Program Manager, Systems Engineer and SME for US Army 5G Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR-VR) Network Project focused on advancing current 5G radio communications to effectively support live, virtual and constructive environments to eliminate negative training artifacts experienced from Squad to Company to Brigade level scenarios across current and future training systems. Responsible for management of JBLM/YTC Program involving design, build, test, and multi-vendor integration of the 5G AR-VR Prototype Laboratory Test bed as Prime for DOD. Directly managed team of engineers that provided engineering design, construction, integration, and test services for the JBLM 5G Program. Highlights include:• Project Lead for 5G AR-VR Systems on Military Bases, weekly/monthly/quarterly reports, actions, QUADs• Customer Facing Subject Matter Expert, 5G, LTE, 3GPP, CBRS, n78, n261, Wi-Fi, Baseband, vRAN, vCore• Radio Products Expert, Private Network, Public Safety Network, Telco/Carrier, Digital Electricity, DAS, UE• Provided System Engineering Leadership• FutureG Business Development

Develop Programmable Industrial Controller System per FAA standards for Aerostat airborne Balloon aero sites

Design, Development, PDR, CDR of Smart Displays for various military upgrades in the aerospace industry

Electromechanical systems, SolidWorks design of patented cyclonic elevators and pumps

CTO and Operations Manager, led team of 55 engineers, technicians, assemblers, operations professionals•Managed daily engineering, operations, including supervising multiple team members across 4 locations•Redesigned classic inductor-based Dimmer Product line using MOSFETs for incandescent/LED lighting•Design new Light Dimming Systems, validate notably onset of Top Gun: Maverick, Peppermint•Computation of lighting design parameters related with onset general lighting scheme using MATLAB•Established policies, procedures, design, WBS, troubleshooting professional lighting, wireless RF DMX and aerial motor control solutions for entertainment industry, wireless DMX motor control of aerial acrobatics•Instill regular status reporting for hardware, software engineers using Jira, Trello, Burn Down•Oversee production, operations, define part number procedure, SAP, inventory procedures•Oversee engineering department performing wired, wireless systems design, UL/FCC compliance•Product Roadmap, wireless renaissance of product line demonstrated at Cine Gear, LDI•Design in areas of RF, Wi-Fi, 5G CRMX Lumen Radio, TiMO2, IoT technologies, BLE, Chain Motor•UNITY System, SOW, block diagram, schematic, Ethernet, ESP32 front panel Display, w/rotary control•AKS Satellite Constellation handheld IoT system specification, software design, oversight of contractors•Project management and design Westcott FlexProCine handheld Dimmer and ARRI SkyLink BTS• Design of diversity, broadband, multi-band internal and external antennas for CRMX, Wi-Fi products•Direct Compliance, test and approval processes: CE, UL, ETL, FCC, ESTI•Implement PMP processes, quality procedures, WBS, Crosby, Kaizen, DOE, FMEA, Root cause, ECO/EO•Resolve complex wireless hardware, software problems in developmental, legacy RF, sustaining products•Solved some of the most difficult long standing product problems the company was faced with•Created ESD procedure to protect company assets from loss, damage

Design, Deployment and Support of 4G Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) on Military Bases, Wheeler AAF, Schofield Barracks

Regional sales management, design, development, deployment and test on various Smart City Networks, Ruggedized Long Range Metro Ethernet Systems, V2V, DSRC, autonomous vehicle systems, Wireless, Wireline systems•Long/Short Haul 2-wire communication, Fiber Modules, Pseudo-wire, IP/Ethernet, MPLS, IoT technology: AT&T, MobiPCS, Time Warner, Caltrans, DOT, Toll Road, City of Modesto, City of LA, San Jose, Philadelphia, New York•Led engineering team to develop hardened Ethernet extenders and Layer 3 Industrial Ethernet Switches

Architect, design and development of the world’s first outdoor Small Cell Base Transmission Stations with initial commercial installations in early 2006. Led engineering team in design, integration, deployment, and test of groundbreaking Outdoor DAS, cell sites•Created ERDSS (External Radio Device Support) management platform/board: circuit design, FPGA/HDL code•ERDSS was the key to the companies’ main product line; value-aligned its function with business, support models, performed network integration, field test, added features to decentralize processing, improve monitoring and diagnostic abilities and allow for faster more cost-effective management with realistic reporting metrics•Designed flagship VOIP Systems for venues at U of U, Pepsi Center, E-Center: Sales support, hands on deployment•2G thru 5G, eNodeB, EPC, router technologies with major carriers: T-Mobile, Sprint, ViaSat, Cricket, Wild Blue, AT&T/Time Warner, Telecom Norway, PSCR/Public Safety/FirstNet, RICS•Design and demonstration of private LTE-over-Satellite system (ViaSat Ka-band spot beam) •Design, Customer/Field Sales Engineering in collaboration with CISCO/AT&T for Caterpillar CAT Connect LTE

Led development of hotel data/voice/video/wireless distribution systems. Instrumental in landing $140M PO w/STSN, hotel broadband and building automation controls company. Partnered with Aircvr Networks deploying broadband wireless systems in CONUS

Senior-level Engineering Manager/Principal responsible for commercial and military fiber optic line cards and rugged carrier chassis development in Deloitte Fast 50 Company.•Challenged and was successful in leading organization through internal change initiative to modernize fiber optic product lines while maintaining compatibility with legacy products; conceived unique and innovative hardware platform for integration/test of new generation FPGA-based proprietary data links and embedded systems for use on commercial and military modem products resulted in increased sales; performed hands on RTL simulation of FPGA's•Product strategy, PRD, design specifications, process improvements for commercial and military fiber optic communications •EN ISO 9001 auditor, conducted company-wide audits, responsible for ISO 9001, AS9100 compliance•Hands on design FPGA/Power PC-based T1/E1/T3/DS3/E3 modem, CWDM, DWDM, fiber optic equipment

Hardware Engineering Manager for design and development of ACT's SDMT TDM (Time Division Multiplexer) and ground breaking FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device) equipment. This product maximized bandwidth by multiplexing and compressing 2Kbps voice, fax, data and LAN traffic over high speed WAN composite. ACT's NMS proprietary protocol, SNMPv1 or v2 was utilized to control and manage a Multi-port LAN Bridge using RFC 1493, Frame Relay Ports using RFC 1315. Devised a unique multi-protocol Data Card for V35, RS422, RS232, Ethernet with selectable interface board.Responsible for all hardware development: FCC, UL, CSA, TUV Domestic and European Compliance, printed circuit board schematic design and layout, HDL, state machines on Altera, Actel FPGAsRecruited and managed all hardware, test engineering staff and key Frame Relay staff. The projects I worked on helped the team to grow ACT from a start-up to a $450M IPO.

Cut my teeth in the Data Communications world designing Statistical Multiplexers; Box Type 2 and Marathon 1K, 2K shipped over 500K units world wide. Performed HDL design on Lattice and Altera, FPGA's and ASICs