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 –
Technician, process, test – 3d printing, Ion etch technology, Aerospace, Mil 5/2014 –
Aerospace, Defense (3/2011 – 5/2014)
Sr. Technician
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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.
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Health
and safety technician and representative for 2 of the optics labs.
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Coordinated incoming Quality Assurance inspection of
materials and coatings for various Aerospace and Defense projects.
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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
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Led a staff
of 20; Train, schedule, evaluate, delegate responsibilities, department
payroll.
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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.
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Increased
coating yields by 30% for anti reflective / hydrophobic layered ophthalmic
lenses.
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Preformed
maintenance, troubleshooting,
calibration and testing of Satis-Loh High Vacuum coaters in the optical labs,
and clean room environments.
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Set up /
shut down and oversaw the operation of laser writing and UV curing equipment.
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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
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Developed
various test programs for equipment.
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Collected
and prepared data results of physical property tests.
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Performed
lab duties such as formulate ink and base solutions, autoclave sterilizations
and cleaning.
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Erudition,
scholarly, business - Cambridge England – prototype production line design with
Xennia, a specialty ink jet company Xennia.
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Created
automated graphic & printing solutions.
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Installed,
configured, and maintained ripping / pre-flight software, imaging systems and
color measurement software and
hardware.
James
Dalton
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Hewlett Packard, San Diego, CA (2000 - 2003)
HP Level III Operations Technician
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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.
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Technician
and operator for large format thermal IJ plotters.
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Ensured
accurate and timely completion of engineering test requests.
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Behavioral
Based Safety trainer and observer.
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Performed
calibrations and balances on testing equipment in Base line Data department.
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Created process
for capturing errors now standardized in the base line data departments
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Document
control / procedure tech writing / archiving and retention
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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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