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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Lawrence, Kansas, Us

■ Promoted by the Board and CEO from Director to VP of Engineering.■ Slashed product development time by reorganizing engineering, strategic product roadmaps and new hardware, resulting in tripling engineering’s size, accelerated development, twice as many products, and increased innovation. Working knowledge of MATLAB and Python.■ Led all NPI/NPD, hiring, sustaining, vehicle safety standards and engineering activities across several large projects.■ Created KPIs, BoD presentations, and staff ladders to improve processes and employee retention.■ Ainstein AI is an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) and product company with AI/ML solutions for automated driving. They also serve the IoT, aerospace, and sporting industries with domestic R&D offices in Lawrence, KS (outside of KC), and contract manufacturing in Shanghai.

Lenexa, Ks, Us

■ Devised a strategy and pitched a trio of potential video and an Azure (government) cloud-based projects to the Board that were approved and successfully executed.■ Led separate speed enforcement and video cross-functional development teams while managing and coordinating five international and two domestic partners to produce cohesive products together.■ Replaced aging products to double sales over three years by focusing on product platforms emphasizing integration, IT, IoT, SaaS, the cloud, and modern UI and branding strategies.■ Led new product development activities across multiple domestic and international partners and cut project cycle time by 50% by maintaining continuous product development 24 hours each day.■ Created both technical and product roadmaps to drive product strategy.■ Secured KSI’s intellectual property rights and product design ownership by authoring developer contracts and establishing a robust patent portfolio via a structured NPD stage-gate process.

Foothill Ranch, Ca, Us

■ Led the design and manufacture of 3D and 4K video products by recruiting from the first hire (me) to a cross-functional staff of 45 engineers, technicians, and contractors over multiple domestic locations by conducting product and market research, requirements, developing ASICs, prosumer products, and software applications while managing a $12.3M operating budget.■ Delivered exceptional design cycle time results, contributing to RED’s market growth from initial market penetration to a dominant digital cinema videography force.■ Created and presented technical plans and product demos to high-profile Hollywood customers.

Topeka , Kansas, Us

■ Promoted by the CEO and Board due to VP success. Wrote company business plans and PRs.■ Managed corporate P&L, the executive team, and an entire company of 60+ employees by raising capital, budgeting, presenting business plans and demos to shareholders, and tracking metrics/ROI to win critical company business during the 2008 financial crisis.■ Generated strategic goals to win cinema business, secure investment financing, and direct day-to-day operations across marketing, engineering, manufacturing, sales, and service.

Topeka , Kansas, Us

■ Directed and won all AV competitive trials over a decade by careful scaling and leading 20+ cross-functional engineers through hardware, FPGA/ASIC, cybersecurity, CI/CD software, and PCIe development. Managed $MM dollar budgets after investment financing and growth.■ Demonstrated an exceptional ability to define, develop, and successfully manufacture products for the US government, post-production, and Hollywood studios.■ Program Manager and Exec POC for strategic customers and studio relations, including NASA, Disney, Fox, Pixar, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros., LaserPacific (Kodak), BOSE, and others.■ Under innovative leadership, the company achieved many new product firsts, patents, and new business: ∙ first company to develop a commercial real-time wavelet compression server, ∙ first to develop a single 3D playback server, ∙ first to develop 3D real-time mastering, ∙ first to develop true real-time DCI JP2K record, ∙ first to develop a 4K digital cinema server, and the ∙ first to offer 16 channels of audio.■ QuVIS products were used to produce many 2D and 3D feature films and episodic television shows, including winning the UK Arts Alliance Media (AAM) contract for Digital Cinema Servers.■ Chief hardware architect for the Acuity, the QuVIS Post-production mastering DDR. Designed the internal communication system of the Acuity (four internal circuit cards) and simultaneously managed other Engineering tasks to get the project done on time.

Topeka , Kansas, Us

■ Led the HW team to develop PCI, audio and high-speed video PCBAs with interfaces like PCI, Gig Ethernet, SATA, and audio/video systems comprising HD-SDI, component video, and digital audio products for B2B sales.■ Architected, designed, and developed new internal communication boards/protocols and audio/video I/O circuit boards for professional real-time Digital Video Recorders (DVRs).■ Seamlessly integrated new hardware and software designs into new and existing products.■ Hardware Engineer for the FPGA and later ASIC-based architecture and design of the Video Signal Processing (VSP) system for real-time video compression (QuVIS’ core Intellectual Property) in all QuVIS products.

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering

Masr, A Science, Philosophy Of Science, And Theology Degree.

Bs, Computer Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering