RAYMOND TANG
BaSc, MaSc, P.Eng

Summary of Skills

Generic Application Skills

• Developing Fuzzy Logic Control and Expert Systems Diagnostics Systems.
• Object Oriented Programming.
• Unix/AIX System Support and Trouble Shooting.
• Internet and Webpage Design and Programming.
• Statistical Process Control / Adaptive and Conventional Control System Design / Computer Aided Control System Design.
• Computer Graphics Design and 3D Modelling.

Computing Skills

• Computer Systems: IBM PC/RS6000, SUN Workstations and Amiga.
• Programming Languages: C/C++, Java, Lisp, Prolog, HTML, YACC, Pascal, Fortran and (88000, 68000) assembly languages.
• Software Packages Used: G2, Matlab, MS-Office, Photoshop, 3D Studio Max.
• Operating Systems: Unix/AIX/Linux, Windows 2000,XP and MS-DOS.

Foreign Languages

• Intermediate level in Japanese Language.
• Fluent conversational ability in Cantonese Chinese.

Work Experience

Process Solutions International Inc, Markham, Ontario, Canada

July 98 - Present Software Engineering Consultant (Sub-Contractor to ExxonMobil)

• Responsible for Developing Process Control Applications throughout Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil Sites.
  Including Refineries at Sarnia and Nanticoke in Canada, Refineries Baton Rouge, LA and Joliet, IL and
  ExxonMobil Headquarters at Fairfax, VA in the U.S.A., Refineries in Singapore and Thailand.
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• Process Control and Artificial Intelligence Applications Development and Support using G2.
• Training of Engineers and Operators in the use of G2 Applications.

Esso Imperial Oil Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan 95 - June 98 Software Engineering Consultant (Contractor at Esso's Engineering Services Canada)

• Responsible for Developing Process Control Applications and Support of the ACAP/Process control LAN throughout Imperial Oil Canada Ltd.
  Including Refineries and Facilities in Toronto, Sarnia, Nanticoke and Edmonton.
• Process Control and Artificial Intelligence Applications Development and Support using G2.
• Real-Time Database Interface Development using Visual C++ and Honeywell's PHD Database.
• RS6000/AIX Systems Support and Maintenance.

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Oct 93 - Dec 94 Research Associate (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng.)
July 91 - Sept 93 Research Assistant (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng.)

• Developing a Mathematical/Fuzzy Expert System Development Tool capable of advanced engineering calcuations and object oriented expert diagnosis called MEDAL.
• Coded in C, YACC on SUN, IBM PC/AIX, DEC and Apollo.

Omron Corporation, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto, Japan

Sept 90 - Dec 90 Engineering Trainee (Systems Laboratory)

• Porting a source level debugger from a M68000 based machine to an M88000 multiprocessor workstation.
• Coding C libraries in M88000 assembly language.

Garrett Canada, Rexdale, Ontario, Canada

Jan 90 - April 90 Software Engineer (Aerospace Projects Department)

• Designed software package for testing the C-17A IECS fault manager.

May 89 - Aug 89 Test Engineer (Software Testing Department)

• Software testing on Integrated Environment Control System (IECS) software for the C-17A military transport and Boeing 767-300.

IBM Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sept 88 - Dec 88 Computer Architect (AEP Architecture Department)

• Developed syntax driven editing capability for ME/2 editor.
• Developed in-line error message reporting for PLMI compiler.

Jan 88 - April 88 Assistant Procurement Engineer (Procurement Department)

• Parts testing, approval, repair and inventory management.
• Developed an inter-model conversion procedure for CRT sub-assemblies.

Etobicoke Board of Education, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

May 87 - Aug 87 Computer Specialist (Computer Service Department)

• Trouble Shooting and Maintaining computer software and equipment.

Education

Sept 91 - Oct 93 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering.
• Courses in Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Control.
• Thesis: "A Continuous Fuzzy Petri Net for Real-Time Process Control and Modelling". In actual use by ESSO Canada Ltd. for refinery monitoring.

Sept 86 - April 91 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering with an option in Management Science.
• Fourth year project: "ADAP, a programmable control system design tool".

Commercial Training Courses

Jan 4-8, 1993 Gensym Corporation, Cambridge, MA.

• G2 Basic Course

Publications

• A Continuous Fuzzy Petri Net Tool for Intelligent Process Monitoring and Control, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Control Technology, R.Tang, G.K.H.Pang and S.S.Woo.
  
• A Process Control and Diagnostic Tool Based on Continuous Fuzzy Petri Nets, in Proceedings of the IFAC SRAEICT '94 Workshop, R.Tang, G.K.H.Pang and S.S.Woo, Dec 1994, Hong Kong.
  
• Real-time Intelligent Control Using Continuous Fuzzy Petri Nets, in Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC Workshop on Computer Software Structures Integrating AI/KBS Systems in Process Control, R.Tang and G.K.H.Pang, Aug 1994, Lund, Sweden. Submitted to IFAC Automatica with additional material from S.S.Woo.
  
• Continuous Fuzzy Petri Net for Intelligent Process Control, in Proceedings of the 1993 Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, G.K.H.Pang and R.Tang, Nov-Dec 1993, New Orleans, LA.
  
• Intelligent Process Control Using Petri Nets, in Proceedings of the 1'st Chinese World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, G.K.H.Pang, R.Tang, Aug 1993, Beijing, PRC. Also in Proceeding of 43'rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference on Expert Systems in the Process Industries, Oct 1993 Ottawa, Canada, with additional material from S.S.Woo.
  
• An Integrated Knowledge Environment for Computer Aided Control System Design, in Proceedings of the 2'nd Int'l Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision and Journal of Integrated Computer Aided Engineering, G.K.H.Pang, R.Tang, and A.A.Kennings, Sept 1992, Singapore.

Awards and Honours

• Research Assistantships (continuous through Master's program).
• Vice-chair of Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute - University of Waterloo student branch (Fall 90)
• Dean's Honour List (University of Waterloo - 1987).

Interests, Activities

• Computer Game Modding (models, textures and scripts - RoN, EE)
• Site director and Content Writer for Rise of Nations Heaven
• Member of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers.
• Computers, Strategy Games, Martial arts, Travelling, Drawing and painting.

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