Experience

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  CBI - A Terex Brand

  • United States
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Manufacturing Engineering Lead

    • Oct 2023 - Present

  • Quality Engineer

    • Dec 2022 - Present

  • Controls Engineer

    • Feb 2020 - Dec 2022

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  Electrocraft

  • Application Engineer

    • May 2015 - Feb 2020

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  Botex Design Limited

  • Hogansville, GA

  • Controls Engineer/System Integrator

    • Mar 2014 - May 2014
    • Hogansville, GA

    Contract Engineering for a control system retrofit on a three axis warping and beaming machineUtilize the three existing operator stations to save money, this required re-purposing most of the switches to accommodate the I/O requirements of the new control schemeDesigned and supervised integration of a new control system, including three replacement motor drives, one replacement motor and the addition of a router to create a network for two of the motor drives, controller and HMIWrote control software using ladder logic for a Micrologix 1400, this included passing parameters between drives and the controller through the HMIAdded an indexing function to one axis to ease loading the machineThe control system had two main modes of operation, one a single axis and the other coordinated motion between two axes and three manual modes used for setupDesigned and programmed the HMI using a C-More touch panel

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  Masone

  • East Kingston, NH

  • Controls Engineer

    • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
    • East Kingston, NH

    Contract engineering for a motor, drive and control for a custom machineThe application was a single axis machine with manual and automatic modes of operationSpecified and installed Parker Aries servo control, drive, motor/gearbox and Parker Powerstation for custom built web machine to feed, mark and cut webbingThe HMI allowed the operator to specify the number of marks, distance between marks, total length of piece and number of piecesIncorporated sensors to check for web presence to pause the machine when the spool was empty or if there was a problem with the feedInstalled power, signal, network wiring and sensors on machineSpecified mounting requirements and mounted controller and HMIWrote control softwareDesigned and programed UI

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  Laffin's Small Engine Repair, L.L.C.

  • East Kingston, NH

  • Owner

    • Jan 2009 - Dec 2013
    • East Kingston, NH

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  MowTown Power Equipment, L.L.C.

  • Hooksett, NH

  • Owner

    • Mar 2002 - Nov 2008
    • Hooksett, NH

    Wrote the business plan that was used to secure financing to start the businessDesigned and built the database that was used for inventory controlParticipated and managed all aspects of the business including sales, service, shop scheduling, advertising and determining inventory levels for parts and equipmentOverall P & L responsibilityPerformed or supervised all financial operations of the company including creation and update of chart of accounts, GL, AP/AR, expenses, payroll, monthly reconciliation of checking account, daily sales receipts, quarterly taxes and regular review of financial statements

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  Satcon Technology Corporation

  • Program Manager - Electrical Vehicle Subsystems

    • Jan 1999 - Oct 2001

    Managed multidisciplinary teams, including control system development, electronic design, mechanical design, packaging design, software development, systems analysis, thermal analysis, procurement, construction and testingPrimary customer interface through the development processResponsible for power converter and electric motor drive projects from customer proposal through design and fabricationDC/DC Power Converter for Daimler-Chrysler Patriot concept vehicle, $275,000 budgetDC/DC Power Converter using custom manufactured IGBT modules as a subcontractor to General Dynamics Land Systems on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for an electric vehicle, $600,000 budget

  • Program Manger - Machine Tool Control Software (Lighthouse Software Division of SatCon)

    • Sep 1995 - Jan 1999

    Created specification for PC based machine tool software for CNC system retrofits for lathes and milling machinesResponsible for creating and managing to program plan, $1,200,000 budgetManaged software development and application engineering teamProvided customer support for system specification, integration and programming (including system programming with PLC and application programming with G & M codes)Led software development team for a PC based OEM milling machine control system system, which allowed the operator to graphically prgam the part on the controller and would resolve the tool path based on the part geometry, $600,000 budgetServed as primary technical contact for customer

  • Application Engineer (Inductive Components Division of SatCon)

    • Oct 1991 - Sep 1995

    Provided customer support for open loop and closed loop control systems using PC based, stand alone and distributed control architecturesProvided application programming for turn key systemsProvided application programming support for customer systemsSized and specified drives and motorsSpecified sensor and feedback devices for automation systemsDeveloped and provided training courses for tuning and programming servo control systemsProvided application and integration support for Cognex vision systemsProvided technical sales supportDeveloped test procedures for customer specific assemblies

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  Precision Robots, Inc.

  • Billerica, MA

  • Electrical Engineer

    • Sep 1988 - Oct 1991
    • Billerica, MA

    Designed a microprocessor based servo control boardDesigned a two axis pulse width modulated DC servo amplifiersCreated schematics and printed circuit board layouts using OrcadCreated wiring diagrams for robot systemsCreated documentation packages including schematics and test procedures for manufacturingProviding manufacturing support for system assembly and testing