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SENIOR PROFILE

Principal automation and controls leader for regulated plant systems, modernizing and validating PLC/SCADA/batch environments across pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing. Builds standards, runs FAT/SFAT, and leads cross-functional delivery that cuts commissioning risk and strengthens multi-site consistency (Allen-Bradley, Modicon, AVEVA, Ignition, and related platforms). Additional experience includes energy/biogas multi-site automation programs and hands-on packaging/robotics plant support.

CORE COMPETENCIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Provide senior automation, controls, validation, and plant engineering support for CCP1 control-system modernization, operational readiness, code review, functional testing, and regulated project execution.
• Perform code reviews and technical assessments across multiple control platforms, including baseline verification, migration and connection testing, issue resolution, and multi-user DocuSign engineering review workflows.
• Develop M580 / Control Expert design guidance covering programming standards, function blocks, data structures, unit/phase architecture, inter-controller communications, naming conventions, and migration practices.
• Led functional and failure-mode validation of Modicon M580 to Schneider OFS/OPC to AVEVA Application Server / AVEVA Batch communications on virtualized Windows Server with redundant components — focused on process data, batch continuity, and recovery, not HMI display alone.
• Planned and executed controlled failover/infrastructure tests after defining expected failure behavior (OFS/OPC interrupt, Application Server failover, data-acquisition server failover, VM migration, snapshots, antivirus scans, server failover) while monitoring PLC, OPC, AppServer, and batch behavior.
• Analyzed tag quality, historian data, missed/delayed reads, interruption duration, and recipe status to separate acceptable transients from manufacturing defects.
• Verified acceptance criteria: tags returned Good quality, communications auto-recovered, running recipes continued, no persistent HELD/ABORTED conditions, and missed reads within threshold.
• Documented measurable evidence that the architecture recovered from evaluated disturbances without persistent batch or process failures — replacing assumptions about redundancy with tested resiliency.
• Use AI-assisted engineering and project-management tools for document comparison, technical review, SQL development, test-data analysis, report generation, and continuous-improvement activities.

• Provided hands-on plant-floor automation leadership for high-speed manufacturing, packaging, robotics, PLC/HMI systems, production support, and operational reliability improvement.
• Troubleshot and supported automated equipment including JLS robotic systems, Fuji wrapper equipment, Allen-Bradley / Studio 5000 controls, QA/QC processes, SOPs, training, and RedZone operational workflows.
• Partnered with operations, maintenance, quality, and management teams to stabilize equipment performance, improve technical documentation, support workforce capability, and reduce production risk.

• Led technical delivery and project management for South Jersey Industries' multi-site, multi-state BioGas automation and data-delivery program, building repeatable enterprise standards instead of one-off installs.
• Owned the customer, vendor, operations, IT, and engineering interface across PLC, SCADA, Ignition, instrumentation, and commissioning; mentored and reviewed engineers on delivery quality.
• Authored automation design standards, interface/design docs, SOWs, PLC/SCADA requirements, Ignition architecture and configuration, naming and data structures, FAT/SFAT procedures, commissioning docs, and SOPs.
• Ran structured FAT/SFAT from functional and design requirements, with disciplined issue tracking, fix, and retest through acceptance.
• Cut commissioning time ~80% through standards, design reviews, FAT/SFAT rigor, and issue discipline — improving multi-site consistency, catching issues earlier, and lowering ongoing support cost.

• Led cross-functional automation teams supporting product transfers, equipment changes, system integration, and compliant project execution in regulated manufacturing environments.
• Developed test documentation, change requests, functional specifications, and automation deliverables aligned with GMP, GAMP, ANSI/ISA-95, S88, and 21 CFR Part 11 expectations.
• Designed, developed, and tested control-system solutions using Siemens DCS / 4-Mation and Wonderware InBatch, InTouch, and ArchestrA platforms.

• Led control-system architecture, sequence-of-operation, instrument BOM, MES/historian integration, and commissioning using Rockwell PLC/SLCs, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View SE, OSI PI, Oracle, and Microsoft Server technologies.
• Developed and executed FAT and SFAT documentation while supporting startup, troubleshooting, and commissioning of new and existing control systems.

• Held automation engineering, project leadership, business ownership, and software development roles supporting Honeywell Experion, TotalPlant Batch, Wonderware InBatch upgrades, APACS DCS startup/commissioning, Honeywell TDC 3000 simulator integration, HMI graphics, C# batch manager API work, SQL, ASP, JavaScript, HTML, and PHP solutions.
• Built broad technical leadership experience across plant automation, process control, software, data, customer-facing delivery, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operational support.

SELECTED TECHNICAL PROJECTS

Hands-on craft proofs (not the hire target): ESP32 / Arduino sensor monitoring, analog signal conditioning, Wi-Fi data acquisition, robotics, and controls experimentation. Examples: davidclarkprice.com

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science - East Stroudsburg University, May 1997
• Lean Management Certification, Lean & Six Sigma for All Sectors, Including Manufacturing - Six Sigma University Amsterdam, June 2023