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Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

Patent preparation and prosecution for US, PCT, and foreign applications.

London, Gb

Systems engineer and team lead for multi-source intelligence fusion and analysis systems for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Sensors include wide area motion imagery and persistent stare sensors.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Translated user needs and clinical workflows to requirements and specifications for CareFusion’s next generation med dispensing systems. Devised improvements that reduced potentially lethal med dispensing errors.

London, Gb

Engineering project manager for the US portion of a US, UK and Australian team demonstrating collaborating unmanned air vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles using a common mission control system. Engineering leadership development program mentor.

London, Gb

BAE System’s Advanced Technology Center included over 400 scientists and engineers. The company employed a robust process to make patent/defensive publication/trade secret decisions. We filed approximately 100 patents each year.• Defined our annual technology planning process, and analyzed inputs from across the global company. Aggregated and analyzed technology gaps, discriminators, and investment priorities, and facilitated collaboration among business unit. • Helped set priorities for the company’s $50M/year strategic research and development program. Our office launched strategic initiatives in intelligent autonomous systems, directed energy, mobile ad hoc networking, and biofutures. • Presented BAE Systems technology capability to customers in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and presented at conferences (including Cambridge University’s Institute for Manufacturing).

London, Gb

Graduate, BAE Systems' North American Leadership Development Program

London, Gb

Identified market opportunities that leveraged capability from across the global business. Quantified new orders made possible by the British Aerospace/Marconi Electronic Systems merger, to convince the City and Wall Street that the merger made sense.

London, Gb

Systems Engineer on-site at Motorola SATCOM for the Teledesic broadband satellite program. Developed an efficient and novel operational concept and method for multicast communications that optimized airborne and ground resources. Patented by Motorola.

London, Gb

Responsible for personnel and budgets for the advanced program directorate of 70 scientists and engineers. Section head responsible for hiring, placement, performance reviews, and career development of sections of 20-25 engineers and scientists for advanced technology, satellite communications, and system architecture groups. Planned and managed R&D budgets.

London, Gb

Project manager and chief engineer for the Call Doc home healthcare patient charting system. Attended housecalls and worked closely with Call Doc clinicians to develop workflows, user stories and requirements for Call Doc’s electronic patient record. The resulting system enabled ready access to patient records at patient’s homes, reduced charting time by 30%, ensured completeness of home healthcare exams and charting, and optimized billing.Systems engineer for the Mayo Clinic High Data Rate Store and Forward Telemedicine System. Worked with clinicians at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN and Phoenix to understand user needs, develop requirements, optimize workflows, and design an effective user interface. Led the systems engineering design effort for this pioneering solution that demonstrated the practicality of telemedicine to bring specialist expertise to remote communities.Developed novel image processing and pattern recognition solutions for multiple applications.

Phd, Electrical And Computer Engineering - Bioengineering

Ms, Biological And Agricultural Engineering (Electrical Engineering)

Bs, Engineering