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• Develop, test, and transition inertial measurement components and systems for our production partners and customers focusing on increased capability while improving size, weight, power, cost, and performance.
• Major proposal contributor to both technical and cost volumes for commercial and government customers.
• Design and implement system, light source, and servo loop control electronics for optical interferometric fiber and silicon waveguide gyroscopes.
• Invent, prove-out, and mature new technologies and algorithms for improving instrument noise, bandwidth, shock, vibration, and radiation performance.

East Syracuse, New York, US

• First employee and co-founding intrapreneur for the division. Contributed to the business plan with current VP/GM and earned support and investment commitment from Saab Inc. and AB executive leadership.
• Initially directed the division under the VP/GM and became a Technical Director as the division grew from 2 to 45 employees across 3 sites including new engineering and production facilities.
• Developed, proposed, and implemented technology roadmaps and innovative customer solutions.
• Designed, analyzed, and verified systems, sub-systems, and components to ensure project and program objectives.
• Achieved 5 year revenue growth targets in 3 years through capture of the EMATT, Delphinus, and Double Eagle programs, the MK30 Replacement FCT award, as well as licensing production of the MBARI Tethys.
• Established strong working relationships with customers, partners, vendors, internal organizations, and our global parent.

• Lead technology developments for the next generation of Livescribe pens and products.
• Developed and executed technology roadmaps to meet customer needs for Anoto and its other subsidiaries.
• Grew and strengthened a globally distributed engineering team to deliver future products and capabilities.
• Optimized the cost and supply chain of Anoto's solutions for improved margins, production scalability, and market positioning.
• Scaled global manufacturing from 20k to 200k+units/month using both Korean and Mexican production with worldwide fulfillment.

Cambridge, MA, US

• Lead the development, integration, and production of wireless game controllers and sensors for personal immersion into Virtual Reality (VR) fitness experiences.
• Developed relationships with domestic/international (Mexico, China) vendors and implemented supply chains leading to foreign production and worldwide delivery of 5000+ systems.

• Lead engineer through final design, integration and testing of first of its kind large format Lithium Polymer undersea batteries used for oil industry safety systems and well completions.
• Lead Bluefin’s development of the Proteus Large Displacement (LD) Dual Mode (manned/unmanned) Underwater Vehicle (DMUV); Bluefin’s first manned vehicle system. The development included a novel software architecture.
• Managed the development of two small sub-launched countermeasures within cost constraints and funding bursts.
• Lead several Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) proposals for domestic and foreign commercial and military customers.

London, GB

• Developed advanced infrared chip camera concept and shaped BAA with DARPA resulting in a winning proposal.
• Planned strategic technology developments and supported acquisition of Fairchild Imaging.
• Organized, planned, and lead advanced internal research and development projects.
• Repaired customer relationship and obtained extremely high satisfaction ratings for SOCOM binocular research.
• Reduced proposal quoting cost and time while improving results by making past actuals more accessible.
• Technology developments include digitally fused binocular trade studies, low light CMOS sensors, small Clip-On Thermal Imager (COTI), and focal plane array research with quantum dots, SiGe and thermal photonics.

Wilmington, MA, US

• Automotive High-g Accelerometer (Crash Detection) Program Lead development of safety critical single axis high-g MEMS crash sensor.
• Organized, planned, mitigated risk, and lead project into product implementation phase.
• Championed project templates for planning, organizing resources, assessing & mitigating risk.MEMS-Only Low-g Tri-axial Accelerometer Program (Motion sensor used in the Nintendo Wii)Lead the simultaneous development of.
• Identified, planned, organized, and integrated missing program functions and elements.
• Worked with teams to solve program execution issues, such as stiction, and initiated transitional events.
• Maintained the integrated master schedule and provided executive program status.

Falls Church, VA, US

• EKV Program Managed interdependent/ geographically distributed, engineering design teams (MA & CA).Lead the DX rated IMU capability enhancement effort for a ballistic warhead Exo-atmospheric kinetic Kill Vehicle.
• Worked with customer to define program options, scope, and cost for meeting boost stage shock.
• Organized shock isolation customer working group to define system requirements.
• Developed detailed risk assessments, program plans, and schedules.
• Wrote proposal definition packages, collected and reviewed quotes.
• Organized and managed 2 concurrent IMU product initiatives (hard-mount & shock-isolated).LN260 Program Assigned to Woodland Hills, CA with production in Salt Lake City, UTLead the winning competitive engineering.

Falls Church, VA, US

• Managed the Fibersense electrical engineering department through purchase by Northrop Grumman.
• Instituted consistent electrical engineering design processes and tools.
• Transitioned department from start-up to corporate environment.
• Grew department from 4 to 20 contributors consisting of 10 staff and 9 contract engineers, and 1 technician.
• Reviewed program work products, personnel performance, and provided merit increase recommendations.
• Developed basis-of-estimates for many winning proposals.

Beaverton, Oregon, US

• Researched micro-via inspection techniques using primary ablation laser backscattered light imaging.
• Characterized optical performance of a high speed CMOS CCD and HeNe Laser 3D tray inspection sensors.
• Developed a Zygo interferometer interface, with code written in C, for a precision 2-axis air bearing stage.
• Designed drive electronics for a piezoelectric actuated mirror within a laser micro-via drill.

• Designed and integrated electronics and packaging for a small autonomous helicopter; these systems included inertial sensors, embedded processors, attitude control systems, communication links, differential GPS.
• Lead the development of Lunar/Mars and mine clearing micro-rovers. The Lunar/Mars micro-rover is in the IMAX film “Destiny in Space.” These systems include rotating high power laser range finders, celestial sun.
• Developed concepts and proposed a technology spin-off incubator for technologies developed at the laboratory.
• Identified key markets and strategic technologies for autonomous rotorcraft.
• Chairman of the Total Quality Management team during the introduction of ISO9001.
• Co-founded the Unmanned Vehicle Laboratory.