Richard D. Cichosz
16164 Whitaker Rd. Linden, MI 48451
Home: (810) 750-6227 Cell: (810) 262-0290
Profile:
Results oriented Operations & Project Executive with the in depth technical ability to be involved in highly complex business situations. Committed to streamlining operations and finding the most cost effective, robust solution to issues in business. Have developed proven leadership and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to learn and apply new skills rapidly.
Work Experience:
SI Controls LLC Owner (1/2009 – Present)
Linden, MI (Systems Integrator / Operations Coach)
• Formed SI Controls to serve the same municipal customers I worked with while at MCE-Technologies. Primarily as a Systems Integrator and Operations Consultant in Water / Wastewater Handling.
Motor City Electric Technologies Inc. Group Manager (7/2000 – 1/2009)
Detroit, MI (Control Systems Integrator)
• Group Manager responsible for all Process & Automation business. Markets included Municipal, Industrial, Automotive, and Water/Wastewater.
• Performed Complete Operations Management including: Company Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Estimating, Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Installation and Commissioning.
Accomplishments:
• Streamlined company operations while increasing customer satisfaction. Increased job profits by over 5%.
• Decreased company debt from $12 Million to less than $50K in three years.
• In two years, went from losing $3 Million per year to making a $660K profit.
• Managed several multi-million dollar Water/Wastewater projects while performing all Group Manager duties.
Quantum Controls, Inc. Process Controls Manager (5/96 to 7/2000)
Plymouth, MI (Control Systems Integrator)
• Performed project management for all projects involving process controls, machine-vision, and Test & Measurement applications.
• Involved in all phases of control projects including sales, proposals, contract negotiation, engineering, manufacturing, and commissioning of the system.
Accomplishments:
• Increased customer satisfaction integrating all project documents and procedures on the company intranet including inter-departmental reporting: Purchasing to estimating, project management, etc.
• Managed a software development project (14 programmers) for a worldwide consortium of Hydroelectric companies using a team of software programmers in Austria and the United States.
T.M. Inc. Controls Manager (10/94 to 5/96)
Holly, MI (Industrial Air Supply equipment manufacturer)
• Managed the Controls department and supervised engineering, manufacturing, programming, installation & commissioning of air control systems from manual to fully automatic. The main business was for Automotive Paint Shops.
• Engineered, designed, and commissioned fully automated control systems for air temperature and humidity control including entropy control and Dew point based self-regulatory (PID) control loops.
Panter Master Controls, Inc. (PMC) Engineering Manager (6/93 to 10/94)
Mt. Morris, MI (Specialty machine builder)
• Responsible for all engineering functions involved in the creation of special machinery – mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, controls, and programming.
• Introduced and executed project management as the method for processing machine build and controls projects.
• Performed project management, customer negotiations, prepared quotations, and coordinated customer service issues.
APV Chemical Machinery (9/87 to 6/93)
Saginaw, MI
(Manufacturer of chemical equipment)
Manager-Controls Engineering
• Increased the scope of APV supplied control systems from base machine controls to plant control systems including host computers performing data acquisition, event logging, and SPC reports. This increased the controls business eightfold from 1987 to 1993.
Product Engineer – Controls
• Reduced engineering costs by initiating drawing standardization and modularization, establishing CAD programs, and developing software modularization in higher-level control systems.
Design Engineer – Electrical
• Assumed the responsibility for specifying and integrating various subsystems into APV controls.
• Supervised and performed controls system engineering, installation, startup, and debug at APV factory as well as at customer sites.
COMAU Productivity Systems, Inc. Electrical Engineer
Troy, MI (Automotive Machine tool supplier)
• Leader of diagnostic project of metal cutting and assembly machinery ($88 Million V-6 cylinder head line built for GM) Performed design, installation, and debug of diagnostics software on over 100 unique PLC’s at customer site.
• Worked in COMAU facility in Turin, Italy with Italian engineers.
Education:
Lawrence Technological University
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)
Tutored students in technical communications for two years while attending college.
Continuing Education:
Management:
• GAAP / Financial training
• Project Management Training
• Effective Skills for Technical Managers seminar
• Finance for Non-Financial Managers seminar
• Microsoft Project and Primavera Project Management software training
• ISO 9000 training
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) seminars
Technical:
• Emerson Ovation Distributed Control system training
• Rockwell RSView, Wonderware, and GE Fanuc’s Intellution training
• Wired and Wireless communications training
• Self-Regulatory Loop Control (PID) training
• Allen Bradley, Siemens, Modicon, & Texas Instrument PLC training
• Explosion Proof (Hazardous environment) seminar
• National Instruments LabVIEW training
• Cognex and DVT Machine Vision Systems Training
• National Electric Code seminars
Additional
Skills:
Management:
• I have the ability to envision the “big picture†of a project, process, or relationship allowing me to prioritize issues and situations quickly.
• “Peacemaker†skills. I have often been requested to diffuse situations and negotiate settlements.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams to a common, successful goal.
Technical:
• Water and Wastewater Processing systems.
• Chemical handling, storage, and feed systems.
• Mechanical, Pneumatic, Magnetic, Hydraulic & Electrical controls
• Closed and open loop control systems
• Engineered Plastics & Polymer processing equipment
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