Supporting smart components, safety, PLC and HMI products

East region support for Rockwell Automation's Smart Components

Focused on the complete and best solution, I am able to select the products that will meet a projects requirements and best fits into the budget. Focusing on the Connected Enterprise, I can help systems become smarter and maximize up-time and reduce production lost.

As a technical consultant I work with our customers and sales team supporting our Smart Machine components. This includes sales calls, lunch and learn events and supporting local educational labs.Rockwell Automation's Smart Machine covers every product starting from our smart sensors, accessing that data inside of our PLCs and presenting that data to not only the operator, but also into MES systems all to enable the Connected Enterprise.

As a Senior Field Support Engineer I am required to interface with customers on a regular basis. Service requests vary from production support to emergency downtime repair. The majority of my time is spent on project work and managing projects within the group. I have completed several legacy migrations to ensure that the customer remains current with technology and helps to future-proof their systems. I have also built several strong customer relationships that create ongoing projects and requests for my services.As an FSE, the primary goal is customer satisfaction. I need to ensure that every customer feels as though they get a "value add" from my presents at their site. This means going above and beyond the task at hand and addressing other issues the customer may have, or giving them more than they ask for. I do everything in my power to ensure that the customers exceptions are not only met, but surpassed while maintaining a profitable budget.

Treva is a small design house that allows myself to be involved in all aspects of a project. I am involved with quoting of projects, leading a team of designers, and interfacing with the customer to make sure all deliverables are met and shipped on time.Being at a small company allows us to constantly modify our processes to make the best use of our time and resources. We have been able to quickly adapt to the specific project needs to efficiently complete our work. As part of this, I have created many specialized spreadsheets that allow to work to be quickly generated or efficiently completed. This has lead to several successful projects.While our customer base is mainly automotive, we do not solely work on Ford/Chrysler/GM. We have worked with several Tier 1 suppliers, as well as, expanded out of the automotive industry to diversify our portfolio. I feel that this has kept me on my toes, always learning and working with new standards.

While working at Comau, I completed 1 Chrysler body shop from start to completion.I was a Technical Leader on the Chrysler PF body shop. I was responsible for interacting with the customer and leading the hardware design team of 10 engineers, as well as, coordinating with an outsource design company. The PF Body shop consisted of 8 main systems, approximately 40 PLCS, and over 450 robots. The system architecture was Rockwell Control Logix based with Ethernet and DeviceNet communications. After the hardware design was complete, I finished out the project as a PLC programmer, following the job from our build facility to the plant floor.After the completion of PF, I was placed onto the KL project to coordinate the design of the body side systems. These systems were outsourced to a design house and my job duties were to manage the design internal at Comau and to make sure that the design house had all the information they required. The body side systems consisted of 3 main systems that were later divided into 6 systems, a right hand and a left hand system.

While at Weldmation I had the ability to work on multiple projects.We build and commissioned several small cells for Midway Products. These systems were small, consisting of less than 10 robots, and ranged from trunion mig welding cells to robot loaded CNC machines. Each system was Control Logix based and EthernetIP communications.I was a key member on a R&D project Weldmation did for Quadrascan. We designed, build, and tested a state-of-the-art leak test system that used ultrasonic sound to not only detect, but pinpoint the leak. The system even had the added feature to be able to locate weak points and possible failure points. This project interfaced lab grade testing equipment and PCs running third party software databases to control logic processors. My role was in created a hardware standard as well as software development and debug.I also worked on a stand alone version of the system. This system was all PC based and the application was programmed in Visual Studio. I assisted in the design and installation of the first automated system for Cummins Emissions products. The system built exhaust components for large diesel trucks.I was the software lead for the Flex-N-Gate project. This system consisted of 6 main systems and several small subs. I developed the software standard for this project and lead a team of designers. I also took part in the design of the system. I then followed the project to the plant floor where I managed the debug team, interfaced with the customer on a daily basis, and managed changes on our 9 mainline PLCs and multiple offline cells.

Software design and debug.

As a controls engineer at AMT, I am required to have an ever expanding skill set. Being that AMT is a service company, I need to be able to work with the customer on whatever platform they are using. The majority of my work is hardware design of systems using AutoCAD and software design incorporating PLCs and HMIs. Customers: Chrysler, Ford, GM Kuka Weldmation Corning Glass Vulcan Engineering Noble Schaller Pioneer WebastoSkills: PLC - Logix5,500,5000 HMI - PanelBuilder, RSview, PanelMate, Red Lion Software - Visual Basic Robot - ABB, Fanuc, Motoman, Nachi Vision - Cognex, Vision Pro, Banner Projects: Chrysler JS - Hardware and software design Chrysler RT - Software debug and install. Bodyshop controls leader Cummins SCR - Software design and debug GM Saginaw - Liner oven, System debug GM Saginaw - Head washer, Hardware/Software design and debug Robot programing, Vision programing