A — Controls Engineer

Responsible for test systems design engineering group / engineering services management – mechanical / electrical / instrumentation & controls design of complex Aero Space, DoD, Commercial, Automotive and Industrial Test & Assembly Systems Supervisor-Manager of Design/Test Engineering Dept.for NTS Huntsville Operations: DOD - Aero Space projects and programs – Automated Testing and Controls Design – Facility, Equipment, Control Systems modernization Senior Instrumentation & Controls Electrical Systems Design Engineer for Air Force modernization projects: UTTR, MUC, MUH - Nuclear defense systems programs Huey Helicopter electrical retrofit systems design – Arista Aviation Apple Computer – State of the art - Production Centrifuge - controls design / project supervision DoD projects > $25M total funding – engineering services / design responsibility Bid team quotation / estimator & Electrical Controls Designer lead for all Commercial Automotive / Industrial automation / custom test projects NTS – SME (Subject Matter Expert) - Automated Assembly & Custom Test Systems Design

Continuous improvement/Lean/5S/Value Stream/Kaizen/Productivity Specialist – IP & BS Manufacturing Divisions. IP products final assembly line manufacturing/robotics engineering/ PLC software developer Provided error proofing/cell design and implementation for IP product lines, saving $500K in quality inspection costs. Acknowledged by Siemens VDO Worldwide - by designing & implementing: 3i Manufacturing Project of the Month-Feb. 2006 for IP Robotic Ionized Air - Mask & Lens cleaning system. Instrumental in saving $1.6M service build requirement for design/build-OES/Service Flex Manufacturing Cell-Robotic pointer set system-IP products.

Contract Consultant Engineer - Cost Reduction / Lean Manufacturing Projects – Plant Wide – largest manufacturing facility (1 million sq. feet) in Steelcase's system of factories. Identified over $3,000,000 in potential cost savings in proposed projects and lean initiatives in (5) separate manufacturing divisions with-in the facility Author of Engineering System Specifications and requests for quotations on proposed plant wide automation / cost reduction projects PLC, HMI, and Servo Motion Control programming resp. on existing manufacturing systems (Tog-L-Loc) and numerous proposed cost reduction automation projects

Supervised plant wide manufacturing equipment and process engineering – tooling, molds, machine and fixture design utilizing AutoCad Managed manufacturing automation, continuous improvement, and lean cell initiatives for a 40,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility producing complex high voltage electronic power supplies for DoD - night vision equipment / systems. Served as process improvement - automation projects engineering manager at 2 facilities, - PLC programming - Huntsville, AL –power supply manufacturing and Tempe, AZ light intensifier / night vision tube manufacturing. Managed new product introduction & processes / robotic automated manufacturing integration engineering and new tooling. Instrumental in achieving yields improvements from mid 70% to 98%+ in 2 years on 3 different product lines with regards to implemented manufacturing automation, process controls, and tooling projects.