System Architect

Design and implement micro solar power generation equipment with remote management capabilities

Accomplishments:

• Collected system requirements
• Developed high-level architecture
• Created initial development tasks for project management
• Assisted in resource determination and fulfillment
• Assisted in product roadmap structuring
• Created system for highly accurate machining measurement
• Worked with internal engineers to create data acquisition test systems

System Architect

Develop realtime infrastructure supporting 2500 nationwide drivers, terminal operations and billing

Accomplishments:

• Collected current system issues from management, operations, drivers and developers
• Developed NG proof-of-concept using G1 Android phone, Amazon Web Service and Flex in 4 days
• Presented concept to board of directors, secured funding
• Selected and lead 10 person development team through project definition and initial development
• Attempted and failed using agile, scrum
• Project postponed - April 2010
• Developed a Flex Google Maps Local Search application to support sales, logistics and operations
• Migrated search application to collaborative application using Google Wave

Senior Engineer

Develop waterslide multimedia presentation control system

Accomplishments:

• Designed control system, Acorn, using embedded Linux that controls video, audio, lighting and HMI
• Created centralized website for waterpark operation monitoring
• Split Acorn into 20 software components for completely distributed system
• Developed near real-time event notification system with sub-second latency
• Oversaw development of configuration management and software distribution efforts
• Designed data acquistion and control hardware A2 module

Senior Engineer

Oversee development of high speed data acquisition equipment

Accomplishments:

• Directed research project investigating use of XMPP and XML for instrumentation
• Redesigned streak camera using commercial off the shelf equipment and embedded Linux
• Developed automated alignment system software for National Ignition Facility's VISAR

Software Developer

Created a web interface to existing parallel computing simulation code base

Accomplishments:

• Created cross-browser interface to SIERRA using AJAX technologies
• Taught SQL and state machine fundamentals to internal developers

Founder/Instructor

Maintainer of embedded Linux interfacing website

Accomplishments:

• Taught seminars at Bechtel Nevada, 4rf, Xyratex, US Navy Spawar and the 3 Day Experience
• Created an open forum embedded Linux wiki

Author

Wrote Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software and Interfacing ISBN: 0672322269, and website

Accomplishments:

• Created a Linux compiling and debugging development environment for x86, PowerPC and StrongARM microprocessors
• Created script to build a minimum root filesystem
• Developed open-source device drivers for asynchronous serial, parallel port, USB, Memory I/O, I2C and SPI hardware interfaces
• Measured average interrupt latencies for x86, PowerPC and StrongARM
• Developed an event timer with 1mS accuracy
• Created a system integration development environment using bash, an Apache HTTP server, mySQL, gnuplot and netcat
• Oversaw translation activities into 5 foreign languages

Senior Design Engineer

Participated as a design group member

Accomplishments:

• Wrote the 'ATM and Standards' and 'Network Failure Analysis/Criterion' section of MNR network design document
• Reviewed $27 million network design and performed network reliability analysis for Metro North Railway, NYC
• Participated as independent safety advisor for NYCT communications based train control design
• Evaluated MARTA's primary train control communication network for Y2K compliance
• Participated in replacement design of voice and data radio network for Port Authority of Allegheny County

Founder

Acted as a board member and participated in all business discussions and activities including equity agreements.

Vice President Engineering

Investigated market opportunities for DSP based solutions applied to next-generation cellular phone base stations. Participated in contract negotiations and possible joint ventures.

Accomplishments:

• Assisted in securing TigerSharc DSP library development contract with Analog Devices, Inc.
• Performed quality assurance functions for library code development

Principle System Architect

Responsible for strategic planning and initial multi-product architecture for Lanier's $100M digital dictation product line re-engineering effort. This included insuring that product development followed current/future technological trends, adhered to technical/medical information standards and incorporated legacy products.

