Contact:

Peter Koza
pk575dde@westpost.net
502 477-9197
P.O. Box 877
Taylorsville, KY 40071-0877
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Engineer / Programmer / Project Manager offers a wide range of skills and experi
ence related to electronic systems design, development, manufacturing, and const
ruction. Particular expertise is in the design and implementation of real time
Instrumentation and Controls for industrial processes. The design experience en
compasses both hardware and software development, from discrete component circui
t design (analog and digital) to large Distributed Control Systems.
* Designed and Programmed real time process control systems
* Experienced with programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) hardware and large progr
ams
* Designed and implemented operator Interfaces (MMI or HMI) and SCADA systems
* Configured and programmed large distributed Control Systems (DCS)
* Provided Systems Integration - hardware, software, troubleshooting, and docume
ntation.
* Project Manager for fast build facilities: Equipment Startup & troubleshootin
g of electrical, mechanical and computer systems.
* Technical writer of print and web based operations, maintenance manuals & guid
es.
* Created customer, operator, and maintenance technician training materials and
classes
* Systems Integrator certification for Wonderware ArchestrA Application Server &
HMI/SCADA
Project management experience includes industrial facilities construction and ma
jor equipment purchases.
Project Documents and Tasks:
* Request for proposals (RFP)
* Specification writing and evaluation
* Bid evaluations
* Statement of Work (SOW)
* Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS)
* Product evaluation
* Failure modes effects analysis (FMEA)
* CPM schedule charts with costs and resources
* Supplier & customer relations
* Onsite construction supervision
* Heavy equipment construction
* Time/Cost/Performance Tracking
* Change order management
* Pickup items

Work history has been primarily under contract (since 1980) in a variety of larg
e and small enterprises. Numerous short term projects have been contracted dire
ctly on a T&M or fixed price bid DBA AeroSoft.
Industries serviced have included manufacturing, Semiconductor Fab plant constru
ction, utilities, Research & Development, marine, aerospace manufacturing and en
gineering
ABBREVIATED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Instrumentation and Control Systems
Under contract to Siemens Energy and Automation (Dallas, TX) October 2008 to May
2010
Performing programming and in-house testing of the control system for the Baggag
e Handling System at the AA terminal at the Miami, FL airport. Installed are 9+
miles of conveyors, 30+ PLCs and over a hundred I/O cabinets. The control syst
em hardware is ControlLogix. On site MIA Airport commissioning 2010.
Under contract to TAI aka Tourgee and Associates (Owings Mills, MD) March 2008
through July 2008
TAI is a multidiscipline engineering and management firm in doing business prima
rily in the Mid-Atlantic, Baltimore, MD area. I have worked control system proj
ects in diverse industries such as material handling at a glue factory, white pi
gment production, liquid nitrogen at an ice cream factory, water treatment, and
a tank farm at a liquor bottling and distribution company. The control system h
ardware has ranged from the AB PLC5, SLC500 series, and ControlLogix. The HMIs
have been several generations of Wonderware, RS View, and PanelView+
Under contract to FKI Logistex (Louisville, KY) June 2007 to November 2007
Systems integration for new baggage handling systems at Fort Lauderdale - Hollyw
ood, FL Airport. TSA has added 14 new XRAY inspection machines in three TSA scr
eening rooms located in two terminals. All bags from the ticket counters and cu
rb side induction are being rerouted through these rooms. Performed PLC program
ming, startup, and electrical - controls - mechanical troubleshooting.
Under contract to Caterpillar Tractor (Sanford, NC) March and April 2007
Caterpillar was starting up a new product line of Skid steer loaders and multi t
errain loaders. The project engineer who had worked on the power and release co
nveyor system for 10 months was moved to another startup job, so they brought me
in to support the assembly line startup. The PLCs consisted of ControlLogix an
d remote I/O panels on ControlNet with additional SLCs interfacing to the manufa
cturing execution system and to a legacy system. The initial problems were an a
morphous but interactive batch of electrical, mechanical, tolerance, programming
and interface documentation problems. After several return trip postponements,
there remained a few well understood problems and much more accurate documentat
ion.
Under contract to Control Touch Systems (Louisville, KY) March 2005 to October 2
006
Systems integration for material handling systems at FedEx Ground hubs and airpo
rt baggage handling systems using Allen Bradley ControlLogix, SLC 5, PLC5, and W
onderware HMI. Control program modifications to metal forming machinery. Fiel
d startup and AutoCAD documentation.
