ASA JAY LAUGHTON (Mr.)                         Senior Engineering Support Technician

Medical Lake, WA 99022 • • asajay at asajay (period) com

Profile

Fulfill a technical position within an engineering team that offers the opportunity to apply my experience, skills and abilities.

Strengths:

•       Current Security clearance for Military/Government work.

•       Testing electrical and mechanical designs; generating reports.

•       Modifying software; compiling, testing.

•       Writing status reports, functional descriptions and specifications documents.

•       Use OrCAD Capture and Layout

•       Ability to identify problems, characterize them, propose solutions and report on the problem both orally and in writing.

Employment

Associate engineer                                                                                      2005-2006

Trident Systems Inc.                                                                                 Spokane, WA

Managed production of new product on a critical time schedule. Worked with local electronics production house Servatron. Interfaced with Vendor and Manufacturing organizations. Designed interface board for remote SVGA display, including I2C and hardware controls. Assist Engineering staff with task management, develop design specifications, manage Windows and Linux servers for source code repositories and critical file backups.

Senior Technician                                                                                                        1995-2005

Itron, Inc                                                                                                                  Spokane, WA

Software, Hardware and Electrical Engineering support. Characterized electronic circuits on new products; evaluated and tested mechanical assemblies; provided software support; wrote status and evaluation reports to engineering staff. Assisted engineering staff in evaluating quality of product prior to product authorization. Helped facilitate Tiger Teams directed to overcome specific problems related to customer satisfaction. Maintained lab and other supplies as necessary. Maintained source code repository. Designed, built and maintained test fixtures and associated software. Traveled to customer locations for troubleshooting equipment problems and immediately submitted reports back to engineering staff; implemented immediate solutions while at customer locations.

Master radio maintenance technician                                                          1982-2003 (retired)

242 CBCS, WA Air National Guard                                                                 Spokane IAP, WA

Retired Master Sargent. UHF, VHF and HF radio maintenance. Supervisor for several years. Oversaw a shop of several airmen. Directed maintenance activities, assigned duties, performed mentoring and training activities. Wrote evaluations and recommended individuals for promotion or other awards. Chosen to represent our unit in various media presentations in both newspaper and Television news. During Operation Enduring Freedom deployment, worked with Foreign Nationals and the U.S. Embassy to procure equipment and supplies, manage the frequency spectrum in our area of responsibility and report to higher level staff.

Education

Candidate, B.A. in Organizational Management                                                   Expected 2008

Whitworth College                                                                                                   Spokane, WA

Currently maintaining a 3.9 GPA.

a.a.s automotive Technologies                                                                                              1985

Community Colleges of Spokane                                                                              Spokane, WA

Additional courses in: Business Law, Accounting, Computer programming (C, Basic, HTML)

Ground Radio Maintenance SChool                                                                                      1983

Keesler Technical Training Center                                                                   Keesler AFB, MS

Military training in basic electronic theory and specialized training in UHF, VHF and HF radio systems (advanced electronics).

Additional Skills and Accomplishments

∙       Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook)

∙       Linux administration (SUSE, Red Hat, Knoppix)

∙       Multi-tasked workflow management

∙       Team/Task facilitator/manager

∙       Ability to follow written instructions, test procedures, diagrams etc.

∙       Highly skilled in soldering practices, techniques and use of small hand tools.

∙       Education in and practice of various management techniques:

         -        Planning and Managing Projects

         -        Effective Business Writing

         -        Collaborative Process Implementation (Closing the Loop)

         -        NCO Leadership Academy

∙       20 years of National Guard military service in the electronics field (retired)

∙       Six years with Hewlett Packard in Spokane in production

∙       10 years with Itron, Inc in Spokane as a Senior Technician

Awards

∙       Air Force Commendation Medal

∙       Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal