Eric Parker Email & Phone Number

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Vista Solutions Inc. is a leading provider of machine vision integration and consultancy services.We design and deliver automated machine vision solutions to a diverse client and industry base including Manufacturing (Automotive, Food and Beverage, Medical Devices, Consumer Products, Aerospace, etc.), Logistics, Infrastructure, and Mining.Vista’s Areas of Expertise include: • Automated inspection (quality assurance, defect detection, etc.) • Non-contact measurement and gauging • Vision-guided robotics • Tracking and traceability (barcodes, etc.) • Artificial Intelligence (AI) -based inspection solutionsOur primary objective is to be your “one-stop-shop” for all things related to machine vision – solutions, service, consultancy, and hardware.

Windsor, On

• Responsible for developing business opportunities within both new and legacy clients• Coordinate technical demonstrations to existing and prospective clients as required• Assist engineering team members with the overall project management function of projects• Perform necessary engineering calculations to support product selection/recommendation as per specific customer application requirements

• Hold weekly office hours to assist computer science students with laboratory assignments and general programming questions• Tutoring sessions cover material from courses including Data Structures and Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming Using Java, and Advanced Web Design

Windsor, On

• Awarded the opportunity to conduct paid research in partnership with professors at the University of Windsor based on outstanding academic performance• Contributed to a variety of research teams between the faculties of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSpecific research contributions include:Autonomous Drone Research (Summer 2017)• Worked with a fourth-year capstone design project team guided by masters students to design and build autonomous drones for specific industry applications• Developed Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) motor controllers that enabled low-level motor control of quadcopter drone designs• Research focus: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) control systems, machine vision algorithms, electric motor control, Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)Mobile Application/REST API Development (Fall 2016)• Collaborated with the Faculty of Computer Science to research and develop complete software stack solutions for university-based entrepreneurial projects• Designed and implemented relational databases, REST APIs for data access, user authentication services, and mobile applications for data consumption• Research focus: relational database design, REST API design, hybrid mobile application developmentPower Scavenging Circuit Design and Simulation (Winter 2016)• Supported a power scavenging research team by performing circuit simulations using Cadence circuit simulation software• Research focus: power scavenging circuit theory, circuit simulation fundamentals, research and development processIoT Multisensor Development (Fall 2015)• Developed hybrid mobile applications that communicate with Bluetooth multi-sensors for a variety of industry applications• Research focus: IoT communication protocols, IoT concepts and applications, hybrid mobile application development

Windsor, On

• Employed by the University of Windsor to edit research papers written by professors and graduate engineering students to improve sentence structure and grammar prior to publishing

Windsor, On

• Design and implement embedded software for a variety of microcontroller devices• Prototype IoT features for industrial systems and foster development through production release• Develop and program touch screen Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) for manufacturing machinery• Fabricate industrial-grade Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)• Draft technical documentation for complex industrial control systems as required

Waterloo, On

• Worked as a full-stack developer designing and implementing REST APIs and web applications as components of large enterprise software suites• Led data integration and customer relationship management (CRM) projects resulting in over $4M in annual savings for the company• Designed and implemented backend scripts to automate enterprise data integration operations• Performed LAMP stack server configuration modifications as required• Worked with project managers and IT operations to schedule and ensure the success of software deployments

Oldcastle, On

• Developed data-driven web applications used by engineering teams to schedule and manage inspections of power distribution assets• Implemented engineering analysis software contributing to both frontend and backend components• Wrote Python scripts and created GUI applications for process automation

Windsor Assembly Plant, Windsor, On

• Managed projects that implemented corrective actions within the Windsor Assembly Plant resulting in over $500,000 in annual savings for the company• Developed and utilized knowledge of automotive electrical systems and components including electronic control units (ECUs) and communication protocols (CAN-C, CAN-I, and LIN) to resolve on-board vehicle problems producing diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs)• Created a series of databases used throughout the plant to provide engineers with real-time data

Windsor, On

• Conduct tutoring sessions for first and second year engineering or math students, as well as upper-year high school students