Richard Raymond Plourde

RRP ClientServer — Contract Engineer

February 1988–Present

Software/Firmware Engineer

Designed, wrote, developed, and debugged embedded, self test diagnostic, hardware control, driver interface, data logging, and data analysis/translation software.
Utilized C++ with object-oriented analysis, object-oriented design, and UML principles.
Targeted test design suites across networks to multiple products under test with GUI programming environments such as LabWindows/CVI, LabView, Agilent VEE Pro, Visual Basic and C++ Builder.

Hardware/Network Engineer

Conceived, defined, designed, developed, and deployed architecture for hardware and firmware combining high-speed DAC’s and A/D’s for semiconductor testers
Designed, wrote, and debugged a self test diagnostics software package, a curve-tracer for real-time plotting of semiconductor test equipment, and a calibration program for verification of NIST accuracy of testers generating report certificates.
Created, developed, and maintained a Software Source Archive Server.

Product/Project/Applications/Field/Technical Support Engineer

Solved technical problems for manufacturing production lines.
Converted test programs and solved device test program problems for customers.
Installed, debugged, and repaired systems at customer sites.

Technical Associate/Associate Engineer

Lead technician for test and repair of analog/digital/RF systems and automatic test equipment

Instructor/Technical Writer

Wrote and instructed programming, operations, and maintenance manuals/courses.
Wrote and presented new product technical papers and slide show demonstrations.

Clients (partial list)

Brooks Automation 1995–1996 — Robotics
Fairchild Semiconductor 1993–1994 — Semiconductor ATE
General Aircraft 1988–1995 — Semiconductor ATE
IBM Corporation 1992–1995 — Semiconductor ATE
Lucent Technologies 1999–2001 — Fiber-optic Communications
MKS Instruments 1997–1999 — Instrumentation
SSI Technologies 2002 — Instrumentation
Standard Microsystems 1993–1994 — Semiconductor ATE

Northern Essex Community College

Associate In Science Electronic Technology

Semesters Deans List — Lab Technician — Math Tutor — Subsequent Computer Science Courses

Continuing Technology Training

Lean Manufacturing — Visual Object Modeling in UML — C++ for C Windows Programmers — LABView Programming

United States Air Force

Munitions & Weapons Maintenance Supervisor

Sergeant — Team Chief — Weapons Load Crew — Secret Clearance — Honorable Discharge

Skills

HTML — XHTML — CSS — DOM — ASP .Net — .Net Framework — OOA — OOD — UML — Borland C/C++ — IBM C Set/2 — Visual C++ — Pascal — Macro Assembly — Delphi — Visual Basic — BASIC — LabView — LabWindows — Agilent VEE Pro — HP VEE — UML — Rational Rose — Rose98 — Source Archiving — Green Hills Software Multi Suite — IBM PC — Apple iMac— HPIB — GPIB — IEEE-488 — RS-232 — RS-485 — Ethernet — DeviceNet — Intel 80x86 — Hitachi 32-bit RISC Processors — Novell — Lan Manager — Lan Server — OS/2 — DB/2 — Interrupt Services — Windows XP NT 2000 98 — DOS — UNIX — OS/2 — OS X — RSX11M — RT11 — DB/2 — SQL — Data Collection — Bar Code — ISO 9000 — Inventory Control — COBOL — MS Office — iWork

Interests

Reading — Graphic Arts — Layout — Typography — Physics — Boating