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Subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric, a robotics manufacturer providing innovative automation solutions for all industries.• Project engineer responsible for design and programming of robotic work cells for arc welding, spot welding, material handling, and life science applications.• Maintained an average project revenue of 105% of quoted margin.• Responsible for working with product solutions group to modify standard product designs in order to reduce material costs, and improve quality.• Conducted design reviews and validation run-offs for customers. • Worked with customers on a daily basis during the design/build process to ensure final product exceeded expectations.• Managed multiple projects simultaneously while supporting day to day operations.

Moraine Assembly Plant, manufacturing the GMC Envoy, Chevy Trailblazer, and Saab 9-7x. (2005 – 2008) Dayton, OH• Project manager for design and implementation of a plant controls monitoring system used to improve production throughput and maintenance efficiency. Production downtime reduced by 21%• Project engineer for installation and start-up of Envoy/Trailblazer/9-7x body shop.• Part of a throughput study team responsible for identifying production bottlenecks and engineering solutions.• Ensured new and existing equipment conforms to industry regulations and corporate specifications.• Maintained controls systems for HVAC, paint ovens, powder application and reclaim systems, conveyor systems, vehicle tracking systems and other plant process equipment using AB PLC5 and Contollogix processors.• Support production and maintenance with continuous improvement driven projects.

Fairfax Assembly Plant, manufacturing the Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura. (2001 – 2005) Kansas City, KS• Part of design team responsible for replacing manual automotive paint application with a fully automated paint booth, improving throughput by 60%.• Responsible for design and coordination of all engineering projects for maintenance, production and quality. • Project Manager for Product Tracking and Routing system development and installation. System used to track all products and monitor quality and throughput data.• Used PLC/HMI programming experience to make continuous improvements to conveyor systems, robotic welding/painting systems, error proofing systems, robotic vision systems, and quality/throughput data collection systems.• Responsible for ISO 9000/14000 compliance.• Supervised union employees and contract engineers.

Controls Engineer for installation and start-up of Moraine Assembly Chevy Trailblazer / GMC Envoy body shop.• Involved with debug and integration of Allen Bradley Logix 5000 controllers with Fanuc 420iW robots, WTC weld controllers, Nordson Pro-Flo II and various other automotive production components.• Allen Bradley training courses in ContolLogix 5000 architecture, RS Logix 5000, and Panelbuilder 32. - Fanuc training courses in Dispensetool+ / Spottool+ , and RJ2 robot controller.• Worked alongside IUE skilled trades during start-up phase to ensure efficiency of production, and quality of product.• Production support for A/B ControlLogix 5000, Fanuc RJ2 Controllers, and Nordson Pro-Flo II.

Master Of Science (Ms), Engineering/Industrial Management

Bs, Electrical Engineering