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North Bay, On, Ca

North Bay, Ontario, Canada

• Management of 3 functional groups and 1 office: radar engineering / software, test & repair, logistics and local high security facility (27 staff).• Engineering product development for FPS124 radar redesign and all software for the North Warning System.• Oversight of repair facility for component and assembly level RF, power and communications electronics.• Logistics and procurement management to support repair, test equipment and engineering.• Acting Nasittuq IT Manager (5 months - 5 remote staff)

North Bay, Ontario

• Engineering personnel and technical management for all North Warning System software development, radar product development and software / hardware support for operations. Leadership and responsibility for new designs and sustainment engineering of real-time radar tracking and detection products, FPGA development for RF design, product hardware design, database driven and user centric site control and monitoring software (SCADA), PLC designs, automated test programs, and radar user-interface applications. • Business Development for new work initiatives and program expansions. Successfully expanded the NWS Radar and Software Engineering department twice to double the workforce.• Key liaison with Canadian Government, Department of Defense, and US Air Force Military Technical Authorities on engineering and lifecycle matters.Additional Parallel Job Responsibilities: • Supervision and daily management of repair depot operations and technicians. IPC compliant electrical repair facility for radar, computer, radio and satellite communication systems (2.5 years).• Acting manager of the entire technical services department (staff of 26 engineers and technicians for 1/2 year)• Management of site technical libraries, documentation and configuration management (2.5 Years).Redesigned processes, tools and workflows for documentation and configuration management departments to improve program delivery and data accuracy.• Supervision and daily management of communications, electronics and radar Lifecycle Material Managers to address obsolescence and product lifecycle control (2 years).

North Bay, Ontario

• Engineering personnel management and oversight for a team of software engineers.• Development and implementation of automated test software and electrical designs • Re-organization of software engineering development processes, workflows and documentation to transition software development from a contract notice to top performer in less than 1 year.• Leadership and responsibility for software design and sustainment engineering for radar and software systems across the North Warning System.• Key liaison with Government and Customer Technical Authorities on engineering matters.

• Project Management for multi-discipline engineering consulting projects for the industrial, controls and communications fields. • PLC software architecture and control systems design.• Electrical design of PLC systems, power distribution, life safety protection systems, lighting, motor control and data communications for industrial equipment and commercial buildings.

• Project Team Leader for concept, architecture and implementation design of next generation real time image enhancement products, laser projection system, xenon projection systems and control electronics for IMAX theatre systems. • Technical Lead for electronics design and implementation for the new laser projection system. Responsible for hardware and software architecture design and oversight of the technical team for control systems, video processing, security design, power distribution and all electronics within the system. • Technical Lead for 4K image processing system architecture design. Responsible for requirements, implementation plans, test plans, and oversight of the technical team for complete product design (mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing & service).

• Technical Lead for design and development of a real time video image enhancer for image processing at 2K/4K video rates. Responsible for the requirements, overall product design and the complete lifecycle of the product (schematics, PCBs, FPGA, software, mechanical, manufacturing, testing and service). Technical management for sub-contractors and internal design teams. Extensive personal prototyping, modification and hardware engineering efforts throughout.• Technical Lead for integration of new digital projectors within the global theatre system for 2nd and 3rd generation IMAX digital theatres. Responsible for overall design, electrical interconnect, video signals, high power wiring, software integration and test plans along with guidance through FCC/CA certifications, manufacturing, install and service worldwide. • Technical Lead for implementation of a high frame rate (48FPS) theatre playback solution. Video re-design, new cabling, video routing and extensive support / troubleshooting. Personally performed pilot field integration and prepared instructional videos for global rollout.• Global Service Support for complex issues and "end of the line" debugging of high speed electronics, power, video processing, audio, projector and systems integration issues. Various international onsite visits for time critical issue resolution and root cause analysis.• Acted as a key liaison for engineering and alongside all departments within the company (research, development, service, install, quality assurance, manufacturing, legal, business development, project management, procurement, management, etc).

• Technical Lead for new audio/video products.• Primary developer for all FPGA and DSP code delivered on product platforms.• Responsible for product design, specifications & drawings, schematic design for FPGA & DSP development, CAD layout supervision, prototyping & training.• Created a modular audio hardware platform and surround sound transmission and mixing products working with DTS Neural• Created multiple fibre-optic transmission products as part of a product line for multiple HD & SD video transport and Ethernet over optical links

• Designed real-time HD broadcast television branding/signage systems.• Responsible for Quality Assurance and dramatically improved process efficiency.• Developed new audio monitoring controls for external AES and embedded audio.

• Designed catheter and lesion stabilization systems for video angiography• Gained experience with advanced image processing and medical applications• Co-published a paper in the journal of Physics in Medicine and Biology