Summary

Work experience

• Senior Automation Engineer

  Samuel Engineering, Inc.

  2022.05-Current

  (4 years)

  Full service engineering design firm in oil/gas, wastewater, and mining industries.
• Servo Optimization Specialist

  Blut Motion Control

  2010.09-Current

  (16 years)

  Motion control consulting for PID and system optimization. "Any motor, any controller"... I'm being recognized as "Servo Brian" by my vendors and customers. This is what I love to do, and definitely possess the black magic gene that gives me a natural feel for servo tuning. Also do full electrical system design and integration, from concept to finished product. Have extremely positive relationships with vendors and past employers. PCB design only for interconnect.
• Control Systems Engineer

  Argen Corporation

  2020.06-2022.03

  (2 years)

  Automating dental manufacturing equipment for new line of products.
• Industrial Controls Engineer

  Kaizen Motion Group

  2016.07-2020.06

  (4 years)

  Design, integration, and programming of custom automation systems, focused on motion control aspects, but covering all aspects of electrical control systems. Primary work done to date on patented dual rod pump system, and controls and integration of proof of concept for artificial heart.
• Senior Control Systems Enginer

  Frontier Water Systems

  2018.12-2019.08

  (9 months)

  Industrial controls design and integration for wastewater treatment industry. Field support and overall electrical design and layout of electrical systems and controls via Allen Bradley PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems. Legacy system support as well, on other PLC platforms.
• Support and Design Engineer

  Mint Controls

  2016.11-2018.06

  (2 years)

  Support and design activities supporting industrial controls, and runner prevention at US Border Ports. Troubleshooting and repair on various automated gates, control arms, and traffic lane control on site at various SoCal Ports of Entry to USA. Multiple PLC vendors, and work on disparate systems, previously installed by predecessors. Making improvements to current systems, and designing out, for more robust controls at all border ports in our purview.
• Senior Engineer -- Industrial Controls

  Novo Engineering

  2012.08-2014.03

  (2 years)

  Design, procure, build, integrate, and release of custom automation systems. Systems are designed based on customer needs. CM for pretty much any industry.
• Staff Electrical Engineer

  Famgro LLC

  2011.04-2012.03

  (a year)

  Electrical design and automation for indoor farming / biotech application. Factory automation to come...
• Electrical Systems Engineer

  Illumina

  2009.11-2011.05

  (2 years)

  Design, Integration, Test, and Support of automated DNA Synthesis system. Responsible for electrical integration and documentation of in-house synthesis.
• Systems Engineer/EE

  Aperio

  2002.04-2008.12

  (7 years)

  Develop, design, prototyping, and production of digital pathology equipment. Responsible for all electrical design. Motion control expert.
• Design Engineer

  Teradyne

  1994.01-2002.01

  (8 years)

  Electrical Design at system level, including integration of all motion control and I/O.
• Design Engineer

  Genrad

  1996.01-2001.01

  (5 years)

  Design of entire electrical system of automated industrial x-ray systems. Prototyping and building up of system. All harness and panel layout.
• Final Test Tech

  Delta Design

  1995.01-1996.01

  (a year)

  Test and verification of properly assembled and configured product. Software setup and integration.

Educational experience

• UC Santa Barbara
• UCSD
• Clark High School