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Folsom, California, United States

• Developed online training content for Ignition SCADA software (Vision and Perspective modules)• Research, redesign planning, narration writing, recording, and video editing for Inductive University (free online software training for Ignition), leveraging prior engineering controls and course design backgrounds• Developed internal onboarding training series on company history and operations, including interviews of company principals, research, outlining and storyboarding

Rocklin Ca

• Teaching online and in-class, semester-length sections of Object-Oriented Programming (Java), for 60-90 students per semester, to strongly positive (90+% on Rate My Professors) student and faculty reviews.• Originated complete college course from scratch (lecture notes, example code, application notes, lab assignments, test question bank), including a YouTube education channel with nearly 300 videos.• Developed tools and workflows to automate program testing, metrics collection, and new content creation, and reviewed new online courses for campus distance learning community.• Designing and developing an HTML/PHP/jQuery/MySQL web application for an original courseware design automation tool, to accelerate standup and maintenance of new distance learning courses.

Rocklin Ca

• Completed additional professional development study in computer science and software engineering, earned 2 additional college degrees and one certification.• Successfully obtained a faculty teaching position upon graduation.

• Developed, tested & deployed a multi-site, distributed inventory management system with a front-end VB client and back-end SQL Server database.• Reverse engineered and adapted legacy SIGINT static calibration tool (C/Matlab), performed extended-duration data collection and data reduction, authored automated test tools, test plans and procedures.• Designed and implemented a 2-camera video capture GUI application (VB), including all product testing, release efforts, and product documentation, to strong customer approval.

Sunnyvale Ca

• Completed QA testing of all new embedded industrial automation software products, based upon DeviceNet, OPC, Ethernet/IP, COM/DCOM, and CAN technologies.• Authored test procedures, test plans, installation notes, and detailed usage tutorials for usability.• Created dedicated QA test lab for release testing across multiple operating systems & hardware.

Sunnyvale Ca

• Developed custom Matlab-like design automation software for automotive and aerospace customers.• Ported fighter jet control laws, productized customer satellite models, automated documentation generation for fighter jet control system, created fixed-point conversion toolkit.• Delivered on-site training & deployment support for design toolchain and custom software.

Sunnyvale Ca

• Delivered US-based application support for a design automation toolchain (modeling, simulation, and automatic code generation), to a worldwide customer base in the automotive and aerospace sectors.• Provided telephone and email support, custom application development, simulation debugging, defect isolation and reporting, customer issue tracking, and group knowledge management.• Successfully resolved 2000-3000 customer support issues and inquiries on Matlab-like engineering design automation tools.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

o Emphasis in computer simulation, dynamic systems modeling, and automatic control o Thesis: Modeling and Simulation Studies.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

A.S., Computer Science

A.S., Computer Science: Management Information Systems

Certificate Program In Web Programming