Resume

Analytical, resourceful Senior Engineering Specialist with progressively more responsible technical and supervisory experience in the design and development of large scale computer systems. A focused, meticulous project leader with a keen awareness of operating systems programming and systems integration. Possesses proven expertise in the following areas:

Real-time embedded software	Medical and Defense Environments
Telecommunications	Process Control

A $10 billion manufacturer and distributor of medical products employing over 47,000 worldwide. The company applies its expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology with worldwide manufacturing and distribution.

Unit testing and subsystem white box testing of embedded code for the Colleague Infusion Pump, an FDA Class 2 medical device. Testing is performed in a highly regulated, process controlled environment. This effort spans requirements analysis, code analysis, design and code reviews, test case design, test script development, test harness coding and execution, and formal packaging of results. Authored a white paper analyzing the effect of using a different compiler for unit testing in a PC environment rather than in the target platform. Participated in product enhancement projects. Participated in system analysis in defense of FDA audits. Proposed patentable new products.

A not for profit, incorporated organization to provide rated competitive chess in the northern Illinois area, and to promote chess in the area as an educational and recreational resource. Within a year, this group has grown into the largest and most active provider of chess events in the county and surrounding towns, and operates a web site dedicated to chess said to be the best in the state of Illinois..

As the founder of this organization, I have performed all the management roles of a small start up from creating a business plan, securing funding, determining and monitoring the completion of legal obligations, maintaining business records, selecting a site and negotiating fees for tournaments, structuring and awarding a scholarship program, and designing, developing and maintaining an extensive web site.

Developed embedded software for a new Pathogen Inactivation device to ensure the safety of blood platelets from known and emerging diseases. Coded in C++ using QNX as a safety critical effort on an 80486 platform that spanned architectural design, process control, coding, optimization, integration and field support.

Designed and developed architectural design and assigned exclusive responsibility for the system Self Test functionality contributing to all areas of product implementation.

Added donation protocol enhancements to an established apheresis blood donation device. Currently hold two patents for this device.

software for service support. Software verified device use and generated data on debugging, problem reports and isolated mechanical component failures.

Major supplier of gaming systems to casinos in the US and 50 foreign countries. Williams, valued at three-quarters of a billion dollars, provides a highly sophisticated gaming experience with exceptional graphics, high quality sound, and content frequently based on popular cultural fixtures.

Team member of a next generation platform for object oriented casino game development, to shorten the development and testing cycle before bringing games and variants to market, including support for secondary bonus screen games. Contributed to hardware specification and RTOS selection for the target system. Designed system start up configuration and validation algorithms. Designed and coded animation classes interfacing with direct video card commands.

Major Aerospace Defense Contractor specializing in extremely sophisticated military hardware. Provided critical solutions primarily to the U.S. Navy.

A task leader on the EA-6B Prowler, an electron warfare aircraft. Managed all phases of the software development life cycle including requirements analysis, structured design, code, test and system integration, scheduling, field support, mil-standard documentation, process control and improvement, and liaison with primary customer and vendors.

Task Leader for the Kernel, a highly optimized real-time operation system with 1553 message protocol and distributed processing. Managed Program Loading and Digital Recording subsystems.

Interfaced with Navy personnel, as the customer and user, and Grumman internal departments.

Wrote embedded code in Assembly and development tools in DCL for the VAX VMS environment.

Involved in the integration of real-time, multi-processor embedded jammer for the F-15 Eagle. Converted from Z8000 assembler to C in migrating to an 80486 processor.

Involved in the upgrade of the functional test system for post manufacturing acceptance testing.

Manufacturer of military marine vessels including nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Products and services are provided to the U.S. Navy, and ship repair industries.

Project Lead in the development of robotic pipe cutting system to convert digital design data directly into finished part.

Automated a labor intensive process saving the Navy $30 million per robot annually.

Provided secure communications link from mainframe to an IBM PC that supervised the robot.

Created simulation software for robot control and mainframe interface that allowed rapid and mobile prototyping between company engineering department and a West Coast vendor.

Provided specifications with a proposed savings of 40% on an automated Steel Plate Handling system.

Contributed to specifications for a relational data base to coordinate engineering and manufacturing processes.

Contributed to requirements for corporate telecommunications and networking standards.

Independent consulting practice specializing in telecommunication infrastructure, optimized system development, pattern recognition, scientific programming and data analysis.

Contracted to BankWire, a worldwide message switched Electronic Funds Transfer network. Developed microcomputer based end-user work station with strong operator interface considerations. Provided technical field support directly with customers.

Contracted to a branch of NASA researching pattern recognition algorithms for use in Earth Resource Landsat satellite data analysis. Created and trained support software to the geology group.

Contracted to ITT for work on a packet switched store and forward electronic mail facsimile network. Designed, implanted and optimized a high level structured macro language. Automated the software build process.

B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

Adjunct Faculty, Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, VA
Instructor – Microcomputers and Programming, Langley Air Force Base
Instructor – CAD/CAM Overview course, Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School

QNX, Unix, DCL, VAX/VMS, DOS and Windows, CMS/MMS, Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, and RequisitePro, TCP/IP, C++, Visual C++, Visual BASIC, Java, SQL, HTML, Ada, Pascal, FORTRAN, Microsoft Front Page, Plesk, PDP-20, PDP-11, IBM PCs, IBM Mainframes, AYK/14, MODCOMP IV.