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Fitler Academics Plus

Fitler Academics Plus

• Delivered Science instruction to grades 7-8 in Philadelphia Title I City-Wide Admissions K-8 school with 92% student body economically disadvantaged
• Developed units for Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences
• Integrated Chromebook technology into instruction including Google Classroom Applications
• Spearheaded Fitler Academics Plus Science Fairs in 2016 & 2017 Judge for G.W. Carver Science Fair 2016, Sponsored students in 2017
• Organized and co-sponsored… Show more
• Organized and co-sponsored educational field trips including: Philadelphia Water Works, Franklin Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, Penn Museum, Constitution Center and a variety of cultural centers Show less

• Engineering consultant for Lutron through Aerotek.
• Wrote and executed unit and system test plans for a new wireless HVAC controller system. Directing the efforts of the QA test team assisting in problems uncovered during integration testing. The controller system is.
• Used the agile development process for the project (Version One)
• Developed, maintained and enhanced a Freescale HCS08 based platform using Codewarrior… Show more
• Developed, maintained and enhanced a Freescale HCS08 based platform using Codewarrior (MKS version control) Show less

• Responsible for the technical concept work and implementation of several projects related to Checkpoints core business of Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)
• Completed concept work on a wireless Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) System. When implemented, would save over 25% of the installation cost of a networked EAS System.
• Completed system architecture and protocol design for the Checkpoint Compliance Manager device (HMI peripheral for an EAS system).
• Technical contributor… Show more Responsible for the technical concept work and implementation of several projects related to Checkpoints core business of Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)
• Technical contributor to Evolve EAS system.
• Led a Checkpoint Shanghai team to develop a wireless trigger device for a voice alarm.

• Responsible for all aspects of managing a software development team consisting of six direct reports. Project proposals and technical assessment, project scheduling, budget estimation, staffing. Established.
• Wireless pedestal synchronization project. Worked with several outside vendors (Cypress and Omega) to develop a proof of concept board set. Successfully completed concept and feasibility phases of the project.
• Selected an outsourcing… Show more Responsible for all aspects of managing a software development team consisting of six direct reports. Project proposals and technical assessment, project scheduling, budget.
• Selected an outsourcing partner (Softdel) to reduce staffing costs. The run rate was reduced from an hourly cost of $90 to under $20. This team consisted of 5 software engineers with technical supervision and direction.
• Technical lead and manager of the Evolve project. This project was an ambitious project to integrate several new technologies for Checkpoint. This project successfully increased system performance by 25%, thereby.

Responsible for the maintenance and continued development of a real time industrial bar-code reading Camera system. The system consisted of several intelligent subassemblies (focus controller, power supply distribution board, Illumination assembly etc.) these subsystems were controlled and configured by a MIPS based processor board with a custom video.

Responsible for the development and sustaining activities in Checkpoint’s core business of anti-theft tags and tag detection and test equipment. These programs used Motorola 68HC11, Intel 80186, microprocessors and Texas Instruments TMS320C50 and 54x derivative DSPs. Development was done in both ‘C’ and assembly language. Last three years at Checkpoint.

Hands-on manager of five software engineers involved in relatively small software development programs (1-2 man-years). Specific processor experience was Intel 80x86 processor family. Extensive experience using the Intel 8 bit micro-controller family (8048 and 8051). Designed and implemented embedded software for 8085 and 8051 video display terminals..

Master Of Education - Med, Math/Science, Middle Years

Activities and Societies: Master of Education, Middle Grades Education GPA 3.72 E=MC2 Program (Educating Middle-grades teachers in.

Bseet, Electronics, Microprocessor

Activities and Societies: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Student branch (President 1977)