Professional
I'm a controls engineer who builds mass-production machinery — PLCs, HMIs, vision, robots, and everything that has to work together on the plant floor at three in the morning.
I'm a Senior Automation Engineer at OPmobility (formerly Plastic Omnium), working on blow-molded fuel tank programs for automakers across North America. Over more than 15 years I've written PLC, HMI, SCADA, and robot programs, led a team of automation engineers, run Industry 4.0 rollouts across two continents, and designed bidirectional EV charging and battery storage systems.
Experience
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2023 – present
Senior Automation Engineer
OPmobility (formerly Plastic Omnium)
- Guide machinery suppliers on new equipment programs, making sure mass-production machinery meets company and industrial specifications.
- Develop and maintain global standards, solutions, and innovations for industrial machinery.
- Authored the North American machine vision selection standard and validation procedure, standardizing on Keyence IV4 and VS series cameras.
- Mentor and manage engineering co-op students.
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2022 – 2023
Senior Controls Engineer
Coritech Services
- Designed complete control systems, software and hardware, and supervised assembly, fabrication, testing, troubleshooting, and field commissioning.
- Built bidirectional EV charging systems, a mobile dual EV charger, and expandable battery storage paired with an engine-driven generator, along with other process control systems.
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2014 – 2022
Controls Engineer to Automation Group Lead
Plastic Omnium
- Automation Group Lead (2020–2022): led a team of automation engineers, cut costs, and prioritized and staffed customer projects alongside internal Digital Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 work.
- Manufacturing Data Processing Expert (2020–2022): led Industry 4.0 development and rollout for every plant in North and South America.
- Machine Design & Construction Controls Engineer (2014–2022).
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2011 – 2014
Electrical Engineer
Alcoa Howmet, Whitehall Castings
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2009 – 2011
Controls Designer
Schneider Packaging Equipment
- Started as a service technician (2009–2010) before moving into controls design.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, 2008
Lake Superior State University
Toolbox
| PLCs | Siemens Step 7 and TIA Portal (S7-1500), Allen-Bradley RSLogix 500/5000, WAGO e!Cockpit, Phoenix Contact PLCnext |
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| HMI & SCADA | TIA Portal, WinCC and WinCC Unified, FactoryTalk, Wonderware, Proficy iFIX |
| Robotics | Fanuc, ABB, Yaskawa Motoman, Universal Robots |
| Vision & safety | Keyence IV4 and VS series vision, SZ-V safety laser scanners; electrical safety |
| Fastening & motion | Atlas Copco torque tools, Festo pneumatics |
| Data & software | Kepware, SQL, Node-RED, InfluxDB, Grafana, LabVIEW, CAN |
| Design | AutoCAD, control panel design |
| EV charging | Familiar with OCPP and ISO 15118 |