Engineering Technician
Andrew Lanz
drewlanz@skypoint.com
Objectives:
A full time permanent position making use of technical and managerial skills. "I like to play with cool new toys and get results."
Formal Training:
Woodbury, Minnesota High School 1984
Navy Certified Electronics Technician School. 1985 - 1987
Lakewood CC: Various Pre-Engineering Courses 1990 - 1997
Inver Hills CC: SPC, TQM 1994
LabVIEW Basics 1&2, 1998
Ongoing MCSD study: WinArch1&2.
Summary of Experience:
Highly skilled technician with seven years in Engineering Department of an electronics manufacturing firm. Experienced leader with four years service in the US Navy. Skilled in the design, CAD, prototype, construction, code development, troubleshooting, and repair of various complex electronic systems.
Work Experience:
  • Owner Pushbutton Engineering April 1995 to Present. Consult for various clients in creation and maintenance of their Web projects Act as "printing-press-operator" for various clients, webifying their ideas. Specializing in interactive CGI web features.
  • Senior Engineering Technician, Continuation Engineering Group, Interactive Technologies, Inc North Saint Paul, MN. April 95 to Present. Test and evaluate new components as used in existing products, engineer changes in product and process, value engineering, independent projects.
  • Senior Engineering Technician, Test Engineering Group, Interactive Technologies, Inc North St. Paul, MN. April, 90 to April, 95. Join engineering teams in the design, CAD, code development, construction, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of test systems in a high speed automated RF device production facility. CAD design of custom fixtures, and PCBs, quoting and managing jobs to machine shops. Responsible for independent project management. Institute improvements in product design and testing. Serve on Engineering Change Order Board. Initiated Training, Calibration & Tracking, and Planned Maintenance Programs. Developed lab environment for newly formed group, interviewed and trained other technicians.
  • Entered US. Navy DEC, 85. Attended various technical schools through NOV, 87. Served at Military Sealift Command, Atlantic aboard various ships and shore facilities DEC 87 through OCT, 89. Perform training, maintenance, troubleshooting (component level), and repair of all shipboard radar, communications, COMSEC, and countermeasures systems. Electronics Technician Petty Officer Second Class. Honorably Discharged OCT, 89.
Software Tools:
Borland and Visual C++, Visual Basic, LabVIEW, GP-IB, MS-DOS, *Macintosh, *QuarkXpress, Windows, MSWord, MSExcel, MSAccess, AutoCad, MicroCap2, PIC and Z8 Assembly, PADS Perform & design, CGI, PERL, HTML, Java, JavaScript. (* Competent, not expert)
Personal:
Birth: December 28, 1965
Security Clearance: Top Secret, file#88050988014-DP-8-0469-1A3
Hobbies: Electronics, Home Automation, Rollerblading, sailing.
References: Available upon request.