Equipment/product development; hardware, software, & process expertise; lasers, automation and control

- Implemented product manufacturing solutions using wide variety of automated processes- Designed and built prototype equipment to create customer samples for new products- Developed custom code for 3D processing, vision systems, robotics and equipment configuration- Acted as technical lead for Converting & Laser Processing Mfg Technology Group - Performed consultation for all 3M divisions on topic of automation and laser processing

- Devised manufacturing technique for next generation solid state thin film batteries- Specified, designed, procured, and commissioned equipment for prototyping lab - Created electrical and controls software for a battery prototyping system - Developed success criteria, data analysis and material characterization techniques

- Managed development, qualification, and global retrofit of new solar scribing infrastructure- Led a research team resolving root causes of "edge delete" processing issues- Qualified and implemented new equipment and processes - Performed extensive data mining, statistical analysis, and statistical process control (SPC)- Communicated with senior management on project status and direction

- Developed and globally implemented software solution to substantially improve solar active area- Laid groundwork for automated process monitoring and control of laser scribe spacing- Received Role Model rating for out-of-the-box thinking, leadership, and technical capabilities

- Instrumental in planning the direction of the controls department- Integrated scanheads, motion controllers, robots, vision systems and web handling equipment- Led a team of 5 engineers, several part time employees and acted as an individual contributorSenior Controls Engineer- Engineered the embedded hardware and software of a proprietary laser/scanhead controller- Developed geometric and other mathematical algorithms- Programmed the user interface and control of LaserSharp® Laser Processing Modules- Designed the electrical hardware of high speed laser processing systems- Achieved extensive laser processing experience- Serviced equipment and mentored peers with expert debugging skills

RFID Reader Driver & Firmware- Programmed embedded firmware and Windows driver for custom PCI bus RFID card- Aided with electrical design and PCB layout of split multichannel analog/digital boardCorrugator Double Backer Sheeter Controller- Coded PLC for high speed, on-the-fly corrugated board sheeting in large scale industrial plant- Wired electrical panels, Panelviews, and operator consoles for remote installation

- Programmed Windows control software for a line of high speed laser cutting machines- Designed and programmed embedded auto-focus controller- Developed DSP based laser pulsing controller- Engineered electrical systems with CNCs, PLCs, and custom controllers for laser machines