Experience

Electrica Technology

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Aug 2018 - Present



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer

  • Sep 2002 - Present

  Design, debug, and technical consulting on research instruments. Under WinCE .net ADO wrote all embedded VB code for inventory control Intermec laser scanners CK30. RF debug and minor RF design of 500MHz synthesizer for NMR. Debug of high voltage devices, RF power systems (1KW VHF/UHF,) mass spec, FTIR, NMR, NMR probe teardown, e-beam controllers, HV supplies, switching supplies, turbo pump drive, ion gauges, TC gauge. Designed HW, embedded SW, and PCBs for network control of photocopiers.. Proto debugging, calibration algorithms, and instruction manuals RF synthesizer project. Multilayer Pcb design in PADS ORCAD, some Autocad 3D. Show less



Omron Automation

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • Dec 1997 - Apr 2001

  Extensive embedded programming in C and assembler (H8, SH2) on four major laser scanner products. Completed all IrDA stack integration and IrDA HW design to add PDA-based terminal to one scanner product. Incorporated background diagnostics & network autoconfig to multiple existing products. Ported an entire product's code: assembler to C. Designed ESD/EMI hw interfaces and PCBs. Solved motion control PID issues w/numerical simulations of physics and FPGA internals. Extensive embedded programming in C and assembler (H8, SH2) on four major laser scanner products. Completed all IrDA stack integration and IrDA HW design to add PDA-based terminal to one scanner product. Incorporated background diagnostics & network autoconfig to multiple existing products. Ported an entire product's code: assembler to C. Designed ESD/EMI hw interfaces and PCBs. Solved motion control PID issues w/numerical simulations of physics and FPGA internals.



Eaton

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • Nov 1993 - Dec 1997

  Project engineer in an ISO-9001 environment. Electronic design for industrial optical sensor product series: Comet,Prism, E51, 200 zero-pressure. Took a conveyor sensor network from brainstorming to full production, including microcontroller design, embedded SW, interfacing w/customer. Solved ESD/EMI immunity issues for many existing products. ISO-9001 fmeca, margin analysis, etc. Team lead on thru-beam sensor redesign: added low noise shielded front end & solved multiple production issues. Wrote motor control sw for wafer scanner’s R&D and qual testing. Conceived, designed, and built numerous fast-turn sensor prototypes for new product proposals. In house test plans and testing on numerous projects. Classes in ISO product development procedures, structured team prob solving, corrective action. PCB design w/Tango. CE/CSA/IEC immunity testing. Show less



Teknos, Inc.

• 607 NW 45th St., Seattle, WA 98107

• Electrical Engineer / Co-owner

  • May 1991 - Feb 1993

  Designed/fab many interactive science exhibit devices and embedded controllers. Designed user interface hw for high-abuse environments. Extensive design and programming with Motorola 8-bit embedded controllers, hw interfacing, routines in assembler for realtime high speed control, and product/software tech writing. Embedded designs: Insect matching game with scanned electrostatic prox sensors & light/sound control. "Cannon car" physics demo w/motion control. Designed hall-effect maglev track, ramped-on-off projector lamp preserver, outreach electricity kit with devices to make electricity flow visible. Designed 100 KV Tesla coil for commercial lightning photography. Designed PC-based fiber optic stepper motor shutter system. Extensive use of digital and analog design, PC interface, PCB design and CAD, desktop PCB fab, component level debug, wire Show less