Detail oriented engineer with an MS and BS in Electrical Engineering and ten years automation design experience in the manufacturing environment. Projects range from plant floor instrumentation & Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) automation systems right up through the SQL database logging and web-based reporting systems.Project Samples:• Zinc Coating Weight Control System Upgrade• Camera-based Automated Inspection System• Custom Advanced Control for Steel Pre-Heat Oven• Infrared Temperature Sensors• Automatic PLC-based Seam Welder Setup• Custom Human-Machine-Interface (HMI) Design Successful automation projects in the manufacturing setting almost always requires effective collaboration across departments and disciplines, I take pride in my ability to excel in this arena.Specialties: Hardware systems expertise and considerable software knowledge, augmented by a solid mechanical aptitude.• Instrumentation & Controls• PLC's, Ladder Logic• GE Proficy Machine Edition• GE 9070, 9030, Genius I/O• National Instruments Labview• PID Controllers• AC & DC Motor Drives• Microsoft SQL 2005• Visual Basic• Legacy Systems - DEC VMS, ELN (RTOS)