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Wilmington , North Carolina

Microcontroller and Hardware product design and development Current Project:Technology objective:Microcontroller based system built on a Surface Mount Device (SMD) board used to programmatically sequence and Switching Power Supply (SPS) to drive high voltage neon lamps via Website control.Artistic objectives:Various projects using cast bronze, bent glass and wooden structures, e.g. candelabrasTechnologies used:Microcontroller (uC): Texas Instruments… Show more Microcontroller and Hardware product design and development Current Project:Technology objective:Microcontroller based system built on a Surface Mount Device (SMD) board used to programmatically sequence and Switching Power Supply (SPS) to drive high voltage neon lamps via Website control.Artistic objectives:Various projects using cast bronze, bent glass and wooden structures, e.g. candelabrasTechnologies used:Microcontroller (uC): Texas Instruments TM4C123GH6PMLamp sequencer: uC sequencer driving optoisolated TRIAC’sFunctionality:SPS: uC PWM output driving MOSFETSLamp sequencing control: Currently code function sequencing > in development Website control via WiFi (LAN and Internet)Development environment:IDE: Code Composer Studio CCS v7Code language: C Prototype system power: System input voltage: 12 VDC @ 20 mASystem output voltage: 154 VAC @ 10 mANeon lamps: 9 each NE-2 type lamps (Red, Green and/or Blue)PCB implementation: Strip board prototype > SMD board Show less

Chantilly Va

Product Manager and Program Manager> Identify new products through competitive, market, technology and performance gap analysis to maximize growth and profitability> Define product requirements and roadmaps with focus customer needs while maintaining corporate growth and margin objectives> Provide market and financial case justification for new product and feature requests> Work with engineering and development teams developing requirements, specifications, test… Show more Product Manager and Program Manager> Identify new products through competitive, market, technology and performance gap analysis to maximize growth and profitability> Define product requirements and roadmaps with focus customer needs while maintaining corporate growth and margin objectives> Provide market and financial case justification for new product and feature requests> Work with engineering and development teams developing requirements, specifications, test procedures and test evaluations.> Participate in Sprint planning and Sprint backlog maintenance> Lead prototype definition, creation and testingRecent projects:> Developed and built a prototype for the next generation border control multi-biometric based kiosk hardware and software> Developed and built a variety of portable demonstration biometric enrollment and verification systems> Provided optical analysis for the selection of optical sensor, lens and interfaces for low-cost 3D stereo-vision enrollment camera> Lead evaluation of various optical (speckle projectors and lenses) and electronic improvements to existing 3D products> Defined new a user-interface and workflows for 3D biometric enrollment software> Provide cost, schedule, technical and product solutions for use in responses to RFP’s Show less

Pacific Northwest Region

Product Development> Hardware and software system design code and build > Market requirements development > Technical requirements development > Product cost, price, margin, and ROI financial analysisProjects: > Target Loader with Pneumatic Target Transfer: PLC coding and electronic hardware interface design and build (ASD Inc.) > Optical metrology system for Quality Control: Requirements, workflow and UI design, and code development (Gelbart… Show more Product Development> Hardware and software system design code and build > Market requirements development > Technical requirements development > Product cost, price, margin, and ROI financial analysisProjects: > Target Loader with Pneumatic Target Transfer: PLC coding and electronic hardware interface design and build (ASD Inc.) > Optical metrology system for Quality Control: Requirements, workflow and UI design, and code development (Gelbart Enterprises) > Hand hygiene system to reduce hospital infections using IR imaging and RFID technology: Market and technology assessment > Gesture driven hearing aid system design: Concept design and patent study Show less

