David Ramsburg Email & Phone Number

Morgantown, WV, US

Santa Clara, California, US

Charleston, WV, US

Established the UC Downtown Innovation Hub, funded through grants from the United States Economic Development Administration, City of Charleston, and Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The Downtown Innovation Hub provides unique small business support through programming based on our Train, Mentor, Coach model. We help established, high-growth business.

Charleston, WV, US

Working closely with the administration, faculty, and staff of the university helped establish the Wehrle Innovation Center which houses technology tools and innovative curricula to introduce students across all disciplines to concepts beyond their areas of study. Using the tools and concepts of Business Model Canvas, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup.

• HCS Technologies / Brain Box LLC
• 2012–present
• Previously worked with HCS at WVHTC Foundation on energy efficiency/renewable energy product. Currently working directly with Owner/President in leading effort to market new product developed through years of.
• Involved in all technical decisions. Instrumental in keeping technical team focused and moving forward in product development/improvement.
• Currently have working prototype, and in process of identifying viable 1st installation to use as showpiece for future clients. Receiving good leads/interest from federal and state agencies. WVHTC Foundation
• 2013

North Vancouver, BC, CA

We've done away with the traditional photo booth and reinvented it for the digital era. TapSnap comes at the perfect time to leverage the latest advances in touchscreen technology and the incredible popularity of social media and digital photo sharing. Completely customizable, we will configure our suite of products to meet your goals. From creating fun.

Manage all aspects of research and development contracts based upon the application of emerging technologies to the needs of various agencies.

Morgantown, West Virginia, US

Represent WVSBDC in the WVU LaunchLab to provide business coaching and technical assistance to West Virginia based pre-venture and small businesses in which innovation serves as a catalyst for economic impact via technology-based products, services, and improved processes. www.WVSBDC.orglaunch.wvu.edu

Arlington, VA, US

• Hand-selected by founding general manager to provide technical interface between upper management and various integrated production teams (IPT) for ~$100 million airship program. Crossed all areas of the program.
• Led the design, development and delivery of 40kW Power Distribution System (PDS) including all power and data interfaces between the airship and airborne sensor payloads.
• Worked closely with program management office to efficiently complete design and delivery tasks resulting in 17% profit on development and delivery of PII electrical and mechanical components.
• Served as the test lead working with multiple IPTs to define and document test procedures for ground functionality and airworthiness flight testing.
• Provided subcontracts oversight, providing on-site support to drive delivery of contracted components.Mission Systems IPT, Elkridge, MD
• Led installation of PDS into Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL).

Fairmont, West Virginia, US

• Envisioned/created renewable energy market segment in R&D portfolio. Coupled current wireless program capabilities with expeditionary requirements of various federal agencies. Drove self-sustainable emergency response.
• Established/supervised engineering team (2 to 8 depending on program) and developed renewable energy expertise in organization to meet customer needs in new market segment. Full P&L on multi-year programs in renewable.
• Managed wide variety of federal R&D programs e.g. renewable energy applications; military wireless broadband, public safety/emergency response; building automation; law enforcement data fusion software development; and.
• Professional/industry working groups: - NTIA- ITS Voice over IP Roundtable, setting technology policy for public safely telecommunications interoperability- US DOJ Telecommunications for Public Safety Robotics Working.
• Specific projects include:- RespondCommTM - U.S. Department of Justice – Project Manager/Principal Investigator.- Untethered Biometrics Experimentation – U.S. Biometrics Identity Management Agency – Project.
• Earned 1st ever ‘Leading By Example’ award in recognition of program/team leadership. Programs were continually featured during technology events, and garnered regional television news coverage.

US

Seek new business through competitve research grants and strategic partnerships. Develop technical proposals and manage teams of researchers in multiple areas including nanomaterials, advanced control systems, and optical sensors.

Lynchburg, VA, US

• Implemented bid/proposal framework focusing efforts on core competencies. Strategically aligned projects with long-term goals, resulting in dramatic improvement of project win/proposal ratio. Led all proposal.
• Implemented framework to focus SBIR efforts on core competencies and strategically align projects with company long-term goals, resulting in 4 Phase I and 3 Phase II project wins in 2-year span totaling ~$2.7M.
• Achieved Phase I project win rate of 44% (4 to 9) and Phase II project win rate of 100% (3 of 3) compared to national averages of 10 – 15% AND 35 – 50%, respectively.
• Principal Investigator for Army SBIR - Indoor Geolocation of Personnel Using Ultra-wideband RF Technology.
• Negotiated partnerships with regional industry and academic research leaders, forming technology council to promote education in wireless field; led on-going relationship which resulted in company winning ‘Region 2000.

Lynchburg, VA, US

• Performed RF system simulation, design, and testing tasks on infant Bluetooth chip designs for various clients, including Agere Systems and RF Micro Devices.
• Led RF system simulation effort using Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) for multi-million dollar Bluetooth microchip design. - Designed DC-offset compensation circuit for direct down-conversion, zero-IF transceiver..
• Led development of automated Bluetooth test system for 2 large integrated circuit (IC) manufacturers (Agere Systems and RF Micro Devices). Each test system was developed to perform complete suite of tests required by.
• Led team of engineers and programmers from multiple companies and multiple locations in development of automated evaluation and acceptance testing of Bluetooth chips per IEEE Bluetooth Standard.
• Synchronized engineering, qualification, and fabrication test teams in 4 client locations to facilitate efficient evaluation and qualification of chip designs.

• Progressed rapidly through ranks of RF engineering to lead multi-national technical team on design, development and manufacture of interference cancellation technology for cellular repeaters.
• Unified engineering design and factory teams in Virginia and Germany to improve cooperation and take advantage of best practices in multiples facilities; forged close personal relationships among personnel in divisions.
• Reduced design cycle time and increased flow through both American and German factories through resulting efficiencies among divisions.
• Directed international technical team on 2-year interference cancellation project for cellular repeater applications.
• Transitioned interference cancellation design from bench-top prototype to manufacturing-ready product and introduced finished design into factory.
• Co-authored interference cancellation article published in Wireless Design and Development Magazine, April 1999.

Mba, Business Administration, General Management And Operations

Bs, Electrical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude