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OBJECTIVE: To lead an engineering team
engaged in electronics, & software engineering for instrumentation
development, control systems, telecommunications or digital imaging.
EXPERTISE: • Telecommunications •
Automatic Test Equipment
• Software Engineering • Satellite Ground
Stations
Software/Hardware
•
LabVIEW, VB6.0, VB.NET, C/C++, Java, SQL, ADO, ADO.NET, Excel
with
emphasis on ATE, database development, digital imaging,
telecommunications
& LAN/WAN networking projects.
• VSAT and general satellite ground
station services.
• Web development with VB & Java
Script, ASP, ASP.NET, ADO, ADO.NET, HTML, DHTML, .COM and XML
Protocols and Standards:
• HDLC/SDLC, BSC,
Netware-SPX/IPX, TCP/IP, X.25, GPIB, v.25bis
v.32bis, v.42, MNP, ISDN,
DDS, T1, 802.X, AppleTalk, LAN/WAN
MPEG-2, ATM, ATSC, SONET
BACKGROUND:
2002-Present Independent
Consulting
• Automating automotive
oil and air filter testing using industrial sensors & controls,
A/D, D/A, DIO, Mitsubishi FX PLC & LabVIEW based man-machine
interface on a windows platform.
• Automating 4WD
actuator life testing using LabVIEW s/w under windows
2000 - 2002 TELLABS CORPORATION Burlington,
MA
A
manufacturer of telecommunications equipment
Staff Engineer
Responsible for the development
and maintenance of DWDM fiber optic router product instrumentation
• Hands on, led the
development and successful delivery of the instrumentation for the
transponder module of the Tellabs 7100. These 10 systems were a SQL
Server integrated, LabVIEW based executive and suite of tests utilizing
$1/2 a million worth of commercial instrumentation each and data
acquisition. The data was also managed by a set of Access based
utilities.
• Trained & directed
less senior engineers and technicians in the support of the
manufacturing and test of the transponder to the component level.
• Contributed to the
transponder product development.
• Collaborated with
other Tellabs 7100 module development teams.
• Evaluated
electro-optical components (Lasers, APD & PIN receivers wavelength
lockers etc.) for compatibility with the Tellabs 7100 transponder.
1996 -2000 POLAROID CORPORATION Cambridge, Newton,
Norwood, MA
A
manufacturer of photographic and digital imaging products
Principal Engineer, Digital Camera Instrumentation
Responsible for the
development and maintenance of the digital camera lines
instrumentation.
• Applied digital camera
science to the development of test equipment and processes in support
of Manufacturing, Field Service, QA, PCB vendors and Product
Development.
• Supported 45 test
stations, such as functional PCB pogo testers, subassemblies, Shutter,
CCD, Pretest, Collimation, Burn In, Calibration and Image Performance.
• Managed the Test
Equipment department in terms of projections of project time and money,
personnel supervision, and interdepartmental communications.
• Developed new test
stations in support of new product.
1994 - 1996 ADVANCED
TELEVISION TEST CENTER Alexandria,
VA
Owned
and chartered by ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, NAB, EIA, MSTV, INTV and Cable
Labs to test ATV/HDTV for eventual FCC acceptance.
Manager, Computer Systems Engineering
Responsible to the president
for all computer, network and software systems.
• Developed test automation
capability on 4 Ethernet networked Macs under LabVIEW for the HDTV test
system. The system consists of one Mac to manage an RF Testbed (to
replicate the impairments inherent in TV transmission), one to manage
tape machines (D2s and HDD1000s on VLAN), one to manage the test
database and one to manage operator and expert viewer interface.
• Managed an Appleshare,
Star controller, 20 user, three printer administrative network. This
included s/w upgrades troubleshooting, backups, wiring and financial
justifications of improvements.
• Contributed to RF,
video and audio; scientific and engineering projects in support of test
procedure development, frequency allocation studies, and the RF
testbed.
• Principal in testing,
data reduction, analysis and presentation of HDTV in support of the
ATSC specification development and NTSC Data Broadcast (NDBC) systems.
