Senior Electronic Technician

Daniel W. Ward

Senior Electronics Technician

Experience:

****-**** *** ********* **** Coast, Fl

Field Service Technician:

* Installation and termination of Cat-5&6 cable drop points and MDF racks. Configuration of servers, hubs, switches, RF access points and point of sale equipment for CVS, Wal-Mart and Circuit City retail chains through out the U.S.

2004-2006 Alti-2 Incorporated Deland, Fl

R&D Technician:

* Design and specification of custom altimeter circuit applications using Protel.

* Create, design and build prototype and proof of principle designs.

* Create and maintain production procedures and operational manuals

2003-2004 Terrabyte Graphics Palm Coast, Fl

Self employed:

* Created graphic art design company that develops corporate branding, logos, brochures, email campaigns, and booth panels for trade shows and publications

1999-2003 Silver Lake Regional School System Kingston, MA

Network Engineer:

* Install and customize as needed for classroom and office computers.

* Installation and setup of Mac and NT servers.

* Installation and setup of local area network equipment across four schools.

1996-1998 Northeast Equipment Design Hingham, MA

Automation Design Engineer:

* Responsible for concept, design and documentation of high-speed assembly equipment and work cell stations using Cadkey 7.5

* Established contract-manufacturing procedures used to expand engineering services to new and existing customers

* Performed client acceptance validations: IQ, OQ, PQ

1990-1996 bioMerieux / Vitek Rockland, MA

Manufacturing / Automation Design Engineer:

* Designed product and process enhancements that significantly reduced the cost to manufacture Vidas immuno-diagnostic test kits; reduced manufacturing setup time by 25% over all

* Design, build, debug, develop and document proprietary circuits used in the Vidas-30 project

* Wrote specifications; interviewed and selected perspective automation builders to design and build three high speed assembly lines, within budget and on time

* Performed root cause analysis on recalled product and applied corrective procedures into the manufacturing process to successfully prevent future recalls

* Invented moisture detection device currently used in the manufacture of all immuno-assays worldwide. Patent applied for by bioMerieux

1987-1990 McDonnell Douglas/Health Systems Rockland, MA

Consultant:

* Contracted to build, debug and document proprietary circuits used in the Vidas 30 project

* Constructed three prototype units making chip to chip connections using wire wrap and soldering techniques

* Updated electrical schematics after engineering change orders were tested and completed

* Developed and documented calibration procedures for prototype models, developed self-calibrating circuits using solid matrix calibration standard

* Documented design enhancements for beta models: higher precision movement of scanner, barcode reader, calibration jig for solid standard

1983-1987 National Teledata Corporation Norwell, MA

Research and Development Technician:

* Established the primary design criteria for PC-based insurance claim processing

* Created technical operations manual for real-time data acquisition and batch process control system

* Concept, design, build and documentation of mother board, data communication and data acquisition units

* Application programming in assembly language (6502,8080,8088,z80,68000)

Education:

1982 GTE / Wentworth Technical Institute Waltham, MA

ASEE: Electronic Technologies

2010 Daytona State College

CompTIA: A+ Certification COMP001020035254 Deland, FL

Continuing education and certifications: (1983-2007)

* Mechanical drafting using CADKEY 7.5

* Florida Notary ID: 1277163

* Essentials of ISO-9001 & GMP training seminars: SPC, Validations, FDA inspections

* OSHA Electrical safety programs: Lock out/Tag out, HAZMAT training

* Interactive Management Programs: Total quality management, Managing multiple projects

* Electrical drafting: SMT and Printed Circuit Board design using PROTEL

* French language: reading, writing, speaking

* CPR & First aid certified since 1995

Valid international passport since 1995

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