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2/2018 - PRESENT MAUSER PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, CINCINNATI, OH Electrical Engineer/Maintenance Supervisor Electrical Engineer/Maintenance Supervisor The Electrical Engineer Maintenance Supervisor directs activities of 24 maintenance personnel. Implement and Manage the CMMS system to insure a strong preventative and predictive maintenance program, well as optimize quality, delivery, and performance for the plant. The maintenance staff engages in the troubleshooting, repairing, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment including PLC's, VFD, mechanical equipment, and all manufacturing machinery, as well as facility utility equipment. Direct reports to this position include Millwright/Maintenance, Electrical Repair/Project/Controls, and PM Coordinating staff. - Manage the CMMS system to insure optimum quality, delivery, and performance for the plant - New equipment installations and debugging of new product production lines - Product and process improvement of existing equipment - Establishing guidelines for preventative maintenance of machines - Assisting plant production and quality assurance in maintaining processes to maximize machine performance - Maintaining all equipment to a high level of safety - Responsible for new equipment ordering, installation, component evaluation and new product testing - Support plant to refine and update existing production equipment - Provide leadership plant capital projects

eMaint CMMS Superuser (2019)

2016 - 2/2018 POST GLOVER RESISTORS, ERLANGER, KY SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER The Senior Application Engineer at PGR supported technical development, quality assurance, reliability, and sales growth for core products: LRG, HRG, Load Banks, DB, Motor Control & Harmonic Filter Applications. - Provided a technical review and upgrade for the 480 Volt High Resistance Grounding product. - Performed PLC programming, evaluation of Electronic Modules, republishing manuals and other product documentation, as well as Alpha and Beta testing, and roll out to the customers. - Managed training, startup, and service support for the HRG product line. - Provided technical training to customers, Engineering Staff and Sales Teams. - Developed relationships with the distributors, consultants and OEM's to drive responsiveness and expectations in the marketplace, giving the company a competitive advantage

2015 - 2016 JEDSON ENGINEERING, CINCINNATI, OH Jedson Engineering is a privately owned, integrated engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) company that delivers projects that improve profitability. SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (PCIS) The role as a Senior Electrical Power Engineer was to execute and manage Electrical Projects. - Provided the technical lead role and managed the tasks of Junior Engineers and Designers. - Wrote proposals and managed the Waterfall design process for single discipline projects, executed deliverables, and managed change orders. - Acted as the Project Manager on the following projects: 5 MW Generator Repair-Power 4 MW battery station project-Power Scrubber System Controls, 50 MW generator relay project - Power plant expansion Controls Test facility move-Power Pilot Paper Machine Controls Upgrade-Controls Solar Power Plant Grounding Evaluation - Power T Tissue Machine Design Power

Visual Basic Programming (2012)

2011 - 2015 DRS TECHNOLOGIES, FLORENCE, KY DRS is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime defense contractors worldwide. PRINCIPAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (2013-2015) LEAD ELECTRICAL ENGINEER GROUND VEHICLE PROGRAMS (2012-2013) ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR (2011) Hired as a contractor in and transitioned to the Lead Electrical Engineer performing electrical design for the Ground Combat Vehicles program and was promoted to the role of Principal Engineer. - Designed, reviewed and approved Electrical systems design. - Implemented FMEA Risk Analysis Program to ensure Design Practices were followed and understood. - Provided approval for the EE discipline during gate reviews to ensure complex design requirements were met prior to design advancement, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and MRR. - Participated in all phases of DOD Engineering Lifecycle, Business Development, Requirements Phase, Concept Phase, Solution Phase, Implementation Phase, Verification and Validation Phase. - Provided technical review of RFI and RFP response, requirements compliance matrix, trade and reliability studies, preliminary design, critical design, test plans, technical readiness and manufacturing, software development, prototyping, and design specification testing, including control, EMI, and environmental testing

2009 - 2011 ELECTRICAL SAFE WORK PRACTICES (ESWP), LLC, KY Created a web-based business and sold commodities, including ARC Flash Clothing, Insulated Tools and Electrical Standards and also provided training and electrical safety knowledge and understanding of the NFPA-70-E. SOLE PROPRIETOR - Developed the supplier network, managed the trainers, and designed the websites. - Created marketing and promotional materials and used market research and Google tools Google to build the organic web position

NFPA 70E 2 day (2008, 2012)

KUKA Robot Programming (2008)

CLX 5000 CCP 146 Fundamentals (2007)

