Carl Crowell, RFID Field Service Engineer

Carl Crowell

RFID Field Service Engineer

Lockheed Martin

Location
United States
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
38 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :38 years, 9 Months

RFID Field Service Engineer at Lockheed Martin
  • Afghanistan
  • My current job since November 2011

I conduct the installation, maintenance and system upgrades of leading edge Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) components which provide for automatic collection, storage, retrieval, processing, transmission and receipt of data utilizing a wide range of equipment from simple scanners to servers for tracking military logistics for exercises and deployments. I conduct site surveys for installation of RFID sites and coordinate with US military authorities for necessary approvals and preparation I manage installations in Afghanistan.

RFID FIeld Service Engineer at Unisys
  • Afghanistan
  • May 2003 to October 2011

I conduct the installation, maintenance and system upgrades of leading edge Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) components which provide for automatic collection, storage, retrieval, processing, transmission and receipt of data utilizing a wide range of equipment from simple scanners to servers for tracking military logistics for exercises and deployments. I conduct site surveys for installation of RFID sites and coordinate with US military authorities for necessary approvals and preparation I manage installations in Afghanistan.

Business Application Performance Engineer at Hewlette Packard
  • United States
  • April 2000 to December 2003

Worked in the Business Applications Performance Group. Provided benchmarks and sizing metrics on the following software packages:
SAP on Proliant Servers
Siebel eBusiness on Proliant and Integrity Servers
Job function:
Develop Project Plan
Order Equipment
Determine the optimal configuration for hardware, network, and software, then build it out
Configure the applications
Configure databases (SQL Server DBA functions, performance monitoring)
Configure and debug for benchmark scenario (review & performance tune SQL)
Run the benchmark using LoadRunner (performance tune and monitor on all 3 tiers)
Provide sizing information to SAP or Siebel clients who want to deploy on HP Proliant / Integrity Servers.
Provide Sizing Metrics
Major Accomplishments:
My team produced a record benchmark for Seibel Software. The Operating System used was MS 2003 Windows Server (64 bit) and the database software used was MS SQL Server (64 bit) on an Integrity rx5670 4-way server. Results were published at the Seibel Users Conference in San Diego in October 2003.

Principal Consultant at Sybase Inc.
  • United States
  • January 1995 to March 2001

Provided DBA services for Sybase clients for Adaptive Server Enterprise, Replication Server and Adaptive Server Anywhere.
Worked with various Sybase clients: providing Architectural support for n-tier computing. Using T-SQL, stored procedures, and triggers.
Designed and implemented a PowerBuilder transaction management service to exploit the Sybase DB system for a large funeral company’s financial system.
Presented "Removing the network from the transaction" at the ISUG conference in Vienna, Austria 1997.
Helped Design the communications layer for the OneStop WAN application at the Texas Workforce Commission.
Presented "Removing the network from the transaction" at the ISUG conference in Barcelona Spain 1996.
Helped develop a gas trading system for a major oil and gas company using PowerBuilder and Transact SQL.
Designed a communications/ transaction model for a major oil company.
Developed standards and class library for communications company using PowerBuilder and Transact SQL.
Installed and rolled out D&B Financials (version 3.0) for a major grocery store chain in Houston.
Taught Intro to SQL, FastTrack, System Administration, and Performance and Tuning for System 11 on Unix, Windows NT and Netware.

Sr. Systems Ananlyst at Compaq Computer Corp.
  • United States
  • August 1985 to December 1994

Sr. Systems Analyst
Supported the purchasing and manufacturing departments for IT needs.
Instructor for advanced client/server techniques using PowerBuilder and SQL Server.
Trained domestically and internationally (Europe & Asia).
Developed training materials and used Sybase course materials.
Built classroom environment - installed hardware, network, and appropriate software.
Internal Systems Consultant for distributed systems application developers.
Managed and Consulted on projects domestically and internationally (Europe & Asia).
Designed databases.
Implemented solutions using stored procedures and triggers.
Implemented optimized PowerBuilder/SQL Server solutions for Manufacturing.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of Houston at Clear Lake
  • May 1984

Specialties & Skills

SQL Server
PowerBuilder