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Orlando, Florida, United States

Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the U.S. Army, Project Manager Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS), Product Manager Wideband Enterprise Satellite Systems (PdM WESS) Satellite Terminal Systems and Baseband Systems Project Offices. Responsibilities include: • Systems Engineer and Technical Lead for Enterprise Digital IF Multi-Carrier Modem (EDIM Modem), the next gen DoD SATCOM FDMA modem. • Systems Engineer and Technical Lead for Digital IF. The migration of the DoD SATCOM terminal architecture from L-Band to Digital IF addresses the key DoD SATCOM issues of growth and resilience. Digital IF will become the basis for Earth terminal infrastructure. • Technical Lead, Digital IF Test Capability, Prototype, Integration, Test and Training Laboratory (PITT), Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD). Responsible for equipping the PITT with appropriate Digital equipment and corresponding test equipment and for test planning, Digital IF demonstrations and support for the local satellite simulation range under development. • U.S. Delegation member, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) SATCOM Capabilities Team (SATCOM CaT). Facilitator and key technical contributor for Draft Standardisation Agreement (STANAG) 5646 FDMA SATCOM Modem standard. • Key contributor and collaborator on the MIL-STD-188-165B SATCOM FDMA Modem Standard Working Group. • Prior service as Systems Engineer for the Protected Anti-Scintillation Anti-Jam Wideband Net-Centric System (PAAWNS) project. • Prior service as Systems Engineer and Technical Lead for the Precision Timing Rack (PTR). • General development of performance requirements, DoD collaboration, technical oversight, test planning, Product Qualification Test (PQT) witnessing, project planning and technical review. • Systems engineering support, guidance and consulting on other projects upon request.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States

Reported to the Product Director, Satellite Communication Systems (PD-SCS). Responsibilities included: • Assisting with technical and program planning, technical review, and project oversight for a team that delivers systems engineering, site integration, and configuration management (CM) services for over 30 different missions and customer programs that utilize over 80 different MILSATCOM facilities around the world. • Serving as the point of collaboration with the Joint MILSATCOM Community on system requirements, technology roadmaps and technical vision. • Supporting development of System Engineering Plans (SEPs) and Technical Roadmaps. • Team building, financial planning, new service initiatives, and business development in addition to direct engineering, test, system, and facility integration, information assurance (IA), CM and coordination with other services, agencies, and programs.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States

Service to PM DCATS Technical Management Division (TMD) in the conception, introduction, and development of the Digital IF based all-digital MILSATCOM Terminal Architecture. Responsibilities included: • Publication and education to introduce the concep; • Collaboration among military SATCOM users, DOD groups, industry suppliers, and technology developers, to introduce a common unified external-interface open standard for Digital IF enabling plug-and-play terminal-equipment interoperability • Streamlining SATCOM network planning and terminal CONOPS, improving terminal performance, significantly higher terminal capacities, and significant terminal footprint reduction, enabling demonstrable potential total cost savings in excess of $100M

Orlando, Florida, United States

Service to PD-SCS as Technical Lead for the Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM). This modem continues to support the DCSC and WGS constellations and DOD SATCOM Gateway architectures. Instrumental in facilitating collaboration on the development of this modem with key DoD SATCOM stakeholders including DISA Gateway authorities.

Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States

Engineering support services and systems engineering, including requirements analysis, systems engineering, theoretical analysis and design verification. SATCOM modem consulting, satellite communication systems, various aspects of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) analysis and system performance prediction.

Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States

Engineering support services and systems engineering, including requirements analysis, systems engineering, theoretical analysis, design verification, field support, and feasibility study in various DSP and communications areas, both military and commercial. His responsibilities included: • High-speed Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) backplane analysis and proof-of-concept, non-linear timing loop algorithms, military and commercial multiplexer systems, stationary and adaptive Forward Error Correction (FEC), modulation, satellite communication systems, reliability analysis, system performance prediction. • Service in the areas of broadcast market analysis, radio propagation, expert witness, radio field analysis and modem design. • Extensive IRAD development of original technical solutions to widespread ATSC Digital Television (ATSC DTV) reception problems due to multipath.

Winter Park, Florida, United States

Systems engineering, theoretical analysis, and design verification of data communication and signal processing systems under development while developing business plans in new areas and seeking new business. Acting Operations Manager. Responsibilities included: • Supporting analysis and design of innovative echo cancellers, digital filters, and telephone modems. • Supporting study and business plan development in the areas of speech recognition, text-to-speech, voice portals, and voice portal architectures.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Technical responsibility over the development of new systems for AM and FM In-Band On-Channel Digital Audio Broadcasting (AM/FM IBOC-DAB). Responsibilities included: • Providing technical direction to development contractors in terms of technical challenges, creative solutions, prototype development, and lab and field-testing • Protecting and enhancing intellectual property portfolio • Participating in Electronics Industry Associates (EIA) industry standard forum and International Communications Union (ITU) regulatory forum

Orlando, Florida, United States

Installation and alignment of statewide paging systems, site acquisition for PCS system, proposals, contracts, and field support of radio transmission facilities.

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Innovative development and prototyping of high-speed signal processing systems based on Acoustic Charge Transport (ACT), a proprietary high-speed analog signal processing technology. Responsibilities included: • Producing the first public demonstration of FM Radio In-Band On-Channel Digital Audio Broadcasting (IBOC-DAB), the precursor to HD Radio • Development of adaptive interference cancellers, multipath emulators, innovative receivers, and innovative spread spectrum systems including prototyping and demonstration • Preparing research and development proposals, providing on-site support and training, and holding public tutorials

Orlando, Florida, United States

Spread spectrum Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) radar systems analysis and simulation. Supported of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Acoustic Charge Transport (ACT) component and subsystem design, fabrication, prototype and test. Course and lab instruction.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Florida Engineering Society (FES) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE)Modulation Theory.

Master Of Science In Engineering - Mse, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Florida Engineering Society (FES) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE)RF and Electronic.

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering - Bse, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Florida Engineering Society (FES) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) National Science.