WORK EXPERIENCE

6/2001-Present Sr. Printed Circuit Board Designer - GAI-Tronics, Corp. Mohton, PA - Industrial Communications

• Design digital, analog, and RF Printed Circuit Boards with one to six layers using Thru-hole and Surface Mount Technology(SMT), following IPC and in house manufacturing specifications.
• Instigate Printed Circuit Board Design reviews seeking input from Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering specialists.
• Handle all GERBER file transfers.
• Interface with Test, Engineering, Production and Manufacturing, Document Control, and Purchasing departments.

4/98-6/2001 Printed Circuit Board Designer - Lutron Electronics Coopersburg, PA - Lighting Control Systems

• Design digital, analog, and RF Printed Circuit Boards with one to six layers using Thru-hole and Surface Mount Technology(SMT), following IPC and in house manufacturing specifications.
• Instigate Printed Circuit Board Design reviews seeking input from Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering specialists.
• Handle all GERBER file transfers and price quotes with vendors.
• Interface with Test, Engineering, Production and Manufacturing, Document Control, and Purchasing departments.

2/98-4/98 Printed Circuit Board Designer - ATC - Diversified Electronics Lancaster, PA - OEM High Voltage Monitoring Systems

• Design digital, analog, and RF Printed Circuit Boards with one to four layers using Thru-hole and Surface Mount Technology(SMT), following IPC specifications.
• Handle all GERBER file transfers (by modem) and tracking Photo Masters.
• Build First Prototypes.
• Interface with Test, Engineering, Production and Manufacturing, and Purchasing departments in order to implement designs.

3/97-1/98 Senior Electronic Engineering Technician - EIT Lionville, PA - Gas Detection Instruments

• Design digital, analog, and RF Printed Circuit Boards with one to four layers using Thru-hole and surface mount Technology(SMT), following IPC specifications.
• Handle all GERBER file transfers (by modem) and tracking Photo Masters.
• Build First Prototypes.
• Interface with Test, Engineering, Production and Manufacturing, and Purchasing departments in order to implement designs.

11/95-3/97 Electronic Designer - Innovative Solutions and Support. Inc. Malvern, PA -Aviation Instrumentation

• Design digital, analog, and RF Printed Circuit Boards with one to twelve layers using Thru-hole and Surface Mount Technology(SMT), following both military and IPC specifications.

6/93-11/95 Electronic Designer - Sigma Electronics, Inc. Lancaster, PA - OEM Television Broadcast Controls

• Design and layout printed circuit board artwork, schematics; using Thru hole technology to multi-layer SMT.
• Handle all GERBER file transfers (by modem) and tracking Photo Masters.
• Interface with Test, Engineering, Production, and Purchasing departments in order to implement designs.

12/91 - 3/93 Electronics Designer - Invisible Fence Company, Inc. Malvern, PA. - Electronic boundary pet control. Cartrol golf cart boundary system.

• Design and layout printed circuit board artwork, schematics, assemblies, and custom components for new products and manufacturing equipment using Thru hole technology to multi-layer SMT.
• R & D purchasing.
• Create Bill Of Materials and system lists.
• Work with vendors to recommend new and equivalent components.
• Fill in on electronic prototyping, testing and documentation as needed.

3/91 - 7/91 Electronic Engineering Technician - General Electric Relay and High Voltage Division, Great Valley Corp. Center, Malvern, PA. - Develop a microprocessor based, high voltage relay.

• Build and debug engineering prototypes for digitally controlled high voltage relays.
• Conduct and document results of tests of different circuits under varied environmental conditions.
• Maintained engineering stock.

10/87 - 1/91 Electronic Engineering Technician - D.X. Imaging (A DuPont Xerox Company), Lionville, PA. - Develop electronic controls for prototype of an Electronic Imaging device.

• Build, debug, document, and maintain the Electronic/ electrical harnessing and PC boards for the controls of mechanical fixtures. Including the hookup, setup, and programming of Sequence Language Controllers, Motor Controllers, and Temperature and Pressure Controllers.
• Produce connector pin-out spreadsheets, organize all of the required information to pull together prototype harness schematics, design and document harnesses on Mentor Graphics CAD system.
• Produce and maintain board schematics on Mentor Graphics CAD system.
• Conceptualized and assembled test fixture for prototype�s PC boards.
• Breadboard the Display/Control Panel on an 8051 controller and wrote routines in Basic52 to test characteristics of the display.

5/87 -10/87 Electronic Engineering Technician - E.I. DuPont, Eagle Run Site, Christiana, DE. -Develop electronic controls for prototype of an Electronic Imaging device.

• Write in BASIC, programs to coordinate stepper motor functions.
• Design, wire wrap, and debug controlling circuits.
• Support electronics on laboratory machines.
• Purchase materials and tools.
• 8/81 - 3/87 Senior Electronic Research and Development Lab Technician - TeleSciences Inc., Moorestown, NJ
• Develop engineering prototypes for a multi-microprocessor (Motorola) based telephone switching data store and forwarding system.
• Document schematics with Futurnet/IBM XT system interfaced with CAD and Manufacturing departments.
• Test Production�s first run and generate necessary engineering design changes and or enhancements.
• Provide Design Change Notice and all follow-up paper work.
• Evaluate all OEM parts for compliance with performance specifications.
• Provide support for Engineering Field Teams and Field Service.
• Verify effectiveness of test procedure used in production.
• Support lab systems used for software and hardware development.

11/8O- 8/81 Line Technician - Sweda International, Lionville, PA - Test and Debug to the component level the pilot production of a 99000 microprocessor based cash register.

• Note, document and report any problems related to production of the machine.
• Interface with Quality Control and Engineering.
• Fill in on other projects when needed.

EDUCATION

December, 1980 -Diploma - Computer Electronics, Lyon's Technical Institute.
June, 1977 - Bachelor of Arts Degree, Combs College.