·         Rick grew up in Louisville Kentucky and entered the Marine Corps after graduating high school in 1974. While in the Marines he was an Aviation Ordnance Technician performing maintenance, troubleshooting, and handling of the electronic systems, components, and hardware incorporated into the ordinance systems of the McDonald Douglas F4-J “Phantom.”  He held a Top Secret Security Clearance throughout his tour. He received a National Defense Campaign Medal in 1974, a Good Conduct Medal, and an Honorable Discharge in 1978. He then moved to Texas for a few years while working for the Department of Energy at a Strategic Petroleum Reserve site as a security supervisor.

·         He returned to Louisville to attend the Kentucky College of Technology where he received an Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology in the fall of 1986. He moved to Cincinnati Ohio in February 1987 and went to work for Cincinnati Milacron Electronic Systems Division as an electronics service technician. While working at Cincinnati Milacron he received Milacron courses on the Acramatic Big Blue CNC, Maximiser PLC, A900, A850, A850SX, and the A2100 control systems. He was then hired by Cincinnati Milacron Inc. as a Technical Support and Field Service Engineer in 1995. In this role Rick traveled throughout all of America, Canada, and Mexico “getting it fixed”.

·         In 2000 Siemens purchased the Electronic Systems division and Rick was sent to Europe to attend school in Nuremberg, Germany. He received in-depth training of the Siemens 840D control, S7-300 and 400 PLC’s, 611 drives, and Safety Integration. On his return from Germany he was selected as a Senior Service and Support Engineer, assigned as an on-site Product Support Engineer for an Automotive OEM project where he delivered product support of all Siemens plant content including product types from all product groups: (Hardware included 840D CNC, S7-300 PLC, ET200X, ET200S, ET200M, LOGO processor, 611D, 611U, Simatic Panel PC's, Simatic OP Panels, Simatic MP Panels, Software included HMI Advanced, Step 7 software, ProTool Pro, Pdiag, Transline 2000, PLC Sim, WinAc RTX, WinLC). Due to project downsizing he left Siemens in the spring of 2004.

·         He started Rick’s CNC Service in the spring of 2004.

·         Rick is an avid SCUBA Diver. He started diving in 1995, became a DiveMaster in 2001, and has since attended the ProDive IDC course in Fort Lauderdale Florida in the spring of 2004, where he completed the PADI Open Water SCUBA Instructor course as well as the Emergency First Response Instructor (CPR/AED/First Aid) course. Since 2001 he has assisted with or directly trained over 350 students.

·         If Rick is not at your plant “getting it fixed” you will find him passing on his love of the underwater world by teaching someone how to SCUBA dive.