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Springfield, Kentucky, USA

• Elicit and predict customer requirements, develop proposals, implement, train, troubleshoot, support
• Coding with PHP, SQL, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Python to meet customer requirements
• Troubleshoot customer code, database, server, network, email, hardware issues
• Deploy and manage web servers, S3 backups, email, DNS on AWS and other cloud providers
• Created SCADA display for egg grading plant using Linux SBC, Modbus TCP, RS-485, Python, HDMI
• Setup of Windows Server 2019 to natively run customer Python/Flask/MySQL web application

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Supervised student design projects such as autonomous vehicles (GPS, compass, ultrasound, electronic speed controllers, I2C, serial), task-specific navigation aids for the blind (compass, ultrasound, Xbee wireless.
• Co-founder & advisor, FIRST Robotics Team FRC 3683 - Team Dave, Waterloo, Ontario (2010 - 2018)
• Taught introductory programming (Python), embedded systems (Arduino, PIC, C++), full-stack web development (HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, SQL), PC repair, & networking; students prepared to integrate disparate components.

• Developed front-end user interface in Python and QT to graphically display and control real-time simulations performed by our patent-pending high speed power flow solver

Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario, Canada

• Administered computer network for reservation K-12 school & district office
• Deployed SME file server & Moodle e-learning platform
• Taught Python programming to high school kids before it was cool

Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

• LabView data acquisition, AutoCAD part design, AB SLC-150 PLC coding & machine re-wiring
• Performed experiments to test thermo-electro-mechanical properties of piezoelectric materials/assemblies

Essex Engine Plant, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

• Troubleshooting of Allen-Bradley Series 5 PLC programs to solve problems with pumps, gauges, conveyors
• Documented ABB S3 Robot Control System code
• Modified Uticor PGI 100 HMI panel code to add virtual pushbuttons & pilot lights for conveyor line
• Updated electrical & hydraulic control system drawings using AutoCAD

Guelph Plant, Guelph, Ontario

• Programmed Siemens/TI PLCs for WonderWare SCADA integration project in packaging area
• Integrated Excel & Simatic 505 Softshop using Visual Basic to improve PLC programming accuracy
• Created PC-based control system using Visual Basic to signal PLC to reject boxes based on operator-selected barcode substrings
• Created DDE servers to interface RS-232 serial devices to DDE-aware applications such as Excel
• Upgraded Access inventory database with new forms & reports

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Society, Muskoka Club• Senior courses: databases, computer & information security, user interface.

Exchange Student, Informatics

• Course work in computer security, human-computer interaction, and inter-cultural education. • Completed three modules of Swedish.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, General Studies

• Double-degree with Electrical Engineering • Courses in economics, public speaking, conflict resolution, French, Croatian

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, Primary/Junior Education (K-6)

Activities and Societies: Section Representative, Education Faculty Choir, student union governance reform (corporate law research &.