James Ronald Hartson

 21 Gibson Street
Dansville, New York 14437

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: A position utilizing experience in Test Engineering, Measurement/Quality Assurance, Electrical/Mechanical Maintenance, Environmental Testing, Technical Writing, Data Acquisition, Electronics, Instrumentation, and Teaching.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

 

2006 - Top Salesman of the Year North America - Pickering Interfaces

2007 - Base Band Salesman Award for exceeding 750K in sales for Fluke Precision

Pilots License -Single Engine Land , Working on Instrument Certification.

CNSE – Flukes Certified Network Sales Engineer Training in Everett Wa.

 Instrumentation / Test Engineer for ADtranz (ABB, Daimler Benz)Transportation

Lead Test Engineer for Amerail L.L.C. (formerly Morrison Knudsen) directing the Proof of Design testingof the multimillion dollar Amtrak & MBTA

Rail Car Program, Design of Communication Test Equipment for Chicago Transit Contract.

Successfully managed business as an independent contractor, specializing in electronic repair and servicing of computers, computer repair and maintenance (both hardware and software), General Building repair.

Technical Representative for Lockheed Support Division of Lockheed Aircraft responsible for the repair and modification of the UH-60 Blackhawk
Helicopter electronic night optical vision systems.

United States Marine Corp., Avionics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Advanced Technical Marketing       Aug. 2005 - Present

           Sales Engineer for Leading Test & Measurement and Componant Companies such as Fluke Precision, Xantrax (Elgar Sorensen), Pickering Interfaces,

           Astromed, ADlink and others - Visit www.atm1.com for complete list. Responsibilities include consulting and demonstration of Equipment and componant

           as required by customer specifications.

Transportation & Transit Associates March 2003 – Aug 2005

            Test Manager for Rail Car Rebuilder. Responsible for managing and assisting in bidding of new and rebuild rail car programs. Assumed responsibilites as

            Field Service Manager overseeing the setup and operation of on site delevery, commisioning and warranty. Assumed responsibilities of Quality Manager

            insuring corporate quality and adherance to ISO9001.


Scientific Devices East          Jan. 2001 – Feb 2003

Sales Engineer for Leading Communications Manufacturers, Responsibilities include consulting and demonstration of test and measurement and communication equipment. Assisted customers with making the correct instrumentation choices to meet there test requirements. Represented companies such as, Agilent Technologies, Wilcom, Shunra Systems, ICS, Adtran, Delta Systems.


ATM.COM Communications Group / Northern Marketing Associates   Jan. 1998 – Dec. 2000
Sales Engineer for Leading T&M and Communications Manufacturers, Responsibilities include consulting and demonstration of test and measurement and communication equipment. Assisted customers with making the correct instrumentation choices to meet there test requirements.

Adtranz Oct. 1996 - Dec. 1998 Test Engineer - Septa Rail Car Project
 Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Engineer, Responsible for the procurement, setup and installation and training of Instrumentation. Created test systems using National Instruments Labview for acquisition and analysis of real time data. Designed test equipment interface boxes for train to computer acquisition test systems.

American Passenger Rail Car Co. Nov. 1994 - Oct. 1996(Formerly...Morrison Knudsen Company)Lead Test Engineer - Amtrak Rail Car Construction Project. Interpret contract specifications, write test procedures, supervise & coordinate testing, and write final reports for submission to the customer.Test Engineer - in - Charge - MBTA (Mass. Bay Transit Authority car refurbishing program.) Interpret contract specifications, write test procedures, supervise testing, and write final reports for submission to the customer. Other activities included working with vendors and customers to resolve engineering discrepancies as needed. Computer aided drawing of instrumentation and setup for testing. Scheduling of testing, Implementation of tracking system for all phases of test procedure approvals and completion of test. Training of new Test Engineers. Dit-Mco automated wiring test programming and harness design.

Tech Aid Corporation. May 1993 - Nov. 1994Contracted for Morrison KnudsenTest Engineer - Metro Rail Car Construction Project.
 Interpret contract specifications, write test procedures, Conduct testing, and write final reports for submission to the customer

Lockheed Support Systems, Inc.
 Technical Representative responsible for installation, repair, modification, and testing of night vision capability of the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter. Responsible for inventory and part ordering

United States Marine Corp. - Avionics
 Aircraft Instrument Systems Technician
 Aircraft Electrician
 Miniature / Microminiature Repair Technician
 Electrical Instrument Inspector.

Education
Courses:
Business Communication
Basic Electricity
Basic Electronics
Miniature Component Repair 2-M NASA Certification
Microminiature Component Repair 3-M NASA Certification
NiCad Battery Repair and MaintenanceElectrical Assembly
Attitude, Heading, and Reference Systems
Inertial Navigation Systems
Aviation Electronics & Avionics
AFFCA Motor Repair School
Forklift Operation / Safety

ADDED SKILLS:

            LabView 4.1 Programing
            AutoCAD-V12
            Lotus 1-2-3
            Lotus Suite
            Word Perfect
            Microsoft Office
            dBASE IV
            Foxpro

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