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London, United Kingdom

Developed a colour processor, Truelight-OnSet, designed for on-set colour decisions. Awarded a Primetime Engineering Emmy in 2012.Developed a colour processor, Truelight SDI, which is now widely used in post production. Awarded a Technical Achievement Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2010.Developed an image combination hardware engine that is the heart of the clustered computing Baselight product, a colour correction system for motion picture production.… Show more Developed a colour processor, Truelight-OnSet, designed for on-set colour decisions. Awarded a Primetime Engineering Emmy in 2012.Developed a colour processor, Truelight SDI, which is now widely used in post production. Awarded a Technical Achievement Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2010.Developed an image combination hardware engine that is the heart of the clustered computing Baselight product, a colour correction system for motion picture production. Named as the inventor on U.S. and European patents.Developed the electronics for Blackboard, a large control desk for the Baselight product.Developed the electronics for Blackboard 2, the sequel to the original Blackboard control desk. Uses 15 LCD displays and back-projected keys to provide the user with an entirely remappable control desk. Show less

Hertford, Uk

Responsible for day-to-day management of the eleven member research and development team, including running weekly progress meetings, hiring, approval of contractor time sheets, approval of invoices for payment, and reporting on R&D activities to company directors.Developed and promoted the “HSDL” standard for transport of 2K and 4K resolution images over SMPTE-292 HD serial link.Designed a 320MHz clock rate, four times over-sampled, six channel analog to digital converter… Show more Responsible for day-to-day management of the eleven member research and development team, including running weekly progress meetings, hiring, approval of contractor time sheets, approval of invoices for payment, and reporting on R&D activities to company directors.Developed and promoted the “HSDL” standard for transport of 2K and 4K resolution images over SMPTE-292 HD serial link.Designed a 320MHz clock rate, four times over-sampled, six channel analog to digital converter board.Active SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) I23.22 standards committee member. Show less

Hertford, Uk

Designed a colour processing board for professional digital video. This board was designed around eleven Altera 10K100A FPGA’s and performs a variety of video processing functions.Wrote the firmware for a PCI interface card that controls the above video processing system.Designed a system health monitor based on PIC microcontrollers and Dallas temperature/voltage sensors.Designed a 60 MHz bandwidth analog log amplifier.Designed a 300V-1300V DC power supply with 12 bit digital… Show more Designed a colour processing board for professional digital video. This board was designed around eleven Altera 10K100A FPGA’s and performs a variety of video processing functions.Wrote the firmware for a PCI interface card that controls the above video processing system.Designed a system health monitor based on PIC microcontrollers and Dallas temperature/voltage sensors.Designed a 60 MHz bandwidth analog log amplifier.Designed a 300V-1300V DC power supply with 12 bit digital control used for powering photomultiplier tubes. Show less

Montreal, Canada

Operated a consulting company that implemented real-time control hardware and software. Contracts were mainly within hospitals, implementing control systems for research projects. Equipment was implemented for experiments in vision, auditory, and motor research laboratories, using either PC or microcontroller based systems.