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H. James Dalton 

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Summary

Talented and accomplished technical professional with background in Manufacturing & R&D, operations, thermal and peizo Ink Jet printing technology, 3d printing, optical coatings, contact and ophthalmic lenses, graphic design & computer hardware/software, aerospace & defense experience. Experienced in engineering test practices, concepts and procedures, able to execute and coordinate processes and projects to completion, high level of creative, technical latitude. Inventor United States Patent No.7,267,846

Linkedin public profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daltontech

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aerospace Union - 11/2014 –

Technician, process, test – 3d printing, Ion etch technology, Aerospace, Mil 5/2014 –

Aerospace, Defense  (3/2011 – 5/2014)

Sr. Technician

·         Provided research and development and compliance testing, verification, and submittals for thin film production in systems with up to 8 Ion guns, 12 electron beam guns and up to five in concert/independent cryogenic pumps.

·         Health and safety technician and representative for 2 of the optics labs.

·         Coordinated incoming Quality Assurance inspection of materials and coatings for various Aerospace and Defense projects.

·         Contracts and companies served include: Lockheed Martin, NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab, Northrop Grumman, United States Air Force, Apple Computer, ITT Exelis, Trex Enterprises.

Ophthonix Inc., San Diego, CA (9/2006 – 3/2011)

Sr. Process Technician / Production lead

·         Led a staff of 20; Train, schedule, evaluate, delegate responsibilities, department payroll.

·         Participated in process improvement task force with management, engineering, staff scientists and IT staff to identify root cause issues, improve processes and streamline manufacturing operations.

·         Increased coating yields by 30% for anti reflective / hydrophobic layered ophthalmic lenses.

·         Preformed maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration and testing of Satis-Loh High Vacuum coaters in the optical labs, and clean room environments.

·         Set up / shut down and oversaw the operation of laser writing and UV curing equipment.

·         Helped develop new product offerings and product launches

Leo Lens Technology / Cooper Vision Inc., San Diego, CA | Cambridge, UK (7/2003 – 9/2006)

Jr. Process Engineer

·         Developed various test programs for equipment.

·         Collected and prepared data results of physical property tests.

·         Performed lab duties such as formulate ink and base solutions, autoclave sterilizations and cleaning.

·         Erudition, scholarly, business - Cambridge England – prototype production line design with Xennia, a specialty ink jet company Xennia.

·         Created automated graphic & printing solutions.

·         Installed, configured, and maintained ripping / pre-flight software, imaging systems and color  measurement software and hardware.

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Hewlett Packard, San Diego, CA (2000 - 2003)

HP Level III Operations Technician

·         Certified to set up and troubleshoot and perform maintenance on performance testing tooling and software using Windows NT, UNIX work-stations, and other HP tools and software.

·         Technician and operator for large format thermal IJ plotters.

·         Ensured accurate and timely completion of engineering test requests.

·         Behavioral Based Safety trainer and observer.

·         Performed calibrations and balances on testing equipment in Base line Data department.

·         Created process for capturing errors now standardized in the base line data departments

·         Document control / procedure tech writing / archiving and retention

·         Helped roll out and manage base line data department’s latest Statistical Process Control SPC software for thermal inkjet print-head specs. Maintained lean six sigma charts

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Technical Skills

Operating Systems:            DOS, Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/W7, Linux (Red Hat), UNIX, OS X

Networking:               Basic networking skills with wired & wireless networks. Server backups

Applications/Tools:            MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint),  Wordpress, Auto Cad LT, PhotoShop 5/6/7/CS, Illustrator, Flash 4,8, Quark, WordPress, PHP, In-Design, pre flight ripping software, Image-Xpert, Digie-Eye, HP proprietary software, Color Management software, File management, HTML, FTP, OLE, HTML editors, HP / ENCAD / Kodak large format plotters, post script 6 color printers, six sigma charting.

Hardware:                  PC assembly and repair (A+ PC technician core hardware/OS Certificate of completion Centers for Education and Technology - San Diego Community College), IC handling, Component ID

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Education

Mesa College / San Diego Community College Centers for Education & Technology – San Diego

Computer and Information sciences 2001 and 2003/04, GPA 4.0

UNIX, VB 6, A + cert, Windows OS/File Management, MS Office, Web Page design, PhotoShop, CAD Xennia Ink Jet academy – IJ theory, Cambridge England

 

Licenses MemBERSHIPS and Certifications

CPR, Fist Aid, Advanced Certification in MS Word and Excel –KSI A+ Certificate of completion San Diego Community College CET
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