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Sarasota, Fl

Lead technical programs relating to advanced SIGINT solutions for national and DoD government customers. Develop new program and business sectors involving advanced signal processing applications. Lead proposal/capture teams for new work. Program manager of VIVID POINTER team with 4-8 MRSL employees and a half dozen subcontractors. Work closely with contracts, legal, and finance areas for program operations. Develop new algorithms, analyze signals, and create new approaches for capture, data extraction, and exploitation. Support MRSL initiatives and new strategic directions. Handle ITAR/export license issues and work with foreign governments.

Sarasota, Fl

Serving as the MRSL ESOP Trustee and Member of the ESOP Plan committee. Fiduciary responsibility for ensuring proper conduct and operations by the trust for the beneficiaries within ERISA, DOL, and IRS regulations.

Sarasota, Fl

Served as Chairman of the Board for MRSL, Inc. Helped guide the transition to MRSL being an independent company. Led buyout of MRSL from ManTech and negotiated financial and legal agreements. Worked directly with financial institutions, the Small Business Administration, the legal team, and the ESOP providers to set in place the full transition package. Guided the MRSL Board of Directors for startup of MRSL and establishment of basic operations and policies for both the company and the Board. Helped MRSL transition to new leadership and proud to say that our first year of operation had an increase in annual revenue increase of +20% and highest profit ever.

Technical lead and program manager for the VIVID POINTER development team consisting of 3-8 engineers, on-call staff, and sub-contractors. Develops long and short-term project work plans and oversees implementation of all aspects of VIVID POINTER development. Supervises team members, write evaluations, develops personnel training programs. Tracks and coordinates project progress and costs. Works business development and capture. Writes cost and technical proposals for new business opportunities and supports all aspects of customer relationships from initial contact to post delivery support. Develops and implements new algorithms in embedded real-time systems.

Lead professor for electrical engineering group. Responsibilities include: developing new educational and research initiatives; acquiring new funding; teaching undergraduate and graduate electronics classes; and participation in school, department, and professional service activities. • Awarded over $2.2M from industry and NSF for research and educational development.• Extraordinarily active in creating new initiatives including development of two NSF-industry-university research centers, an electronics prototyping/fabrication facility, a DSP laboratory, and student data acquisition systems. • Research areas included high power electronics, hybrid-electric vehicles, and novel teaching methodologies. Developed new concepts in switching high-power electronics, real-time health-assessment of complex systems, optimization of hybrid-electric vehicles, and new approaches in laboratory-based education.• Outstanding oral, written and computer-based communication skills. Experienced in motivating, engaging, and educating both large and small audiences.

Leader for the Army’s high-power solid-state MOS Controlled Thyristor development program. Developer of power system projections, concepts and architectures for future weapon systems. Coordinated joint industry/tri-service program, sought new funding sources, and pursued new initiatives. Resulted in successful delivery and integration of new technologies for Army needs. Awarded over $2M funding for technology programs. Worked with numerous government agencies including the Ballistic Missile Defense Office, foreign technology assistance (Israel), DoD and national laboratory programs for high power/directed energy weapons (AFWL, Los Alamos, Sandia, Livermore, Picatinny Arsenal, Eglin Weapons Lab).

Second Infantry Division, 122 Signal Battalion, Camp Casey, Korea (DMZ control area). Platoon Leader of a tactical signal platoon consisting of 40 soldiers with two million dollars ($2M) of communications equipment. Planned/implemented all training, readiness certifications, field deployment and operations. Resulted in highest level of communication availability during two major field exercises.

Ms And Phd, Applied Physics

Ms, Management

Doctor Of Philosophy, Electrophysics

Activities and Societies: Research, Kendo, Karate Did research work under Professor Martin Gundersen

Masters Of Science, Electrophysics

Bs, Physics, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Fencing, ROTC McGregor House S.B. Electrical Engineering 1982 S.B. Physics 1982 MIT Varsity Fencing Team Epee 4.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering