Egan Harder Email & Phone Number

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Provide technical assistance on all aspects of office information technology infrastructure, systems administration, monitoring, operation, design, testing, modification, & maintenance of site's integrated operating system environments, diverse in both architecture and platform, i.e., LANs, WANs, associated real-time systems including network servers, hubs, routers, switches, workstations, desktops, hardware/software programs; and staff's IT support needs, i.e., printers, networking equipment, PCs, laptop, communication devices, training, and systems management.• Serve as technical expert and oversee day-to-day supervision to office electronics staff for coordinating, training, and conducting site-wide field maintenance (e.g., installation, troubleshooting, repair, calibration, systems administration, reporting on); and logistics support for a wide range of complex electronic, electromechanical weather, river or storm data acquisition, telecommunications, communications equipment, standalone and networked computer systems, i.e., Doppler weather radar, meteorological, hydrological and other observing sensors, VHF radio transmission, satellite UHF, associated computers, peripherals, and telecommunications systems for assigned areas.• Participate in project management of assigned systems. Implement national-issued technical orders, security measures, and data integrity/recovery procedures. Maintain documentation and spares on all systems and equipment.• Assist office supervisor(s) with facility issues, maintenance, safety, and as contracting officer's technical representative (COTR). Communicate clearly and effectively to assess needs, evaluate alternatives, and resolve issues. • Responsibilities as CR WRN Roadmap culture team lead included aligning with Evolve NWS objectives/initiatives and culture-building efforts, i.e., community volunteering, organizing office social and team building activities.

Jerseyville, Illinois, United States

• Owned and operated a 24/7 marine electronics business with 5 field service technicians providing inland river waterway sales/service including new construction, maintaining and updating pilothouse electronic systems including 1 or 2 radars w/screen(s) & controls; interface with the real-time wind, compass, water depth sounders & temperature data to multiple network/computer systems on Windows, Linux, & Unix platforms; cellular links and switches to facilitate real-time data with remote VPN login between customer’s offices with towboat’s LAN; satellite communication, navigation, and tracking; HF/VHF communication, intercoms, searchlights, antennas, network printers. Consulted with contractors, owners, and captains to assess needs and budget requirements, and deadlines.• Supervised and developed FCC certification training plans for technicians; assisted with complex calibrating tasks and testing to verify system and installation specifications were met while utilizing security measures, and data integrity/recovery procedures; resolved RF Broadcast FCC moving vessel violations; and provided equipment training for towboat personnel.

Wood River, Illinois, United States

• Correct serious safety/navigational deficiencies, i.e., loss of steering, inoperative radars, computer systems, LAN/WAN hardware, critical HF/VHF/UHF communications equipment. Hired, supervised, trained, and evaluated an office administrator and 3 electronics technicians; Assisted with the more complex tasks like calibrating and testing entire system performance to verify all installation and specifications were met. Surveyed and create job estimates, managed order processing, billing, deposits, technical and logistics support. Immediate 24/7 response.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Program macros, analyze data, interpret results, advise senior scientists; Spectrofluorometer-based kinetic and conducted biochemical research analysis of concentration-dependent systems to outline specific mechanisms surrounding mitochondrial Apoptosis, ion channel-related illness, structure, & chemical function utilizing tissue culture growth & lab aseptic techniques; modified ongoing testing procedures to better explain ongoing, continuously narrowing questions. Published 4 peer-reviewed science journal articles and presented data and findings to scientists, doctors, engineers, and faculty.

Godfrey, Illinois, United States

• Taught courses in Microsoft and DOS operating systems, and server software configurations using Linux, Unix, and Windows; telecommunications; PC troubleshooting, maintenance; and Microsoft Office (all levels) to students with different backgrounds and technical abilities. • Developed curriculum-based steps to provide a real-world experience for the students by conducting labs that were time and performance-critical and prepared for A+ Certification.

Wood River, Illinois, United States

As an FCC licensed communications & radar technician on the inland rivers, including the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois rivers, the job entailed long hours, extended drives with critical electronic repairs often done in icy, snowy, windy, and sub-zero temps on top of a wheelhouse or attached to a tower with a flashlight for your light source. Customer training was available 24/7 to ensure a smooth and safe transition to their new equipment.Installed electronic equipment including radar systems, computer and networking equipment utilizing Windows, DOS, and Command line to set up electronics, i.e. restoring data to a new hard drive or to service equipment. Swapped the existing components, i.e. memory, cards, cooling fans, power supplies, and hard drives, all while maintaining the integrity of the data. Installed network printers, interfaced wind, compass, water depth & temperature data to the network and radar. Installed and maintained RF antennas including dipole, folded dipole, long wire, yagi, and diversity systems to eliminate blind spots. Installed/repaired communication/warning equipment in police cars and base stations, fire trucks, ambulances, public service vehicles, and various towers both supported and self-supported; remote transmitter and receiver stations using phone-line interfaces, and voting systems. Repaired repeaters, mobile radios, walkie-talkies, intercoms, pagers, power supplies, encoders, TVs, as well as various sizes and frequencies of electronic equipment.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Performed preventive and corrective maintenance on ship’s mainframe advanced data processing computer, hardware, computer monitored and controlled audio switching unit which linked ship’s remote communication, peripheral equipment including input power conditioner, data terminals, and printers. Installed, repaired, and calibrated a broad spectrum of electronic equipment, i.e., various HF/VHF/UHF transmitters, receivers, transceivers, patch panels, antenna couplers, remote and coupler control units, and remote speaker amplifiers. Supervised or performed all critical soldering, circuit board repairs and communication equip grounding. Tempest security technical authority.