Rod Verge
Cyber Security Advisor / Automation Expert at DCD Engineering Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Les Crowley
Rod is a conscientious, hard-working guy who cares about the product he delivers and delivers it with excellence. He's diligent, smart and capable. He knows automation and how to make the customer happy. Work with him if you get a chance.
Noor ul Eman Fakir Mohammed
I worked with Rod for 6 months in Russian Project. It was a wonderful experience working with him. He has excellent technical & managerial skills that really helped project for timely completion. His diverse knowledge in the field of Control systems are plus point and his adaptive style of doing FAT as an active participant is really appreciative.
Les Crowley
Rod is a conscientious, hard-working guy who cares about the product he delivers and delivers it with excellence. He's diligent, smart and capable. He knows automation and how to make the customer happy. Work with him if you get a chance.
Noor ul Eman Fakir Mohammed
I worked with Rod for 6 months in Russian Project. It was a wonderful experience working with him. He has excellent technical & managerial skills that really helped project for timely completion. His diverse knowledge in the field of Control systems are plus point and his adaptive style of doing FAT as an active participant is really appreciative.
Les Crowley
Rod is a conscientious, hard-working guy who cares about the product he delivers and delivers it with excellence. He's diligent, smart and capable. He knows automation and how to make the customer happy. Work with him if you get a chance.
Noor ul Eman Fakir Mohammed
I worked with Rod for 6 months in Russian Project. It was a wonderful experience working with him. He has excellent technical & managerial skills that really helped project for timely completion. His diverse knowledge in the field of Control systems are plus point and his adaptive style of doing FAT as an active participant is really appreciative.
Les Crowley
Rod is a conscientious, hard-working guy who cares about the product he delivers and delivers it with excellence. He's diligent, smart and capable. He knows automation and how to make the customer happy. Work with him if you get a chance.
Noor ul Eman Fakir Mohammed
I worked with Rod for 6 months in Russian Project. It was a wonderful experience working with him. He has excellent technical & managerial skills that really helped project for timely completion. His diverse knowledge in the field of Control systems are plus point and his adaptive style of doing FAT as an active participant is really appreciative.
Credentials
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TÜV Functional Safety Engineer
TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbHNov, 2010- Nov, 2024
Experience
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DCD Engineering Ltd
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Canada
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Cyber Security Advisor / Automation Expert
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Feb 2021 - Present
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Rod Verge
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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Senior Automation Specialist
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Jun 2017 - Jan 2021
Notable Projects: - PLC/HMI upgrade of a plastics material handling facility. Bagging, weighting, metal detection, palletizing and wrapping units were upgraded. Machine guarding and E-Stop Systems were updated and the overall production line was optimized. - Engineered and built a production prototype of a robotic grinding/ welding skid for servicing drill pipe tool joints. - Complete automation overhaul of a bulk chemical blending, packaging and warehousing facility. PLC/HMIs updated, Industrial network refurbished and cybersecurity measures implemented. - Assigned to Dow Chemical for a long term DCS migration project. Extensive exposure to complex process control strategies. Trained on Dow’s Most Effective Technology strategies and Industry 4.0 virtualization and analytics. Show less
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ABB
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Switzerland
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Control Systems Specialist
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Jun 2011 - May 2017
Position Highlights: Initially hired in a maintenance role for CNRL’s Athabasca area Heavy Oil Field. Extensive work with SCADA/RTUs, licenced radio links and remote monitoring. Promoted/reassigned to eastern Canada as part of the Engineering/DCS group and assigned ESD/F&G Automation lead for a major offshore project for ExxonMobil. Our project SIS team achieved TÜV Rheinland certification for its Functional Safety Management System. The first Canadian engineering team to attain this honour. Supported ABB’s virtualized engineering environment consisting of a VMware ESXi Hypervisor running on Dell PowerEdge Servers. Trained in cybersecurity best practices and methodologies. Show less
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Thermo Design Engineering Ltd
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Canada
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Oil and Gas
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100 - 200 Employee
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Controls Team Lead
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Aug 2001 - May 2011
Position Highlights:Extensive international travel as our projects transitioned to customer sites.Developed company instrumentation and controls standards.Attained TÜV Rheinland certification as a FS SIS Specialist.One of my notable DCS projects was showcased by the supplier's sales division. During our fully staged FAT several end users were granted tours of our project.Promoted to Controls Team Leader and Controls Project Lead.My last Automation project I led a team of 5 with a capital budget of $2 million and +10,000 engineering hours. Show less
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Controls Technologist
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Jun 2001 - May 2007
Position Highlights:- Responsible for the design and implementation of control systems to facilitate TDE’s engineered and fabricated oil and gas production equipment.- Analyzing electrical, process and instrumentation drawings to develop proper control methodologies.- Working with the mechanical, instrumentation and process disciplines to ensure that all control guidelines and objectives are meant.- Coordinating the commissioning of control hardware and logic for factory acceptance tests.Site commissioning and startups Show less
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System Administrator
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Nov 1998 - May 2001
Position Highlights:- Responsible for +150 employees in a complex engineering and manufacturing environment.- Migrated a Unix/Novell based network into a Windows Server Environment.- Orchestrated and directed a successful Y2K compliance strategy for the company.
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Education
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland
Electronic Engineering Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
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