Summary:
A detailed minded, self- driven "hands-on professional", with diverse
knowledge and experience in the electronic and electro-mechanical
manufacturing. A Engineer (network & hardware test), programmer, and
designer/builder of small PCB boards and multi-unit product test Fixtures.
Exposure & Skills:
Mechanical:
Measuring: Calipers, Micrometers, Feeler/Thread/Depth/Dial gauges,
2D Shadow Graph, AOI, Laser inspection.
Tools used: Arbor press, center punch, step drills, UNC taps,
reamers, T-squares, hand grinders, drill press,
hammers, metal files, gear/bearing pullers, jewelers
rouge, slip ring pliers, bolt cutters, wire strippers,
easyouts, greenlee & pin punch sets, chisels, hack /keyhole
saws.
Machines: Micro CNC, upright millers, lathe, bandsaws,
drill press, belt sanders, wheel/handheld grinders,
pipe & key grove cutter.
Programming: Visual Studio 20xx [00/05/08/10]: C#, MS-LINQ, Lamda
Expressions, ASP.Net, VB 6.0, MVC structures, remote pc
debugging, Tcl-Expect, Bash, Borland & Microsoft, C/C++
compilers, LABVIEW 5.1/11, Various 8/32/64 bit ?P Assembler
code. ADO.net, JET4.0, OLEDB, ODBC, RDO, MS-Access 200x{0,3,7} .
Platforms used: [Windows]: MS-Windows3.1/95/98/NT(3.5x, 4.0)/2000/XP/7,
Novell, DOS 32/6.22.
[Unix]: SunSparc10/20s, TurboLinux Server 5.1, SCO Unix.
[Embedded]: VxWorks, PSOS, WindowsXP.
Development: Visual Studio 20xx [00/05/08/10]: C#, MS-LINQ, Visual
Basic 6.0, Tcl/Expect & Bash Scripts, Procomm Aspect, Borland &
Microsoft, C/C++ compilers, LABVIEW 5.1, Various 8/32/64 bit ?P
Assembler code.
ADO.net, JET4.0, OLEDB, ODBC, RDO, MSAccess 200x{0,3,7}, IBM
Rational Clearcase.
Test Platforms: ASICs: Nand tree, B.I.S.T., Boundry Scan/JTAG
IEEE1149.1.
Circuitry: Vector Analyzer, ?P Emulators, Logic Analyzers,
Spectrum Analyzers,
RF-Power meters, DSO, Oscilloscopes,
Curve tracers, OTDRs,
LCR, DMM meters, ICT HP3070/GR2287L,
8400 Takaya flying prober.
Environmental: Qualmark OVS 2.5/4.0, and Thermatron's "Aspect"
walk in Chamber,
various Heat tents, Thermocouples,
RTDs, Accelerometers, Air velocity
instruments.
Networking: Exposure to various Hubs/Blades of managed switches (Layer
2/3), ATM, MPLS, Token Ring, 802.3-2002(inclusive), Wireless
802.11g, P.o.E.802.3af. SNMP 1 & 2c.
Exposure using: Project Management, TQM, Kaban replenishment, 5s Lean
Mfg., ISO2001, IP67, Six sigma planning, Solder & Rework,
Incoming Inspection, and Quality Testing. SAP, Peoplesoft, Man-
Man, AutoCad 07/09/10, PADS, ExpressPC, Microsoft: (Office
2000/03/07/10, Access, Visio, Project). Etc...
Employment History:
[ Repair Technician ] Jan 2014 to Jul 2014
Agency: CoWorx Staffing: 99 Cedar Drive Charlestown NH.
Assignment: Whelen Engineering; Manufacturer of a variety of Flashers,
Sirens, and PA systems
for all types of Vehicles.
Duties:
Repair/rework, debug and testing of various Whelen products that fail
during production.
Achievements:
Achieved product knowledge and handled the repair of most Whelen Flashers
and Sirens within a short amount of time,
which was noted on my 3-month review.
Cleaned up a 4 month backlog of repair units, while also handling new
failures.
