Skills & expertise

PLC & Control Platforms

Programming and maintaining the logic that runs production equipment.

• PLC programmingRole: General MotorsRole: S and T ControlsRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.
• Allen-Bradley Studio 5000Role: S and T ControlsProject: Body Shop Cells
• Allen-BradleyRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• PlantPAxRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• EmersonRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• ModiconRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• Siemens STEP 7Certification: Siemens certification

Also in my toolkit: RSLogix 500 · Siemens TIA Portal · GuardLogix safety

HMI & SCADA

Operator interfaces and supervisory systems that make automation visible.

• HMI developmentRole: S and T ControlsRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Body Shop Cells
• SCADARole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• ThinManagerCertification: Rockwell Automation certification
• CimplicityRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop Vision
• Legacy controllersRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• Distributed control systems (DCS)Role: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control

Also in my toolkit: FactoryTalk View · Ignition · WinCC

Robotics, Vision & Industrial Networks

Integrating the equipment that does the physical work, and checks it.

• Robotics integrationRole: General MotorsProject: Robotic Final Line
• Atlas Copco tighteningRole: General MotorsProject: Robotic Final Line
• Machine visionRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop VisionProject: Robotic Final Line
• Matrox Design AssistantRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop VisionCertification: Zebra / Matrox certification
• Blob analysis, Model Finder, edge detectionRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop Vision
• Vision system auditsRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop Vision
• FANUC robotsCertification: FANUC certification
• GM robot specificationsCertification: General Motors certification

Also in my toolkit: EtherNet/IP · Profinet · DeviceNet

Electrical Design

Schematics, panels, and the calculations that keep them safe.

• AutoCAD ElectricalRole: SIDAC Automated Systems LtdRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Control Panel Design
• Panel layoutsRole: SIDAC Automated Systems LtdRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.
• Power sizing calculationsRole: SIDAC Automated Systems LtdProject: Control Panel Design
• Panel build supportRole: SIDAC Automated Systems LtdProject: Control Panel Design
• Wiring diagramsRole: S and T ControlsProject: Body Shop Cells
• CommissioningRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop Vision
• EPLAN Electric P8Certification: EPLAN certification

DevOps & Testing

Shipping software reliably.

• DockerProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• CI/CDProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• Kubernetes on AzureProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• Automated testing (1,200+ tests)Project: AI Design-Audit Platform
• Single sign-onProject: AI Design-Audit Platform

Also in my toolkit: Git · GitHub Actions · Helm · Azure Key Vault · Entra ID · pytest · Vitest

Programming Languages

The languages I build software in.

• PythonRole: General MotorsProject: AI Design-Audit Platform

Also in my toolkit: JavaScript · TypeScript · SQL · HTML/CSS · Bash · YAML

Backend

APIs and services.

• FastAPIProject: AI Design-Audit Platform

Also in my toolkit: REST APIs · Pydantic · SQLAlchemy · Async Python (asyncio, httpx) · JWT auth · Rate limiting

AI & Machine Learning

Applied AI for documents, drawings, and assistants.

• LLM APIsProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Project: AI Design-Audit Platform
• EmbeddingsProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• YOLOProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• OCRProject: AI Design-Audit Platform

Also in my toolkit: OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Databricks · Prompt engineering · PyTorch · Hugging Face · OpenCV

Frontend

Interfaces people actually use.

• ReactRole: General MotorsProject: AI Design-Audit Platform

Also in my toolkit: Next.js · Vite · TanStack Query · React Router · PDF.js

Data & Documents

Storing, searching, and generating structured data and documents.

• PostgreSQLProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• pgvectorProject: AI Design-Audit Platform

Also in my toolkit: SQLite · FAISS · pandas · openpyxl · PyMuPDF · pdfplumber · ReportLab · python-docx

Domain Expertise

Industries and problem spaces I've worked in.

• Automotive manufacturingRole: General MotorsRole: S and T ControlsRole: Vista Solutions Inc.
• EV battery productionRole: General MotorsProject: EV Battery Validation
• Body shop automationRole: S and T ControlsRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop Cells
• Final line automationRole: General MotorsProject: Robotic Final Line
• Process automation (distillery, food, wastewater)Role: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• Electrical design auditingRole: General MotorsProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• Throughput & quality validationRole: General MotorsProject: EV Battery ValidationProject: Robotic Final LineProject: Equipment Buyoff
• GM controls standardsCertification: General Motors certificationCertification: General Motors certification
• Industrial safetyRole: General MotorsCertification: General Motors certificationCertification: CertificationProject: Equipment Buyoff

Professional Skills

How I work with people and deliver.

• End-to-end ownership (sole developer)Role: General MotorsProject: AI Design-Audit Platform
• Data-driven troubleshootingRole: General MotorsProject: Alarm Reduction
• Supplier management & buyoffsRole: General MotorsProject: Equipment BuyoffProject: Robotic Final LineProject: Alarm Reduction
• Issue tracking with leadershipRole: General MotorsProject: Alarm Reduction
• Field downtime responseRole: Onyx Engineering Inc.Project: Three-Plant Process Control
• Training plant staffRole: Vista Solutions Inc.Project: Body Shop Vision