• Supervised junior
employees efforts to prepare for, and successfully test ATV/HDTV
systems.
• Developed sub-systems
to the HDTV test system in Think C for the Mac.
1985 - INDEPENDENT
CONSULTING Norton,
MA, Alexandria, VA
intermittently to present Fremont,
CA, New Bern, NC
• Developed R&D time, instrumentation for the validation
and verification of an implantable drug delivery MEMS device technique.
(OrCAD, LabVIEW, MathCAD)
• Automated temperature
compensation for Ku & C-band satellite earth station radios using
LabVIEW s/w on a Windows platform, the HP438a RF power meter, the
HP8563 spectrum analyzer, the HP83752 RF signal generator and a Watlow
981 temperature chamber controller..
• Developed Windows 3.1
fax modem/printer device driver using the Microsoft Visual C++, SDK
& DDK tool sets on my 486-66DX2 VESA PC.
• Implemented satellite
ground station projects for various business, and news data clients
(Reuters, Knight-Ridder, PC-Quotes, Investors Business Daily etc.).
• Developed human
interface to TI545 PLC and industrial wastewater treatment plant using
LabVIEW s/w. The system was an AppleTalk client/server with clients in
multiple cities connected via DDS.
• Automated the
Chatillon TSDC stress & strain measurement system.
•
Supported the development of a
national VSAT installation and maintenance
organization.
• Developed dBase3+-based VSAT business management package.
• Led development of management
strategies and identified marketing opportunities for corporate
clients.
1985 - 1992 MOTOROLA CODEX CORPORATION Canton, MA
A manufacturer of advanced data
communications products.
Senior Engineer
Contributed to product
diagnostics, generated applications benefits and provided pragmatic
approach to product strategy and feature implementation.
• Automated the development time &
Alpha test systems for the dial modem product line.
• Developed self-test embedded DSP
diagnostics for telecommunications products.
• Contributed in the development of the
V.FAST modem. (115.2kbps async dial)
• Initiated the dial network management
product core technology
• Contributed general product management
i.e.: FCC, UL, & foreign registration, TR30.3 standards, introduced
dial network management, evaluated commercial s/w packages, managed OEM
product lines & analyzed competitive products.
1977 - 1985 United Press International Hong
Kong
A worldwide news wire and news photo
service. San Francisco, CA
Boston,
MA
Telecommunications Manager
Maintained data communications facilities in New
England and New York. Achieved promotion to management of Pacific
Division and, later, Asia/Australia Division.
• Converted 10 western states' network from land
line-teletype to VSAT and 3 meter Harris dish-computer.
• Converted Asia/Australia network to accommodate telephoto
sale to Reuters.
• Managed staff and sub-contractors in support of 1200-plus
clients and a $10M operation; provided new client sales support.
• Developed contract management package in dBase3+.
• Engineered network interface to TDMs, DDS, modems and stat
muxes.
• Evaluated a Case Corporation message switch to replace
leased facilities.
• Managed technical
aspect of teletext service to cable TV subscribers nationally.
1973 - 1977 Analog Devices Inc. Norwood,
MA
A manufacturer of operational amplifiers,
digital panel meters, A/Ds, D/As, log amps, F/Vs, V/Fs, digital to
syncro, and syncro to digital converters.
Senior Test Equipment Development Technician
Defined product test parameters. Developed,
fabricated, and tested a full line of test equipment for the ADI
Modular Instrument Division product line.
EDUCATION: Boston,
MA
Clark
University "Advanced Enterprise & Web Development"
Masters Certificate
(VB6.0, VB.NET, Java, ADO, ADO.NET,
SQL, SQL Server, ASP, ASP.NET, VB & Java Script, HTML, DHTML, XML,
UML, & COM)
M.S.,
Electrical Engineering, Boston University, Candidate
B.S., Electrical
Engineering Technology, cum
laude, Northeastern University
A.E.,
Computer Technology, Northeastern University
A.E.,
Electronics, Northeastern University
M.C.S.E.
Training, Boston University
ViewLogic
Training Certificates in Analog & Digital Design
Xilinx
Training Certificates in VHDL & FPGA Development environment
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