Objective
Continue working on the wide variety of equipment found in the Marine Electronics Industry.
Experience
RICE ELECTRONICS, Morgan City, Louisiana
January 2002 - Current
Electronic Field Technician and Inspector
Field duties covered every piece of electronic equipment made by every manufacturer found on ships except for DP systems.
Education
LOUISIANA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Teche Area Campus, New Iberia, La.
Communications Electronics Graduate - May, 1996
Received a solid knowledge of Basic Electronics, Semiconductor circuitry, radio transmitters and receivers, Microwave, Radar, Laser, Fiber Optics and General Computer studies.
Received the General Radiophone Operator License with the Ship Radar Endorsement from the Federal Communications Commission.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA, Lafayette, La.
1989-1990, 1991-1992, majoring is Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Option.
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, New Iberia, La.
Honors Program Graduate - 1989
Certification
FCC GMDSS Maintainers Liscense
Skils
VHF and SSB radio systems
InMarsat-B and InMarsat-C systems with EGC, LRIT and SSAS capabilities.
GPS and Chart plotting systems, most every type of ship's steering systems and the auto pilots that are integrated with them.
Various fire alarm systems, engine room alarm systems and general alarm systems. CCTV systems including infra red and other night time camera systems.
S-Band and X-Band Radar systems as well as integrated Radar systems capable of chart plotter overlays through data links with peripherals such as GPS sensors, Doppler Speed Logs.
EPIRBs and SARTs
KSU ( Telecommunication Key Systems) and Switches such as Mitel SX-50 and SX-2000, Vodavvi Starplus models and Avaia Partner systems.
Cabling and cross connection junctions for every type of system on any type of ship.
Power systems such as rectifiers, inverters and UPS systems with internal or external battery sources.
Engineered, designed and integrated custom power systems to be interfaced with existing vessel systems to exhibit the desired characteristics of the customer.
Integration Engineering of a variety of difficult electronics systems from the component level to custom interface module methods.
SeaTel, KVH, Orbit Sateellite domes for Telecomm and Sat TV systems.