OBJECTIVE:
To capitalize on my experience in software development, project management and engineering while taking advantage of my strong communication and relationship skills.
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:
Software Development: Extensive programming experience in C, C++, and a proprietary, object-oriented language with a Pascal-based syntax. GUI development done with proprietary tools on UNIX machines. Class work also done in LISP and FORTH. Familiarity with multiple platforms and operating systems, although most code development has been platform-independent.
Robotics: Programming of Adept and Yaskawa manipulators in conjunction with vision-based object recognition systems at Stanford University.
Electronics: Programming of Motorola 68HC11 Microprocessor in Smart Product Design sequence at Stanford University.
Mechanical Engineering: Classical training in mechanical design, thermodynamics, and applied mathematics.
SKILLS:
Customer and Partner Relations: Frequent, direct contact with both end-users and development partners in Italy, Germany, and the U.S. while serving as Project Leader at the SILMA Division of Adept Technology. Extensive relationships with major manufacturing companies in various industries for the creation of new project specifications, product improvements, and business development.
Management: Scheduled product release cycles and delegated development responsibilities for SILMA's CimStation Inspection family of products. Served as primary technical contact for worldwide sales and applications staff for all critical customer service issues.
Technical Writing: Created and edited documentation for each release of CimStation Inspection using Adobe FrameMaker.
Sales: Performed inside and outside sales at Inacom Information Systems, providing IT training solutions.
Languages: Fluent in Spanish, with growing knowledge of Italian acquired during on-site development.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Inacom Information Systems, www.inacom-msn.com, Madison, WI
Inacom provides complete business solutions, specializing in technology consulting, education, and procurement.
| 10/01 - 09/02 |
Education Consultant |
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Responsibilities:
Managed existing accounts, selling training classes and certification tracks to corporate, government, and individual clients.
Expanded business by qualifying, contacting, and developing new prospects.
Accomplishments:
Initiated relationships with several new clients and revived relationships within formerly inactive accounts.
Arranged private, customized applications training classes to fit the specific needs of clients' staff.
Initiated and personally implemented process to revise public class schedule on a weekly basis, providing customers with updated course dates via e-mail and the Web. Educated myself in the use of QuarkXPress and Adobe Acrobat Distiller in order to edit the schedule and create PDF documents.
Utilized personal experience to perform billable consulting for a new client, solving data synchronization issues between his PDA and PC. |
SILMA Division of Adept Technology, Inc., www.silma.com, San Jose, CA
SILMA is a leading supplier of software for computer simulated manufacturing technology. CimStation Inspection, their best-selling product, is a 3D-CAD based tool for off-line programming and simulation of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs).
| 12/98 - 5/01 |
Project Leader, CimStation Inspection |
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Responsibilities:
Created and monitored schedules for product releases and major projects.
Created design specifications based on direct contact with customers, development partners, and application engineering staff.
Served as lead developer, performing broad range of tasks such as design, creation, and maintenance of code and GUI, product testing, and documentation authoring.
Trained and managed small development staff.
Traveled both domestically and internationally for critical, on-site development sessions with partners and customers.
Accomplishments:
Converted a module for communication with the CMM controller into a standalone product called Virtual CMM. Enhanced the existing functionality and simplified the GUI, so that the product could be sold to a broad range of users. This product offering provided 3D simulation capabilities for CMM operators while allowing them to generate programs in their CMM's native language.
Worked on-site with engineers and developers at Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen, Germany, to create a seamless link between Virtual CMM and their UMESS UX programming system. This partnership allowed Zeiss to realize business at DaimlerChrysler, and provided a 3D simulation solution for one of the most dominant CMM programming languages in the world.
Designed and developed a module for Volkswagen that allowed them to automatically generate complete CMM programs using text-based feature data files that accompanied their CAD models. Since these files were already being created as part of their design process, there was no extra data preparation required by the programmer. A simple GUI was provided for the user to specify a rule base, after which the algorithmic programming routines generated an entire part program without user intervention. SILMA and Volkswagen are currently promoting this functionality at other European automotive manufacturers as a method of standardizing the programming process.
