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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• Develop complex sites with Wordpress and Drupal using data transformations & custom code

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, MP3), & home automation systems using mobile apps & cloud servers (HTML5, Javascript, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Apache, TCP/IP, Arduino)• 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 in order to create Internet of Things (IoT) technologies that allow one to, among other things, receive a text message when one’s toast is ready

• 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 &.