed New CAD standard to allow for more accurate and consistent
Schematics
. Developed New Programming standard to make programs more readable and
to allow for better performance
. Developed New Training Standards to allow for better trainee retention
and class content
4/2009 - 8/2011
Woodstock, Ga.
Self-Employed Contract Engineer
. Worked with OEMs to provide software support and guidance.
. Designed controls with AutoCAD utilizing Allen Bradley PLCs, HMIs and
Drive systems, among others.
. Provided software support for robotics and tooling to OEMs.
2/2000 - 4/2009
TEC Automation, Inc. Canton, Ga.
Controls Engineer
. Designed controls with AutoCAD utilizing Allen Bradley PLCs, HMIs and
Servo/Drive systems, among others.
. Provided all software for PLCs, HMIs and servo/drive systems.
. Designed control systems for Custom CNC machines.
. Provided intuitive software to allow programming for individual
parts.
. Designed control systems for Robot cells that allowed non-skilled
robot operators to program the robot for individual parts with only
jog-training.
. Also provided custom PC software to control robotic cells.
8/1999 - 2/2000
J&M Labs (now Nordson) Dawsonville, Ga.
Self-Employed Contract Engineer
. Re-design controls for large 1963 German Surface Grinder 18' bed (cost
used $500,000).
. Converted relay / timer control system to Allen Bradley PLC based
controls with HMI, All AC Drives and improved control performance.
1987 - 8/1999
MDCS / TAVA Technologies Atlanta, Ga.
Controls Engineer
. Established design standards utilizing AutoCAD
. Worked on many projects for Fortune 500 Companies
. Designed Omissions Tracking system for scratch-off lottery utilizing
five networked computers, three Zebra on-demand printers and twenty
laser scanners to track omitted books of tickets through production
process utilizing custom PC software (DBFast and Clipper). System
could process games that exceeded 100 million tickets.
1975 - 8/1986
Michelin Tire Corporation Sandy Springs, SC.
Maintenance
. Hired on in Electrical Maint. Progressed to Dbase users group Michelin
US
. Developed maintenance programs for all US plants utilizing Dbase III
Plus
EDUCATION
. Associates Degree, Digital Electronics
. Allen Bradley Advanced GML motion software
. ABB robotic programming
. Fanuc Handling tool programming
. Staubli Val3+ robot programming
Professional Skills
. I have extensive experience with all Allen Bradley programmable logic
controllers including Micro and Control Logics, SLC, and PLC5.
. I also have extensive experience in RSView Machine Edition HMI
Software and Kinetics motion control.
. Through my career I have experience with virtually all PLC brands. I
also have experience with the following robot brands: Motoman, Fanuc,
ABB, Staubli (classified Advanced)
. I have over 20 years experience with the following software: RSLogix
(5, 500, 5000), Factory Talk View ME and SE, MS Office Suite, AutoCAD,
Basic, Visual Basic, DBFast, Clipper, Dbase and DOS
707 Evans Street
Woodstock, GA 30188
Cell: 404-***-****