Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Senior Sales Application/Project Engineer with over 25 years of experience in design, construction, and maintenance of process plant production equipment. Extensive application engineering experience with Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), PLC, Motion Control/Servo systems, and test, measurement, and data acquisition systems for product validation. Detail-oriented problem solver with the flexibility and expertise to handle project development individually as an application engineer, supervise and train engineering and maintenance technicians, or diagnose and troubleshoot problems with production equipment. Equally comfortable in an engineering office or process plant production environment. • VFD, PLC, Motion Control and Servo systems application sizing and selection, training, and support. • Experienced in production system development and product testing/verification. • Demonstrated ability to quickly develop hardware expertise in new technologies. • Extensive knowledge of AC & DC powered electro-mechanical equipment from an application, operation, and maintenance standpoint. • Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills. • Ability to translate complex technical concepts and requirements to the appropriate audience level (from CEO/CFO to production floor operator or maintenance technician). • Variety of teaching experience from college level engineering courses to in-plant seminars. • Thorough understanding of corporate and department level accounting.
ClearElectric, Inc. is a Licensed Electrical Contractor specializing in Municipal Water and Wastewater pump station construction. Installation of control panels, generators, and completely new pump station electrical work are services provided by this team. Current role is as an Electrical Engineering technical resource for water/wastewater pump station construction involving government and private development projects. Involvement in estimating and quoting projects throughout the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia regions. Currently certified as an ABB Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Water & Wastewater Application Specialist.
Certified Automation (PLC) & Drives Specialist for a variety of industrial automation equipment manufacturers including Schneider Electric/Square D and Emerson. Primary technical resource for Mayer Inside/Outside Account Managers to support new/retrofit customer installations with Modicon PLCs, Altivar variable frequency drives (VFDs), and Lexium motion control and servo systems. Consultant for next generation “Digital Buildings and Factories” including LED lighting systems, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), process control instrumentation, and energy saving/monitoring/control technologies.
Senior Sales Application and Training Engineer with overall responsibility for the Southeastern US region to include VA, NC, SC, TN, GA, FL, MS, and AL. Mentoring of other Application Engineers in this region. Responsible for technical accuracy, product selection, and BOM development for VFD, Motion Control and Servo systems. General system integration consulting to support 5 Area Sales Managers, Rep firms, and distributors. Certified Professional Instructor (CPI) for course development and training of Control Techniques staff, Reps, distributors, and end-users on a regularly scheduled and as-needed basis. Technical key account management responsibilities for Control Techniques’ largest US domestic account.
Established Nexjen Systems as the systems integration division of Jenkins Electric Company. General sales, consulting, specification development, system design, hardware/software integration, on-site implementation, and continuing maintenance support for motion control, test, measurement, and data acquisition systems delivered to a variety of industries throughout the southeastern US. Upon departure, the fastest growing and most profitable division of the company. In addition to management of projects by other staff members, I have personally designed and delivered several notable projects for Fortune 500 companies.
Engineering sales, design, consulting, and maintenance service support for a multi-division company based in Charlotte. Outside sales experience resulting in several long-term warranty service contracts from major equipment manufacturers. Provided maintenance engineering support for the rebuilding and repair of large AC & DC equipment (up to 5000 hp). Provided engineering design and assembly supervision of custom AC & DC variable voltage supplies (up to 4600 volts, 1000 amps) shipped to customers both domestic and foreign. Developed new products to supplement existing product lines, including test software packages bundled with OEM manufactured equipment.