Sales Engineering, Mehanical Engineering,Electrical Engineering
Resume:
THOMAS C. WAAGE
BRICKTOWN, NJ 08723
908-***-****(24 Hour Pager/cell-phone) fax: 732-***-****
E-mail- ********@***.***
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Technical electro-mechanical design and manufacturing, business
development, professional corporate direction and management experience.
Strong background in sales and product development, engineering manager,
manufacturing, purchasing, quality control and management, marketing and
upper level management to develop and introduce new products. Outstanding
track record of increasing sales, profits, reducing cost, and improving
quality. Exceptional success in penetrating new markets and products.
Energetic and enthusiastic..
SKILLS AND EXPERTISE INCLUDE:
Management Design engineering System Integration
Engineering Consulting Manufacturing engineering Engineering
sales
Auto Cad Design Lean Manufacturing ISO 9000
Six Sigma tools UPS Systems
Photo-voltaic design
Program Plastic extrusion machines
UL experience
Packaging Machine Design Production line supervision Certified
Electrical Inspector
Experienced in utilization of Square D, Allen Bradley and PLC Direct PLC's
and PLC Programming, relay systems, flow sensors, servo controllers and
other manufacturing tools. Proficient in Autocad, UPS Systems, Microsoft
Office, Power Point, Etc.
Highly respected in the process heating and systems area. Extensive
experience in manufacturing
procedures, managing, production, problem solving, and engineering.
Extensive experience in Power Distribution, and UPS power.
Accomplishments:
*Owned and operated Waage Electric, Inc. increasing their sales from
$500,000/yr to $8.5M per
year by getting heavily into electrical design and installation of
industrial switchboards, wiring, government contracting, made industrial
heating equipment for the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. Also designed and built
continuous process machinery for Schering Corporation. Sold the business
in 1990.
*Started a small electric manufacturing company with 8 employees grossing
$350,000 per year, increased sales to $2.5M per year by entering into
installation, service, and electrical contracting fields. Sold it 1995.
Traits: Self reliant- recognized for results in difficult situations.
Honest- known for "tell it like it is"
and "do it right" attitude. Known for problem solving
abilities Loyal- respected for loyalty to company, customers, and
employees
Education: BSEE, MBA, Hold license for electrical inspector RCS,ICS, and
sub-code official. Very
Familiar with the content of National Electrical Codes,
Packaging system design, NFPA, Uniform Solar Energy Code, Building
code ICC ASCE 7,
UL Standard 1703, (Flat-plate Photovoltaic Modules and Panels,
IEEE 1547, Standard for interconnecting Distributed Resources
with Electric Power Systems, UL Standard 1741 Standard for
Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System,
Equipment for use with Distributed Energy Resources.
Military: Capt., U.S. Army, Qualified- Airborne, Special Forces-3 years
active duty, 7 years active reserve in 11th special forces group.
Work history (condensed) Chronological order
Dorrell Packaging corp- Design and manufacture of automated packaging
machines . Used PLC Direct and Allen-Bradley PLC's and programmed
Trumpf CNC machines
Electronic Associates, Inc. Quality Assurance Manager, and design
engineer for one of
the first "integrated circuit" Production
lines.
Waage Electric- Owner- contract manufacturer -design engineering,
production engineering
Power Instrument Corp. Design engineering, production
engineering, sales, installation.
Burlington Engineering Corp. Design engineering,and installation
of Large UPS Systems, Russ-electric switch-gear, Asco automatic
transfer switches. Schkeeper,
Inc.. Electrical code inspections, maintenance inspections, etc.
G L G Consulting. Consultant for engineering assistance on a world-
wide basis
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Description of Contract positions-(most recent first)
*Sea Bright Solar Co. 2008-present - part time design and sales of solar
photovoltaic and Heliocol hot water systems in the New Jersey area
utilizing Sunny Boy, Fronius, and Xantrex inverters.
*Wagner Industries- 2002-present- Project Engineering- Design, and
manufacture conveyor-ized laminating machines and other web converting
machinery usually utilizing A-B-(R-X Logix 5000 PLC's. Responsible for
supplier and customer interface, estimating, design drawings,
manufacturing costs, Quality Control engineering . Just finished in March-
engineering for a large ($500,000)project for Agfa Chrome.
*Schkeeper, Inc.- 2000 - present - Consulting- on a contract basis- Large
building inspections- to determine electrical code compliance, building
construction details and problems, plumbing and piping problems, etc. on a
contract basis for prospective buyers of industrial buildings.
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Following positions were as an employee or as owner:
*Dorrell Packaging Corporation -yr 1999-2002- design and manufacture of
automated packaging machinery to include box erecting, shrink-wrap
packaging and conveyor systems. . .
*Burlington Engineering Corp.- Designed, installed and maintained large
power systems for AT & T,
JPMorgan Chase computing systems - most customers were in the World Trade
Center
*Thermco Electric Corp-1997-1999-Owner-Chief Engineer, project management
for new and existing products, product design, oven and conveyor design and
manufacturing, sales engineering. While there, I purchased two Van Dorn
plastic extrusion machines, automated them with a PLC Direct PLC and used
them to manufacture equipment for Schering Corporation
*Industrial Heater Incorporated-1996-1998-Chief engineer, project
management for new and existing products, bill of materials, Trumpf CNC
machine programmer, drawing maintenance, estimating project costs for
quoting, supplier and customer interface, Quality Control Manager, ISO
2001 implementation production engineering, engineering sales, installation
and start up of conveyor ovens and systems.
*Power Instrument Corporation- 1980-1995-Start-up Corporation, Owner,
chief operating officer- Responsibilities- Sales, Bottom line P & L,
Quality Control, and UL Lab compliance. Designed industrial heating
equipment, installed and maintained HVAC equipment and Explosion proof
process heating
systems for the Exxon refinery in NJ. Performed all project management of
existing and new projects, bill of materials, drawing maintenance,
estimating, interfacing with customers and suppliers.-(Did this part-time
from 1980 to 1990, full time from 1990 to 1996 and then sold the
business.)
*Waage Electric, Inc 1967-1990-Owner, Chief Operating Officer- Electrical
design, manufacturers and electrical contractors. Responsibilities as
above. Took Company from $500k per year to $8.5m per year. Installed and
maintained heating, conveyor, and oven systems. Performed extensive
subcontracting for the Linden generating plant in Linden, NJ. Developed UL
Laboratory compliance and approval for the entire product line. Sold the
business in 1990.
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