Consultant at SWC Technology Partners
Greater Chicago Area
Consultant at SWC Technology Partners
Greater Chicago Area
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 7 months)
A provider of enterprise manufacturing intelligence software solutions to multi-national manufacturing companies.
- Lead engineer on multi-site enterprise software implementations across international and domestic locations
- Coordinated the efforts of users, managers, IT personnel and executives during implementations
- Provided application technical support remotely and onsite for over 30 domestic and international clients
- Furthered sales initiatives through onsite scoping and perspective client visits
- Communicated client feedback to development on application bugs and potential improvements
- Wrote and maintained documentation and training materials on application modules
- Completed MSSQL maintenance, optimization, and scheduled backup setup for clients
- Installed and customized software solutions for a variety of desktop, server and networked server implementations
- Trained groups ranging from 5 to 30 on the software in formal and informal settings
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
June 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 8 months)
An owner's representative project management consulting firm for large scale construction projects including commercial, residential high-rise, industrial, and public projects.
- Developed a centralized intranet repository for company-wide documentation saving duplication of efforts throughout the company
- Designed and wrote a website solution to increase Rise’s online visibility, traffic from search engines, and accessibility by the disabled
- Performed quality control on a contract that prevented potential legal proceedings
- Presented cost breakdown in clear, accurate and concise manner which enabled easy recognition of potential future budgetary problems
- Created a database solution for tracking change orders which provided better organization and reporting, and cost savings to the client
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years)
BS , Mechanical Engineering , 2002 — 2007
- Concentrations in Nanotechnology and Robotics
- Designed an original nano-scale optical switch concept and wrote National Science Foundation grant proposal for further study of its commercial viability
- Statistical MATLAB computer model of ATPase in biological cells for study of protein function
- Fully autonomous model of a home HVAC system with an original control systems design
Mechatronics, embedded systems, linux, contemporary art, DIY lifestyle