Lauren Yoder Email & Phone Number

Cranberry Twp, Pennsylvania

• Provided technical guidance to teams building multi-million dollar physical security systems throughout the project lifecycle from requirements definition to installation at the customer site.
• Managed the schedule and hours available for each project task; ensured each project was delivered on schedule and under budget
• Reviewed customer specifications to select software customizations, then interfaced with customers and software development to verify that all requirements were met. Determined out of scope activities and provided.
• Identified, tracked, and developed mitigation strategies for project risks
• Directed an initiative to allow the cyber and hardware teams to track tasks and issues in Jira. Added new roles, workflows, and ticket types to support team needs
• Assisted team members as needed; built hardware, installed cyber security software, and performed code builds of our custom software.

• Acted as part of a team, contributing to the design of the cyber security monitoring system that interfaced with many distributed control systems spread throughout the AP1000 nuclear power plant.
• Reviewed the conceptual architecture, directed the build phase, and tested the system to demonstrate project requirements are met
• Created internally developed configurations on the isolated development environment to eliminate the time constraints and higher cost of vendor supplied configurations
• Authored design documents, hardware drawings, and software installation procedures
• Provided engineering input to schedule activities and cost estimates

• Traveled to operating nuclear power plants as a Head Area Maintenance refueling technician
• Received qualifications to operate the fuel handling loading guide, transfer system, and spent fuel pit bridge
• Acquired and maintained unescorted access to each nuclear site

• Managed hardware engineers, system installers, and testers during the design, testing, and installation of main control room simulators using the Ovation platform for AP1000 international and domestic nuclear power.
• Directed teams of engineers and technicians through requirements management, design, procurement, manufacturing, factory acceptance testing, and delivery of six simulator systems
• Performed the installation and initial energization of all simulators at customer sites; diagnosed and resolved all hardware issues during customer installations
• Created schedules for hardware delivery and tracked progress
• Provided hardware cost estimates and schedules for new domestic and international simulator projects

• Responsible for maintaining AP1000 Simulator Development Systems (6 systems total, about 50 servers each).
• Installed and managed Windows domains, network components, fiber optic KVM systems, and simulation software on AP1000 simulators, both in house and at customer sites.
• Conducted training for and mentored new hire system administrators

Performed regression testing on the interface between ANSYS and CATIA throughout the ANSYS 12.0 and 12.1 release cycles, ensuring that any errors were analyzed and reported to the appropriate person. Created, tested, and ran scripts to assess newly introduced test bench features. Interfaced regularly with the ANSYS India team.