Summary


PLC PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE ENGINEER
accomplished, dedicated and results-centric team-player with a demonstrated record of success as a PLC Programmer and Software Engineer in diverse industries and with a specific forte in the pharmaceutical equipment manufacturing industry. Proven multi-tasker with practiced experience spanning software design, coding, testing and implementation. Consummate professional, reputable for consistency and thoroughness in project execution.
AREAS OF
Software Design and Engineering PLC Programming HMI/SCADA Development Coding
Product Bench Testing Ladder Logic and Structured Text Graphical User Interface Problem Solving
Software Retrofitting Cross-Departmental Collaboration Windows NT, XP and Server 2003
Microsoft Word and Excel Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Prolog Visual Basic .Net
HTML Sybase Database



Employment

2001 -  2009

Equipment division of partner companies Fluid Air, Inc and Pharmpro, creating and delivering customized pharmaceutical grade equipment to pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.

Software Engineer :
Executed start-to-finish programming and testing on Programmable Logic Controller PLC and Human Machine Interface HMI software applications, critical to the operation of equipment, granulators, fluid beds, pan coaters and mill/lifts. Communicated with mechanical and electrical engineering departments regarding software requirements, contributing recommendations regarding design features. Drafted documents containing requirements, input/output, alarms, manual control windows, animations and status screen display fields. Developed and tested PLC and HMI codes utilizing RSLogix5000 for Allen-Bradley CompactLogix and ControlLogix processors and RSViewME for PanelViewPlus touch screens. Loaded tested codes onto equipment and archived codes utilizing MKS.
Slashed software problems identified during installation by 20% by enhancing in-house testing processes.
Sustained 95% on-time and ahead-of-time project completion rate.
handled multiple projects simultaneously while establishing reputation as thorough tester and consistent project executor.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES,
Naperville, Illinois
Global leader in providing network solutions. Widely recognized for phone switching products and wireless technology. Formerly AT and T Bell Laboratories ; now Alcatel-Lucent.

1980 -  2001
of Technical Staff/Data Engineer

Spearheaded modification, redesign and release of retrofitted software solutions for field offices throughout North American region, evaluating and documenting new feature requirements and amending existing codes to govern upgraded data structures. Enabled seamless transfer of critical data during retrofitting process through creating and loading codes for data transmission software and testing the same.

Miscellaneous

EDUCATION or PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Master of Science in Computer Science, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, The Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, Ohio
Associate of Applied Science in Data Processing, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, Illinois