Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.

Current

Vice-Chair at IEEE Toronto Section - Technology Management Council
Chair, Toronto Chapter at IEEE Toronto Section - PSES Chapter
Contract Consultant at Global EMC

Director At Large at IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society
Chair, 2009 Symposium Steering Committee at IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society
Host of the Machinery Safety 101 PodCast at Compliance InSight Consulting Inc.
Author at Compliance InSight Consulting Inc.
Managing Director at Compliance InSight Consulting Inc.

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Past

Author at QPS Evaluation Services Inc.
Program Manager at QPS Evaluation Services Inc.
Compliance Engineer/Laser Safety Officer at ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

Control System Designer at ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
Test Equipment Technologist at Fleck Manufacturing
Test Engineer at GFC Power Ltd.
Test Engineer at GFC/Hammond Electronics Inc.

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Education

Sheridan College

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Industry

Machinery

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Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.’s Summary

A.Sc.T. Certified by OACETT in Ontario, Canada
20+ years of industrial experience
7 years industrial control system design
10+ years of Regulatory Compliance experience in Industrial Machinery
10+ years of CE Marking experience
5+ years of Canadian Machinery Safety experience
300+ Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews since 2001
WSIB Certified JHSC Member (Industrial Sector)
Member IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES)
2007-Present PSES Board Director at Large
2009: Vice-Chair, Technology Management Council, IEEE Toronto Section
2009: Chair, IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Chapter, Toronto
Chair, 2009 IEEE PSES Symposium Steering Committee
Member, Canadian Standards Association
Member, CSA Z1002 Technical Committee and Chair, Drafting Sub-Committee

Producer and Host of the Machinery Safety 101 podcast
Author of popular technical articles on industrial safety

My mission is to help industry work more safely, bringing mothers and fathers home to each other and their children every night.

Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.’s Specialties:

Machinery Risk Assessment
Reliability of Safety Related Control Systems
Laser Hazard Analysis
Machinery Guarding
Design and development of Hazard Warning Signs and Labels
Machinery Manuals and Training materials
Safety Related procedures including Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout, etc.)
North American (Canada and US) and EU Regulatory Consulting

Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.’s Experience

Vice-Chair

IEEE Toronto Section - Technology Management Council

(Public Safety industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Act as part of the Technology Management Council Executive. Chair the PSES portion of the Chapter.
Chair, Toronto Chapter

IEEE Toronto Section - PSES Chapter

(Public Safety industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

Chair the Toronto Chapter of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, operating as part of the Technology Management Council.
Contract Consultant

Global EMC

(Industrial Automation industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Provide industrial CE Marking consulting services for Canadian clients wishing to sell product in the EU. Provide machinery safety consulting services and Pre-Start Health and Safety Services for clients with machinery in Ontario, Canada.
Director At Large

IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society

(Public Safety industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Member of Board of Directors.
Chair, 2009 Symposium Steering Committee

IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society

(Public Safety industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

Reporting to the VP Conferences, Chair the Symposium Steering Committee.

Organize regular meetings to set up the necessary organizaton to operate the annual symposium;
Set Theme for program;
Recruit Committee members to hold key roles;
Set Symposium Budget;
Manage Symposium Budget;
Organize local services to support program.
Host of the Machinery Safety 101 PodCast

Compliance InSight Consulting Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

Machinery Safety 101 is a technical podcast covering the basics of industrial machinery safety and safety design principles. Shows include interviews with key people in industry and special episodes covering specific types of hazards and control methodologies.

This is a personal project for me and does not generate any remuneration. I just really need to get the word out any way I can!
Author

Compliance InSight Consulting Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Safety industry)

June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)

Research and write technical articles for peer reviewed and popular magazines on a variety of industrial safety topics including: Risk assessment, application of safety standards, reliability of safety related parts of control systems, lockout, etc.
Managing Director

Compliance InSight Consulting Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)

In 1999 an opportunity arose to take a contract position with a U.S. firm that was involved in training and consulting work with U.S., Canadian and multinational firms who develop products for world markets. In order to take advantage of this opportunity, Compliance InSight Consulting was formed. The firm exists today and is involved in smaller consulting projects since the original contract ended in mid-2000. Specific work includes the analysis of customer products supported by consulting services to aid clients in applying European product law and technical standards to their specific products. This work includes the development and implementation of training programs, creation of suitable product documentation and the direct assessment of products.
Author

QPS Evaluation Services Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Public Safety industry)

March 2002 — December 2007 (5 years 10 months)

Write articles on a variety of machinery safety related topics, including guarding, interlocking, lasers, risk assessment, press guarding, robot guarding, and lockout.
Program Manager

QPS Evaluation Services Inc.

(Public Safety industry)

June 2001 — December 2007 (6 years 7 months)

This position involves the development and oversight of programs designed to assist QPS customers to meet the machinery safety requirements of two separate jurisdictions: Ontario, Canada and the European Union. Since joining the company in 2000, I developed the internal systems and approach used today to allow QPS engineering staff to review and report on client equipment. The specific approach we use is based on expertise in machinery safety that I developed through the application of the European CE-Marking system. I have also been working on developing the internal CE-Marking system that is used by QPS to evaluate customer products that are intended for market in the European Union. This work has taken place in Canada, the U.S., Japan and Germany.
Compliance Engineer/Laser Safety Officer

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ATA.TO; Industrial Automation industry)

January 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 6 months)

Responsible for CE Marking of automation systems sold to customers in the EU. Prepared CE Technical Construction Files. Contracted EMC Testing and supervised testing and problem resolution. Conducted standards research and provided consulting and training services internally and externally on CE Marking and related subjects. Conducted Laser Hazard Assessments and recommended risk reduction measures.
Control System Designer

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; to.ATA; Industrial Automation industry)

November 1991 — June 2000 (8 years 8 months)

Designed PLC and PC based control systems for automated manufacturing systems. Control systems from Siemens S95/S7 through S115, I/O counts up to 4000. Profibus/L2, ethernet. Allen-Bradley SLC500 and PLC 5 systems. Motor controls, power distribution, analog and digital systems. PC based systems using UNIX platform and card-based I/O, AB Remote I/O.
Test Equipment Technologist

Fleck Manufacturing

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

April 1991 — November 1991 (8 months)

Supported manufacturing by repairing and maintaining wire harness test equipment. Designed and built custom test equipment including test boards. Supported vendors installing new equipment in Canada and Mexico.
Test Engineer

GFC Power Ltd.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

January 1989 — August 1990 (1 year 8 months)

Designed and built custom test equipment for power supply testing. Supported existing equipment. Trained production test personnel. Developed test procedures.
Test Engineer

GFC/Hammond Electronics Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

April 1985 — December 1988 (3 years 9 months)

Designed and built test equipment and test processes for electronic power supply manufacturing. Developed test plans and procedures. Carried out life testing using custom designed and built test equipment. Designed and carried out environmental testing to IEC 68 using a Blue-M AGREE chamber to do vibration, thermal and humidity testing. Assisted in setting up Korean Joint Venture company. Spent 2-1/2 months on-site in Seoul, South Korea.

Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.’s Education

Sheridan College

Electronic Engineering Technician 1982 — 1985

Additional Information

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Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.’s Interests:

Podcasting, canoeing, camping, cycling, woodworking, reading, music, dogs

Doug Nix, A.Sc.T.’s Groups:

OACETT Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists, IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, CSA Z1002 Technical Committee.