Managed the development of ARCO CadPlus, an online CMM programming tool that was a joint effort between SILMA and COORD3, an Italian CMM manufacturer. The foundation of the project was a communication API that linked SILMA's program generation and simulation tools with COORD3's CMM controller and database modules. Reviewed and revised the communication API, created a design specification, established a project schedule, and participated in joint development and testing sessions in both Italy and the U.S. Served as technical liaison between the Italian development staff and the SILMA team, and trained a new project leader as I made my transition out of the company.
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| 1/96 - 12/98 |
Software Developer |
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Responsibilities:
Performed broad range of development tasks including design, creation, and maintenance of code and GUI, product testing, and documentation authoring.
Created design specifications based on direct contact with customers, development partners, and application engineering staff. Traveled both domestically and internationally for on-site meetings with engineers, gaining insight into end-users' requirements.
Represented company at DMIS (Dimensional Measuring Interface Standard) National Standards Committee meetings, contributing to the advancement of this syntax for the metrology industry.
Accomplishments:
Developed an innovative GUI for sheet metal part programming, which was instrumental in winning a multi-million dollar contract with Ford Motor Company, and allowed SILMA to further penetrate the automotive sector. Created the specification for the project by working on-site with engineers and CMM programmers at Ford.
Designed a parsing module, data structure, and GUI that allowed CMM programmers at Ford to take advantage of supplementary part data from both their old and new CAD systems. The data structure was designed to handle any combination of data, whether it came from legacy text files created by Ford's in-house CAD system, or from more recent CAD files augmented with modules from SDRC that worked within I-DEAS. Worked closely with our CAD developers to ensure proper translation of part data for downstream use. Later adapted this module for use with DaimlerChrysler's proprietary data format.
Traveled to Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, to assist with product benchmarking and to solicit feedback on our existing capabilities. Success in this benchmark, coupled with customer-driven product enhancements, was the catalyst for the growth of our presence at Volkswagen, and improved our product's reputation throughout the European automotive industry.
Added support for version 3.0 of DMIS (Dimensional Measurement Interface Standard), including statement parsing, syntax generation, and simulation capabilities. This update provided a solution for customers who used surface scanning to inspect their parts.
Developed a CMES-to-DMIS post-processor, completing our offline programming solution for users of LK CMMs.
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Finisar Corporation, www.finisar.com, Sunnyvale, CA
Finisar develops and manufactures gigabit-rate fiber optic systems and components.
| 6/95 - 12/95 |
Mechanical Engineer |
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Responsibilities:
Performed analysis and improvement of fiber-optic component manufacturing procedures.
Designed and machined fixtures for component testing and production.
Accomplishments:
Created a photodiode screening process to qualify optical receptors before placing them in fiber optic receivers. Designed and machined a fixture that employed a CCD camera, establishing an acceptable tolerance range for the location of the active area within the diode package. This process not only eliminated the need to rework receivers built with unacceptable parts, but it also gave our purchasing agents a quantitative standard by which they could benchmark suppliers' parts.
Designed and built a new set of fixtures for high-temperature testing of printed circuit boards, with a higher capacity than our existing fixtures. These fixtures, built to take advantage of new, larger ovens, accelerated the throughput of our testing facility and immediately alleviated a bottleneck in the shipping process.
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Spectrum Engineering, Inc., Brookfield, WI
Spectrum provides consulting engineering services for construction management and wastewater treatment.
| 6/93 - 1/95 |
Engineering Technician |
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Responsibilities:
Formatted, revised, proofread, and assembled project reports for customers and government agencies.
Contacted vendors to discuss whether their products met our project requirements.
Accompanied engineers in the field when sampling data.
Annotated CAD drawings according to engineers' instructions.
Performed general office management duties.
Accomplishments:
Increased the consulting engineers' proportion of billable time by alleviating their administrative responsibilities.
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EDUCATION:
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9/94 - 1/96 |
Stanford University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Grade point average: 3.8
Focus: Smart Product Design
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9/90 - 6/94 |
Stanford University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Grade point average: 3.5
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REFERENCES:
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