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Westminster, Colorado, United States

Westminster, Colorado

La Grange, Illinois

• Led field tests at customer sites to validate functionality and improve feature performance.
• Led demonstrations for customers in order to get feedback and acceptance of locomotive features.
• Performed integration testing to verify software functionality for multi-phase feature deployment.
• Developed controls for braking, ventilation, and engine control systems to support the release of two new locomotive models.
• Supported development and validation of proprietary technologies used to meet regulatory requirements, maximize efficiency, increase throughput, and improve performance of existing equipment.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led systems engineering teams developing new system architecture for off-highway construction equipment.
• Performed DFMEA reviews of designs and investigated component defects.
• Led electrical/electronics development for transmission controller.
• Gathered customer requirements for vehicle feature development.
• Led integration testing of software components, controllers, sensors, and actuators for off-highway construction equipment.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led team to improve performance and safety of the Signals & Communications department.
• Updated procedures and instructions for field personnel to ensure compliance with FRA, Transport Canada, AAR, and AREMA regulations and guidelines.
• Investigated failures of safety critical equipment and systems.
• Evaluated new signaling products for use on the railroad.

Greater Chicago Area

• Assisted in the selection process of wayside equipment for the PTC initiative.
• Evaluated new signaling products for use on the railroad.
• Created general instructions, codes of practice, job aids and training for field signal personnel.
• Investigated field equipment failures and worked with the manufacturers to resolve issues.
• Coordinated mass product recalls with manufacturers, management, and field personnel.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Designed seamless PTC upgrade solutions and configuration tool for safety critical/vital logic controller and rail signaling products for H.R. 2095 - Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
• Led a multinational, multidisciplinary team to develop an event recorder and data logger for highway crossings. This included coordinating software development and creating system requirements, system design, and the.
• Participated in multigenerational product development and improvement of safety critical/vital logic controller for rail signaling and highway crossings. Tasks included:- Created system design, system requirements and.
• Met with senior management and engineers of major rail companies to discuss their needs for additional functionality of vital logic controllers to meet new federal regulations.
• Coordinated product development engineering support of 2007 Railway Systems Supporters (RSSI) Tradeshow. This included gathering equipment for product demos, testing product setups, and training our RSSI show.
• Participated in Safety Lean Workout representing both Systems Engineering and Validation Engineering disciplines.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Wrote automated test sequences and safety assurance tests for safety critical/vital logic controller for rail signaling and highway crossings.
• Completed automated and manual testing for safety critical/vital logic controller for rail signaling and highway crossings.
• Designed and built automated test tools with LabVIEW.
• Designed automated test racks for product verification and validation.

Melbourne, Florida Area

• Performed tests on and created fixes for different components of the standard LOCOTROL LEB system to address field failures.
• Designed and tested 51 parts for the China LOCOTROL LEB pilot.
• Designed five parts and worked on wiring diagrams for the Finland LOCOTROL RCL pilot.
• Redesigned circuitry to address part obsolescence issues.

B.S., Electrical Engineering

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B.S., Computer Engineering