RESUME
Ronald Klimas
PERSONAL: Address: 458 Allentown Rd., Bristol, CT 06010.
Phone: (000)-000-0000.
EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, WARD COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY.
West Hartford, CT - graduated Summa Cum Laude with a
BSEET degree May 20, 2001. Cumulative GPA of 3.93.
CT Epsilon Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society member.
TUNXIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Farmington, CT - 1981 -
Radio/TV Broadcasting and Accounting I courses.
HARTFORD STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE. Hartford, CT - 1972
graduate. ASEE degree.
PROFESSIONAL
LICENSES: FCC GENERAL RADIOTELEPHONE LICENSE. (commercial broadcast).
CompTIA A+ CERTIFICATION (computer service technician).
TITLES HELD: EDITOR, Eastern VHF/UHF Conference Proceedings, 1993-1995.
Available from ARRL, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT.
WORK
EXPERIENCE: AMTRAK CORPORATION: 255 Welton St. Rear, Hamden, CT.
September 1996 to present. Radio Maintainer. Install,
test, repair, program and adjust two-way radio equipment
including repeaters, voters, mobiles, and portables.
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: - Ward College of Technology. West
Hartford, CT. Sept. 1990 to Sept. 1996. Senior Electronic
Engineering Technologist. Calibrate, adjust, and repair the
colleges' lab test equipment, computer equipment/software,
and accessories. Fabricate custom test circuits for faculty
as needed. Designed a portable AC/DC/FREQ/RESISTANCE
Standard for on the spot calibration checks. Maintain
equipment and component inventories for the college, and
specify related purchasing.
MADRIGAL AUDIO LABS: 2081 South Main St., Middletown, CT.
May - August 1990. Senior Audio/RF Technician. Designed
production test fixtures and programs on an IBM AT for
consumer audiophile products. QuickBasic, ORCAD experience.
NORTHEAST UTILITIES: 3333 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, CT.
August 1989 to January 1990. Senior Radio Technician.
Contract assignment through Tech-Aid of Rocky Hill, CT.
Test, repair, and adjust two-way radio equipment including
base, mobile, portables and pagers. Designed a load
management checkback status monitor system. This involved
interfacing a radio receiver to a modem in order to transmit
data via a microwave channel to the office site, display it,
and latch an alarm on error.
GENERAL DATACOMM INDUSTRIES, INC.: 6 Rubber Avenue,
Naugatuck, CT. April 1984 to August 1989. Senior Test
Engineer. Designed electronic test equipment hardware and
software for Production Test, using microcomputers as
controllers. Programmed in C and Assembler for UNIX, CPM,
and DOS. Programmed target routines in the UUT's (Unit Under
Test's) native processor code. Experienced in Z80, 68xx,
and 8051 Assembler. Have written high level programs in
Basic and C, and a management application in dBase II.
Complexity of test fixturing ranged from stand-alone testers
to rack and stack systems employing several IEEE-488
instruments. Designed a software driven universal factory
select workstation to decrease repetitive labor costs in
this area. Product experience in TDM (Time Division
Multiplexing) and PCM voice coding techniques.
TIMEX CORPORATION: Straits Turnpike, Middlebury, CT.
February 1983 to March 1984. Test Engineer. Designed custom
electronic test equipment and test software for
Manufacturing facilities. Experience with personal omputers,
modems, printers, and home medical products. Supervised 1 -
3 electronic technicians activities in implementation of my
designs as well as model shop fixturing work. Implemented
one of my designs at manufacturing site in South Korea.
DATAPRODUCTS NE: Barnes Industrial Park, Wallingford, CT.
August 1982 to February 1983. Test Engineering Assistant.
Contract assignment through Tech-Aid of Rocky Hill, CT.
Test datacommunications network systems involving analog and
digital MUX, cryptos, spare swaps, patch, test equipment,
and DEC PDP/11 computer consoles for military application.
I was responsible for test procedures documentation, system
test, and schematic/wiring list errata.
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.: - Hamilton Standard Division,
Farmington, CT. January 1979 to August 1982. Senior
Metrologist. Certify traceability of electronic
instruments, gauges, and working standards to the National
Bureau of Standards. Perform statistical analysis of
instrument long-term drift/failure rate. Calibrate, adjust,
and repair to the component level of analog,
digital/microprocessor based instruments. Provide technical
support to Reliability and Manufacturing Engineering.
PICKER CORPORATION: Route 22, Branford, CT. 1977 to 1979.
Electronic Technician. Test, calibrate, repair to the
component level, install and debug electronic systems and
microprocessor based medical equipment. Responsible for
system assembly, system test, UL test, inspection, and
break-down for shipment. Assist in debug of design
problems. Attended company sponsored microprocessor and
logic analyzer training seminars.
HUNTRESS ELECTRONICS: West Hartford, CT. 1975 to 1977.
Electronic Technician. Install, adjust, and repair to the
component level of 2-way radiotelephones, digital tone
access paging systems, and portable equipment. Experience
in sales, customer relations, and field service on
communications products employing PLL, VCO frequency
synthesis, and stripline UHF RF amplifiers.
MAGSAT CORPORATION: West Hartford, CT. 1972 to 1975.
R&D Technician. Breadboard, troubleshoot, and debug
prototype modems, wireless switches, and portable TTY/ASCII
data terminals.
PUBLICATIONS: "Simple Yet Efficient 6 & 8 Element Yagis for 70 cM.",
Proceedings of the 19th Eastern VHF/UHF Conference, Vernon,
CT, August 14, 1993, pp. 58-64.
"Build a GaAsFET Preamp Sequencer", 73 Amateur Radio Today,
March 1992, pp. 8-12.
"A Quality Desk Mike for Under $25", QST, December 1991, pp.
26-28.
REFERENCES: Available upon request.