My position was sold... same job, different employer. We'll see what the future brings.

For a manufacturer of power transformers:

Using .NET, developed manufacturing tools to allow legacy factory devices to interact with new MES software. This was a multi year project, and included developing interfaces to factory equipment using various methods including shared directory file drops, OPC communication, and even RS232 serial I/O. Customization of standard off-the-shelf ABB software met customer's needs for enhanced floor operator experience.

Developed custom software to allow customer to feedback changes to CNC machines from CMM results, coordinating with industrial robots in a manufacturing cell.

Developing custom interfaces and solutions to fill gaps left by core product and customers bespoke requirements. Typically when sales overpromises what a product can do and the customer threatens to cancel the contract. That kind of thing.

The Architect is a business/technical consulting position focused on developing customized BI/BPM solutions to our customers.

The role requires participation in the complete project life cycle, including: pre-sales support, scoping sessions, design reviews, development, deployment and post engagement support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with customers to analyze their business processes

• Creation of specifications

• Develop and maintain applications and models

• Design OLAP databases, business logic and reporting packages

• Develop project and system documentation

Provide software maintenance for client-developed applications including bug tracking system and firmware flashing utility.

Specific application development:

• use client's proprietary wireless communication protocol

to display signal strength to aid field device placement.

• use parallel serial ports to load proprietary recipe data to

controller devices, tracking successes and verification

failures for analysis.

• track inventory and purchase orders. Developed a VB.NET

GUI to interface with Access database, and provide reporting

capabilities via Crystal Reports and data exports to Excel.

Project included migrating legacy data from non-relational

database.

Languages used: Visual C++, Visual C#, VisualBasic (5.0 / 6.0 / .NET)

Databases used: MS SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, MS Access

(Warminster, PA)

Industrial process automation software development, updates and maintenance.

Developed interfaces to EDP systems and to third party control systems using flat file transfers.

Assisted in the software development, release and validation of ProduceIT ME (versions 3.2 and 3.3). ProduceIT ME is ABB's 21CFR Part11 compliant Electronic Batch Record collection system.