Michael Schoonmaker Email & Phone Number

Mishawaka, In, Us

Hilliard, Oh

United States

Support and improve the production of DuPont films.

Bradley, Il

Working at a pharmaceutical company developing and implements solutions to process control systems in a cGMP environment using the S88 standard.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Maintained and improved automation of central utilities systems. Challenged with improving process performance while maintaining validation of computer systems.Key Accomplishments:Revised automatic controls of Chilled Water Tie Line simplifying operation and preventing hydraulic shockCreated Visual Basic application to capture and track Disabled Alarms of Utility Management SystemModified control strategy of Cooling Tower make-up optimizing use of condensate in place of city water. Resulting in $18K per basin per year saving in city water usageKey contributor in developing and applying Alarm Management Strategy for LTC Utilities. Reduced total alarms by 87% between 2004 and 2010Developed and facilitated course on using the Utilities Management SystemEstablished the PLC 5 Programming Standards for LTC Utilities AutomationCreated Code Management Procedure #GA224

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Repair and calibration of analytical and process instrumentation.Key Accomplishments:Corrected department wide scaling of differential pressure for flow metersBuilt additional conductivity calibration standard to reduce time needed for conductivity meters by half Modified large number of job plans to aligned correct calibration procedures with instruments.Initiated project to standardize utilities instrumentation.

Division of SealedAir, Manufacturer of Food Packaging Components.; Responsible for tracking of all software and electrical changes to plant systems and training of maintenance personnel. Served as System Administrator of on-site computer systems for expansion and updgrades.Key Accomplishments:Developed Panelview HMI for Fluff Conveying SystemDeveloped and taught class on operating and troubleshooting the Fluff Conveying SystemImplemented security access levels on therrmoformers, reduced model change time by 15%Contributing team member of Barrier Laminate Machine development.

Division of Harman International, OEM of Automobile speakers; Directed maintenance personnel during daily production downtime issues and implemented projects designed to improve machine uptime and increased equipment capacity.Key Accomplishments:Replaced Air Compressor cooling system anti-freeze with environmental safe substitute, which allowed system to run as a closed loop system. Previous method was open loop with city water to outside pond and drainCoordinated manpower and resources to relocate equipment in coil winding department to allow for new equipment installationOverseen production implantation of 3 new speaker models

Martinsville, In

Maintained production and completed assigned projects to improve machine uptime and increased equipment capacity.Key Accomplishments:•Replacement of synchronous operation of speaker assembly line with modular asynchronous PLC code which reduced the cycle time from 5.1 seconds to 4.2•Improved program execution and motion paths of Seiko robots on metal-ware assembly line to reduce cycle times from 20 seconds to less than 3 seconds on most models for all robots – this method became the model for future work cells•Developed method for downloading coordinates from AutoCAD LT to Hirata glue dispensing robot resulting in reduction of new product development time where 60 to 100 points previously were taught one point at a time•Determined number one cause of plant downtime and retrofit 50 glue dispensing stations with new design, improved Mean Time Between Failures from .8days/occurrence to 37days/occurrence•Developed “Button-less” operation of Heat Staker, using light curtains resulting in a safer press operation with fewer steps for the operators; also replaced mechanical relays with SCR for better temperature control of Heat Staker

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Maintaining and improving production on television production lines.Key Accomplishments:•Reprogrammed CRT to Cabinet Assembly Line to eliminate sequence errors, saved $80K per year in downtime losses•Co-Designed, built and programmed Prototype Automated Carton Sealer, model for further sealers installed in the plant•Developed “Clam Shell” tester to improve troubleshooting of Color Alignment System•Documented and cross-referenced PLC code for Automated Instrument Line manually

Associate Of Science - As, Automation

Associate Of Science - As, Electronics