Experience

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  Alta Solutions, Inc.

  • Houston, TX

  • Regional Sales Manager

    • Oct 2013 - Present
    • Houston, TX

    Alta Solutions - provides Innovative "Dynamic" Signal Processing Systems.Machinery analysis, Production test, or On-line machinery diagnostic systems, based on Alta configurable hardware and software - provide semi-custom solutions; with less development time, at lower cost, and shorter delivery than most custom systems. Primary Industries served:Aerospace - Automotive - Manufacturing - Medical - Oil & Gas - Power Generation - Pulp & Paper - R&D - Steel - TurbomachineryProducts: Dynamic signal analyzers - Vibration Analyzers - Machinery Monitoring and Protection Systems - Production Line Test - Machinery Test Stand InstrumentationAnalysis, Test, and On-line Monitoring systems which integrated dynamic and process data, using industry standard digital and analog interfaces, exchange bi-directional data with control systems and historians. Produce real-time Test results and reports customized per user needs, which may be distributed on company Lan, Wan, with Web access.

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  John Polhemus

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Consultant – Vibration Monitoring and Analysis Systems

    • Oct 2012 - Oct 2013
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Applications:1. Industrial, Process Machinery: On-line Protection Monitoring, On-line Condition Monitoring, Machinery Diagnostics-Data Acquisition & Reporting2. Manufacturing, Production Test: Accept, Reject or Rework; based on Spectral and/or Waveform data.3. R&D: Data Acquisition of Dynamic signals, transfer data in common test analysis software file formats.4. System channel count: from 2 to 40 data & tach channels, with Process Inputs & Outputs.5. Digital Outputs: Modbus, RS-232, spreadsheet files, and data Historian file formats.6. Sensor sources, selection, and installation details/ recommendations.

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  Energy Control Technologies

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Senior Sales Engineer

    • Feb 2011 - Sep 2012
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Specialized in industrial compressor and machinery control systems. Primary applications involved plc based solutions for improving the efficiency and protection of rotating compressors.Stand alone or networked; compressor load sharing and anti-surge algorithms improved compressor availability, provided more stable process flows & pressures, while minimizing process upsets due to compressor pressure instabilities.

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  Metrix Instrument Company

  • Principal Applications Engineer

    • Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

    Consulted with clients on developing strategies for effectively monitoring the mechanical condition of critical rotating and reciprocating machinery assets.

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  Compressor Controls Corporation

  • Sr Applications Engineer

    • May 2006 - Dec 2008

    Sales and applications support, for projects requiring machinery protection and condition monitoring instrumentation. Provided domain knowledge for vibration instrumentation development project.

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  Metrix Instrument Company

  • Sales & Applications Engineer

    • Oct 1999 - May 2006

    Advised clients on proper strategies for protection monitoring of critical rotating and reciprocating machinery.

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  IRD Mechanalysis / Entek

  • Systems Consultant

    • Jan 1992 - Feb 1998

    Consulted with clients to determine the proper strategy for implementing protection and condition monitoring systems of critical plant process machinery.

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  SKF Condition Monitoring - previously Palomar Technology

  • Applications & Sales Engineer

    • Nov 1983 - Mar 1987

    Introduced route based machinery condition monitoring and analysis programs to process, pulp & paper, power generation, and manufacturing industries. Significant improvements in machinery availability were achieved when the CM program was properly implemented and sustained.

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  Spectral Dynamics - San Diego

  • Application & Sales Engr

    • Jan 1979 - Nov 1983

    Applications/Sales engineer; introduced spectrum analysis to manufacturing, R&D, aerospace, and process industries. On-line machinery protection and condition monitoring systems were taken to process industries.