AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE. All phases : Requirements Analysis, Preliminary Design, Detail Design, Implementation, Unit Testing, and Integration. ISO-9000, Metrics, testing and formal verification.
• REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS. Hardware and software development for real-time embedded systems. High reliability systems, Mil. Std. 1553
  
• ADA in real-time systems. Tasking, generics, package System, Pragma Interface, Pragma Priority.
  
• DIGITAL and ANALOG control systems for automatic tracking, positioning, flight control, and Electro-optic/Infra-red (EO/IR).
  
• CONTROL SYSTEMS for industrial and commercial installations, power generation, water and waste-water distribution and handling.
  
• Certified lightning protection designer.
  

EDUCATION:

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN BSEE in Systems and Controls, 1970
  Minor: Geophysics
  GPA: 2.72
  
• New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
  MBA in progress
  GPA: 4.0
  
• University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  Continuing Education in Engineering
  Minor: Computer Science
  GPA: 2.80
  

REFERENCES AND SECURITY CLEARANCE: References and security clearance information available upon request.

COMPUTERS:

• MACHINES:
  VAX, PDP-11, IBM PC, Multibus and VME bus SBC's, Allen-Bradley, Westinghouse industrial systems. Intel and Motorola microprocessors and controllers. Texas Instruments and Motorola DSP's.
  
• LANGUAGES:
  ADA, C, C++, Java, PASCAL, FORTRAN, Assembly (various). Use case tools and methods for object oriented development and cross platform development under MIL-STD-2167A.
  
• PROGRAMS: Matlab, PSpice, Autocad, Intergraph(*), Microsoft Office, GNU software, SCIlab, TeX, Unix based Networking.
  
• OPERATING SYSTEMS: Various MS, Unix, Linux, OS/2, RMX-11, various Real time operating systems.

MAJOR PROJECTS:

1999-Date Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ

Software Engineer
Real-time embedded computer control systems and analog circuit design in support of government contracts in the United States and world-wide.
Hardware and software design for flight control and automatic tracking systems including EO/IR and Radar. Working on various projects as software engineer, SQE, and SCM.

1999 Trane Air Conditioning, Clarksville, Tn

Software Engineer
Real time embedded computer controls for advanced commercial air conditioning systems, such as those use in major department stores and malls. Prepared procedures and developed processes for ISO9000 certification.

1998-1999 PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, Knoxville, TN

Consulting Engineer, Digital Television.
Software design and implementation for the next generation Digital Television System. Real-time embedded signal processing and control systems for audio/visual presentation.

1997-1998 Raytheon TI SYSTEMS, Dallas, TX

Software Quality Engineer
Software Design for medium to large projects. Responsible for insuring that software quality is "Designed-in" and that software conforms with published Software Development Process Standards. Audits to ISO9001 and SEI Level 4/5 standards and requirements. Performed requirements traceability analysis, and verification and validation testing of software prior to release to customers.

1987--1997 HUGHES AIRCRAFT, Las Vegas, NV

Electronics Engineer
Real-time embedded computer control systems and analog circuit design in support of government contracts in isolated regions of the southwestern United States and world-wide. Hardware and software design for flight control and automatic tracking systems including EO/IR, Radar, and rolling airframe designs.

1986-1987 CONTEL, INC. Colorado Springs, CO

Engineer (communications)
Electronic engineering for Falcon AFS and Peterson AFB. Systems for the Colorado Tracking Center and for Cheyenne Mountain. Auxiliary work included tasks on Land Mobile Radio, Weather Services Unit (lightning location) including high speed data links and computer systems in a Tempest environment.

1983--1986 Bovey Engineers, Inc.

Professional Engineer (at Bovey Engineers, Inc. Albuquerque, NM).
CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Water and Wastewater control. -
Design and Construction Services for new control system featuring microwave links to remote wells, storage tanks, and unmanned handling stations. The system included a central control station with graphics, and numerous remote embedded microprocessor based controls. Consideration was given to handling for fire reserve storage and water hammer prevention.
FORT BLISS, TX Water and Fire Control System

Similar to the Albuquerque system but much more diverse. Communications included a mix of high speed microwave (splinter frequency) and low speed land line between computers scattered over an area 30 miles wide and 100 miles long.

1979--1983 ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Fruitland, NM

Electrical Engineer - PE
Multi-year project updating controls at the Four Corners Power Plant. The Project involved replacing old pneumatic controls and an obsolete computer with a modern distributed computer system (Westinghouse). Also included work on new pollution control and air quality monitoring systems.

1970--1979 CONSULTING ENGINEER on projects such as:

• Space shuttle solid booster for Thiokol, Inc and Hercules Powder Co., UT
  
• Fast Flux Test Facility, Hanford, WA
  
• Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, AL
  
• Geophysical Survey for Tennessee Valley Authority, TN
  
• Instrumentation for submersible and diving systems for Ocean Systems, Inc., Reston, VA