1. MAX BERNHARDT
B.S.E.E, Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. SECONDARY EDUCATION, MATH EDUCATION
3890 Bristol Ct  Loveland, CO 80538
Summary
Senior Safety Compliance Engineer with experience in evaluating, analyzing and leading design teams to successful listing of
IECEx Zone 2, ATEX Zone 2, North America Class I Div 2, INMETRO, and GOST-R. In addition: Marine Certifications for DNV-
GL, Lloyds, CCS, BV, and NKK. Finally, ordinary locations to CSA 142, CSA 139, UL 429, CSA and IEC 61010-1.
Interfaced with engineers, technical marketing engineers, certifying agencies and bodies to successfully list various
Woodward products in their respective categories.
Demonstrated expertise and significant accomplishments in:
o Evaluation to Industrial standards and how they applied to Woodward product.
o Applications & Enterprise solutions
o Technical engineering support
o Field Failure analysis
o Leading teams of sales and technical people
o Specifying feature sets for future products
o Serving as a liaison between Woodward Engineering, Woodward Marketing and certifying agencies.
Specialties
Safety Compliance Engineering - with a focus on enabling technical engineering teams to meet safety compliance in a timely
organized structured manner. Managing diverse teams, managing multiple complex projects in parallel, building
customer/engineering relationships, managing hardware & software projects including embedded software, managing program
managers and streamlining business processes. Specialize in providing engineering solutions to complex physical systems.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
System Architecture Strategic Partnering Safety Compliance Engineering
Total Solution Provider Team Leader Engineering Technical Support
Customer Training Software Development Facilitation of Woodward designs
Understanding detailed Customer Specifications
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Results-driven leader, who creates vision, drives performance improvements, and fuels growth.
Polished communicator who shapes profitable long-term engineering relationships and builds strategic alliances.
Identifies critical issues, marshals cross-functional resources, and executes solutions that exceed corporate objectives.
Demonstrated success in leading highly technical engineering, sales, and marketing teams in diverse industry and economic
environments.
EDUCATION
BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1991/1993.
BS, Secondary Education in Mathematics, University of Wyoming, 1987/1990.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY
Safety Compliance Engineer, Woodward Governor Company (3/2011 – Present)
Electrical Engineer.
Responsibilities included analyzing, testing, evaluating equipment to:
o IECEx Zone 2, specifically IEC 60079-15, IEC 60079-11, IEC 60079-0.
o ATEX Zone 2, specifically IEC 60079-15, IEC 60079-11, IEC 60079-0.
o INMETRO Zone 2, specifically IEC 60079-15, IEC 60079-11, IEC 60079-0.
o Class I Div 2, specifically CSA 213
o Valve specifications CSA 139 and UL 429
o IEC 61010-1, EN 50178
o ATEX 94/9/EC, Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, Low Voltage Directive 2005/95/EC, with limited experience in
RoHS 2 2011/65/EC and REACH

2. o NEC and NFPA70
Manufacturing support OEM equipment
Six sigma quality processes
Design for manufacturing.
LEAN processes
Areas of expertise:
o Safety Compliance as pertaining to: Electrical/Mechanical systems, electric position valves, electric modifying
valves, Programmable Logic Controllers, Electronic Control Modules, circuit boards, spacing’s, wiring, cabinets,
o Ordinary and Hazardous location listings as required by industrial plants and facilities.
LANGE SALES
Senior Field Application Engineer, Lange Sales Inc. (1/1998 – 2/2011)
Field Application Engineer providing Electrical Engineering advice and technical support to fortune 500 companies.
Helped sell greater than $1 billion of semiconductor components.
Sales Manager to six outside semiconductor salespeople at Lange Sales.
Served as technical liaison between marketing, engineering and sales.
Managed distribution supply chain for fortune 500 companies at the local level in the Rocky Mountain Area.
Companies Informational Technology Specialist.
Areas of expertise:
o Chip Level:
 Switching Regulators up to 2 MHz (Buck, Boost, SEPIC), AC/DC (PFC, Flyback) convertors, 3-Phase
Motor Control, A/D, D/A Convertors, Op Amps, CMOS Image Sensors, DMA, DRAM, Ethernet, Flash,
Fiber Channel, Fiber Optic Transceivers, HSPICE, HTML, Infiniband, JBOD, Optical Analysis, PCI,
PCIe, Process Technology, RAID, RF Analysis, SAID, Signal Integrity, SPICE simulation, System
Architecture, TCPIP, XAUI, XGMII
o System Level:
 Battery Charging, Battery Pack Design, Battery Technology, Box Build Integration, Hot Swap, Power
Supply, Protocol Analysis, Router Setup, Visual Basic, Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, SBS 2003, SBS
2008), Wired and Wireless networking, Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Word, Visio, SharePoint,
PowerPoint)
o Management, Sales:
 Set Sales Goals, Analyze Commission Data, Call Customers, Close Business, Create Commission
Tracking Tools, Create Database Tools, Create Presentations, Define Markets, Define Opportunity Lists,
Define Products, Give Presentations, Identify Key Decision Makers, Track Opportunities, Train
Customers, Train Principals, Train Salespeople, Value Added Selling, Visit Customers
WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY
Component Design Engineer, Woodward Governor Company (7/1993 – 12/1997)
Electrical Engineer.
Responsibilities included design of original OEM equipment.
Manufacturing support OEM equipment
Six sigma quality processes
Design for manufacturing.
Areas of expertise:
Chip Level:
o 3-Phase Motor control, AC/DC power supply, DC/DC power supply, A/D, D/A Convertors, Op Amps, Board Level
Power Supply Design, SRAM, Flash, Optical Analysis, ,Process Technology, Signal Integrity, SPICE simulation,
Switching Regulators, System Architecture, MOSFET, Microcontroller, C Programming, Assembly Programming
System Level:
o Box Build Integration, 3 phase motor control, Hot Swap, Power Supply, Protocol Analysis, Visual Basic,
Statistical Process Control, Statistics, Failure Analysis, Six Sigma, System Integration
Management:
o Create Database Tools, Create Presentations, Define Products, Give Presentations, Train Salespeople, Run
Projects, Serve as team member
MONSANTO CHEMICAL CORPORATION

3. Process/System Engineer, Monsanto Chemical Corporation (1/1992 – 9/1992)
Electrical Engineering Intern.
Responsibilities included design of control and manufacturing processes to improve the efficiency of chemical
manufacturing.
NEC code work
Ladder Logic control,
Motor control,
Interlock safety procedures,
High Voltage and High Power system analysis.
Areas of expertise:
o Plant Level:
 >500 KVA Transformers, >50 HP Motors, 130 KV Power Distribution, 3-Phase, 480V Power Distribution,
4 KV Power Distribution, Ladder Logic, Large Power Disconnects, Large Power Motor Starters, NEC
Code Work, Power Cable Management, Power Distribution, Relay Logic, Utility Power Distribution
o Management:
 Budget Projects, Construction Project Management, Coordinate Shutdowns, Manage Electrician Crews,
ROI Analysis, Serve as team member