• Develop & maintain military flight simulation and training devices• Serve as lead systems and software engineer directing and coordinating the work of other engineering staff through detailed design and implementation• Define systems and software requirements, conceptualize solutions, perform value engineering trade studies, elaborate systems and software concepts into top-level designs, and identify and manage risks• Prepare plans and schedules to detail operations to be performed by personnel assigned to program • Create time and cost estimates for completing projects• Develop proposals, technical reports, design specifications, test specifications, and test procedures

Directed operations and personnel of the Applications Engineering (AE) department at TradeHelm (formerly Greenline Financial Technologies). Responsible for Quality Assurance (QA), Technical Support, Technical Sales, Documentation, Systems Support, Recruiting, Hiring, Training.

• Developed and maintained avionics test procedures, software, hardware, and documentation in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations and supporting AA procedures. • Specified the calibration and maintenance requirements for various testing instrumentation. • Acted as transducer signal measurement expert.

• Digial and Timing I/O Hardware Project Manager responsible for a $13 million / year hardware product line.• Managed hardware development of over 30 new products, typically 3000-5000 man hours, $60k-$300k budget each• Established and managed National Instruments' first remote hardware development group.• Managed a multi-discipline, multi-national Development Team including Electrical, Mechanical, Support, and Marketing Engineers, Technicians, in Shanghai, China and in Austin, TX• Managed development of products based on IEEE standard technologies such as USB, PCI, PCIe, PXI and several custom platforms such as cRIO, cDAQ, SCC, and SCXI• Trained in engineering and management practices, completed courses in Engineering Leadership, Group Management, Supervisory Management, Project Management, MS Project, Marketing Engineer, and VHDL• Sponsored and lead recruiting teams; identified, interviewed, and hired engineering candidates in Austin and China