John S. Stoll
517 Green Street
Peoria, Illinois 61603
  Phone: (309)673-2468
Email: stoljoh@iit.edu

 

OBJECTIVE
 To obtain a job position as an Associate Engineer or Manager, emphasizing recent communication and Internet skills; and long-term lab engineering skills.
PROFILE
 Experienced Associate Engineer with 16 years electronics lab experience, and 12 years full-time college. Spent seven years in California living in Cupertino, and working in Sunnyvale. Have lived in CA, TX, CT, FL, TN, and AZ, besides Illinois.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 EDUCATION
- 118 undergraduate courses at 18 colleges [37 at Ill. Central College, and 360 semester hours over-all] including NCR DPI Field Engineering School in Sunnyvale, CA.; 1972-99. Main majors were computer engineering, engineering, management, physics, math, and bible.
- 3.56/4 GPA on last 60 semester hours of undergraduate studies, at UIS.
- GRADUATE courses at three schools, 55 semester hours; IIT, UIS, and Stanford University audit. 18 courses, over-all 3.43/4 GPA in studies completed. Eight courses at Ill. Institute of Technology, 2002-04, all "A"s and "B"s in graded homework- Usability Testing, Web Design, Document Design.

ENGINEERING
- Lab skills of five years full-time or longer, operating Tektronix oscilloscopes, curve tracers, logic analyzers, and other test instruments such as HP pulse generators, in a hi-rel lab environment.
- Held U.S. & NATO secret level clearances, from 1981-86.
- Created cable assemblies, operated optical microscopes, and tested analog & digital microcircuits for assembly lines; at ATI, Compaq Computer Corp., ESL, Oxbridge, and NCR DPI.
- Developed procedures for testing electronics products, while a QA Engineer at NSC, mainly testing integrated circuits in-house. Created a complex cable harness assembly for testing over-voltage & over-current conditions in power supplies. Set-up ratings for the power supplies tested, for use in computers manufactured by National Semiconductor board level computer products.
- Sales experience at Stoll Radio to the public, and phone calls throughout the USA from office at ESL, for obtaining samples of electronics products from vendors.
- Department engineering business meetings for 8 years; at ESL, at NSC, at ATI, at Stoll Radio, and at NCR DPI including vendor meetings such as MRBs (material review boards).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Recent/PAST:
-Capitol Communications INC, Mesa, AZ
Telecommunications Specialist, 2000-01. Raised funds.

-Illinois Department of Transportation, Peoria, IL
CE Temp Technician, 1997. FA drawings changes.

-Strom Engineering Company, Peoria, IL.
Lab Spectro Operator, 1995. 3rd shift lab tests.

-Compaq Computer Corporation (PS Temps), Houston, TX, Components Inspector, 1988. Sample testing from vendors.

-RCA Corporation, Clear Lake, TX
Life Sciences Engineer, 1988 [Hired to work at NASA JSC on a Life Sciences project on a Space Shuttle, but the funding fell through. Contact NASA/RCA for job verification].

-Northrop Grumman Mission Systems ESL, San Jose, CA
Research Technical Assistant III, 1981-86, (Contact Northrop security for current U.S. government clearance information). FOCUS computer files/reports, and lab testings, office meetings.

-Litton ATD, San Jose, CA
Failure Analyst, 1980-81. Lab testings of ICs, FA reports.

-NSC Corporation CPG, Sunnyvale, CA
QA Engineer, 1980. Write procedures.

-NCR DPI INC., Sunnyvale, CA.
Field Engineer, 1978-79. Operate test diagnostics, maintain computers.

-Stoll Radio & Appliance Co., Peoria, IL
Assistant Manager, 1970-78. Operate business, sell & repair products.

EDUCATION
 CURRENT/Recent: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Post Bachelor's Graduate certificate studies, Technical Communication, 3.0 GPA

PAST:
-Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Graduate studies audit, EE & CS courses, 1982-85.
-University of Illinois [UIS], Springfield, IL
MSCS studies, Computer Science, 3.85/4 GPA, 1995-96.
-Electronics CERTIFICATES, NCR DPI FE School, 88/100 GPA, Sunnyvale, CA, 1978.
-B.A. DEGREE, Management, 3.6 GPA, UIS, 2/98.
-B.A. DEGREE, Management, Sangamon State University, 12/91.

-Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
BSEE studies, senior, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1977-78.
-Illinois Central College, E. Peoria, IL
Associate of Engineering Science & AA/S DEGREES, Engineering, 12/97 & 8/75.
SKILLS
 Will give detailed office, electronics, and computer related skills if interviewed. Verification on past employment and academic data as relevant to employment.
ACTIVITIES
 Recreation time playing varsity basketball, tennis, volleyball, racketball, table tennis, and other intramural sports. Coached basketball and track for temp jobs while in school.
HONORS
 Received a certificate of merit from the management program, at the University of Illinois at Springfield (1992).

Received other honors and will state them if interviewed.
AFFILIATIONS
 Current member of the University of Illinois Alumni Association.
PUBLICATIONS
 Engineering publications internal with-in company departments while in California, and for customers. Developed information databases.
PERSONAL
 Professional and engineering past references available upon request. Due to personal choices to help relatives, some current and past job information, as well as time between places of employment may be hard to verify. Also, U.S. government contractors require requests for permission before confidential information can be released. Most personal references are college professors in the GPSI program at the University of Illinois at Springfield (1996). NOT LISTED ON IIT Web site as a student.
LINKS
 
  • My Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Illinois Institute of Technology
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