Richard — Technical Specialist IV, PLC Programmer

2008- 2012 AREVA, USA (Aiken, SC) POSITION: TECHNICAL SPECIALIST IV, PLC PROGRAMMER MOX Project. Involved in the software development for the first Nuclear Material Recycling Plant in the US, based on French proven Technology. Duties also included extensive Engineering documentation generation and updates, and the Testing and Simulation of various PLC Code modules

2007- 2008 TESLA POWER & AUTOMATION (Houston, TX) POSITION: QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR Power Test and Process Inspection of Power Distribution Systems, general Control Equipment including AC and DC Motor Drives and Industrial Computer Systems to large commercial and industrial construction projects

2007 SIEMENS AUTOMATION (Houston, TX) POSITION: TIER 2 FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN. (Completed 3-Month Contract) Commissioning and Maintenance of Oil and Gas Rigs throughout East Texas. Duties Include maintenance of Siemens PLC's, AC/DC Drives and other Industrial Electronics Equipment from various manufacturers

2006-2007 PERSONAL TIME OFF Time off due to family health problems (9 Months) Out of the country for one year on personal and family business. During this period I self taught and experimented with Home Automation and received some training on Microsoft.NET Technologies. Richard J. Houston, TX - -

2004-2005 OMRON IDM CONTROLS (Houston, TX) POSITION: SR. ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN / R & D TECHNICIAN (1.5 years) - Industrial Electronics Technician Repaired AC/DC Motor Control Drives, Programmable Logic Controllers, Analog and Digital Industrial Timers & Counters. Also designed and constructed several Test Fixtures to reduce the testing time of several Industrial Electronic Equipment and Controls

2000-2003 VARTEC TELECOM, INC. (Dallas, TX) POSITION: SR. PROGRAMMER / ANALYST (4 years) - Information Technology: Visual Basic / Oracle PL/SQL / ASP SCANMASTER: Application downloads data through RS-232 COM Port' FTP FILE MOVER: Automated FTP File transfer. CDR BINARY FILE DATA EXTRACTOR: Converts binary CDR (Call Detail Records) files into SQL tables

1987-1988 CONSUMER ELECTRONIC STORE (Fullerton, CA) POSITION: COMPUTER TECHNICIAN AND SALES ASSISTANT (PART TIME). Duties included assembly and servicing of Atari and IBM Compatible computers and accessories

1985-1999 ANSALDO ROSS HILL (Anaheim, CA and Houston, TX) POSITION: SYSTEMS ENGINEER / COMPUTER PROGRAMMER / LAB TECHNICIAN. - Visual Basic Programmer (5 years) Started using the language in 1993 when Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS came out and have upgraded versions all the way to VB 6.0 Professional. Applications written over time: TIMETRAX: Employee time tracking Application. SPDUSA: RS232 Serial Communications A[[lication for Ansaldo's Silcopac D Motor Drives DIODE TESTER: Automated diode testing application with ATE (Automatic Test Equipment) hardware. - C Language Programmer (2 years) Wrote the Weld Tracking code in "C" Language. Also did embedded programming using Intel's MC196KC/KD Micro-Controllers. - Allen Bradley PLC Ladder Logic Programmer (1 year) Was also involved in the Drives startup in a Plate Mill for Stelco Steel in Canada. Wrote some PLC code for the multi-motor tables over-current protection. - Maintenance Engineer for AMS System (1 year) Was invited in 1995 to join the Automation Systems Engineering Team to be part of the Steel Mill - IPSCO project. Was relocated to IOWA for one year; lead the AMS (Ansaldo Micro-Systems) VME-Bus Motor Control based Systems, development and maintenance team. - Electronic Technician and Test Procedure Developer (5 years) Duties included Testing and final calibration of industrial electronic power control systems and troubleshoting Analog and Digital electronic circuits down to component level

1983-1985 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cypress, CA) POSITION: COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, LABORATORY ASSISTANT AND TUTOR. Computerized student attendance and billing records of Administrative Department. Supervised a team of 12 Electronic Lab Assistants & Tutors

1978-1980 NORTHROP UNIVERSITY (Inglewood, CA) POSITION: HEAD MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN Duties included the electrical wiring of new classrooms and offices, and the installation of various Main Breaker Panels and Power Transformers