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The Resume

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William J. Magiske Jr.

Career Experience:

n Machine Vision and Automation Consultant - Present

As a consultant, I currently offer my expertise in Machine Vision, Motion and Automation Systems. My clients utilize my background for professional production of specifications, proposals, software development, project management, training and complete system implementation.

n Business Development Consultant - Motion & Vision 5/99 - 11/00

Data Science Automation, Incorporated

Canonsburg, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

Managing and developing the company's technical, internal structure and sales capabilities in the fields of machine vision and motion control.
Managing all engineering and development efforts for motion and machine vision.
Developing all concepts for vision & motion sales efforts.
Performing all motion/vision training courses and seminars.
Developing all cost/price estimates and proposals for machine vision and motion applications.
Direct responsibility for all technical vision and motion issues.
Developing DSA. s Motion and Vision Catalog.
Coordinating all motion and vision alliances with vendors and strategic partners.

Applications Examples:

Inspection system for measuring weight and length of free falling hot glass gob.
Color inspection system for determining germination statistics of seedling samples.
Three dimensional measurement system for creating printable models of body impressions.
Online inspection system for dimensional measurements of airbag diffusers.
Pipe thread quality inspection system.
Part Verification system
Generic three dimensional part gauging system
TCPIP network communications of brain wave measurement machines.

n Chief Technology Officer, VP Engineering 3/96 - 4/99

PKT Technologies, Incorporated

Pittsburgh, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

Managing and developing the company's technical & production capabilities.
Managing the Director of Machine Vision and Robotics, the Director of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Electrical Engineering and Office Manager.
Developing all concepts for vision sales efforts.
Developing all cost/price estimates and proposals for machine vision applications.
Direct responsibility for all technical vision issues.
Coordinated and selected company building.
Working with the VP of Sales and Marketing on all vision sales, automation sales, customer relations, marketing brochures, and company logo and web-site.

Applications Examples:

Laser Welder Guidance System For bellows welding. The system tracks the seam and controls motion of the laser welder to a tolerance of 0.0002 inches.
Laser Welder Guidance System for welding rivets in precious metals.
Laser Welder Guidance System for welding metal doors seams.
Servo Guidance System for cutting PCB boards.
Robot Guidance for Pallet Picking. Capable of producing coordinates in less than 0.5 seconds for products of a major US beverage company.
Product and Product Identification Module for warehouse delivery sortation. The system is capable of identifying over 600 products at 140 products per minute.
Shelf Product Inventory System for automated and remote monitoring of store shelves.
Three Dimensional Measurement System for finding waves in ceiling tile.
Defect Detection System for ceiling tile.
Air Bag Inflator Seal Inspection System.
Electronic Connector Inspection System.
Coupling Control System for torque and application control.

n Project Manager 11/94 - 3/96

Applied Machine Vision, Incorporated

Pittsburgh, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

Managed development of machine vision systems from conception to system acceptance. This position was responsible for managing all disciplines involved: software development, vision system design, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, part fabrication, and system conditioning.

Applications Examples:

Managed the development of AMP connector inspection machines. Developed bottle and container inspection systems for AGR International. Developed and managed the company. s network and Windows NT Network Server. Developed the company. s user interface product.

n Systems Engineer 3/91 - 10/94

Industrial Perception Systems, Incorporated

Allison Park, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

All phases of vision applications: Conceptual study and design, implementation, installation and training. Creating system hardware, software and man hour requirements for pricing quotes. Compiling feasibility reports, functional descriptions, and system manuals.

Applications Examples:

Developed and installed: two and three-dimensional gauging, color, and flaw detection systems. Applications in a wide variety of industries: steel, automotive, foods, printing, textiles, and small parts.

n Vision System/Process Control Engineer 1/89 - 3/91

Orbital Systems Incorporated

Pittsburgh, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

All phases of vision applications: Conceptual study and design implementation, installation and training. Creating system hardware, software and man-hour requirements for quotes. Compiling feasibility reports, functional descriptions, and system manuals.

Applications Examples:

Created a color recognition system utilizing neural network modeling. Completed and installed a vision driven strip guidance system, using PID control. Automated blob analysis, Strobed Imaging, small and large parts measurement.

n Associate Engineer, Systems 8/87 - 1/89

Unimation/Westinghouse

Pittsburgh, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Leader for VAL-II application and communication software. IBM PC consultant. Digital communications support. Technical Support Engineer for Robots XII trade shows.

Applications:

IBM PC XT/AT and VAX DDCMP communication interfaces to Unival robot controller. Designed and created the Unival Welding Package. Support for 64180-based Hand Held Terminal with BITBUS communications, and quad serial communications software.

n Robotics Software Engineer 12/86 - 8/87

Fisher Scientific

Pittsburgh, PA

Duties and Responsibilities:

Developing, testing and trouble-shooting IBM PC interface software written for the MAXX-5 robot. Creating code for new applications.

Applications:

IBM PC robot driver, file management, multiple RS232 communications, text editor, parser and interpreter.

Software Languages:

Visual Basic, LabVIEW, C, Assembly (8086/8088, 68000, 8044, 64180), VAL Robot Language, Quick Basic, Pascal, Prolog, Simula.

Education:

BS Computer Science, Minor Mathematics, 1986, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA.

References:

Available upon request.

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