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Tatum, Texas, United States

Tatum, Texas

StephTech LLC develops innovative embedded and firmware solutions utilizing sensors and RF communications for the agricultural marketplace. With over 20 years experience in the product development and product management disciplines, StephTech solutions are robust and developed with extensive customer feedback.

Longview, Texas Area

Lead cross functional teams in the development of commercial vehicle electronic product lines. Management of product margins, cost reductions and overall pricing structure. Work with customers and sales team to collect VOC and determine value drivers for potential new products and product enhancements. Focused on leveraging Electrical Engineering background, technical knowledge/experience in other industries and commercial experience, to provide innovative solutions for the market.

Longview, Texas

Managed cross functional engineering team in the development of innovative electronic products for heavy duty trucking industry. Directed product and process engineering teams in monitoring and measuring scrap and warranty information to implement continuous improvement measures. Managed expense and capital budgets. Awarded EnPro President's Award for Excellence in Innovation in 2009. Attended EnPro Management Institute at McColl School of Business, Queens College.

Longview, Texas Area

Developed DSP based semi-passive RFID reader hardware and embedded software for use in reading tire pressure monitors and mileage counting devices. Awarded 2 patents for novel gravity based brake stroke sensing method and algorithms. Trained in Kaizen and lean manufacturing techniques.

Longview, Texas Area

Developed electronic products for the home automation market. Represented EDT interests in industry councils. Participated in development of industry standards for power line communications over residential wiring systems.

Kilgore, Texas

In charge of maintenance for line of beacon receivers used in the tracking of satellites. Developed new electronic hardware and firmware for software defined radio using DSP and FFT based power detection algorithms. Responsible for feature additions to TRL beacon receiver line, written in Forth. Developed algorithms for decimation and processing gain to increase the signal to noise ratio for incoming signals, allowing for increased receiver sensitivity. Developed MCU based general purpose… Show more In charge of maintenance for line of beacon receivers used in the tracking of satellites. Developed new electronic hardware and firmware for software defined radio using DSP and FFT based power detection algorithms. Responsible for feature additions to TRL beacon receiver line, written in Forth. Developed algorithms for decimation and processing gain to increase the signal to noise ratio for incoming signals, allowing for increased receiver sensitivity. Developed MCU based general purpose remote control equipment for control systems. Simulation of PI control loops in Matlab, Simulink to design and tune motor controls. Show less

Bse, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE Began career working with a small R&D team developing satellite tracking receivers and antenna controllers.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) In Engineering, Electrical Concentration, Physics, Political Science; Mathematics