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| September 2000
January 2003
| Supervising Technical Engineer for the controls system installation at the Omaha World Herald’s new Freedom
Center. This project includes four inserters, two run of press (ROP) lines and integration with all other
equipment vendors (gripper line, cart loader, material handling). Developing database schema in Microsoft SQL7 to
support the entire production facility. Generating system specifications and architecture drawings for equipment
vendors. Supervising the VB based HMI.
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| August 2000
January 2003
| Lead engineer for Orlando Sentinel Communications controls upgrade. Three inserters are being upgraded to a new
SLC-5/05 and PC based system. Developing the Open Control Interface (OCI) interface program in VB. This
application combines Microsoft SQL7 stored procedures and client VB code to implement a robust and distributed
execution system. Developing HTML based run time reports. These reports will display live production data.
Supervising the VB based HMI. Assisting in start up.
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| July 2000
January 2003
| Supervising Technical Engineer for the Arizona Republic controls upgrade. This project includes multiple inserters
in multiple facilities. All of the mailroom production will be coordinated by a single Microsoft SQL7 database.
Supervising the VB based HMI. Assisting in start up.
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| May 2000
January 2003
| Supervising Technical Engineer for the Dallas Morning News controls upgrade. All of the inserters are being
upgraded to a new SLC-5/05 and PC based system. Developed database schema in Microsoft SQL7 to support the
inserter production. Began the Open Control Interface (OCI) specification development in conjunction with BURT
Technologies. Supervising the VB based HMI.
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| January 2001
May 2001
| Supervising Technical Engineer for the Chicago Tribune collator installation project. Partnered with equipment
vendor Prim Hall to provide all controls and controls engineering for the installation of three new collating
lines. Developing database schema in Oracle to support the new collating lines. Programming message based sockets
interface in C++ to interface to existing legacy mailroom systems. The new collators will utilize central PC based
controllers and distributed section nodes. Supervising the development of the Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) based
Human Machine Interface (HMI).
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| January 1996
November 2000
| Developed real time control system, and information management system for The Washington Post in Springfield
Virginia. The system tracks every bundle of newspapers from the moment of production up to storage within the
Stock Master database. The legacy control system of proprietary PDP-11 computers was upgraded to Allen-Bradley
PLC-5/60s and slave SLC-5/04s. Each production cell was equipped with an NT 4.0 workstation running WonderWare
InTouch and custom interface software. Each work cell communicates to the Oracle 7.3 database, running on an
RS-6000/AIX server. A VB client provides access to the Oracle data for supervisory and management task. All
devices are attached to the Ethernet TCP/IP network.
Developed the initial proposal, pricing and closed order. Prepared schedules and project status reports.
Supervised the design and installation of ten PLC-5/60 control panels and over sixty SLC-5/04s. Supervised the
software development team. Developed PLC code for real time machine control. Developed leading edge algorithms for
reading paper thickness at high speeds. Developed several custom ‘C’ applications to interface between the
cell controller and: the barcode label applicators, the barcode scanners, and a series of Marquees. Developed a
fault tolerant store-n-forward agent to push data up to the Oracle server. Programmed the Oracle 7.3 database
schema, packages and triggers. Supervised the development of the VB client.
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| August 1995
October 1995
| Upgraded existing ‘C’ program from Windows 3.11 to Windows NT for FMC. The custom application provides data
connectivity between the WonderWare InTouch application and the State of Florida quality system.
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| April 1995
July 1995
| Developed the Mill-Wide Information Technology System (ITS) plan for the Weyerhaeuser, Plymouth, NC facility. The
ITS plan was developed as a part of the overall Mill-wide study. The system will make available all production
data on the high speed Mill-Wide Fiber-Optic Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network.
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| July 1993
April 1995
| Constructed all PLC code for four PLCs to control the NC-4 Fine paper Machine and Stock Preparation at
Weyerhaeuser, Plymouth, NC. All digital and critical high-speed analog loops are controlled with Allen-Bradley
PLC-5/60s. All other analog loops and the operator interface are handled with the Bailey Infi-90 system.
The project involved: designing the overall system architecture, developing programming standards, developing
Logic and SAMA diagrams, integrating other third party systems, advanced diagnostics and alarm programming in the
PLC, high quality code with detailed per rung comments, and automatic PLC code generation techniques.
Worked on the design and configuration of the Bailey Infi-90 Distributed Control System. The system includes
two new loops, 13 new module pairs (MFP02/MFP03), A global database manager, OIS-42 Master/Slave consoles and a
fault tolerant Ethernet communication architecture.
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| September 1993
| Programmed PLC-5/60 ladder logic to control sixty-two port punchers on the secondary air supply of the No. 5
Recovery Boiler at Weyerhaeuser, Plymouth, NC. These port punchers included independent variable damper position
control and an operator interface via one PanelView in the Control Room and single-line RediPanels on the field
enclosures.
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| February 1993
May 1993
| Developed a software package to automatically generate Bailey CADEWS configuration drawings from a point tag
database. The software package consists of two programs with over 20,000 lines of custom ‘C’ code and one
dBase III program.
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| November 1992
February 1993
| Revised an existing PLC-5 program for Mississippi Power Company, Gulfport, MS. Added ladder logic to the existing
IWT program to control the two new permeate pumps and monitor the analog inputs on permeate flow, conductivity and
concentrate flow. Revised the existing Advisor-PC graphics.
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| October 1992
November 1992
| Developed program for Allen-Bradley PLC-5/60, to control soot blowing system for a recovery boiler at Weyerhaeuser
Paper Company. The program was an upgrade to an existing PLC-2/30 system. The upgrade included updating the
existing Advisor PC graphical operator interface. The upgrade was installed with zero defects and no down time.
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| February 1992
October 1992
| Developed Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) for installation at Boise Cascade. The system monitored
and reported on the NOX emissions from a gas fired package boiler. The CEMS consisted of a custom developed data
storage and reporting software package (10,000 lines of ‘C’ code) and an integrated CAMILE data acquisition
package. The system features Print-N-Mail reports meeting all Federal, State and local requirements.
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| October 1990
February 1992
| Single-handedly programmed a proprietary PLC to PC diagnostic software package for high-speed paper machine
diagnostics at the Champion Bucksport Mill. The system was developed using the QNX operating system and the “Open
Look” windows package, and written in the ‘C’ language. The system involved networked workstations and
printers, extensive message handling, automatic AutoCAD access for plotting and custom PLC drivers.
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