Michael J. Thibodeau, P.E.
Summary of Qualifications
** **** ***** ******* ***********/project management experience in the fields of electrical, instrumentation and controls. Responsibilities included hardware and software systems design, implementation, commissioning and startup.
Integration experience with the following product manufacturers:
Allen Bradley, Square D/Modicon, Xycom, Honeywell Modular Systems, Iconics (GENESIS), US Data (Factory Link), Ci Technologies (Citect), Computer Identics (BarCode Equipment), ABB.
Employment History
1985-1989 James River Corporation
Electrical Project Engineer – Responsible for automation and electrical projects throughout the corporate pulp and paper manufacturing facilities.
1989-1999 PID Inc.
Engineering Manager – Hands on project engineering manager for an industrial E&I equipment supplier. Responsible for hands on project design, implementation and start-up, engineering supervision, customer relations and technical sales support responsibilities.
2000-2011 Automatrix Inc.
Principal Owner of control systems integration firm. Managing partner and senior project engineer for electrical and automation projects for a wide variety of process industries.
Sample Project Experience
Responsible for the design and implementation of various electrical and controls projects. These include:
Material Handling (Pulp and Paper)
? Implemented five node PLC system for converting finished goods, sorting, moving and palletizing. Responsible for complete electrical system design, custom Bar Code Interface programming, PLC programming, installation supervision, and startup.
? Implemented PLC based system to automate the dumping of wood chip trucks and the delivery of wood chips. Responsible for complete electrical system design, PLC programming, MMI programming, installation supervision and startup.
Hydro Systems
? Provided control concepts and PLC programming for the automation of three 1.5MW hydro generators.
Combustion Controls
? Provided complete turnkey control system including electrical and instrumentation system design, control philosophy design and SAMA documentation, software design and implantation, installation supervision, commissioning and startup.
Waste to Energy
? Provided complete turnkey control systems including electrical and instrumentation system design, control philosophy design and SAMA documentation, software design and implantation, installation supervision, commission and startup.
Chemical
? Turnkey control system design and installation for process batch control and material handling.
Michael J. Thibodeau, P.E.
Education
B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology 1985 (Top 5% of graduating class)
University of Maine at Orono
Honorary Memberships
Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
Professional Memberships
Maine Licensed Professional Engineer, License #9386
Instrument Society of America
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
National Fire Protection Agency