[ Security Guard (UnArmed) ] Mar 2013 to Dec 2013
Hunter North Security, Route 9 Spofford NH; Provider of Security and
Safety personnel and service.
Assignment: [Mar 2013] External Facility Security.
Assignment: [Apr 2013] Security Guard for a retirement home complex.
Duties:
Receptionist, Inventory and transporter of Emergency medical kit, First
responder in emergencies, Assisted in the coordination of emergency crews,
monitored public areas for repair and safety. Performed daily interior and
exterior security sweeps of entire facility containing some 60
accommodations.
Achievements:
Received accolades for detecting a major propane leak behind cottages and
safely evacuated residents from a potential life
threatening situation.
Received accolades for going above and beyond for assisting residents.
Received acknowledgement for creating emergency guidelines for security
officers stationed at a new Facility.
[ Senior Engineering Tech.=>Associate Test Engineer ] Mar 2004 to Jan
2012
Cognex Corp Natick MA.; Manufacturer of Vision Hardware & Software for
automation and web inspection.
Duties:
Developed single & multiple-unit product H.A.L.T./P.A.T. Quality Tests (
Test Plans, Fixtures, Cabling, IO Circuitry, related Test Software ).
. Managed HALT LAB resources, and equipment including scheduling chamber
usage and tests.
. Facilitated meetings with hardware engineers to review
test plans.
. Produced test-plans, applied revisions and implemented test, then
generated test-reports.
. Designed, prototyped, purchase materials for, and fabricated, single and
multiple-unit test fixtures for variety of products.
. Both designed and leveraged digital/analog IO interface circuitry.
. Developed multi-unit/tasking standalone hardware test application.
Written in C# using .net 3.5/4.0, and some VB 6 to exercise hardware and
communication paths and capture images, and exercise IO's (i.e.
functionality test hardware) while under environment stress loads.
. Implemented MS-Access databases for each product's Test records storage
using SQL included
( Tables, Queries ).
. Assisted senior test and sustaining engineers with SW/HW various tasks
including; test of new components, D.O.E. tests for FMEA.
. Assigned as product technical lead for tiny footprint turn-key Embedded
XP PC system called the BRICK.
Achievements:
Achieved several bonus awards assisting in compressing test time to stay on
track for scheduled goals.
Created and utilized an automated electronic test report signoff scheme
using embedded VBA, and MS-office 2003,
to saving time.
Produced and implemented several network based initiatives for testing,
using both hardware and software,
saving time & money. Required learning P.o.E. (i.e. Power over
Ethernet) and Facets of SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol), and the administration of several "Cisco" small
business managed P.o.E. hubs
(SRW2008MP/SG300-10MP, SGE2000P).
. Applied Lean principals to pre-existing test fixtures, by making them
modularly adaptable for more than one similar
NPI product type.
NOTE: Update was done in order to accommodate a fast train of new product
introductions saving new construction
development time of fixtures, and associated storage space.
. Developed, prototyped, and built solid state hardware circuitry and
platform for standardizing product IO testing,
NOTE: Circuit applied current load and allowed switching between
sink/source mode under software control.
[Engineering Technician] Jun 2003 to Dec 2003
Agency: Technical Needs, Lebanon, NH.
Assignment: Labsphere Inc; Producer of uniform light source and spectral
measurement products/systems.
Duties:
Part of an engineering development team tasked with design improvements
for the next generation of products.
[ Self Employed ] Apr 2002 to Mar 2003
EcoQuest Intl., Greenville, TN. Developer /Manufacturer of Environmental
Air and Water purifiers. Home based MLM).
Duties:
Promoted products face to face, supported Customers, held business
development meetings.
[ Sr. Functional Test Engr. ] May 2000 to Apr 2002
Smtek/Century Electronics in Marlboro, MA. Electronics Contract
Manufacturer (Tier II/III).
Duties:
. Key Customer liaison to the Test Group.
. Responsible for quality test process ISO 9001
Six Sigma participant.
