Oversee maintenance and engineering at Grace’s Chicago-area plants

Oversee regional 'build' engineering projects ($10M+) & local site capital projects in my regionBring the outside in: Implement chemical industry best practices in Cargill's project managementAct as oversight for local site maintenance, engineering, and operations practices for all new equipment with a focus on culture and work process efficiency

Site reliability engineer for 5 plants at a heritage Dow ag-chemicals factory with highly corrosive materials. I specialized in unique metallurgy solutions for extending rotating equipment life.

Lead inventor for patents on TensorFlow-based AI for farming tillage and planting operationsManaged research team studying big data, AI modeling of acoustic emission stress waves for petrochemical piping applications

JET is: 1. National Instruments Alliance partner, focused on building smarter test and verification solutions using the NI LabVIEW platform. 2. In agricultural, aerospace, automotive, defense, & medical devices. 3. An R&D engineering house. We prototype, develop, and test products. Projects include: Highly customizable LabVIEW software & test hardware for uncommon problems,C# & Python IoT rapid prototype development & test,machine vision with custom TensorFlow deep neural network model building & testing.Time of flight and stereoscopic depth camera research, prototyping, and application.Large scale, automated acoustic emission piezoceramic sensor research of stress wave propogation in solids with PhD research team.Espressif ESP32 IoT development.

• Created a python powered IoT cellular-enabled Raspberry Pi for emergency temperature SMS notifications with Hologram.io Nova modem and developing for 4-20mA signal monitoring• Established/managing Microsoft Sharepoint to meet site needs• Manage a planner and team of maintenance personnel & external IT, electrical, mechanical contractors• SAP Plant Maintenance management, integration, and improvement of key indicators for maintenancePlant engineering projects• Work with city council on relations, zoning, permitting• Lead conflict resolution and team approach to problem solving• Avoid plant upsets through good communication with operations team, planning, preventive maintenance, and using my industrial vendor knowledge for quick turnaround in emergency situations • Manage site budget, assess engineering project costs versus needs

• Manage, schedule, and provide engineering support for a crew of unionized machinists, pipefitters, electricians, and instrument technicians and providing on-call support• Lead FMEA and RCA investigations on petrochemical and vibrating equipment• Programmer and maintainer of Allen Bradley PLCs, Fanuc robots, ABB DCS controls• Project engineering and contractor coordinator for process equipment• Initial deployment of predictive tools and Michelin’s version of Six Sigma, Kaizen, maintenance management system IBM Maximo, and continuous improvement planning • Manage an annual budget of $250,000 in addition to capital funds

Conception, development, and prototyping of a robotic gripper to improve manufacturing process of the X5 and X6 SUV.

• Learned theory and application of lithium-ion battery technology for power tools• Prototyping of a microcontroller-based magnetostriction sensor for loss prevention• Technical support for data acquisition in a UL certified lab• Performed testing, development, and cost analysis for cost reduction of power tools• Demonstrated technical writing skills and was designated report editor for senior staff, including TTi's 2010 submission to South Carolina's InnoVision technology innovation competition

• Lead audio engineer for a small A/V production group• Experience with a wide array of recording equipment, including industry-standard Avid ProTools hardware and software• Contractual work including training videos for Fortune 500 companies• Recording, mixing, mastering, and production for musicians

Sales Representative for hardware, lumber, and millwork departmentsHandled customer complaints for contractor installationsCashier

Learned from a retired army technician to maintain and repair furnishings, HVAC and industrial kitchen equipment, and other commercial building needs.

Apprenticed with senior IT engineers to configure software, resolve hardware problems, and manage webservers and repositories operating Windows NT