Thomas G. Freund

34 Miamis Road

West Hartford CT 06117

Voice - 860-232-1614, 860-249-1346; E-mail - digysol@gmail.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Project management
  • Web-based infrastructure, device monitoring and control
  • Intelligent controls for industrial and consumer systems
  • Equipment diagnosis and monitoring software and systems
  • Scheduling methods and systems for manufacturing, field support, and temporary staff
  • Data acquisition and instrumentation interface systems
  • Knowledge management and acquisition systems
  • Building management systems


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    ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    Designed and co-developed a next-generation, web-based data center power and HVAC monitoring system using a rule base approach that included encrypted messaging via the use of the TEA algorithm
    Supported architecture and deployment of an HMI-PLC control component for a power management system
    Developed a specification for acquisition of an ERP system for a virtual manufacturing enterprise. Build and deployed a production test system monitoring circuit board and assembly quality with a Microsoft Access front end and a SQL Server back (server) end.
    Maintained, supported, and enhanced a web-based building and data center infrastructure management system; monitoring the status of data center power and HVAC systems.
    Developed an API to access, via serial port, vending machine peripherals using the MDB (Multi Drop Bus) protocol and operating under Linux. The API was written in Java and employed the Java Communications API.
    Developed an e-mail extraction tool taking a Lotus Notes e-mail database (NSF file) and extracting e-mails and attachments to a structured file repository. Application was written in Visual Basic 6.0 using the Lotus Domino Objects COM API.
    Designed and prototyped a rule-based web page usability analysis tool based on W3C accessibility rules as well as government guidelines on site usability rules.
    Developed an introduction to programming course for a local firm as a subcontractor to GE Capital. The course involved an introduction to UML and Visual Basic as well as a review of XML.
    Developed a graphical analysis and reporting tool for call center performance assessment based on VBA, MS Word, and MS Access
    Developed a call center traffic analysis package using Brio Designer and providing architectural direction for  Web-based or desktop-based delivery
    Designed, developed, and implemented data base systems in support of capacity planning and audit functions for a customer call center operation. These databases were developed in MS Access with VBA and support text pattern search and analysis as well as text-data mining. Also, provided a front end to dynamically instantiate an MS Excel workbook using Visual Basic and OLE Automation. This system is used for calculating capacity for call center operation.
    Developed a Java application that deduces temperature histogram patterns from a temperature sensor (DS1921 Dallas Semiconductor)
    Developed an XML parser for the Rabbit series microcontroller in Dynamic C. XML represents messages on events sensed through the microcontroller-based system and load data monitoring rules dynamically generating these event messages.
    Designed and specified a mobile medical prescription system based on the Palm Pilot with an attached mobile printer and its internal medication database being synch'd with a central database via a PC
    Developed a Java applet that automatically generates a motion program for a programmable servo BLDC motor from points selected in an  X-Y chart representing velocity vs time
    Developed a staff scheduling and planning system for a healthcare placement agency using MS Access, VBA, and MySQL in a client-server paradigm. Server is a MySQL database with front end deployed as Access databases linked to the server via MyODBC.
    Provided consultative advice and mentoring for a team developing a knowledge based model for an e-commerce tool operating as an intelligent agent over the Internet. Reviewed and provided support for integration of the model with external data bases and an e-commerce site.
    Developed a qualification test on Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for a web-based technical background testing service 
    Principal member of a team that designed, developed, and deployed the Cooperative Scheduling System (CSS); a distributed scheduling and tracking system using a contractual paradigm to allocate resources and schedule work in a job shop environment
    Design and development of an equipment diagnosis system for an FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System) for coating applications
    Design, development, and test deployment of an intelligent control system for curing composites through compression molding; a project sponsored by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)
    Evaluation of factory workcenter scenarios through use of discrete simulation tools as part of a company-wide effort to re-engineer operation centers
    Evaluation of software tools for use in process control scheduling, and instrumentation applications
    Development and management of database systems for project planning, human resources
    Design and development of a home page for a project planning team within a corporate Intranet
    Developed and conducted an in-house introductory seminar on CLIPS
    Development of a compiler for an IEEE standard test generation language for ATE's (ATLAS] and a companion incremental (edit) compiler. Specification of a next-generation compiler utilizing object-oriented paradigms to create test programs
    Adjunct faculty at the Hartford Graduate Center teaching an introductory course in Artificial Intelligence and a seminar course on distributed intelligent systems.
    PUBLICATIONS
    "QPA CLIPS: a language and representation for process control", Third Conference on CLIPS, Johnson Space Center, Houston TX, 1994
    "A bit manipulation API for VBA", http://www.fatbrain.com/ematter, December 1999
    "XML - What's all the fuzz about ?", Newsletter - IEEE Consultant's Network Of Connecticut, June 2001
    "Adapting XML to tiny devices", New York Software Industry Association ,Software Summit, March 8 2002
    "Fuzzy logic through CLIPS", presentation and workshop, United Technologies Engineering Coordinating Activity annual conference, 1993
    "Building an executable process model for embedded devices: Use DITA, PHP, and blobs to build your model", http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-ditaproc, February 2009
    TECHNICAL
    OPERATING SYSTEMS - Linux(Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop, Red Hat Enterprise),Apache Web Server, Unix, Windows 
    PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES - C (GNU, Microchip PIC32), Java, Javascript, PHP, Lua, HTML, XML, CLIPS (C Language Integrated Production Systems), FORTRAN, LISP, OPS5, Prolog, VBA, Assembler, Siemens PLC ladder logic, LISP
    DATABASE SYSTEMS - MySQL, Microsoft Access, SQL Server
    PRODUCTIVITY - Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint 
    IDE's - LabView (National Instruments), Eclipse, MPLAB (Microchip) 
    INTERFACES AND PROTOCOLS - RS-232, RS-485, Modbus, SNMP, USB;
    CONTROL SYSTEMS - Siemens S7-200 series PLC's, PIC32-based microcontroller systems, Siemens TP series HMI's
    AFFILIATIONS
    Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
    • Member - IEEE 1175.5 standard (CASE tool interconnections) working group
    • Past Treasurer and Secretary - Connecticut section Executive Committee
    • Past Chairman - Consultants Network of Connecticut
    EDUCATION
    B.A. (Mathematics) - Yeshiva University - 1970
    M.Sc. (Mathematics) - Pratt Institute - 1971