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Dow Drake's Education and Work History

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Description of Work and Skills Acquired
Bachelor of Science,
Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
1989		 Mechanical systems design and analysis, with focus on physical sciences and mathematics
Master of Science,
Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
1989-1991		 Control systems analysis and design, specializing in adaptive, predictive control algorithms for continuous systems
Volunteer
U. S. Peace Corps
Mali, West Africa:
1991-1993		 Project Manager, Engineer, Construction Supervisor and Laborer in the construction of a dam on a seasonal stream by the Village of Sinsina in the Region of Koutiala.
Project Engineer
DST Controls
Benicia, California
1994-97		 Mechanical, electrical and software design of PLC-based industrial control systems, Programmed ladder logic,  wrote serial communication drivers and data synthesis applications using C and VBA
Manager, Engineer,
Operator
Grandview Farm L.P.
Marine, Illinois
1998-2005		 Co-managed (with father) three thousand-acre grain/livestock farm.  Designed and built PLC-controlled grain handling system involving eight bins with 500,000 bushel capacity.  Developed Windows applications in C and MS Access-based database application for record-keeping and reporting.
Owner, Consultant
Aged Man Consulting
Portland, Oregon
May 2005-Present		 Current and Recent Jobs
  • Grandview Farm, LP
    • Providing ongoing technical support and engineering consulting services
    • Developing content-managed website for real estate division.
  • Jordan Lev, MCDBA (Portland)
    • Generating complex Excel reports from an MS Access database
  • Komfort RV, Clackamas
    • Maintaining and enhancing existing sales database application
  • American Heating, Inc., Portland
    • Reworking existing database application
    • Developing tool-management application integrated with existing application
  • CDI Blinds, Inc., Vancouver
    • Developing content-managed website.