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Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Product development, project management, electronics circuit design, printed circuit boards (PCBAs), power electronics, systems cross-functional engineering, simulation/modeling, component engineering/obsolescence management, and global electronics supply chain strategies.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Developed projects with industry partners & mentored electronics product management, supply chain consulting & renewable energy projects with students. Created & taught clean energy engineering asset decarbonization/renewables graduate practicum project course. Academic cohort advisor to 20+ students annually.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

Mentored groups of students to achieve a challenging business & technical consulting project for industry sponsors. Projects involved: construction industry mergers & acquisitions, pharmaceutical supply chain improvement, space technology commercialization, innovative concussion device product marketing strategy, etc. Responsible for weekly guidance, mentoring students for final project presentation/report to sponsor, sponsor engagement satisfaction, & supporting final grade assessment.

Durham, Nc, Us

Volunteer tutor for Emily K Center's Scholars to College program which is designed to assist ambitious, academically-focused, and underrepresented first-generation students from Durham County and prepare them for success at selective four-year colleges and universities.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

NC State's Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Design Program encompasses ~200 students who complete 40-50 projects per year for sponsoring companies and faculty. The ECE Design Center experience and design lab facilities is a two-semester capstone course for senior students to learn product development and systems engineering from industry/research problem statement market research, requirements, concept, design, prototype builds, and final demonstration. The diverse set of exciting & challenging projects have included: -Biomedical wearable shirts & watches to measure sweat, heart rate, hydration, etc.-Smart Home energy-efficient demonstration system with embedded controls-Internet of Things (IoT) - Missing Child Finder Integrated Smartphone/Local Server Application -Portable Carbon Dioxide (CO2) measuring medical device -Portable RF Carry-on-Internet systems for Aircraft-"DuoLingo-like" adaptive learning smartphone application for teaching assembly language- Machine Learning algorithm to detect defects in Solar Farm panels using drone imagesI am very proud of my ECE Sr Design students & their tremendous project accomplishments. See video clips below of some students' final design presentations.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Chair of Future Renewable Electrical Energy Delivery & Management (FREEDM) Industry Advisory Board at North Carolina State (2014 - 2015)Help lead the Industry Advisory Board and interactions with National Science FoundationBoard Member (2009-2014)

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Lead design managers, systems engineers & design teams responsible for ~$500 Million/year of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) & GREEN Energy Solutions used by IT Datacenters, Medical Imaging Equipment, Airports/FAA Installations & Military applications.Led global development of market leading, 97% efficient, 20kW to 1MW high performance uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and essential value UPS products. 480V/400V Premiere (93PM) performance products were targeted for US & European markets and 208V Essential (93E) value products primarily targeted for Central & South American markets.Led corporate & academic research projects on Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning for predictive diagnostics, Led research projects involving Silicon Carbide (SiC)/Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, solar photo-voltaic (PV), hardware in the loop (HIL) emulation, model based design, and adaptive control algorithms.Developed strategy and implemented MATLAB, SimuLink and PLECs software CAD analysis & simulation environments for systems controls and circuit simulation.Negotiated 3rd party and DoD government contract terms for an innovative renewable micro-grid solution project for military bases and disaster relief centers. Led development, test, and final government system test approval. Achieved $200K of engineering services profit in 6 months.

Chicago, Us

Led 56 person global engineering team, including staff managers, in Design, Algorithms, Installed Base, Program Management, Product Documentation & Verification/Validation for $100M vital signs patient monitoring and ambulatory care business for DINAMAP® Vital Signs monitors & CRITIKON® blood pressure cuffsDeveloped products achieving $10M revenue growth and $5M incremental margin growth. Set organizational vision, goals/objectives, project timelines, resource plans and coached teams to achieve. Established customer centric mentality amongst team and financial ROI rigor for project investment.Worked with hospital IT and nursing customer needs to improve clinical workflows for ambulatory surgery and emergency room products.

Chicago, Us

Led 20 person electrical, software & mechanical engineering design team to develop DINAMAP® Automatic Blood Pressure Monitors, Saturated Pulse Oximetry (SpO2) Monitors & Electronic Medical Record interfaces (eMR).Led competitive product evaluations; created & delivered sales team training presentations & coached sales team how to pitch against competitors’ clinical workflow & product strategiesLed team to deliver 30% product battery life improvement for key competitive differentiationLed patent due diligence investigations & established FDA 510K strategy to integrate a third party’s infrared thermometer technology. ($2M incremental revenue)

Chicago, Us

Established vision & created 30 person global electrical engineering technical services team (France, Hungary, China, India & USA) that developed electronics technology breakthroughs for use on industry leading medical imaging machines (X-Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound) and Medical RF Communications products. ($2.4M budget responsibility)Established Global Electrical Center of Excellence & electronics part technology strategic roadmaps for 400 engineers at 12 global sites. Developed worldwide technology platform strategies to advance electronics technology and accelerate medical imaging product development.Led program to establish first ever unified global EDA toolset (Cadence) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) CAD library across GE Healthcare's 12 global sites. Successfully negotiated multi-million dollar CAD contract saving over $500K.Negotiated with 3rd party vendors, established digital verification vision, and successfully deployed a unified VHDL design, simulation (ModelSim) and digital IP core strategy globally across GE Healthcare to accelerate FPGA design.Created a Signal Integrity center of excellence. Hired and trained expert staff to support GHz advanced simulation & IBIS modeling strategy for MRI, X-Ray, CT and Ultrasound products.Created LEAN supply chain obsolescence prevention strategy avoiding $1M inventory cost.Achieved Six Sigma Master Blackbelt certification in DMAIC and DFSS, mentored 20 Greenbelt projects. Taught Six Sigma courses.Analyzed 10Ks/10Qs & analyst reports to assess vendor financial viability & market strategies. Negotiated 12 software contract deals ($30K to $5M value) achieving 25% to 90% discountsDeveloped Boundary Scan test strategy for Computed Tomography (CT) Product that reduced prototype defects 50% & accelerated tests 4 weeks. (Cover story, Aug. 2005 “Test & Measurement World” magazine)

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Lead systems engineer for electronics circuit boards, electro/mechanical assemblies & software for steam and gas turbine electronics control systems used in Coal, Gas & Nuclear Power Plants. Lead engineer responsible for delivering a rack based redundant turbine state sensing & protection control module from concept to production.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Designed analog & digital electronic printed circuit boards, programmable logic devices, ASICs, and switching power supplies for turbine for AC/DC motor drive products in paper/steel mills, port cranes, elevators & generator exciter applications. Designs involved: IGBT/MOSFET/SCR Drivers, analog current/voltage op amp circuits, ADC/Voltage to Frequency Converters, switching power supplies, microprocessor interfaces, displays, and various industrial peripherals.Analyzed and resolved printed circuit board manufacturing issues (DFM), in-circuit test (ICT) failures, and customer field failure . Reduced field PCB failure rates of key DC & AC motor drive product lines from >15% to < 1% in 18 months. Helped senior component engineers resolve vendor IC and passive part quality issues.Design and verification of a Verilog digital ASIC to replace an FPGA. Modeled and simulated electronic components in SPICE and Verilog-A for A/D converters, analog circuits and voltage references using Cadence Allegro EDA tools. Developed constraint driven PCBA Design methodologies in Cadence & supervised technicians for PCB Layout tasks for a dozen PCBAs.

Mba, Finance, Marketing, Strategy

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering