Experience

Exro Technologies was a test of my adaptability and ability to learn.  When I started at Exro as the Dyno Test Technician I had no knowledge of high power motor control.  On top of being responsible for the day to day operations I was in charge of a number of dyno Installs.  Including replacing the 350KW dyno system with two 750KW including managing the multiple trades required.

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Due in part to my success with the dyno install, I was promoted to supervisor where I hired and managed a team of 4 technologists.  I assigned tasks and projects, mentored them, and make sure they had everything they needed to perform their tasks.  

My decade at Global is where I have really grown in my engineering skills as a technologist.   I have been able to take that solid foundation and apply it to product design.  I am very proud of my ability to add value at all stages of the design process.  

 

The PCB design is where I've really found a niche, I started learning on the job, and later got me IPC Certified Interconnect Designer for PCB design.

 

I have also done a lot of work on the sustaining side.  Specifically 2 major formal failure investigations where I had to investigate why customer systems have failed.  One of them, by finding the root cause and coming up with a fix, saved a contract worth $2,000,000

My time at Raytheon developed and exposed my skills and talent at troubleshooting.  With over 200 circuit card assemblies in the Phalanx CIWS, I could never memorize how all of them work and their problems.  I had to rely on the troubleshooting process.  on multiple occasions I solved problems no one else was able to.  The priority to quality and making sure things are done right also instilled very strong design ethics and a "do it right even if it hurts" mentality to this day.  I pull on a lot of this knowledge when making production test procedures, and doing things like engineering changes.  

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Even though it was only for a year 15 years ago now, I still use a lot of the knowledge I learned as an obsolescence management specialist.  knowledge of grey markets, counterfeit components, an the basics of reliability engineering.  

I actually started working at DeVry before I was a student.  They needed a summer student to help out in the electronics lab.  Since I had been accepted into their electronics engineering technology program I was a shoe it.  I worked in the electronics lab during my entire time at DeVry.

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This gave me a very different experience at DeVry, I had greater access to the professors, and more hands on time with equipment.  I also often found myself troubleshooting above my level, as students in later semesters would ask me for help.

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I also made a little extra money fixing headphones.  I learned tricks that I still use today doing this.