George dean	
22606 smokey hill drive    katy   texas    77450	
(281) 392-2950  ▪  gedean@protonmail.com	

Skills
•	IT – hardware, networks, video (procurement, installation, administration, asset management)
•	SCADA – data acquisition & control systems, HMI development
•	Offshore seismic data acquisition
•	Certified Electronic Technician – development, testing, troubleshooting
•	Project management, customer relations, procurement, technical documentation

Experience

Controls/Instrumentation Engineer (March 2005 – Present) 	
Amentum ▪ 2224 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77058
NASA Johnson Space Center – Crew & Thermal Systems Division: Responsible for asset procurement, management & life cycle, project management, network architecture, documentation, procedures, and the design, installation & on-going support of real time data acquisition systems used to test/qualify equipment for use in space. NASA has a very restrictive IT environment which increases the technical & compliance challenges. 
Familiar with Linux, Windows, PCs, Servers, SBCs (Raspberry PI, Arduino, ESP32), TCP/IP, RS232/485, Modbus, SCADA, VMware, Proxmox, NAS, iSCSI, OPC DA/UA, Iconics Genesis32/64, Ubiquiti, AutoCAD, Kepware, Allen Bradley, NI LabView and administration tools such as IBM BigFix, Nessus, MVM, CIS benchmarks, Splunk, Nagios and PRTG. 
Designed & installed video systems to monitor crew and equipment in thermal vacuum chambers including composite, IP, SDI & QAM head-end hardware/software.

Chief Instrument Technician (December 2003 – December 2004)
Nautech Services ▪ 6 Vine Street, Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE2 4WB
RXT vessels M/V Beulah Chouest and M/V Bourbon Rigdon: Installed and operated BigShot seismic source controller, Input-Output digital data acquisition system, and long range 900/2400MHz radio links.  Responsibilities included the quality of acquired seismic data, network administration/security and developing procedures/work instructions for all crews.  
Fugro M/V Polar Venturer:  Operated and maintained Sercel SEAL seismic system and Seamap Gunlink gun controller.

Field Service & IT Manager (February 1997 – May 2003)
Hydroscience Technologies, Inc. ▪ 6100 Columbia Road, Mineral Wells, Texas 76067
Performed product documentation, systems integration & burn-in, installation and customer support of marine seismic towed arrays and data acquisition systems.  Installed and administered corporate domain, network, servers, and websites.  Travelled worldwide for customer support and technical presentations.

Product Development Engineering Technician (March 1988 – February 1997)
Syntron, Inc. ▪ 17200 Park Row, Houston, Texas 77084
Built, repaired and burned-in marine seismic equipment, defined product quality standards, test criteria and procedures.  Promoted to supervisor after progressing through Electronic Technician Levels I through IV and was then transferred to engineering/product development.  Designed and developed PCBs (schematic capture, component qualification, BOMs, board layout, assembly prints, board checkout, writing firmware and diagnostics).  Heavily involved in systems integration, sustaining engineering, software & hardware troubleshooting (PC & VME).

Education

Texas A&M – Engineering Extension Service	Hong Kong International School
February 1988 ▪ Certified Electronic Technician		May 1984 ▪ High School Diploma