Robert

Darling

*** ******** ****

Dr., Alabaster, AL

35007

205-***-****

adxztt@r.postjobfree.com

Career Goals:

Excel as an automation technical resource supporting account management for long term customer relationships for a strong automation company. Who AM I & What Can I Offer

Father of six children who is passionate about excelling in work & personal life. Worked in Automation field whole career as a tech specialist tied to the sales group, technical sales representative, business initiative development manager & automation product and sales manager. Extensive technical knowledge and experience in many aspects of discrete& process automation. Understand the market and work with the different roles within customers

& the factory, providing value to be their preferred vendor and partner. Education:

September 1982 to Fanshawe College

September 1986 London, ON CANADA

Earned Canadian Control Engineering Technologist Diploma in four-year co-operative education (U.S. Bachelor of Science Control Engineering degree with related field experience). Sequencing and motion control with hard and soft controls, pneumatics, drives and robotics. Career Experience:

July 2020 to Present Agilix Solutions

Memphis TN

Automation specialist tied to the automation sales group for whole Rockwell automation product

& solutions, specializing in network cyber and process for the TN, MS & AR market. Helped to implement new services program offering, acting as the lead for proposals and automation services execution for both project engineering & management. Met RA technical competency and sales growth goals. Company-wide compensation reductions being implemented despite strong performance.

July 2018 to Present Honeywell Process Solutions.

Atlanta GA

Technical sales engineer for AL territory charged with growing Honeywell process solutions products, solutions and services working with channel partner. Act as project manager for multiple full scope services projects. Met HW sales growth and initiative goals. Company-wide compensation & staff reductions due to COVID.

August 2016 to July 2018 InSource

Richmond,

VA

Technical sales resource for AL, GA and Florida territory for AVEVA Wonderware family HMI

& SCADA automation software, computer hardware & engineering and integrations services. Met company technical expertise, market penetration and customer relation goals. Company- wide compensation & staff reductions due to AVEVA and engineering services sales performance issues.

August 2015 to August 2016 Siemens Industry

Norcross, GA

Lead Engineer responsible technically and business development for Modernization Made Easy RA conversion initiative, using Siemens conversion tools & TIA Portal for factory automation. Responsible to promote & present Siemens technical capabilities to RA customers for migration and modernization in municipal, industrial end user & OEM/SI markets for all USA. Also acted as project engineer working with large OEM and end user customers for automation conversion and new projects. Met aggressive goals of initiative program. Company cancelled initiative and implemented company- wide staff reductions.

March 2007 to August 2015 Rockwell Automation

Birmingham, AL

Technical Consultant tied to factory and channel sales for AL, MS, GA and FL territories. Pre & post sale technical support for all aspects of factory automation, with specialties in drives/motion/motor control, Ethernet, virtualization and SCADA/IIOT. Assisted with POC, RA process & OEM project engineering and startups. Worked with customers at all levels alongside factory and channel tech specialists. Met growth goals, rec’d performance rewards & implemented several external & internal initiatives. Company-wide restructuring removed role. Feb. 2005 to March 2007 Border States

Electric

Phoenix, AZ

PLC & HMI Specialist for AZ for industrial automation division for process & discrete market industrial end users, consultants, municipalities/state, SI and contractors. Assisted with POC, project engineering and startup for key customers. Worked alongside other specialists and factory technical resources. Met technical competency, sales growth and customer relationship goals. Left to return to the S.E. from Arizona for family reasons. Aug. 2000 to Feb. 2005 Womack Machine (formerly FPS Technologies) Birmingham, AL

Motion & Automation Product Manager for automation division. Created and executed business growth plan, acted as sole technical resource for project engineering, management and startup for automation with HMI & drives/motion. Focused on SI/OEM accounts and large industrial end users in AL, MS & FL. Indramat, Rockwell Sprecher & Schuh, Mitsubishi, Wago, Balluff and others. Grew & established automation division and added sales territory for main vendors. Company did not continue work visa sponsorship when it was acquired & became Womack Machine Supply.

Professional Development Courses and Product Instruction:

-Rockwell integrated motion & VFDs, controls, networks, visualization and data management & reporting software, including Cisco CCENT & TUV certification.

-AVEVA Wonderware InTouch and System Platform

-Siemens Portal, older Step 7 & TI

-Bosch Rexroth Servo and VFDs, sequence/motion/CNC controls for electric and hydraulic systems.

-Other vendors & platforms

-Emerson Motion Control motion programming

-WAGO PLC programming

-USDATA, Citect and TCP HMI/SCADA programming

-Mitsubishi F, Q series PLC, drives & motion and E & A series HMI programming

-Magpowr tension and clutch/brake controls configuration

-Thomson Industries and Bosch mechanical components and linear actuator sizing and selection

References:

Available upon request from Honeywell, Rockwell Automation, CED, Kendall, Irby, Siemens, Border States Electric, Womack, Bosch Rexroth, customers, etc. Rec’d job performance awards nominated by peers at Rockwell Automation.

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