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Kent, Wa, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Technical leader in the development of weather radar algorithms, system design, hands-on RF system prototyping, and laboratory/field testing for a variety of deployment platforms, with a focus on airborne and space weather radar systems from requirements to validation. Engage with customers to highlight system capabilities and generate deployment/operational requirements. Mentor and manage junior staff in project planning, development, troubleshooting, and calibration efforts.

Titusville, Fl, Us

Serve as technical leader, individual contributor, and customer-facing representative. Lead the system development for an innovative IoT X-band, dual-pol, Doppler weather radar system. Define system requirements, calibration/validation methodologies, and weather radar data product specifications. Hands-on RF system prototyping, signal processing algorithm development, and laboratory/field testing. Manage people, tasks, and timelines for the development of the system hardware. Transition proof-of-concept systems into production-ready widgets. Engage with customers to highlight system capabilities and generate deployment/operational requirements.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Review requirements, documentation, and verification procedures for products in the Collins Aerospace Weather Radar portfolio. Participate in technical standards committees ARINC 748 (Airborne Weather Radar with Advanced Antenna Technology) and RTCA DO-381 (MOPS for Ground Based Surveillance Systems (GBSS) for Traffic Surveillance) Following the merge of Raytheon Corp. and United Technologies Corp., I participated in a technical expertise exchange program with a Raytheon weather radar group, serving as a weather radar SME and contributing to the polarimetric, phased array capabilities of the multifunction Skyler radar system. While there, I developed scan strategies and operational plans, evaluated and enhanced polarimetric algorithms, implemented calibration schemes, and participated in university and industry collaboration.

Richland, Wa, Us

Maintain and enhance 33 radar systems operating in the C, X, Ka, and W bands within the DOE ARM program. Additional responsibilities include: delivery of high-quality, research-grade data to scientific end users, troubleshooting and development both in the laboratory and in the field, development of innovative signal processing techniques, and application of new radar technologies for atmospheric research. Interact with scientists, junior staff, field technicians and site management, as well as third party vendors and suppliers. Lead 35 staff members in the Atmospheric Measurements & Data Science group, developing people and division capabilities with an operational and safety focus. Director of the Atmospheric Measurement Laboratory, which houses a number of atmospheric instruments and scientific/engineering staff.

Serve as a member of the Advanced Radar Techniques (ART) team within the Radar R&D division at NSSL developing, implementing, and transferring signal processing techniques to active phased array radar, NEXRAD, and mobile systems, with goals of improving data quality through the removal of artifacts, resolving ambiguities, and improving the accuracy of meteorological variables. Utilize the geographic advantage of sharing space with the University of Oklahoma and other weather agencies located within the National Weather Center. Involved in specifications and test planning for a novel multifunction polarimetric phased array radar system. Advising graduate students as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (graduated 1 Master's student, Topic: Simulation of Polarimetric Phased Array Weather Radars).

Enterprise, Alabama, Us

Engineer:Projects varied from designing and testing a replacement servo amplifier solution for obsolete subsystem, to characterizing spurious emissions from magnetron radar system to meet ITU standards. Additionally, I integrated an RF transceiver for an innovative X-band solid-state radar system, and worked with non-linear waveforms for pulse compression. Additional responsibilities included disseminating information by generating conference publications, white papers, test procedures, technical documentation, and customer reports.Manager:As the Engineering Research Manager, my primary duty was leading the engineering and engineering support staff for a world-leading technology company. Additional duties included analyzing customer requirements for complex radar systems, managing process workflows, meeting with customers and clientele, and coordinating with other executive staff to streamline manufacturing goals, developed long-term plans for engineering and company-wide initiatives.

Norman, Oklahoma, Us

Led and managed a group of undergraduate and graduate students in the construction of a mobile phased array/imaging radar of my own design. Antenna system design and simulation, signal and data processing, advanced/adaptive beamforming algorithm investigation and implementation, software creation, RF microwave circuit simulation and fabrication, component acquisition and integration, system testing and calibration, , GUI development, project management, presenting project progress updates and publishing results. Primary contributor for a remote sensing research project focused on the characterization of non-stationary clutter from wind turbines on the WSR-88D radar network, developed road traffic volume identifier utilizing image processing techniques.

Irving, Texas, Us

At E.F. Johnson, I worked as an intern while attending the University of Nebraska. I was involved in a variety of projects, including, over-the-air digital image transfer and hardware troubleshooting.

Charlottesville, Virginia, Us

At the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, I served as a student researcher for a period of 10 weeks. I worked closely with the staff to implement a test spectrometer, which was to be used in the laboratory and serve as an evaluation platform for the full spectrometer.

Phd, Electrical Engineering

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Computer Engineering