Jim Falbo's Bio
March 17, 2008
Jim Falbo's Online Resume
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EDUCATION
University
of St. Francis, Joliet Illinois
Masters
Degree Training and Development
Bachelors
Professional Arts / Organizational Development
Joliet
Jr. College, Joliet Illinois
Associates
Degree Automated Systems
P.L.C.
Programmer and Technician
Certificate
of Achievement in Industrial Electricity /
Electronics
Certificate
of Completion in Electrical / Electronics
S.I.U.
Carbondale Illinois
Cooperative
Education Certified
Exelon LaSalle Nuclear Power Station. Marseilles,
Illinois
Andros
Robot Certified January 1995
Refrigeration
Recovery Certified June 1996
I.B.E.W.
Apprentice Electrician Training
I.B.E.W.
Journeyman Electrician Training
EMPLOYMENT
Joliet
Junior College. Joliet, Illinois
Part Time
Instructor August 2008 -- Present
Automated
Systems PLC Instructor.
Joliet
Technologies
Consultant /
Trainer Automated Controls March 2008 --
Present
American
Tech Publishers Homewood, Illinois
PLCTraining Tester Summer 2006
I provided
technical proof reading and training equipment
testing.
Grundy
Area Vocational Center. Morris, Illinois
Full Time
Electricity / Robotics Instructor August 2005 ---
Present
Instruction
given on residential wiring, video game design, robotics,
pneumatics, motor controls, P.L.C.'s, and relay
logic.
Will
County Area Career Center. Romeoville, Illinois
Full Time
Industrial Technology and Computer Repair Instructor August 2004
--- July 2005
Instruction
given on robotics, pneumatics, electrical wiring, process controls,
HVAC, relay logic,P.L.C.'s and
computer repair.
Kankakee
Area Career Center. Bourbonnais, Illinois
Full Time
Automation Engineering Instructor and School Webmaster July 22,
2002 --- July 1, 2004
Joliet
Junior College. Joliet, Illinois
IMT
123 Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
Part Time
Instructor June, 2004 --- Present
Instruction
given on Computerized Maintenance Management
Systems
All about
computerizing organization maintenance
data.
Aidex
Corporation. Morris, Illinois
Consultant
/ Technician March 15, 2002 --- June 24, 2002
Consultant
for company owner on home automation applications for new home and
book writing.
Illinois
Valley Community College. Oglesby,
Illinois
Part Time
Instructor August 29, 2001 --- May 28, 2002
CSP
1203 Microsoft
Office
Prit
Service Electrical Troubleshooting Team. Minooka,
Illinois
Field
Engineer (NETA
affiliated) March 12,
2001 --- February 27, 2002
Responsible
for testing, maintaining, and troubleshooting, of high voltage
switching and distribution equipment.
Specialized
in creating Excel spreadsheets to analyze and graph test results
gathered in the field.
Lucent
Technologies Power Systems. Naperville, Illinois
Installer CWA
Local 4290 July 24, 2000 --- March 2, 2001
Evaluation
and installation of power systems used in telecommunications
research and development laboratories.
ComEd
Substation Engineering Department. Willowbrook,
Illinois
Design
Technician / AutoCAD Draftsman
December 14,
1998 --- April 21, 2000
ComEd
LaSalle Nuclear Power Station. Marseilles,
Illinois
Journeyman
Electrician I.B.E.W. Local 15
October
16, 1989 --- December 14, 1998
Responsible
for testing, maintaining ,
and troubleshooting of nuclear reactor safety logic
controls and power systems. Worked
as team leader for Nuclear Robot Team 1994-1998.
Ferrara
Pan Candy Company. Forest Park, Illinois
Controls
Technician / Electrical Maintenance
June 14, 1989
--- October 10, 1989
Responsible
for the installation and testing of programmable logic controllers,
and robot controlled candy making system.
Kalmus
and Associates. Broadview, Illinois
Control
Technician / Electrical Maintenance
March 17,
1989 --- June 2 1989
Responsible
for setting up programmable logic controllers and robots for
circuit board manufacturing equipment.
Dominick's
Finer Foods (Main Warehouse). North Lake,
Illinois
Electrical
Apprentice September 22, 1986 --- January 6,
1989
Received on
the job training by journeymen in all areas of maintenance. Focus
on Electrical Repairs.
