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Sector 5S, Wilmington, Nc

Flotilla Staff Officer for Public Education. Maintain schedule of public education offerings and teach boating safety.Past Flotilla Vice Commander.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

As an outside contractor designed, built and installed automation equipment in plants to improve product throughput and operator safety of hot glass processes. Gained valuable experience in an innovative company with excellent teams of engineers, technicians, operators and project managers.

Leland, Nc

Design engineering of containment systems for pharmaceuticals and industrial applications controlling small particle powders and gasses.

I&C Engineer for nuclear power plant control system chassis and panel design. Providing upgrades and new product introductions for nuclear core monitoring systems and controls.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Design of distributed control systems for Nuclear Power Production - Balance of Plant.

Responsible for the day to day operations including sales, design, purchasing and manufacture. Redesigned reverse osmosis desalination systems with updated PLC for industrial and marine applications. Commissioned systems on board ships. Designed portable and stationery pump out systems for marinas and campgrounds. Utilized Quick Books for Manufacturing for inventory control, sales orders purchasing and invoicing. Developed Sales literature and set up web site to include on line catalog. System packaging design using Inventor.

Provided consulting to manufacturers in a wide range of settings. Projects include ISO9001 and AS9001 Quality System Implementation, shop floor process improvements and project management. Certified instructor for NASA and IPC Electronic and Electrical Hand Soldering and Inspection Standards. Quality Manager for titanium processing company. Selected and implemented maintenance software. Provided design assistance for wiring harness and soldered assemblies for aerospace components. System packaging design using SolidWorks.

Responsible for 50 person custom furniture manufacturing facility. Directed production and maintenance functions. Implemented and trained personnel in use of Visual Manufacturing planning system on the shop floor. Planned capital purchase and facility projects. Through a team environment wrote policies and developed procedures and work instructions. Participated in strategic planning.

Consultant to over 100 small to medium sized manufacturers for production process improvements. Focused on shop floor activities, such as workplace organization, set up reduction, data collection, shop floor layout and facility relocations. Trained others in a formal workshop setting for Set Up Reduction, Process Mapping, and Problem Solving. Served as Interim Quality Manager and Project Engineer.

Principle engineer for aerospace product manufacturing. Responsible for $4MM annual product line. Documented detailed assembly and test instructions. Designed assembly fixtures and GPIB based computer controlled stress and test acceptance systems. Analyzed electromechanical components and systems. Technical contact for program review and production issues. Evaluated suppliers and performed process FMEA's. Trained technicians in system operations and fault analysis. Facilitated DOE and team problem solving activities.

Managed small electronic design and manufacturing company. Products included IV Infusion pumps for medicine delivery, milk testers for bacterial count, fertility sensor/readout for horse breeders, instrumentation for electric arc furnace operation, depth and speed sensors for sport fishing downriggers. Developed circuit designs, printed circuit boards and packaging. Initiated surface mount pick and place technologies.

Developed product service programs to include customer operating instructions and field service manuals. Trained field service technician. Produced service manual for digital Non Contact Tonometer (NCT). Set up NCT repair documentation and outside service to support repairs. Developed service manual for fiber optic medical exam instruments. Instruments included rigid and flexible scopes with lighting, vision, instrument, and irrigation/gas application. Familiar with glass fiber manufacture process. Worked with customers to analyze product problems and interface with field service sites.

Technical Temporary PositionSupported all electronic systems in the hot and cold rolling mills. Serviced rolling mill controls, roll grinder controls, skin mills, CCTV and communications equipment. Pyrometers, chart recorders and moter-generator controls and X-Ray thickness measurement were in our range of equipment

Maintained electrical power generation equipment; prime and standby. Generators ranging from 10KW to 20Mw. Provided maintenance and operation for aircraft arresting barrier systems. Completed overseas tour. Honorable discharge at E-5. (Viet Nam Era Veteran)

Bset, Electrical Engineering Technology

BS in Electrical Engineering Technology

A.A.S., Electrical Technology

AAS Electrical Technology