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Resume 12
JOHN FORESTER
1224 Hartford Drive
New Haven, CT 06450
Summary
Senior Electrical Engineer with MSEE and 20+ years experience in Design/Development Engineering, Installation, Field Service, Product Support, Technical Marketing Support, Remote Technical Assistance.
- Strong communications skills
- Project Management/Team Leader/Member/Committee Chairman
- Hardware/Software design/troubleshooting
- Combined knowledge of product design from concept to field service
Selected Achievements
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
- Mentored several hardware/software Co-ops in project development and completion.
- Revived 2 stalled design projects in Food Automation. This produced a 200 board/month demand.
- Design, Development and Project Management for Diagnost EP-C/EP Table: Board redesign for lowered parts count/additional functionality. Managed Team of 3 technicians for custom assembly.
- "Difference is You!" award for teamwork in rapid assembly/interface of Bi-Plane Poly I at New York Hospital.
- "Difference is You!" award for resolving laser film imaging interface problems.
- Constructed and maintained departmental sub-LAN and CAD system.
- Low Noise TV camera development for Medical Digital Imaging.
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS
- Image Quality representative for the USA: Quality Award for Quick Check Phantom development, presenter/planner/discussion leader at International IQ seminars, Leader SSR representatives
- CIS Product Support Engineer: Planned and Participated in Image Intensifier return review process which reduced returns and associated costs by 40 .
- PC Committee Chairman: Collected team from IT, Field Service and Project management. Developed Field Service Image Process and Laptop Loaner Policy so that no engineer would be without his service tool for more than 24 hours in case of failure.
- Tool and Test Equipment Product Support: Provided Technical Management of T&TE for the USA with technical and software interface to factory in the Netherlands.
MARKETING AND SOFTWARE
- Designed and developed Access Database of Equipment specifications to be accessed by sales personnel for completion of Bid Specifications
- Wrote technical papers on Imaging subjects for Sales personnel and customers to clearly indicate Philips Image Quality Leadership.
Professional Experience
Automated Design, Inc., Waterbury, CT 2001-date
Hardware Engineer
- Analog/Digital/Microprocessor Design, PCB Design, Noise Testing/Debugging for Food Automation controls.
- Project Management from concept to design to production.
- Hardware/Software Integration and Testing.
Advanced Medical Systems, Hamden, CT 1985-2001
Product Support Engineer 1996 - 2001
- Provided technical support to the field for Imaging Systems and Image Quality.
- Interface with factory Netherlands on Image Quality, Tools and Test Equipment and Common Imaging Systems CIS .
Technical Marketing Specialist 1994-1996
- Provided technical support to field sales force with emphasis on challenging competitors claims.
Senior Project Engineer, Special Projects Lab 1988-1994
- Performed electrical design and development of EP C-Arm and EP 80o tilting table.
- Supervised electromechanical assembly of EP system.
- Created calibration and Quality Assurance specifications for EP system.
Project Engineer, Systems Engineering 1985-1988
- Accomplished design, development and production of interfaces to imaging equipment to overcome incompatibilities in different manufacturer s equipment.
- Created design and test specifications for potential interfaces.
- Evaluated third-party and Philips European equipment for suitability in the American market.
THE KILBORN LABORATORIES, Stamford, CT 1980-1985
Senior Design and Development Engineer
- Performed analog and video design for Raytheon Digital Imaging System.
- Designed add-on products for Medical Imaging Product Line.
CARDIO DEVELOPMENT, Bridgeport, CT 1975-1980
Design/Development Engineer
- Participated in design, development and sustaining engineering for 80CI Ultrasound Cardiac Imager.
EDUCATION
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, 1982
BS, Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1975
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
- PCAD 2001 PCB layout/simulation
- Access/Access Basic
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- C Programming
- PLD/PLA programming
- Micro-Cap II/III
- DesignCAD
- Product Support Training--Cardiac Equipment
- Networking
- Surgery Equipment
- MCSE in process
ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
Tau Beta Pi/Eta Kappa Nu Engineering/Electrical Engineering Honor Societies
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