www.eeinabox.com•• Founder and business owner of an electronics education products company supplying components and packaged electronic kits to students, electronic enthusiast, and hobbyist.• Prepared business plan as a student at Purdue University and participated in business competitions to plan and manage a start-up from business plans resulting in successful business. • Experience in all facets of the business operation from forming and starting the company along with managing day to day operations, marketing, finance, maintaining and growing the business.• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, marketing, resource allocation, leadership, and coordination of people and resources.• Participated in Interns for Indiana program and hired an intern to develop new products for the market and mentored the intern in this program and successfully received a project prototype grant award to introduce new product offerings.• Supervised employees and provide guidance and mentoring for a successful partnership with company projects giving work experience to students on a variety of projects.

Teaching Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology courses in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Technolgy

• Teaching and administrating laboratories for students and providing educational and administrative support to the ECET department and performing research for thesis. • Performed research on distance learning methods and teaching a psychomotor skill using distance learning technologies.• Authored thesis on “Distance Learning Methods and Teaching a Psychomotor Skill Using Distance Learning Technologies.”• Project management course work requiring long term and short term scheduling and planning of materials and resources utilizing project management techniques and applicable software.• Operated equipment and calibrated electronic circuits, equipment, and sensors used for laboratory research and ongoing projects.• Responsible for policies and procedures that included environmental, health & safety, record keeping, and equipment management.• Designed and maintained software to maintain student records for course work.Developed and conducted user surveys to improve processes and collect research data on effectiveness of designed instructional media

• Assisted with electrical engineering project related designs for both the Wade Utility Plant and also for the utilities distribution network on the West Lafayette campus.• Managed projects requiring long and short term scheduling and planning, coordinated with multiple vendors and trades to accomplish design, construction, modification, and start-up of major systems for the West Lafayette campus.• Knowledge of building mechanical systems, electrical, energy management systems and theory, engineering design and control technologies for a wide variety of systems.• Planned, developed equipment/system specifications, budgetary estimates, scheduled, directed and coordinated engineering projects that impacted the operation of the West Lafayette campus.• Managed supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for the high voltage network allowing operators and engineers to monitor and control high voltage electrical circuits on campus and other remote equipment and systems.

• Hired, lead, supervised, and coordinated staff responsible for technical activities associated with electrical and mechanical systems. • Established policies, procedures, and developed goals for team members. Budgeted, planned projects, assigned projects to staff and monitored progress and compliance to ensure all state codes and standards were met.• Participated as a principal investigator on research projects involving statewide projects from construction methods, materials, and electronic and information systems to improve the DOT. • Managed projects requiring long term and short term scheduling and planning of materials and resources utilizing project management techniques and applicable software.• Designed new equipment for experimental work and research work related to engineering and transportation systems, data acquisition, and machine and process controls.• Managed the health & occupational safety program for the facility and provided training on safety practices to keep workers educated and up to date on the latest operating procedures ensuring they maintained a healthy and productive career. • Participated on the state-wide board for all INDOT facilities planning, construction, and maintenance. Collaborated with master planning efforts and served as public relations and in an advisory capacity for the Division of Research facility and other state facilities.

• Taught and administered laboratories for students and provided educational and administrative support to the ECET faculty. • Performed research on distance learning methods and teaching a psychomotor skill using distance learning technologies and published a thesis.• Responsible for policies and procedures that included environmental, health & safety, record keeping, and equipment management.• Designed and maintained software to maintain student records for course work.• Developed and conducted user surveys to improve processes and collect research data on effectiveness of designed instructional media.

• Represented Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Delta Star, Pulsar, and other manufactures of utility equipment in the electrical utility market. • Managed sales accounts and assisted customers with technical questions with equipment. • Excellent skills in planning, prioritizing, organizing, and time management that enabled me to successfully perform and complete assignments. • Interacted with a diverse group of individuals from industry leaders, government officials, and university employees. • Negotiated contracts and resolved customer concerns and issues. • Developed business forecast and budgets for customer accounts.

• Assisted customers select and engineer control systems for automated machine processes and informing customers of new products.• Managed accounts for the Tipton and Kokomo Indiana industrial and commercial account base. • Assisted customers with design of automation control systems.• Negotiated contracts and resolved customer concerns and issues. • Developed forecast and budgets for company business plan.