Experience

National Aperture, Inc.

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Engineer

  • 2015 - Present

  Responsible for strategic technical decisions, oversees aperture production activities, contributes to new product development and IP management for both apertures and motion products, oversees and contributes to development of production technologies, conducts materials investigations Responsible for strategic technical decisions, oversees aperture production activities, contributes to new product development and IP management for both apertures and motion products, oversees and contributes to development of production technologies, conducts materials investigations



Innovation Engineering Consulting LLC

• Consulting Engineer

  • 2012 - 2014

  Conducted applied signal processing studies, technology assessment, documentary research, intellectual property development and IP assessment. Conducted applied signal processing studies, technology assessment, documentary research, intellectual property development and IP assessment.



SAIC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Systems Engineer

  • 2003 - 2012

  Conducted trade studies and technical assessments for the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) to be adopted across platforms and Services as the common aircraft mission planning software tool. Examples of study topics include reliability assessment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission planning needs across Services, and Netcentric requirements. Program Chief Engineer regarded UAV study report as premier guidance for the U.S. Air Force concerning UAV mission planning requirements.Supported… Show more Conducted trade studies and technical assessments for the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) to be adopted across platforms and Services as the common aircraft mission planning software tool. Examples of study topics include reliability assessment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission planning needs across Services, and Netcentric requirements. Program Chief Engineer regarded UAV study report as premier guidance for the U.S. Air Force concerning UAV mission planning requirements.Supported systems engineering tasks for JMPS development including requirements efforts. Evaluated status of JMPS with respect to software reliability and prepared a comprehensive plan for upgrading the reliability and usability performance of the software. Major portions of this plan were adopted across the JMPS enterprise leading to significant reduction in the software mean times between failure. Responsible for technology assessment on Army program (OneTESS) to provide embedded collective training for future combat systems (FCS) and was a main contributor to the architecture of the SAIC-proposed approach. Involved in strategic planning for the business unit, providing capabilities, market, and technology assessment. Exercised initiative in supporting development of new markets – identified and evaluated MEMS inertial sensor array technology for geopairing use in an ARMY combat training system, conducted performance analysis of third party image and video compression algorithms for application to the Predator UAV program, independently developed and prototyped electro-optical combat identification concept demonstration hardware for Joint Forces Blue Force Tracking application. Collaborated with another business unit in the areas of waveform diversity for surveillance radar and in cognitive radio technology. Show less Conducted trade studies and technical assessments for the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) to be adopted across platforms and Services as the common aircraft mission planning software tool. Examples of study topics include reliability assessment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission planning needs across Services, and Netcentric requirements. Program Chief Engineer regarded UAV study report as premier guidance for the U.S. Air Force concerning UAV mission planning requirements.Supported… Show more Conducted trade studies and technical assessments for the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) to be adopted across platforms and Services as the common aircraft mission planning software tool. Examples of study topics include reliability assessment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission planning needs across Services, and Netcentric requirements. Program Chief Engineer regarded UAV study report as premier guidance for the U.S. Air Force concerning UAV mission planning requirements.Supported systems engineering tasks for JMPS development including requirements efforts. Evaluated status of JMPS with respect to software reliability and prepared a comprehensive plan for upgrading the reliability and usability performance of the software. Major portions of this plan were adopted across the JMPS enterprise leading to significant reduction in the software mean times between failure. Responsible for technology assessment on Army program (OneTESS) to provide embedded collective training for future combat systems (FCS) and was a main contributor to the architecture of the SAIC-proposed approach. Involved in strategic planning for the business unit, providing capabilities, market, and technology assessment. Exercised initiative in supporting development of new markets – identified and evaluated MEMS inertial sensor array technology for geopairing use in an ARMY combat training system, conducted performance analysis of third party image and video compression algorithms for application to the Predator UAV program, independently developed and prototyped electro-optical combat identification concept demonstration hardware for Joint Forces Blue Force Tracking application. Collaborated with another business unit in the areas of waveform diversity for surveillance radar and in cognitive radio technology. Show less



MeshNetworks (now Motorola)

