Design, development and support of software, both embedded and PC-based, for current and future product features and functionality. Develop an expertise with Ink Jet printing technology along with system level functionality. Integral part of the development team delivering industry-leading new products and solutions to a large customer base in the Packaging, Bindery and Mailing industries.

Technical lead for test software and electronic test fixtures. Wrote plans and procedures to validate functional requirements and trained technicians. Collected, analyzed, and reported test results. Support manufacturing test infrastructure requiring expert troubleshooting. Analyzed part failures.

• Migrated test platform to Azure cloud, advancing availability and security.

• Enhanced coverage and diminished escapes by inventing automated testing framework, supporting multiple products.

• Resolved motor controller firmware errors, restarting production of key module line.

Develop modular test equipment for high speed mailing equipment. Create programs and electronic interfaces for manufacturing end-of-line testing. Develop software test platforms for integrating test data into quality control systems. Diagnose and troubleshoot system issues during manufacturing.

• Developed distributed test platform linked to ERP increasing visibility and usability of test data, improving quality and decreasing overhead costs.

• Built RTX real time message system wrapper class library, enabling customized testing for ESMC+ devices in the RTP.

• Generated automated data collection system for solenoid diverters and steppers response times, identified limits for early failure detection.

• Implemented modular testing for PLC safety chain, reducing troubleshooting time by 40%.

• Identified and resolved complex transport motion control errors, saving over 100 hours of production time.

Developed real-time object-oriented mail inserter control system software for ‘Direct Connect’ using C++. Integrated 3rd-party hardware devices into control system. Analyzed dump files from field implementation to resolve complex timing issues. Supported manufacturing with code releases and custom configuration.

• Introduced vision into control system for configuring and decoding postal codes, generating over $10M in sales.

• Saved customers penalty fees by devising calibration and inspection tool to measure postal code quality using MERLIN specifications.

• Submitted patent to locate zip codes in address window using blob detection for pattern matching in OCR applications.

• Produced reporting tool with a creative UI to enhance ease data entry and expand accuracy for reporting productivity time.

Develop mail inserter simulator for software control system testing. Application testing and integration for scanners and cameras.