Chad W. Roberts
428 S. Fox Hills Drive, Apt. #8
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
(248) 334-4445
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Job Objective:
I am looking for a position in which I can contribute my skills in statistical and stochastic analysis, simulation, optimization, and problem solving. I desire a position that will allow me freedom to further grow my skills as a leader and to use my leadership and technical skills to improve the company I work for.
Education:
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering, Purdue University - May 1999.
Major areas of study were simulation, optimization, and stochastics.
Course work includes stochastic analysis, advanced simulation techniques and programming, applications in urban operations research, heuristic and probabilistic decision analysis, discrete optimization and heuristic optimization.
Thesis title: Efficient Implementation of Non-Linear Simplex Optimization Algorithms.
GPA: 3.75
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering - Purdue University - Dec. 1997.
Course work, including graduate level courses taken as an undergraduate, includes production management, flow control, and statistical quality control, with emphasis on Operations Research, systems analysis, and simulation programming.
GPA: 3.13 Major GPA: 3.83
Activities/Awards:
· Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching, Spring 1999.
· Member of Alpha Pi Mu, the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), and the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Work Experience:
· GM Truck Process Simulation Group, July 1999 – Present.
- Lead for simulation group, in charge of development, support, and training for all Truck Group Simulation Engineers. Main responsibilities include developing new solutions to improve modeling speed and efficiency and to supply the knowledge and technology for performing simulation analysis on large models. Future development, including selecting new simulation languages and tools, as well as designing web-based applications, is also a main responsibility. Currently also the ‘backup’ IT/System Administrator for the simulation/layout group’s computer network.
· Graduate Teaching Assistant for IE 336, ‘Operations Research II’, Jan. 1998 – Dec. 1998, and IE 581, ‘Simulation Design and Analysis’, Jan. 1999 – May 1999. Graded for IE 539, ‘Urban Operations Research’, and IE 536, ‘Stochastics in Operations Research I’.
· Internship with GM Truck Process Simulation Group, May 1998 – Aug. 1998.
- Updated existing and developed new simulation objects in Arena which are used by the Truck Group for process modeling. Presented material in simulation workshops to educate GM management on the usefulness of simulation.
· Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for IE336, ‘Operations Research II’, Aug. 1997 – Dec. 1997.
· Worked for self designing and building garages, decks, and pole barns during summers, 1995-1999.
· Construction Worker/Crew Leader (Staulbaum Construction, Carmen Good Builders, Wick builders, Cleary Builders), Oct. 92-Aug. 97.
- Learned and applied many forms of construction, including pouring and finishing concrete, framing houses/garages/barns, siding, roofing, finishing, and building steel frame buildings.
Additional Skills:
· Fluent in C/C++ (including Microsoft Visual C++); Visual Basic; Pascal; FORTRAN; SAS; CPLEX.
· Used several simulation languages, including AweSim/Visual SLAM, Extend, and Arena/SIMAN, and have written simulations in C/C++ from first principles.
· Designed web pages using HTML, VBScript, and JavaScript.
· Have no trouble learning new programming or simulation languages very quickly.
· In-depth knowledge of Windows 9x/NT (including some networking experience with NT Server) and application programs such as Excel and PowerPoint.