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Pittsburgh , Pa, Us

Data Collection & Reporting Suite: Designed and implemented a redundant system for data collection and quality reporting, improving measurement, qualification, and disposition of the manufacturing process.Virtualization & Modernization Leadership: Led teams in virtualizing infrastructure (Hyper-V, VMware, VirtualBox), ensuring business continuity, disaster recovery, and continuous process improvements.Reporting Framework: Developed a dynamic reporting system, replacing paper strip charts with interactive charts and graphs, integrating multiple data sources for enhanced anomaly detection and reporting.Database Administration & Optimization: Managed production and development database environments, focusing on maintenance, backup/recovery, and performance optimization of stored procedures, functions, and queries.Custom OPC Applications: Developed custom OPC DA/UA applications for data collection and reporting, using KEPServerEX, TOP Server, Matrikon, Yokogawa, Nematron, Rockwell, and Siemens platforms (C#, OPC, SQL).PLC Code Design & Deployment: Designed and deployed PLC code to automate and control production machines, supporting business goals and meeting customer expectations.SCADA/HMI System Management: Utilized AVEVA/Wonderware InTouch, SCADA, and HMI systems for supervisory control and data acquisition of production machines, aligning with plant objectives.Automation & Process Improvement: Led the design and deployment of applications to automate PLC communication, reducing downtime and improving production speed and reliability (C#, INGEAR, Advanced HMI, OPC, SQL).Team Leadership: Managed and mentored engineering teams, driving process improvements and fostering operational efficiency and team development.

Reading, Pa, Us

Module Leadership & Engineering Management: Currently serving as Module Lead for Instructor Station, Field Terminal, AAR/DAR, Radio Communications, and Database. Responsible for tasking and guiding engineers while managing my own tasks, collaborating with Test and Subject Matter Experts, and ensuring alignment between current functionality and requirements. Oversee build processes and software releases.Simulated Military Equipment (SME) Development: Lead development of user interfaces and logic for simulated military devices, including LP10TL Target Locator, LTDI (Laser Target Designator and Imager), and FTI Thermal Imager. Utilized Qt for UI design with C++ powering the backend logic, simulating all functions of real devices, including GPS, Digital Magnetic Compass (DMC), and celestial body functions for precise north finding.Enhanced Field Terminal & Instructor Station: Maintained and extended functionality for the Field Terminal and Instructor Station as part of a military simulation trainer for Forward Air Controllers (FAC) and Forward Observers (FO). Added real-time video capabilities from simulated aircraft and Forward Observer Instrument (FOI) SME stack to enhance training.Close Air Support (CAS) & Close Combat Attack (CCA) Messaging: Developed functionality for sending 9-line CAS and 5-line CCA messages between instructor and pilot stations, supporting simulated fixed-wing (A-10, F-16, AV-8B, AC-130) and rotary-wing (AH-64, COBRA, KIOWA) aircraft.Technical Skills & Tools: Proficient in C++/CLI, .NET, C#, C, SQL, Java, XML, HTML, JavaScript; experienced with Standard Template Libraries (STL), Boost, MFC, Qt, WPF, XAML, wxWidgets, and OpenGL. Expertise with Visual Studio (2005-2017), Team Foundation Server, Eclipse, NetBeans, SQL Server Management Studio.

Reading, Pa, Us

Lead Engineer & Team Leadership: Led a small development team (2-3 engineers), overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software solutions.Software Development & Modernization: Developed and modernized the Avalon Call Solution, a customizable and scalable communication and emergency call system. Enabled real-time notifications to caregivers via multiple devices, including smartphones, wireless telephones, email, pagers, and display boards.Codebase Management & Version Control: Set up and administered the codebase on Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) using Git for version control, ensuring smooth collaboration and code management.AI Chat Bot Integration: Designed and implemented an AI-powered chat bot for the website, providing 24/7 assistance to clients and enhancing user experience.Alert Notification System: Developed an application to notify remote locations of alerts or emergencies through text-to-speech, notifications, and visual cues, improving response times and communication.Technical Skills & Tools: Expertise in C#, ASP.NET, SQL, Crystal Reports, IIS, HTML, JavaScript, and VSTS. Proficient in using Git for version control.

Millersville, Pa, Us

Assisted all Computer Science labs by answering questions, helping out students with programmatic, and sometimes hardware issues, performing administrator duties if necessary, and generally keeping the peace and keeping the lab environment clean and peaceful.Work included opening up labs in the morning and closing labs and class rooms if left unlocked at night.Assisted students with a variety of different programming language issues including Java, Prolog, Lisp, Python, C++, C#, C, and markup languages HTML, HTML5, and CSS. Also fixed computer issues such as hard-disk failure, failed RAM, overheating PC and various graphics card problems.

My duties included:• Repairing corrupt hard drives and Data recovery• Replacement of broken hardware including hard drives, RAM sticks, laptop keyboards, and motherboards.• Installation of new hardware including upgrades.• Removal of viruses, malware, spyware, key-loggers, or any other unwanted and malicious software. • Repair of registry as well as clean up of unused, unnecessary, or unwanted files. • Appointment scheduling for faculty and student clients. • Performed grading using Scantron sheets and hardware.

Created Content Management System for Cemboo.com.Worked efficiently with team of Graphic Designers, Millersville's Marketing Department, and fellow Programmer as we held meetings with the client and our advisers. Made and implemented those decisions while keeping an active group dynamic where we communicated and worked efficiently together. Programmed database and back-end code of website using PHP and an open source framework.Implemented the front-end of the website that the user's actually saw and used. Using HTML5 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for styling as well as JQuery, JavaScript, and AJAX for in browser scripting.

I programmed logic into the back-end code for sanitizing SQL strings, verifying proper SQL syntax and disabling harmful behavior from possible malicious users.Implemented verification of users identities including validating passwords, using sessions and session ids to verify users.Utilized various levels of protection including hashing and salting passwords using varying hashing algorithms, secured connections between server and client, and established secured authenticated connections to the database with no direct client to database interaction occurring. I programmed the front-end with PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, and JQueryUI while designing the pages with HTML5 and CSS.