. Responsible for maintaining all in-house test equipment.
. Created test strategies and SPC processes (VB6 & Excel).
. Monitored, debugged, and repaired various products.
[ Debug Tech.=> NPI Fast Track Tech.=> Test Engr.I => Test Engr.II ] Aug
1995 to May 2000
Synernetics/3Com Corp. Billerica, Boxboro, Southborough, Marlboro, MA.
Developer/Manufacturer of enterprise to small business network systems.
Duties:
[Repair Tech]
. Tested & repaired 960 Power PC based 10/100/1000T layer 2/3 switching
products, plus FDDI, ATM/SONET adaptors.
. Created/Documented NPI repair process and train technicians for new
centralized S2 repair depot.
. Part of NPI (New Product Intro) "Fast Track" customer return analysis
and repair.
[Test Eng I]
. Supported live monitoring on builds of legacy + NPI products at Tier I
contract manufacturers (Created automated data
parsers & filters ).
. Resolved ongoing quality issues at the contract manufacturer ( i.e.
created software filters in VBA for MS-Access).
{Test Eng II]
. Assisted senior engineers with NPI test strategy, equipment, and
involvement in ASIC Dev/Test, and software test coding
in C.
. Administrated multiple NIS SUN servers to allow NFS mapping of Test
Scripts run on embedded Wind River Vx-works.
NOTE: Required learning TCL Expect scripting, ypserv, ypbind, rpcbind
and associated directory structures.
Education:
Diploma: Shawsheen Valley Technical Regional Vocational High School
100 Cook St., Billerica, MA.
Miscellaneous Courses, Seminars, and Webinars:
Course: Certified 300 hour intensive course in "C/Unix" (SCO) Computer
Learning Center, MA.
Course: IPv4 TCP/IP 3COM(In-House), MA.
Course: Project management (Compressed 2 day) 3COM(Worcester Poly
Institute), MA.
Course: VISUAL BASIC 6.0 Enterprise Addition 3COM(Northeastern
Satellite), MA.
Course: High Speed PCB design 3COM(Lee Ritchie, CA.),MA.
Course: System Testing, and Quality Assurance (TQM) 3COM(New
Instr. Inc., NJ),MA.
Course: Intro to T1, X25, SS7, and ISDN 3COM(New Instr. Inc.,
NJ),MA.
Course: MSCE Windows-NT 4.0 Core Mt. Wachusetts College, MA.
Course: MSCE Windows-NT 4.0 Enterprise Admin Mt. Wachusetts
College, MA.
Course: Dr. Dobbs certificate course in Mastering H.A.L.T./H.A.S.S
Cognex Corp. Natick, MA.
Course: Lean Manufacturing training Cognex Corp. Natick, MA.
Webinar: FMEA considerations OpsAla-Cart.com
Recent Learning 2012/2013:
Webinar: Machine "Vision Lighting", and also "Vision Optics", part 1 & 2
by Cognex Corp Natick, MA.
Webinar: Machine Vision Industrial code reading/verification (OCR and OCV)
by. Cognex Corp Natick, MA.
Webinar: Using "Edge Detection Tools" introduction by Cognex Corp
Natick, MA.
Course: Microsoft LINQ VTC Online, VA.
Course: Microsoft ASP.Net 3.5 VTC Online, VA.
Course: TCP/IP Packet Analysis VTC Online, VA.
Course: Unix System Administration Essentials VTC Online, VA.
Course: Quick Start .Net Regular Expressions VTC Online, VA.
Course: Linux Professional Institute Certificate Level-1 (2009) VTC
Online, VA.
Course: MySQL Quick Start (Open source Wamp/Mamp) VTC Online,
VA.
Course: J2EE VTC Online, VA.
Course: C++ VTC Online, VA.
Course: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Developer [70-464] VTC
Online, VA.
Course: JAVA ( J2EE, Scripting, Servlets, JSP, EJB, AJAX )
http:/online.learnnowjava.com.
Class: IPC Solder Training Whelen Engineering, Charlestown, NH.