Primary engineer for controls retrofit on a large steel slitting machine. Redes
igned control system using ControlLogix PLC and ControlNet remote I/O. Replaced
large DC motors with AC vector drives. The machine is 160 feet long and was mo
ved across Kentucky. It has dozens of hydraulics, pneumatics and fixed speed mo
tors. Designed hardware (8 control panels), coded PLC software and started up t
he system. Worked closely with electrical and mechanical contractors to identif
y components, placements and resolve issues. AB PanelView Plus configuration.
Under contract to American Autoclave (Sumner, Washington) August 2004 to January
2005
Field installations of autoclave control systems. Field design of new controls
hardware using Opto 22 PLC and HMI. Demolition of existing controls, mechanical
and electrical installation. Hardware and software configuration, graphics, st
artup, test, and troubleshooting. AutoCAD Schematics documentation.
Self employment with company AeroSoft January to March 2004
Working with a company to put together a proposal for upgrading aluminum smelter
s in China and India. I found experts in the Pacific Northwest who had optimize
d their process until the price of power became exorbitant. I incorporated thei
r improvements into a design, selected the hardware, priced it and estimated the
design and programming time. I also estimated what would be necessary to overs
ee the rebuilding and travel time. A typical reduction line consists of about 9
0 cells in series with about 2,000 amps DC current. The efficient operating poi
nt is just on the edge of instability and the primary control measurement is ele
ctrical noise from the process. Designed the SCADA / HMI around the ArchestrA A
pplication Server with SQL based historian, and options for SPC and Intranet dat
a publishing.
Under contract to Waterlink, Barneby Sutcliff (Columbus, Ohio) June 2001 to July
2002
This was a fixed price bid for AB PLC and Wonderware HMI SCADA system. I provid
ed programming, installation, startup and training for a 4 million gallon fresh
water purification system being installed at the California Institute for Men in
Chino, California. Three separate sets of filters were provided with each cons
isting of cat ion, anion, and carbon filters. I provided a user programmable se
quence generator with HMI display for the regeneration functions. Approximately
80 motor operated valves were used. The PLC also controlled 6 booster pumps an
d communicated with 7 remote well sites.
Under contract to Real Enterprise Solutions February through May 2001
Project Engineer on two PLC based automation projects. Supervised designers and
drafters. Responsible for technical details, submittals, software design, and
HMI development. Projects were a multipoint combustible gas monitoring system a
nd a large water system using GE 90-30 and an AB SLC 5/05, respectively.
Project Engineer for an Autoclave Controls Company (ASC) February through May, 2
000
Provided control and support systems design documents for a large installation f
or export. Provided customer support, field installation, and sales of addition
al products and services. Field installation of control system written in Visua
l Basic using Active X objects and VB scripts.
FIXED PRICE PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Washington 1999 & 2000
Provided a turnkey control system upgrade for an existing high volume liquid nit
rogen vaporization system. Document deliverables included shop and modification
drawings; Safe Operating Plan and hazards analysis, user manual, training mater
ials, and class presentation. Integration with existing TDC 3000 distributed co
ntrol system. Hired and supervised electrical contractor. Provided emergency r
epairs and rework on existing control equipment. Provided updated documentation
for existing systems. Provided PLC programming, configuration and graphics on t
he DCS for new replacement equipment.
CONSULTANT, PROJECT MANAGER AND PROGRAMMER
Under contract to Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Auburn Washington September 1997
to January 1999
Detail a program of upgrades to the Composite materials processing control syste
ms, based on Honeywell TDC 3000 Distributed Control System. Design a burner con
trol system for a large autoclave and integrate the hardware and software with t
he existing DCS. Provide detailed PERT / CPM project schedule, work breakdown s
chedule, and estimate costs.
I&C ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER
Under contract to Industrial Design Corporation (IDC), Portland, Oregon November
1995 to June 1996
Hired as a Project Manager and assigned to a new Intel Semiconductor Fabrication
Clean Room facility in Hillsboro, Oregon. Oversaw some systems installation an
d startup at the Intel plant. Transferred to the Fujitsu Fab 2 in Gresham, Orego
n, which was very behind schedule. Provided on site I&C design support for the
design-build joint venture called TDC. Provided fast paced instrument selection
, placement, interface, panel design, systems vendors' negotiation, customer int
erface, and field engineering. Approximately 1600 trade's people were on site a
t one time.
