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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 of.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

A.S., Computer Science

A.S., Computer Science: Management Information Systems

Certificate Program In Web Programming