Richard A. Cunningham

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Johnstown CO 80534

E-mail satt83@r.postjobfree.com

970-***-****

Professional Summary

More than 25 years technical experience in electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, process and

maintenance controls. Extensive experience with the installation, start up, and maintenance of

automated material handling systems including cranes, elevators, conveyors and automated

guided vehicles. 12 years experience with pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and

processes including vial washing, sterilization and lyophilization. Additional experience with

GAMP validation processes, utility systems and maintenance program control.

Employment History

Tolmar Inc., Fort Collins Colorado October 2010 – present

Senior Engineering Technician

Responsible for the maintenance and operational support of Aseptic operations and plant utilities. This

includes system maintenance and process improvements. Responsible for training maintenance and

operations personnel. Responsible for area specific maintenance controls including maintenance

planning, engineering controls and expediting. Specific achievements include:

● Over an 8 month period implemented over 12 improvement projects to the Lyophilizer to bring

the system to a condition of reliability not seen in the life of the equipment. These improvements

increased product throughput by 25%, an increase of 35 million dollars in revenue.

● Performed a review of multiple system maintenance processes, implementing many cost and

manpower saving steps aimed at effective and efficient use of resources. Use of statistical process

improvement systems allowed for the most effective use of the planned maintenance system to

identify and efficiently schedule inspections and maintenance. These improvements reduced

maintenance cost by $40,000 per year.

● Developed a training program for operations and maintenance personnel improving overall

operations by reducing trouble calls and unnecessary downtime.

● Active member of the EHS team raising the level of Safety awareness and implementing

streamlining improvement processes in the area of equipment maintenance and operations.

IMA Life,,IMA Edwards, BOC Edwards, Tonawanda NY, March 2001-September 2010

Field Service Support Technician and Installation Supervisor

Responsible for coordinating the assignment of teams of trades to install and start up pharmaceutical

manufacturing equipment for projects globally. Responsible for the training of new employees and

customers in the proper operation and maintenance of pharmaceutical freeze drying and primary

packaging equipment. Specific achievements include:

● Performed detailed troubleshooting of numerous customer systems and presented a business case

for required repairs.

● Wrote, reviewed and revised over 15 maintenance and test procedures during assignments to

ensure that the procedures reflected current industry standards and best practices.

● Installed, maintained and validated various integrated pharmaceutical systems including Filling,

Loading, Lyophilizing, Unloading and initial packaging equipment with a capital value up to 75

million US dollars in various international and regional locations.

Siemens Energy and Automation at AK Steel Rockport Works, Rockport IN April 1998–March

2001 Infrastructure Power Technician and AGV system supervisor

Responsible for the maintenance and operation of plant automatic guided vehicle system (AGVS)

consisting of 14 AGV’s, 2 miles of guide path and associated support equipment. Responsible for

the operation of a team of 4 shift technicians in maintaining plant infrastructure equipment including

cranes, AGVS, power distribution, and packaging.

● Took the AGV system from 82% availability to 98% availability in 12 weeks while stream lining

maintenance procedures reducing man hours required by 30 percent and implementing 7 major

system upgrades

● Infrastructure shift team leader responsible for directing a team of 4 persons in the daily

maintenance and trouble call resolution for plant utility systems.

● Site medical response team coordinator, coordinated training and supervised 15 site EMT’s.

Bridgestone/Firestone Tires Morrison TN December 1996-March 1998

Maintenance Technician

Responsible for on call shift maintenance in the Extrusion department. Responsible for supervising

teams of up to 8 persons in the performance of major planned maintenance actions on plant equipment.

Responsible for various continuous process improvement projects:

● Supervised the repair of critical equipment system component on sidewall line minimizing

equipment downtime and ensuring proper component delivery to tire building line with no down

stream production down time.

United States Navy 1984-1996, 2002-2005, 2012-present (Reserves)

Electrician’s Mate

Responsible for maintenance and operations of numerous ships systems including cranes, elevators, power

generation, conditioning and distribution systems. Responsible for Maintenance Program management at

various commands. Responsible for the training of personnel involved in the operation, maintenance and

damage control of US Navy ships and small craft. Specific accomplishments include:

● Supervised the repair of a major ships control system in 6 weeks that had been down for 18

months and which 3 previous supervisors had been unable to repair.

● Supervised 11 persons in the repair of numerous ships systems required for flight operations while

experiencing a 60% failure rate of equipment brought back on line from an extended period of

inactivity. This included over 100 separate pieces of equipment or controllers that were repaired

and made operational over an 8 day period ensuring the ship was qualified for continuous flight

operations.

● Managed shipboard Electrical safety program ensuring the highest standards in the squadron

were maintained by all personnel on board. This included training, documentation and various

shipboard audits.

● Qualified in all aspects of Engineering watch standing to include operating and maintaining

shipboard water treatment systems and auxiliaries.

Training and Education:

Various industrial training courses for automation and controls (Allen Bradley, GE, Siemens)

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Emergency Medical Technician state certified training program

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EPA Universal Refrigeration Technician Certification

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Naval Nuclear Power School

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Vickers Industrial Hydraulics School

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Military training transcript available upon request

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Outside interests:

● Member of Beer Judge Certification Program as Certified Beer judge since 2005

● Member of American Legion

● Drilling Reservist in the US Navy Reserve

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