PROJECT MANAGER
Under contract to Williams Instrumentation, Bothell, Washington May to November
1994
Responsibilities were project management, hardware design, programming and start
up of a water district telemetry and control system upgrade. 10 remote well and
reservoir sites used GE Fanuc PLCs for control and communications with the dist
rict office. Wrote communications drivers for dial up modems using GE Basic mod
ules.
PROCESS CONTROLS ENGINEER
Under contract to Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Fabrication Division Facilities 1
988 to 1994
Provided Process Controls and related support for major upgrades of the aircraft
composite structures manufacturing facility in Auburn, Washington and a new com
posite facility in Frederickson, Washington. Provided programming of PLCs and H
oneywell TDC 3000 distributed control system.
Rebuilt control systems on three existing autoclaves and made new controls for a
fourth. The first two were 8 feet in diameter and one had 27 P&ID control loop
s. The larger autoclave was 23 feet in diameter. Hundreds of thermocouples wer
e configured. The 32 vacuum lines used motor operated valves that required guar
anteed full travel and duty cycle limitations. Controls based on TDC-3000.
Team member on major new facility that is used to build the horizontal and verti
cal stabilizers on the Boeing 777 and now the 787. Provided specifications and
design reviews for vendors' designs. The installation consisted of a 15 foot di
ameter autoclaves and two 27 foot diameter vessels plus a virtual autoclave simu
lator used for development and training. Each one had a Honeywell Process Manag
er that I programmed in CL Code and ran the batching program and the analogs. A
main PLC supplied vacuum functions and communications with vendor supplied PLCs
on each door and two heaters. I wrote the communications handler that communic
ated with all of the PLCs using Honeywell ABC Protocol. It also communicated wi
th the cooling tower and the nitrogen separation equipment.
The original schedule for the new facility called for a 3 year project, however
the team had to have it done in two years and we succeeded. The batching & reci
pe program that I designed has been used as a prototype by another autoclave con
trols vendor.
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Under contract to Anderson Electric Controls in Kent, Washington 1987
Provided design, fabrication and startup for a variety of projects that included
use of early PLCs and VFDs. Designed a PLC module and analog controls. Design
ed a ship's propulsion control.
RELIABILITY and SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Under contract to ELDEC Sensing Systems Division in Bothell, Washington 1985 to
1986
Provided FMEA (Failure Modes Effects Analysis) for Stealth Bomber instrumentatio
n Field Replaceable Units. Developed a database program to collect data from th
e company's MRP system to detect design changes. Program reduced the amount of
time required to maintain the FMEA...
Under contract to ELDEC Machinery Control Division in Lynwood, Washington 1984
Worked on the control system for Navy ARS Class search and rescue ships. Develo
ped a database program that would assign the field devices to the custom compute
r cards. Made a $100k change order in one morning.
HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE POWER TECHNICIAN
Under contract to Mathematical Sciences in Bellevue, Washington 1982 to 1983
Fabricated and designed the triggers for a large laser proof of concept research
project. This mercury bromide laser was intended to penetrate Deep Ocean to pr
ovide communications to submarines. It had 9 Thyratrons rated at 50,000 volts a
nd 2,000 amps each. The laser was warmed up with large X-ray diodes. I devised
a unique fabrication of a previously "Impractical" pulse forming network to tri
gger the large tubes.
TEST ENGINEER
Direct hire with Atex in Bellevue, Washington 1980 to 1982
The company manufactured large newspaper publishing systems based on redundant D
igital Equipment PDP-11 minicomputers. I worked on embedded microprocessor comm
unications testing programs. I put together an accelerated life aging program a
nd developed test equipment that used a one bit processor and signature analysis
to replace dedicated PDP-11s for memory burn-in and testing. I was trained on
a Teledyne bed of nails parametric tester and supported production. I studied s
tate of the art photo-typesetting and used the systems to produce documentation.
DESIGN ENGINEER
Direct hire with Kistler-Morse in Bellevue, Washington 1978 to 1980
I designed custom and off the shelf bulk weighing systems based on strain gauge
technology. I designed one product that stayed in production (almost untouched)
for 13 years.
FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER
Direct hire with MacoTech in Seattle, Washington 1977
I installed add-on sensing systems for early Computer Numerical Control (CNC) mi
lling machines.
ANALOG AND MICROCOMPUTER DESIGN
Built an early microcomputer based on the 8008 chip in 1975 and a Z80 computer i
n 1976. Started a company to repair and maintain early video Tape equipment. D
esigned custom video/audio studios and equipment Technician work on industrial c
ontrols, sonar, and communications radios. 1972 to 1976
EDUCATION
College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California - Aviation private pilot ground scho
ol 1968
University of California at Santa Barbara -- Electrical Engineering 1968-1970
University of Washington, Seattle -- Electrical Engineering 1974
Green River Community College - Aviation Instrument and Commercial ground school
1981-1982
University of California Extension - Creating a business plan 2002
Advanced C++ programming and Invensys ArchestrA Application Server 2003
Invensys ArchestrA System Integrator for Wonderware HMI / SCADA systems 2004

Key Words
SKILLS SUMMARY - JOB TITLES
CONTRACT ENGINEER (SINCE 1980)
PROJECT MANAGER
SMALL BUSINESS OPERATOR
HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER
PROGRAMMER
PLC DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER
TEST ENGINEER
RELIABILITY ENGINEER (FMEA)
FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER
PULSE POWER (LASER) TECHNICIAN
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
GRAPHICS DESIGN
AUTOCAD
ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN ENGINEER
DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN ENGINEER
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
PROJECT ENGINEER
PROCESS CONTROLS BY INDUSTRY
AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION
SEMICONDUCTOR CLEAN ROOM
AUTOCLAVES & OVENS FOR COMPOSITES
FRESH AND WASTE WATER UTILITIES
SHIP PROPULSION CONTROLS
ALUMINUM SMELTER
BURNER CONTROLS
CNC NC MACHINE CONTROLS
BATCH SYSTEMS ANALOG DESIGN
PROCESS I&C BY FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
PRESSURE CONTROLS
(ANALOG, PNEUMATIC & DIGITAL)
TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
VACUUM CONTROLS
MOTOR OPERATED VALVES
(LARGE QUANTITIES)
REMOTE INSTRUMENTATION
COMMUNICATION LINKS
STEAM CONTROLS
CRYOGENICS (LIQUID NITROGEN)
OPERATOR INTERFACE
SAFETY SYSTEMS
COMPUTER INTERFACE
SYSTEM INTEGRATION
TROUBLESHOOTING
HMI PROGRAMMING
INTELLUTION SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR
WONDERWARE INTOUCH 7.1 AND APPLICATION SERVER
CITECT TRAINING
PROCESS CONTROLS BY MANUFACTURER
Allen-Bradley
PLC, VSD (VFD) & CONTROLS; PLC5, SLC 50X, CONTROLLOGIX, CONTROLNET
GE Fanuc
SERIES 90-30 PLCS
Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS
(Distributed Control System)
SYSTEM DESIGN, PROGRAM & STARTUP
Modicon
I/O MODULE CIRCUIT DESIGN
484, 584, MICRO84 PROGRAMMING
INSTRUMENTATION
PROCESS MEASUREMENT DEVICES
BULK WEIGHING, STRAIN GAUGE
SOFTWARE INTERFACE
DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN
ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN
A/D AND D/A DESIGN
HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE POWER
COMPUTER DESIGN
SINCE THE 8008 COMPUTER
BIOS CP/M Z80 (1976+)
PDP-11 TEST EQUIPMENT & PROGRAMS
PROGRAMMING
IEC61131-3 LANGUAGES
ADVANCED C++ TRAINING
BASIC AND VISUALBASIC (6)
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGES (VARIOUS)
HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES (VARIOUS)
DBASE II, III, IV - XBASE SQL
PROPRIETARY & EMBEDDED LANGUAGES
RADIO
GENERAL RADIOTELEPHONE (COMMERCIAL)
SHIPS RADAR ENDORSEMENT
AMATEUR (HAM) GENERAL
AVIATION
PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE- SEL 1969
INSTRUMENT AIRCRAFT RATING
AIRCRAFT OWNER 10+ YEARS
AVIONICS
CONSTRUCTION
EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
SUPERVISOR (ROAD BUILDING, LANDSCAPING, REMODELING, AND ELECTRICAL)
FACTORY STARTUP