Federal Way, Wa

MorphoTrak, US Division of SAFRAN SA (SAF:EN Paris), $1.1 billion annual revenue OEM in the biometric security industry. Technologies include fingerprint, iris and facial recognition identification systems.Product Management> Product lines: Biometric Offender Booking Kiosks and Forensic Image Collection Systems: Revenue $8 million, budget $1.3 million: Supervised 3 Software Engineers and 4 Contract Engineers> Led a 50% cost reduction to the Livescan product line - Gross… Show more MorphoTrak, US Division of SAFRAN SA (SAF:EN Paris), $1.1 billion annual revenue OEM in the biometric security industry. Technologies include fingerprint, iris and facial recognition identification systems.Product Management> Product lines: Biometric Offender Booking Kiosks and Forensic Image Collection Systems: Revenue $8 million, budget $1.3 million: Supervised 3 Software Engineers and 4 Contract Engineers> Led a 50% cost reduction to the Livescan product line - Gross Margin approximately up 47%> Product line: Biometric Criminal Offender Tracking Kiosks and Systems: Revenue $2 million, budget $.3 million: Supervised 3 engineers> Product lines: Biometric and Smartcard Access Control Stationary and Mobile Terminals and Systems: Revenue $4 million, budget $1.4 million: Supervised 3 Software Engineers and 6 Contract EngineersProject and Engineering Manageement:Portable latent fingerprint imaging system> Won $1.4 million DOD development contract> Designed architecture for mobile latent fingerprint imaging and illumination device> Extensive international technical and business product development collaboration at MorphoTraks’s headquarters in Paris and Osny, France Biometric Access Control Terminal Smartcard Interface > Led design team from product concept to production start-up for secure biometric and smartcard terminal for Consumer, Commercial/Industrial, and Military applicationsHandheld Security Terminal Smartcard Reader> Led hardware and software development and system integration team > Designed architecture and implemented, in collaboration with a vendor partner, a RPC/XML application for smartcard and biometric X.509 Certificate authentication and system monitoringMajor Program Management> Led the design and deployment of HSPD-12 compliant access control systems deployed at major air and seaports, e.g. SEATAC-PA and NYNJ-PA, and DOD sites; implementing TWIC, PIV, and CAC biometric and smartcard security. Show less

Chicago, Il

CognitiveTPG., Golden CO (Private: ATSI Holdings, Inc.)Company specializes in bar code printing and data communications hardware and software. > Lead rebuilding of product development and engineering organization.> Lead the development of the C Series printers> Product development investments ranged from $1 million to $2 million.Teklynx, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (Private: TEKLYNX International SA)Company specializes on printing and data communications… Show more CognitiveTPG., Golden CO (Private: ATSI Holdings, Inc.)Company specializes in bar code printing and data communications hardware and software. > Lead rebuilding of product development and engineering organization.> Lead the development of the C Series printers> Product development investments ranged from $1 million to $2 million.Teklynx, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (Private: TEKLYNX International SA)Company specializes on printing and data communications hardware and software.> Developed product requirements and product road maps for the emerging portable data collection market.> Provided due diligence analysis for competitive acquisitions.> Product development investments ranged from $1 million to $2 million. Printek, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI (Private: Printek, Inc.)> Provided new product development market and product definition, financial analysis, and program management for mobile printer products.> Product development investments ranged from $500 thousand to $1.5 million. Show less

Vernon Hills, Il

Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides the broadest range of innovative data collection technology solutions including bar code, receipt, card, kiosk, and RFID printers and supplies, as well as real-time location solutions.Lead Product Management organization with a staff of 28 people, and a budget of $2.4 million. Introduced two new generations of printers, and related software systems.

Everett, Wa

Director, Printer Product Development and Marketing> Supervised staff of 12, budget $1.2 million.> Grew revenue from $52 million to $120 millionManager, Strategic and Government Products and Programs> Supervised staff of 5, budget $350 thousand.> Grew printer business by winning 100% of all contracts bids yielding $157 million in DOD contracts.Printer Engineering Manager> Staff of 10 electrical, software, firmware, and mechanical engineers… Show more Director, Printer Product Development and Marketing> Supervised staff of 12, budget $1.2 million.> Grew revenue from $52 million to $120 millionManager, Strategic and Government Products and Programs> Supervised staff of 5, budget $350 thousand.> Grew printer business by winning 100% of all contracts bids yielding $157 million in DOD contracts.Printer Engineering Manager> Staff of 10 electrical, software, firmware, and mechanical engineers, budget $700 thousand.> Developed nextgen 400 dpi printer with US domestic team> Developed first low cost industrial printer with an international team from US, Sweden and Taiwan> Awarded 3 US patents: 4,675,695, 4,604,635 and 4,631,845. Show less

Mba, General Management

Mathematics

Certificate, Microprocessor System Design

Financial Management, Certificate

Associate Of Science (As), A.S. Degree, Science And Mathematics

Masters

Masters, Mba