PAUL C. DESMARAIS
174 Waldron Road
Farmington, NH 03835
(603) 755-9063
PC.Desmarais@gmail.com
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Skills Summary
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20 years of making
Electrical, and Mechanical, projects come together. Expertise includes PLC programming, software development,
control and instrumentation system specification. A skilled problem solver adept at keeping the whole picture in
view. Recognized for interpersonal
skills, sound judgment, and organizational ability.
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Experience
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GTEquipment, Merrimack, NH
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6/05-11/05
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Electrical Engineer
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Completed software analysis and modifications for
Silicon Carbide vacuum furnace on time.
Project was a week behind schedule when I started. Opto 22 controller and I/O was used on
this project.
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Martindale Associates, Inc., Bradford, Massachusetts
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7/04-6/05
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Systems Sales Engineer
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Boosted Q1 2005 sales of engineering services by
40%. Analyzed existing obsolete
control system, then designed control retrofit for hydropower plant.
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AME Inc., Acton, ME
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3/00-7/04
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Owner- Project Engineer
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Henschel, Inc., Newburyport, MA – Re-staffed behind
schedule project, and coordinated the Object Oriented Design of a data
monitoring system. The application
used CORBA Event Channels to gather data for a ship control and navigation
display.
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Fantini Baking Co., Haverhill, MA – Designed control
system replacement for bread roll conveyor that saved approximately 68% of
the cost quoted by the original equipment vendor. Automation Direct hardware
was used.
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Newick’s Seafood Restaurant, Merrimack, NH -
Implemented new building HVAC controls for 2 current air handling units.
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Heidelberg
Web Press, Dover, N.H.
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8/97-8/99
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Senior
Project Engineer
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Contributing team member for development of new
generation Human Machine Interface (HMI), and process control system under Microsoft
Windows NT and QNX operating systems.
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OSRAM
Sylvania Inc., Glass Technologies, Exeter, N.H.
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6/89-8/97
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Senior Project Engineer
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Wrote ladder logic control program for glass batch
mixing; used ROCKWELL SOFTWARE A.I. Series software for ALLEN-BRADLEY PLC-5
series controller.
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Took responsibility for a partially defined project,
and completed the updating rework of bulb QC machine controls and data
collection after lay-off of engineer, reducing maintenance costs by 50%.
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Hussey
Seating Co., North Berwick, Maine
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12/77-6/86
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Product
Development Engineer
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Redesigned motor driven propulsion unit for
telescopic platforms. Developed power distribution and motor controls
to meet National Electrical Code requirements. Achieved approximately 45%
savings in unit manufactured cost and number of parts.
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Systems Proficiency
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Hardware
PC, DEC MicroVAX, Opto 22 I/O, Allen-Bradley PLC, Automation Direct
(Koyo) PLC
Programming Languages
C++, Visual Basic, Fortran, C, BASIC, DirectSoft32, ioProject,
TISoft, PLC5
Operating
Systems
Windows XP, Linux, Windows NT, OpenVMS, DOS, Ultrix
PC Software
Microsoft Access, LOTUS Notes, MS Word, MS
Excel, MS Project, MS Developers Studio
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Education
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BSMET & BSEET - University of Massachusetts –
No. Dartmouth Campus
UNIVERSITY OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE – Undergraduate
Computer Science courses
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