Experience

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  The Senior Source

  • Dallas, Texas

  • Certified Texas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Volunteer

    • Jul 2009 - Present
    • Dallas, Texas

    I work part-time - under the direction of The Senior Source and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability - as Certified LTC Ombudsman volunteer. I am assigned to a specific nursing home and provide caring advocacy for approximately 100 residents. I also attend monthly In-Service training at T...

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  Creative Dispute Mediation

  • Dallas and Collin Counties

  • Mediator / Ombudsman

    • May 2007 - Dec 2009
    • Dallas and Collin Counties

    Self employed Conflict Resolution Professional - Offering Mediation and Ombudsman Service in Plano and surrounding cities.Business / Commercial Dispute Mediation: Mediated 15 Pro Bono Civil Disputes.

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  Alcatel USA

  • Principal Engineer

    • 1998 - 2002

    Internal Technical Consultant - developed hardware for lightwave telecommunications and mentored entry-level engineers.

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  DSC Communications

  • Principal Engineer

    • 1993 - 1998

    Principal Engineer - developed hardware for lightwave telecommunications and mentored younger engineers.

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  Alcatel USA

  • Project Engineer

    • 1991 - 1993

    Project Engineer - Lightwave Telecom hardware development following the purchase of the division from Rockwell International. Obtained one patent.

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  Rockwell International

  • Project Engineer

    • Aug 1974 - Aug 1991

    Project Engineer in the development of hardware for microwave radio and lightwave telecommunication systems,Named 1987 Engineer of the Year. Obtained nine patents and published numerous technical articles in IEEE journals. Gained international recognition for the invention of a widely used cloc...

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  Raytheon Data Systems

  • Project Engineer

    • Jul 1971 - Jul 1974

    Engineered an advanced 1800 channel FDMFM system that MCI favored for its second long haul system. (The contract went to Rockwell after Raytheon's Board would not finance the purchase and Rockwell did.)

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  Sanders Associates

  • Engineering Department Manager, Telecom Hardware

    • Apr 1970 - Jan 1971

    Directed the development of microwave hardware for the U.S. Navy and obtained a new contract with them.

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  ITT Telecommunications

  • Engineering Department Manager, Microwave Telecom Hardware

    • Apr 1968 - Mar 1970

    Responsible for developing new products and integrating products brought from California with those developed in Raleigh. Obtained a major contract for an all-solid-state microwave system to span the Transco pipeline between Newark, N.J. and Houston, Texas. The stringent specifications required s...

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  RCA

  • Project Engineer

    • Mar 1961 - Mar 1968

    Made major contributions in the development and manufacturing of the first commercial All-Solid-State Heterodyne 6Ghz Microwave Radio and received one patent.Adapted the frequency multipleir chain for operation at 2GHz and supervised an entry-level engineer in developing a 2GHz Up Converter.

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  Westinghouse Electric Company

  • Junior Engineer to Project Engineer

    • Oct 1954 - Feb 1961

    Developed the antenna waveguide feed array for MPS-20 and FPS-27 Height-finding RADAR systems. Solved a problem that jeopardized the original contract and all subsequent contracts. Developed Microwave hardware for a cost-reduced 2 GHz radio.Made changes in alignment procedures on an existing prod...

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  U.S. Army Reserve on Active Duty

  • 2nd Lieutenant - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, Artillery Forward Observer

    • Oct 1952 - Oct 1954

    As Korean Labor officer for X Corps Field Artillery Headquarters:• Supervised over 100 Korean civilian employees - including interpreters, carpenters, food service, house cleaning, and laundry personnel. • Directed the KATUSA laborers who maintained the dirt roads within the camp. When General Ma...