EMI Mil Spec. 461 (2014) Electrical Safe Work Practices (2006-2016)

Electrical Best Practices PPM (2006)

AllTest Motor Circuit Analyzer (2006)

Meet the Group (2005)

NWSA Scale conference (2004)

Seven Habits Stephen Covey (2003)

Hazardous Material Training (2002)

KY Compliance with EPA Regulations (2001) (2002)

2000 2009 LAFARGE GYPSUM, SILVER GROVE, KY Lafarge Gypsum produces a complete line of quality drywall & finishing products for commercial and residential construction. ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ENGINEER ELECTRICAL SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER PROCESS CONTROLS RESOURCE (2000 This position began in 2000 with the startup of Lafarge's $94 million 560k sq. ft. mfg. facility. - Completed the design and commissioning of the facilities when the plant doubled its production capacity with a $120M expansion in 2007. - Oversaw facility energy consumption evaluations, environmental management, electrical safety management, facility electrical PM and reliability programs. - Member of the management team, developed policy and ensured adherence throughout the facility. - Provided Electrical Safe Work Practices program management for this facility and implementation strategies for 5 other plants in the division. - Led the completion of Arc Flash Analysis for all 5 plants from Utility Company interface, through data collection, Engineering Studies, and labeling of equipment. - Became the in house expert on the regulation and compliance of OSHA 29 CFR 1910 subpart S division b and standard NFPA-70E for this plant w/38 KV supply, 12,470 V loops & 4160 V Motor control centers. - Technical areas of expertise include design, programming, upgrade, repair, and calibration of PLC's, VFD Systems, Scales, E & I devices and various analog and digital global transducers. - Trained in Kuku, Fanuc, and Adept Robot training. Commissioned 4 plants and 4 robot systems with OEMs. - Managed the maintenance of the control system and power distribution systems and managed maintenance of the building fire system)

Safety committee Cochairman (1999) CPR Training (1995, 1997, 1999)

Leadership Development Program (1998) (2003) Intellution IFIX 154A (2000) Intellution FIX 32 (1997)

PLC 5 Programming CCP410 Allen Bradley (1998)

1997 - 2000 WILD FLAVORS, ERLANGER, KY Wild Flavors, Inc. is a manufacturer of flavors, colors, and food and beverage ingredients its headquarters are in Kentucky. LEAD ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT This position began with the startup of Wild Flavors' $48M manufacturing facility. - Hired to oversee the construction, process control evaluation and modifications made for Electrical, Electronic, Pneumatic and mechanical work. Gained experience in waste water control and food manufacturing standards. - Troubleshooting, repairing, installing, upgrading, and designing control systems. System components include Intellution fix 32, AB PLC 5 & SLC 500, VFDs, weigh scale systems, temperature, pressure, global transducers. - Directed and coordinated installations and revisions with contractors and plant mechanics

SLC 500 R. S. Logix (1996) Code Enf Brd Cochairman Bellevue, KY(1998) Omron S6 PLC (1993) HVAC EPA Section 608 Core Certificate 1994

1995 - 1997 DURO BAG MANUFACTURING COMPANY, RICHWOOD, KY Duro Bag Manufacturing is the largest paper bag manufacturer in the world and produces paper bags for numerous companies in the US. Corporate headquarters located in Kentucky. ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR/LEAD ELECTRICIAN

1993 - 1995 EMERSON POWER TRANSMISSION, FLORENCE, KY Power Transmission Solutions Inc. was formerly known as Emerson Power Transmission Corp. It manufactures bearings, conveying equipment, couplings, drive components, and gearing products. It serves aerospace, aggregate and cement, agriculture, automotive and numerous other industries. ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN - Job duties included troubleshooting and repairing to component level analog and digital AC and DC drives, PWM AC Inverters 1/4150 HP, DC drives from 1/4250 HP both regenerative and non-regenerative

1989 - 1993 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN CLASS 3, 2, 1 Originally hired after completing my AS Degree co-op work program to work as a Class 1 Industrial Electrician and moved up to Class 3 from 1989 to 1993. Recruited back to the company in 1995 to become their Lead Electrician and promoted again to their Electrical Supervisor where I supervised the troubleshooting and project assignments of 10 maintenance electricians

1991 - 1999 Cincinnati State Technical College, Cincinnati, OH ELECTRO/MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - 61 Credit Hours, 4.0 GPA

1995 - 1996 Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISION ELECTRONICS SPECIALIZATION - 43 Credit Hours Northern Campbell State Technical School (now Gateway Community College) Highland Heights, KY