Experience

Vertech

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Control Systems Integrator III

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2023

  Nashville, TN Retired as Tech Lead of a great team deploying Ignition, Canary and SEL solutions for a nine-site solar project totaling 665 MW. Prior projects have included Rockwell RS-500 and RS-5000 PLC programming, PanelView & Maple Systems HMI design along with both Ignition Vision and Perspective implementations for Waste Water and Landfill Flare systems.



Essex Magnet Wire – North America

• Senior Manufacturing Engineer

  • Sep 2015 - Jan 2020

  Franklin, TN Work with other engineers, maintenance and operations to leverage the appropriate functional disciplines to constantly improve manufacturing efficiency, minimize waste, with a focus on safety and quality. Tasks include managing various PLC and PID controller solutions, maturing the network infrastructure and ongoing efforts to create a robust, plant-wide SCADA framework to allow highly granular process information to be manipulated at will as best suited to allow the facility to achieve… Show more Work with other engineers, maintenance and operations to leverage the appropriate functional disciplines to constantly improve manufacturing efficiency, minimize waste, with a focus on safety and quality. Tasks include managing various PLC and PID controller solutions, maturing the network infrastructure and ongoing efforts to create a robust, plant-wide SCADA framework to allow highly granular process information to be manipulated at will as best suited to allow the facility to achieve financial objectives. Exhaustive deconstruction and amelioration of legacy EHS monitoring/reporting system issues saves company numerous, substantial future cost impacts. Show less



State of Tennessee

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infrastructure Manager

  • May 2013 - Aug 2015

  Greater Nashville Area, TN • Manage, mentor, develop and encourage 12 direct reports supporting 750+ users state-wide • Selected as one of only 117 people from all State Gov. to attend year-long LEAD TN program • Led efforts in justifying, hiring and training of additional technical staff • Leading $4.5MM project to upgrade and enhance Disaster Recovery deployment • Spearheaded effort to convert 85 physical servers to reside on a 4-Blade Hyper-V cluster • Cost-effectively repurposed existing EOL SAN… Show more • Manage, mentor, develop and encourage 12 direct reports supporting 750+ users state-wide • Selected as one of only 117 people from all State Gov. to attend year-long LEAD TN program • Led efforts in justifying, hiring and training of additional technical staff • Leading $4.5MM project to upgrade and enhance Disaster Recovery deployment • Spearheaded effort to convert 85 physical servers to reside on a 4-Blade Hyper-V cluster • Cost-effectively repurposed existing EOL SAN leveraging an upgrade to new EMC VNX Show less



SMS, Inc.

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Field Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Sep 2012

  Greater Nashville Area, TN Lead Engineer for regional office of nationwide multi-vendor maintenance company. Responsible for day-to-day operations and coordination of team of 5 service technicians along with $450,000 of fluid inventory. • Minimized costs by independently starting Nashville office from scratch • Winner of multiple Customer Service Awards • Support for Windows Server, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Solaris and HP-UX operating systems • Networking support for Cisco Routers, switches and general… Show more Lead Engineer for regional office of nationwide multi-vendor maintenance company. Responsible for day-to-day operations and coordination of team of 5 service technicians along with $450,000 of fluid inventory. • Minimized costs by independently starting Nashville office from scratch • Winner of multiple Customer Service Awards • Support for Windows Server, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Solaris and HP-UX operating systems • Networking support for Cisco Routers, switches and general networking • Improved SLA response times by maintaining highly available hot-spares of critical systems Show less



Insanely Great Technology

• United States
• Information Technology & Services

• Owner Operator

  • May 1999 - Dec 2007

  Greater Nashville Area, TN Technology consulting company that designed and deployed custom IT solutions for small to medium sized businesses. Successfully acquired another consultancy and maintained 90% of their client base after one year. • Managed mutually profitable sub-contractor arrangements for maximum customer satisfaction • Bootstrapped company achieving lean, successful operations from day one • Revenues of $100K+ in the first year



Finova (Sirrom Capitol)

• MIS Manager

  • Apr 1997 - May 1999

  Greater Nashville Area, TN Single-handed turn-key IT startup for a specialty finance company that listed on the NYSE within 2nd year. Recruited, hired and managed IT operations staff. • Received exceptionally strong performance reviews • Designed, developed, and managed roll-out of a custom SQL database used company-wide • Lowered costs for telecomm company-wide by over $85,000 annually • Managed 5 NT Servers and 100+ workstations in LAN/WAN environment with 3 remote offices • Engineered IT… Show more Single-handed turn-key IT startup for a specialty finance company that listed on the NYSE within 2nd year. Recruited, hired and managed IT operations staff. • Received exceptionally strong performance reviews • Designed, developed, and managed roll-out of a custom SQL database used company-wide • Lowered costs for telecomm company-wide by over $85,000 annually • Managed 5 NT Servers and 100+ workstations in LAN/WAN environment with 3 remote offices • Engineered IT infrastructure that allowed users virtually instant access to resources Show less



Schreiber Foods

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technology / Maintenance Manager

  • Feb 1995 - Mar 1997

  Clinton, Missouri Lead engineer on transition from 9,000 to 92,000 sq. ft. food packaging facility for $4.5+ billion national private label company. Coordinated cost-containment of numerous contractors and sub-contractors during build-out phase. • Administered $500,000+ annual R&S budget, $400,000+ in capital projects • Recruited, interviewed, hired and supervised 21 maintenance techs (direct reports) • Rare selection of 2nd year Leadership Member for presentation to company… Show more Lead engineer on transition from 9,000 to 92,000 sq. ft. food packaging facility for $4.5+ billion national private label company. Coordinated cost-containment of numerous contractors and sub-contractors during build-out phase. • Administered $500,000+ annual R&S budget, $400,000+ in capital projects • Recruited, interviewed, hired and supervised 21 maintenance techs (direct reports) • Rare selection of 2nd year Leadership Member for presentation to company president • Significant role in other company activities and projects, outside of primary role Show less



International Paper

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Department Engineer

  • Jun 1985 - Mar 1995

  Mobile Alabama Plant-wide IT System Manager – Increasing levels of engineering responsibility for process control and process information systems for a 550-acre paper mill industrial site. Chosen by plant manager to relocate and follow him to this new facility based on my performance under his direction. • Obtained "Professional Engineer" License • Excelled in technical and management educational courses • Designed and built 120 PC network from scratch; developed mill-wide remote access… Show more Plant-wide IT System Manager – Increasing levels of engineering responsibility for process control and process information systems for a 550-acre paper mill industrial site. Chosen by plant manager to relocate and follow him to this new facility based on my performance under his direction. • Obtained "Professional Engineer" License • Excelled in technical and management educational courses • Designed and built 120 PC network from scratch; developed mill-wide remote access • Extensive use of AutoCad, Allen Bradley and GE PLC Programming Languages • Responsible for management, operation and maintenance oversight of $750,000+ worth of Digital Equipment Corp. systems and infrastructure Show less