Chris Thomas
Director of Controls and Electrical Engineering
- Role
- Director of Controls and Electrical Engineering at TARGAN Inc.
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Thomas
Passionate about automation and controls with 20 years of experience.Worked as an application engineer on many types of OEM equipment in multiple industrial segments.Worked on the OEM side designing high speed machinery in the packing and life sciences space. Extremely capable PLC and controls programmer Excellent troubleshooting skillsExcellent skill in communication networksAble to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people.Work directly with customers, vendors, marketing, product management.Specialties: PLC programming, Variable Speed Drives, Motion Control, Industrial networks, HMI design, computer technology, technical writingProgramming experience: Allen Bradley, Schneider Electric, Codesys, Beckhoff. Full capable of learning other environments as needed.Industrial networks: Ethernet/IP, Modbus, EtherCAT, CanOpen. I have written multiple communication stacks for customer projects.
Experience
Director of Controls and Electrical Engineering
Dec 2024 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US
Education
North Carolina State University
BS in Computer Engineering, BS in Electrical Engineering
1999 — 2003
North Carolina State University
BS Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering
1999 — 2003
Skills
- Fieldbus
- Technical Writing
- Motors
- Troubleshooting
- Ladder Logic
- Scada
- Power Distribution
- Servo Control
- Devicenet
- Building Automation
- Engineering
- Machine Vision
- Ethernet
- Automation
- Allen Bradley
- Hmi Programming
- Codesys
- Hmi Design
- Variable Frequency Drives
- Power Electronics
- Servo
- Sercos
- Control Logic
- Technical Support
- Plc Programming
- Ethercat
- Profibus
- Motion Control
- Packml
- Technical Analysis
- Hmis
- Industrial Control
- Motor Control
- Process Automation
- Industrial Ethernet
- Process Control
- Canopen
- Control Systems Design
- Modbus
- Wireless Networking
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