Personal History
Twenty-five years of experience in controls....making sure missiles hit their mark, water is fresh, waste is
sanitized, plastics and chemicals are safely and efficiently made and used.
Houston, Texas August 2001 - June 2004. Hands-on Field Supervisor responsible for the installation
of municipal water treatment plant control systems to specification and print. Plants include Baytown
WTP; East Water WTP, Upper Braes WWTP, Kegan's Bayou WWTP, 69th Street Project, and other plants
in the City of Houston; Del Rio WTP, Walnut Creek WWTP, and Round Rock WTP.
Oversee the testing, calibration, and troubleshooting of SCADA systems (Modicon Scadapack, Siemens,
etc.), its communication's networks, and peripheral equipment including MCCs, MOVs, drives,
analyzers, and instrumentation. Review work-sites and plans. Recommend and document changes to
drawings, specifications, etc. Resolve problems concerning discrepancies within the specifications with
the general contractors, programmers, and site owners. Order parts to specification.
Houston, Texas 1997 - 2001. Instrumentation and Controls Technician contracted to Shell Chemical's
Westhollow Technical Center to assist researchers and scientists with the design, installation, repair
and calibration of controls, test equipment, and pilot plants used within the chemical, plastics, refining,
and exploration communities. Including estimate costs, purchase equipment, and reconcile billing.
Projects:
Shell Global Solutions/Enventure - Design and implementation of a field data acquisition system for
down-hole tubular expansion to improve flow. System integrates field sensors with Labview software
using National Instruments hardware via modbus.
Shell Chemical - Improve calibration and certification accountability for Westhollow.
Assisted with Intools software inclusion at Westhollow documenting control systems.
Union Carbide (Dow) - Designed ten-sensor lower explosive limit detection system using a Bacharach
graphical display. With shut downs for hydrocarbon supply to the laboratory and alarm all exits and
entrances at 20 percent and 40 percent LEL (lower explosive limit).
Equilon - Designed and constructed control scheme for a grease batch system and programmed the
Foxboro Intelligent Automation DCS (digital control system). Upgrade two other batch systems, update
configuration and build screens using Foxdraw.
Union Carbide (Dow) - Devised level control scheme for propylene day tank controls using K-tek level
switches, sensors/transmitters and controls.
Union Carbide (Dow) - Constructed a modernized 8-channel distributive temperature control system to
analyze catalysts. A touch-screen graphical display is used as the Human Machine Interface and RS-485
modbus communications.
Union Carbide (Dow) - Design and build automated controls for a five-gallon steam-heated and
water-cooled autoclave used to produce polypropylene. Add "gas phase system" as an upgrade.
Upgrade controls and improve productivity for 16 one-gallon, steam-heated, water-cooled autoclaves.
Use Lab Tech Notebook for data collection on catalyst fluidization rig.
Conceive/install volumetric flow controls used in enzyme production for MTBE re-mediation.
Repair/modernize controls for several extruders, injection molder and film line.
Houston, Texas 1993-1995, 1996-1997. Service Manager. Install, repair, calibrate instrumentation and
controls used in plastics manufacturing - extruders, blow molders, injection molders. Managed
company inventory. Managed shipping department.
Austin, Texas 1995-1996. Team Coordinator / office manager. Start up Houston office contracted to
GTE cellular for distribution, installation and repair of equipment. Designed equipment database,
controlled inventory, trained and scheduled personnel, performed office management duties.
United States Army - 1972-1993. Chief Warrant Officer, Retired.
From nuclear weapons technician to missile systems maintenance officer. Performing duties as
electronics technician, instructor, maintenance manager, manufacturing and production representative
with private industry (Raytheon).
Assignments:
U.S. Army Missile Command:
Interface with contractors to the Patriot missile's fuze manufacturer, Allied Signal. Resolved delivery and
manufacturing difficulties to their root cause. Researched and redirected quantities of missile specific
hardware to Letterkenny Army Depot, Lincoln Labs, etc. and reuse that was otherwise destined for scrap.
Reviewed manufacturing test data for anomalies. Some experience with failure analysis.
Designed method of screening and re-utilizing materials residual to contract saving over $2.3 million in
acquisition costs.
Devised and implemented a method of tabulating erroneous test failure generated by faulty test
equipment or human error. System was adopted by the contractor and costly retests diminished by
15%. This was a "cost plus" contract.
Selected for contractor advisement team. Successfully assisted manufacturer in attaining on time
delivery of pacing items.
U.S. Army 1/1 Air Defense:
Electronics Maintenance Officer. Managed a HAWK Missile System maintenance team consisting of 30
people. Responsible for planning and hands-on supervision of air defense equipment maintenance
including missiles, hybrid computers, analog and digital electronic interface equipment, acquisition and
tracking radars, video and communications, gear, precision electro-mechanical rotating and articulated
hydraulic lifting machinery, HVAC and power generation equipment, wheeled and track laying vehicles.
Troubleshoot and repair items to the component/board level. Maintained multi-million dollar space part
inventory.
Accomplishments:
*Equipment reliability improved by 20 percent.
*Vastly improved the units communications system at minimum cost.
*Selected for an international inspection team.
*Appointed to oversee 4 missile maintenance operations.
*Selected to represent Missile Command with the defense industry.
Southern European Task Force:
Maintained proficiency in the repair, transportation, emplacement, and detonation of Special Weapons
(nuclear).
Education
LeTourneau University - Bachelor of Science in Business Management, 1996, Longview, Texas.
John C. Calhoun State Community College - Associate of Applied Science, Missile System and
Munitions Technology, 1986, Decatur, Alabama.
San Jacinto College - Programming in C++, from introductory to advanced, December 2000, Houston,
Texas.
Intools Training - Plant management software, January 2000, Houston, Texas.
Foxboro Intelligent Automation - DCS programming configuration course, February 2000, Houston,
Texas.
Camile - Control system programming configuration course, September 1997, Houston, Texas.
Barber Coleman MACO 8000 - Machine controls systems troubleshooting course, October 1996,
Houston, Texas.
Amp - Fiber optic installation, inspection, testing.
United States Army - Over 3 years of formal education: electronics, instrumentation management,
inventory, and leadership.
