Tom Sayles Email & Phone Number

Fall City, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Driving new to the world power over fiber and free space power beaming technologies into the development of commercial products for diverse end user communities.

Volunteer coach to vaulters ranging in age from 5 to 16+ years old, recreationally and competitively at regional, national and international levels including multiple Reserve National Championships. Lead formation and leading growth of nationally competitive equestrian vaulting club. Launched / developing club's web site, https://www.linkedin.com/redir/malware-page?url=CascadeVaulters%2eorg%2eIn 2006 lead club to several first place finishes, including Regional Silver Championship and… Show more Volunteer coach to vaulters ranging in age from 5 to 16+ years old, recreationally and competitively at regional, national and international levels including multiple Reserve National Championships. Lead formation and leading growth of nationally competitive equestrian vaulting club. Launched / developing club's web site, https://www.linkedin.com/redir/malware-page?url=CascadeVaulters%2eorg%2eIn 2006 lead club to several first place finishes, including Regional Silver Championship and Regional "Best Horse". Show less

Fall City, Wa

Lead volunteer technical resource driving development of hardware and firmware for "citizen scientist" flood sensors. Building field deployable prototypes addressing functional, environmental, power and communication requirements. Working within a cross-functional team of volunteers to develop front end and organizational structures to support long term deployment of approximately 100 sensors within the Snoqualmie watershed and provide opensource designs for others to deploy in other… Show more Lead volunteer technical resource driving development of hardware and firmware for "citizen scientist" flood sensors. Building field deployable prototypes addressing functional, environmental, power and communication requirements. Working within a cross-functional team of volunteers to develop front end and organizational structures to support long term deployment of approximately 100 sensors within the Snoqualmie watershed and provide opensource designs for others to deploy in other watersheds. Show less

United States

Drove strategic product innovation through translation of soft user experience and human subject needs into hard engineering and product development requirements. Led small focused cross functional teams (including international cross-site teams) in the technical development of key transfer functions based on functional requirements, physical principals and design intent using statistical methods, including Design of Experiments [DOE], capability analysis and other lean and six sigma… Show more Drove strategic product innovation through translation of soft user experience and human subject needs into hard engineering and product development requirements. Led small focused cross functional teams (including international cross-site teams) in the technical development of key transfer functions based on functional requirements, physical principals and design intent using statistical methods, including Design of Experiments [DOE], capability analysis and other lean and six sigma principles. Led development of new test methods and new custom test systems ranging in scope from proof of principal demonstrators to in-line systems for mass manufacturing of consumer electronics & medical devices. Key participant in various Life Cycle Support [sustaining engineering] activities protecting clinical efficacy and user experience as well as "closing the loop' with learnings for new technology and new product development. Key contributor to Sonicare's DiamondClean, Essence+ (aka CleanCare+) and ProtectiveClean product lines. Progressive scope of responsibility, authority & compensation, within tenure of current position. Show less

Engineering support of ongoing research and development projects. Duties include planning, documentation and conducting tests of various equipment, processes and products. Also responsible for data collection / acquisition and analysis including development of software and/or scripts (in a variety of languages) to organize and prepare raw data for processing by standard analysis tools.

Special assignments including process development and documentation, JAVA software development with Eclipse, JUnit and the ImageJ APIs, and testing of experimental equipment.Key Machine Operator during development & deployment of two new production lines.Preformed various production tasks including operation / troubleshooting of multi-cell robotic machinery.

Occasional contributor / editor to Wikipedia articles within various knowledge domains of expertise. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=TSayles

Assisted in preparing composite "C" team for competition though the 2005 season. Mixed / prepared digital music for freestyle routine. Lead use of digital video for rapid feedback training and longer term progress tracking. Team finished first in compulsories and fourth overall at AVA/USEF National Championships in Denver, CO.

