Bob is a Professional Engineer, with Bachelor and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering.Bob worked at the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada from 1986 to 2001 as the software team lead for the Recovery, Analysis & Presentation System (RAPS) which was the expert system software that Flightscape's Insight software is based on.For damaged magnetic tape Flight Recorders, Bob pioneered the unique software decoding techniques that provide investigative authorities with capabilities well beyond that of the manufacturer’s equipment.Bob has considerable experience in extracting data from damaged solid state recorders which can employ sophisticated data compression techniques.Bob was responsible for implementing the technology used in the TSB/C's acoustic Cockpit Voice Recorder laboratory and gained considerable experience in digital audio, adaptive filters, spectral analysis and noise reduction techniques.Bob worked on numerous accident investigations, both domestic and international, during his tenure at the TSB/C.Bob is one of the co-founders of Flightscape, joining the company in 2002 as the Managing Partner of Applied Technologies. At Flightscape, Bob used the experience gained while at the TSB/C to build accident / mishap investigation laboratories for other civil and military authorities around the world. In 2007, CAE purchased Flightscape and the company became CAE Flightscape. Bob stayed on as the Director of Technology, continuing to provide leadership in technology / engineering and build investigation labs. In total, close to 50 authorities around the world are using accident investigation technologies that Bob helped establish for them.In May 2013, Bob became the Chief Technology Officer of Plane Sciences which later became APS Aerospace where he will provide technical / engineering guidance and will use his considerable accident / mishap investigation domain expertise to build accident investigation labs and provide customers with expert training and support.In January 2022, Bob became the Chief Research Officer of APS Aeros