Experience

VRC Company

• Application Engineer

  • Oct 2004 - Present

  Provided local sales and technical support for Fisher control valves, regulators, and associated instrumentation to various industries. Processed sales orders and provided subsequent customer service to end users. Worked with various personnel in specifying equipment including maintenance, process engineers, purchasing agents, account managers, and product design engineers. Interpreted P&ID's and electrical drawings and suggested changes based on best practices for the instruments and… Provided local sales and technical support for Fisher control valves, regulators, and associated instrumentation to various industries. Processed sales orders and provided subsequent customer service to end users. Worked with various personnel in specifying equipment including maintenance, process engineers, purchasing agents, account managers, and product design engineers. Interpreted P&ID's and electrical drawings and suggested changes based on best practices for the instruments and equipment involved. Exposed to DCS hardware, control logic, and technologies - including Emerson's DeltaV system and its associated software tools. Trained company application engineers on use of new software based quote tool and provided ongoing support for this tool. Show more Show less



Lucite International

• Senior Project

  • Dec 2003 - Apr 2004

  Worked with senior engineers on preliminary designs for production of a monomer/polymer syrup. Produced process designs for both a dissolution process and a polymerization process - including all processes from raw material storage to product shipment. Created an economic analysis to determine which process was the best option.



Amgen Corporation

• Intern

  • May 2003 - Aug 2003

  Received training on the concept of cGMP as defined by the FDA. Attended capital project proposal meetings. Responsible for logging Batch Reports in/out, updating and performing SOP revisions. Assisted in the testing of a PLC system and wrote SOPs for that system. Gained technical experience with P&IDs, and researched documentation for non-conformance justifications.