Coached walk, trot and beginning canter level vaulters.Mixed / prepared digital music for entire club (20+ vaulters).Assisted in preparing 2002 Reserve National Champion "C" Team.On site Assistant Coach for "NOW" composite "C" team at 2003 AVA/USEF National Championships in Denver, CO.

Develop and deliver technical strategies and solutions. Spearhead business growth and development. Develop software, and provide marketing and technology consulting services to diverse clientele. Assess client needs, and recommend appropriate technologies in support of network and business systems.Direct all marketing, budgeting, strategic planning, administrative and financial functions.

Lunged both at practice and in competition for walk and trot level vaulters.Coached walk and trot level vaulters.

Expert advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on matters related to needs assessment, technology, development tools, technical staffing and other issues.Maintained a system of Jet/Access databases within multi-user and standalone infrastructure. Orchestrated the delivery of new version of this distributed database system. Scheduled the project, supervised other developers, programmed in Visual Basic, tested and delivered final files via CD-ROM/e-mail to… Show more Expert advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on matters related to needs assessment, technology, development tools, technical staffing and other issues.Maintained a system of Jet/Access databases within multi-user and standalone infrastructure. Orchestrated the delivery of new version of this distributed database system. Scheduled the project, supervised other developers, programmed in Visual Basic, tested and delivered final files via CD-ROM/e-mail to users.Provided 2nd Tier and end-user telephone and on-site technical support. Spearheaded deployment of 90+ laptops for use by Head Start review teams. Administered, troubleshot and supported internal networks and systems.Managed Internet connectivity for the entire company, including complete migration of ISP, IP address and host name to a more reliable service. Show less

Administered all daily network operations for a leading provider of web site, multimedia, interactive and print projects to Fortune 500 companies. Managed two NT servers, a Macintosh e-mail server, 25+ Macintosh and Windows workstations, and TCP/IP network topology.Ensured integrity of file, print and HTTP services using Internet Information Server and Netscape. Administered SMTP/POP3 e-mail across two domains with 50+ users.Orchestrated the deployment of T1 Internet connectivity,… Show more Administered all daily network operations for a leading provider of web site, multimedia, interactive and print projects to Fortune 500 companies. Managed two NT servers, a Macintosh e-mail server, 25+ Macintosh and Windows workstations, and TCP/IP network topology.Ensured integrity of file, print and HTTP services using Internet Information Server and Netscape. Administered SMTP/POP3 e-mail across two domains with 50+ users.Orchestrated the deployment of T1 Internet connectivity, Ethernet switching, a second NT server and $20,000+ in new hardware/software assets. Served as technical advisor to Macintosh developers for production of software installers and auto-run CD-ROMs for the Windows environment. Show less

Assigned to the Traffic Engineering Division. Developed a MS Access multi-user, networked database to track highway safety projects. Incorporated cost benefit analysis and project ranking/tracking functionality. Developed highway simulation models using NetSim and FreSim microscopic simulation tools. Designed and taught a course for groups of up to 20 engineering staff in the use of Highway Capacity software.Conducted traffic safety and operational analyses, prioritized a $3.5… Show more Assigned to the Traffic Engineering Division. Developed a MS Access multi-user, networked database to track highway safety projects. Incorporated cost benefit analysis and project ranking/tracking functionality. Developed highway simulation models using NetSim and FreSim microscopic simulation tools. Designed and taught a course for groups of up to 20 engineering staff in the use of Highway Capacity software.Conducted traffic safety and operational analyses, prioritized a $3.5 million highway safety improvement program budget, and supervised two engineering technicians. Show less

Consolidated nine regional highway databases into a single relational database including data entry, search and administrative reporting, and change tracking. Directly supported 15 technicians and supervisors.Designed and implemented document templates and forms using MS Word. Resolved computer hardware, software and wetware issues. Supervised three Engineering Technicians, assisted with staffing decisions, developed job descriptions and drafted periodic performance appraisals.

Bs, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASCE, ARRL

High School

Activities and Societies: Print Shop