Equipment Specialist performing machine troubleshooting, R&D upgrades and new machine designs with Kinetix 6000/6500 drives over fiber optic and ethernet (CIP) on L72 processor with dual NIC. Plant in NH, France and Mexico. OEM engineer in manufacturing enviroment expanding at rapid pace. Responsible for arc flash control cabinet design and new drive system (K6500), including global compliance, including but not limited to NFPA 79, CE & UL508, including applicable software standards.

, an evolutionary printing system used to print high quality magazines. · Designed, developed and implemented DR on an integrated printing press and as a standalone system. · Hardware and software design of Ethernet interface and protocol for HMI/driver board communication. · Responsible for system requirements, specification and validation of the prototype system. · Provided on-site customer support for the deployment of the first DR system. Included customization to suit the needs of the customer. Installation and startup was on time and exceeded customer expectations. · Supported project post-installation for 3rd party requirements and trouble-shooting through VPN.Lead product support engineer for servo-driven SP1100, used for making newsstand and subscriber-readymagazines. · Provided daily technical support of customer issues, including debugging, implementing fixes and upgrading software for machines in production across the nation. Upgrades involved coordination with customer to minimize production impact. · Trained operations and maintenance on use and support of the equipment. · Developed technical bulletins and product support manuals for customers.

Lead software engineer for Step7/HMI test software of print units, folders and angle-bars. · Involved in daily trouble-shooting of equipment to fix manufacturing issues and bugs. · Supported multiple departments, including Engineering, Assembly, and Service, as well as the customer in order to ensure delivery of a quality product. · Organized and developed test fixtures for all press equipment to aid in trouble-shooting of the manufactured product. · Improved existing test methods by providing more efficient procedures to achieve faster commissioning times. · Identified lacking test procedures and expanded the existing test suite in order to provide more accurate and higher quality testing of $15M press equipment, both prior to commissioning at customer site and for on- going customer support. · Designed test software using Siemens PLCs and drive software. · Developed operator interfaces using ProTools and Omnicon for testing and trouble-shooting equipment in- house and at the customer site. · Incorporated new HMI's into test fixtures and revised existing software in order to provide automated equipment testing and ease trouble-shooting hardware issues.

Lead hardware engineer responsible for the electrical/software engineering and manufacturing of magazineproducing machines. · Solved service and product performance issues on a daily basis in OEM manufacturing and customer environments through efficient trouble-shooting. · Provided on-site presence when necessary to solve customer issues. Interfaced with R&D, Manufacturing, Service, Sales and the customer in order to both deliver the expected product to the customer and to support the customer long after shipment.Project engineer responsible for the design, on time shipment, and customer support of bookbinding and magazinemachinery, with projects totaling $5-25M annually. · Led initial customer design reviews, evaluated customer design requests, and proposed strategies for integrating customer requests into the existing product. · Supported manufacturing by providing the customized software and hardware modifications necessary for the commissioning of each machine to meet the objectives of the customer. · Followed up with customer to provide site support for trouble-shooting and upgrading systems. · Performed machine control using Siemens PLC. · Controlled and tuned single and dual drive machines through Simovis software. · Designed schematics and controls layout using AutoCAD.Designed and implemented a standalone ST trimmer with Siemens S315 processor for a customer in China. · Modified software for standalone machine operation. · Implemented a software driver for the RS485 WAGO coupler in order to provide marquee messaging to ease customer ability to trouble-shoot system. · Provided customer support and trouble-shooting during commissioning phase and post-installation.

Project/Maintenance engineer for paper machines, pulp mill, recaust and power plant in paper mill. · Performed project management, daily machine trouble-shooting and technical engineering. · Designed and implemented Automax drive and Allen Bradley control systems for increased paper machine reliability. · Designed motor & drive controls layout and performed overall mechanical/electrical project management to achieve increased reliability and productivity of the paper machines. · Installed and set-up Sigma trending systems in standalone and client/server configurations for system monitoring. · Managed semi-annual maintenance of 13.8kV/2300V switchgear on turbine deck, and monthly 480VAC equipment reliability functions, including effective use of multiple power feeds.Electrical foreman for nine member crew providing maintenance of two paper machines and winders · Required managing of crew for routine and emergency work. · Led daily trouble-shooting of equipment issues, including prioritization of schedule.