Accomplishments:

• Collected, organized and developed a project database consisting of 800 customer requirements
• Applied portions of SEI Quality Functional Deployment to project requirement collection, organization, and analysis
• Evaluated DCOM, CORBA, Java, ActiveX, Exchange, LDAP, CA, QoS and CE technologies during architecture development
• Developed the system architecture for 12 distributed digital dictation products for medical applications
• Developed the system architecture using object-based Unified Modeling Language, UML, using Rational Rose software
• Presented and secured marketing support for system architecture
• Presented and secured marketing and management support for 3-tier software development methodologies
• Evaluated and recommended component object and network security technologies
• Proposed and secured engineering and marketing support for a compound document technology
• Researched direction of health information system technologies
• Participated in product margin discussions with marketing and technology managers
• Researched and applied operations research, workflow, fuzzy logic, queuing and decision theories to work routing algorithm
• Proposed and secured engineering and marketing support for decision theory with feedback approach to work routing algorithm
• Developed a workflow simulator using the message passing interface, MPI, for a BEOWULF supercomputing cluster

Founder

Located and secured venture capital funding, CEO, and marketing manager. Acted as a board member and participated in all business and joint venture discussions and activities.

Chief Engineer

Collected marketing recommendations and customer requirements. Designed, tested and certified (FCC, CSA, UL) all telemetry products. Developed manufacturing procedures and test fixtures. Trained and directed manufacturing staff. Worked with sales and marketing staff to correctly match products with customer requirements. Performed telephone and on-site customer support.

Accomplishments:

• Researched OEM radio modules, barrier electronics and hazardous area design methodologies
• Researched petroleum, public safety, healthcare, railroad, and industrial control for potential markets and competition
• Brought to market 26 spread spectrum telemetry products including intrinsic safe versions for hazardous area operation
• Participated in more than 50 successful field trials and customer product evaluations
• Co-displayed, with other HART products, at 1996 ISA Conference Trade Show
• Prepared manufacturing activities to move pilot projects to full production
• Analyzed internal market survey results and re-adjusted marketing predictions
• Researched, proposed and secured marketing support for global data management project

Senior Design Engineer

Collected marketing recommendations and customer requirements. Designed and tested hardware and software products. Developed manufacturing procedures and test fixtures. Supervised engineering staff.

Accomplishments:

• Evaluated and eliminated existing OEM controller technology
• Proposed and secured marketing support for a hardware design using a graphical user interface
• Engineered a 200F temperature control chamber then evaluated liquid crystal and gas-plasma displays
• Designed, developed and released the Programmable Additive Controller, PAC-3
• Shipped 3,500 PAC-3 units with version 1.0 of embedded code
• Incorporated features, ease of use and product quality that increased the PAC-3 market share from 40 to 70%
• Displayed the PAC-3 in Titan booth at 1994 and 1995 ILTA Conference Trade Show
• Exploited PAC-3 design for PAC-3 manufacturing and testing
• Exploited PAC-3 design for the Multiple Additive Injector, MAI, product
• Designed and deployed CommLink, a worldwide data collection system
• Designed and deployed Titan Communication Controller, a remote process monitor
• Received US Patent #5,222,027 for CommLink and Titan Communication Controller

Post Doctoral Lab Staff

Advisor: Dr. Graham Carey

Responsible for preconditioned conjugate gradient, PCG, package interface development.

Accomplishments:

• Co-developed a C++ wrapper for the PCG package
• Developed a graphical user interface for the software library and input

Doctoral Candidate - Research Assistant

Advisor: Dr. Phillip Allen GPA: 3.7

Investigated the simulation, modeling and performance issues for a virtual analog electronic laboratory workbench.

Accomplishments:

• Dissertation: The Implementation of the Lab Bench Emulator
• Evaluated circuit simulators for interactive modeling capabilities
• Developed object-oriented (C++) circuit simulation server, CircuitServer
• Developed 'in-simulation' dynamic parameter circuit models with client/server interfaces
• Designed time-dependent temperature models for diodes, BJT, and CMOS transistors
• Designed device models with destructive modes, evaluated analog test measurement equipment
• Supervised graduate analog measurement laboratory, administered Analog Design Group domain computers and UNIX workstations

Masters Candidate - Teaching Assistant

Advisor: Raymond Black GPA: 4.0

Responsible for analog laboratory operation and instruction of junior and senior level transistor labs.

Accomplishments:

• Evaluated analog test measurement equipment
• Developed switched capacitor and analog anti-alias low-pass filters for Loral Data Corporation, San Diego

Bachelors Candidate - Teaching Assistant

GPA: 3.8

Accomplishments:

• President of Eta Kappa Nu, Chapter awarded National Certificate of Merit
• Instructed networks lab.