Winston Hieu-Duc Vo
105 Kenaum Ct - Nashville, TN 37209
Tel: (615) 484-3662; Email: winston@eGeneRx.com

Education
The Johns Hopkins University   Baltimore, Maryland                           June 2010 – Present
  Enrolled on an online MS degree in Environmental Planning & Management.
Duquesne University- Mylan School of Pharmacy   Pittsburgh, PA     August 2005 – May 2006
  Accepted to the Doctor of Pharmacy Program. Left after one year of study because of insufficient grade average.
  Scheduled to interview with Virginia Commonwealth University- School of Pharmacy (Jan. 24, 2007).
Vanderbilt University   Nashville, TN                                                   Jan. 1996 - May 1998
          (also accepted to transfer to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering & Applied Mathematics (double major), May 1998
  Graduated Cum Laude (GPA: 3.3/4.0). Ranked 98/303 graduating engineers (jumped from Rank 20th).
Tennessee State University   Nashville, TN                                          Aug. 1993 - Dec. 1995
  Earned 85 credit hours of Pre-Engineering (GPA: 4.0/4.0).
The Polytechnic University of Saigon   Saigon, Vietnam                    Sept. 1990 - Jan. 1992
  Tested to Civil Engineering with a scholarship.
           (also tested successfully to The University of Financial Accounting in Saigon)

Additional Engineering Certification
Honeywell Inc. TotalPlant Engineering Academy 
        in collaboration with Marathon Ashland Petroleum Refinery   Ashland, KY
Certified Open Control Systems Engineer                                               July 1998 - Dec. 1998
Studied major Honeywell control system products (DCS, Plantscape, PHD) and supported computer skills (Networking, Visual Basic, Access).
  DCS:  system used to collect data through controlling the instruments on the field
  Plantscape:  system that functions like DCS, but is limited in the controllable capacity
  PHD:  software that helps DCS/Plantscape manage the data efficiently. It is used in the optimization    
                                                                                                                                         process.
  GPE & GPM (Global Project Engineering & Management):  Honeywell guideline of engineering and                                                                                                                                           management.
Work Experience
Nashville General Hospital at Meharry   Nashville, TN                        March 28, 2012 - Present
Pharmacy Technician II
     •  Take all tasks of a pharmacy technician in an inpatient pharmacy, including IV Preps.                                                                                                                     
Electro-Mechanical Intergration Technology (EMIT, Inc) Nashville, TN 
Control Systems Engineer (GE Proficy & Cimplicity; A-B PLC)                Nov. 7, 2011 - Feb. 24, 2012
     •  Upgrade the HVAC systems for Nissan Plant in Smyrna, TN. The project was suspended due to
                                                                                                                         its Network's failure.
Veteran Affair (VA) Medical Center  Murfreesboro, Tennessee             Feb. 5, 2007 - Nov. 4, 2011
Pharmacy Technician
     •  Fill and label physician orders for shipping.             

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center                                      Dec. 2005 – May 2006
Pharmacy Intern

Honeywell Inc., Project Operations Group  Houston , TX                   July 1998 - Nov. 1999
  Phillips (66) Petroleum Refinery (Borger, Texas)
A Control System Modernization Project
Assistant Engineer
  Complex loop: Developed block diagrams for new multi control loops, then wrote up for documents.        These loops create a relationship among the flows based on factors T & P. Through it an optimization                                                                                                                                      can be followed.
         Worked under the supervision of both Honeywell and Phillips engineers.
  Commission:  Coordinated with field technicians to activate the new control loops. Checked their      
  configurations and graphics on the DCS.
Fail Safe Control Group
Chevron & Conoco Projects
Hardware Engineer
  Responsible for completing a system from preparing part orders to managing the assembly team:
         (I/O, controller,…). These values depend on number of points/elements needed to be controlled
                                                                                                                              and their layouts.

Computer Skills
  Aspen Plus- ChemEng's Simulation, AutoCAD, NT Networking, C, Visual Basic, and Mathematica
Languages
  Vietnamese, English, and German
Citizenship
  U.S. Citizen. Emigrated from Vietnam in August 1992 (at age of 19).
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