• Sr. Staff Engineer

  • 2001 - 2002

  Responsible for systems analysis, simulation, and test planning in the development of adhoc meshnetwork technology. Responsible for link budgets and technical aspects of network deployment as well as development of propagation planning tools at 2.4 GHz. Participated in IEEE 802.16 working groups. Involved in concept development related to antennas, packet routing, media access control, network testing, waveform design, and transceiver design, contributing significantly to the intellectual… Show more Responsible for systems analysis, simulation, and test planning in the development of adhoc meshnetwork technology. Responsible for link budgets and technical aspects of network deployment as well as development of propagation planning tools at 2.4 GHz. Participated in IEEE 802.16 working groups. Involved in concept development related to antennas, packet routing, media access control, network testing, waveform design, and transceiver design, contributing significantly to the intellectual property portfolio of the company. Evaluated antenna designs in scattering environments based on antenna simulation. Evaluated network-based geolocation techniques. Conceived and patented an optical method for testing multiple transceivers in optically-simulated fading environments. Was able to make field propagation measurements and establish working network in the span of just several months. Show less Responsible for systems analysis, simulation, and test planning in the development of adhoc meshnetwork technology. Responsible for link budgets and technical aspects of network deployment as well as development of propagation planning tools at 2.4 GHz. Participated in IEEE 802.16 working groups. Involved in concept development related to antennas, packet routing, media access control, network testing, waveform design, and transceiver design, contributing significantly to the intellectual… Show more Responsible for systems analysis, simulation, and test planning in the development of adhoc meshnetwork technology. Responsible for link budgets and technical aspects of network deployment as well as development of propagation planning tools at 2.4 GHz. Participated in IEEE 802.16 working groups. Involved in concept development related to antennas, packet routing, media access control, network testing, waveform design, and transceiver design, contributing significantly to the intellectual property portfolio of the company. Evaluated antenna designs in scattering environments based on antenna simulation. Evaluated network-based geolocation techniques. Conceived and patented an optical method for testing multiple transceivers in optically-simulated fading environments. Was able to make field propagation measurements and establish working network in the span of just several months. Show less



Scientific Studies Corp.

• Research Engineer - Cofounder and Vice President

  • 1991 - 2001

  Responsible for development of advanced concepts in signal processing, modeling, analysis and other related areas of technology, algorithm development and simulation, also responsible for technical leadership aspect of programs. Involved in business development activity and client presentations. Was a consistent winner of SBIR Phase II Air Force contracts. Participated in development of multichannel detection methods for phased array radar systems (including space-time adaptive processing)… Show more Responsible for development of advanced concepts in signal processing, modeling, analysis and other related areas of technology, algorithm development and simulation, also responsible for technical leadership aspect of programs. Involved in business development activity and client presentations. Was a consistent winner of SBIR Phase II Air Force contracts. Participated in development of multichannel detection methods for phased array radar systems (including space-time adaptive processing) using model-based techniques, this included state-space, time series, two-dimensional, and higher-order statistics processing approaches. This work conducted under Air Force contracts over a period of 9 years. Presentation at American College of Cardiology annual meeting made use of model-based processing in electrocardiography. Generated and simulated concepts for imaging applications including frequency diversity methods, synthetic aperture active imaging, and high resolution ranging and imaging in underwater environments. Involved in concept definition and performance analysis of a laser-based contour measurement system using Moiré interferometry. Developed non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, including eddy current concepts and probe designs for detection of corrosion-induced flaws and flaws located in edges of turbine blades using Pratt & Whitney F-100 data. Conducted various technology assessment efforts, concept development consultations, and authored and prosecuted numerous patent applications. Involvement with processing and estimation techniques: beamforming, tomography, homomorphic processing, neural networks, Kalman filtering and target tracking, spread spectrum, spectral estimation, genetic algorithms, blind signal separation, signal and image reconstruction and sharpening, biomimetic processing, phase conjugation, adaptive filtering. Show less Responsible for development of advanced concepts in signal processing, modeling, analysis and other related areas of technology, algorithm development and simulation, also responsible for technical leadership aspect of programs. Involved in business development activity and client presentations. Was a consistent winner of SBIR Phase II Air Force contracts. Participated in development of multichannel detection methods for phased array radar systems (including space-time adaptive processing)… Show more Responsible for development of advanced concepts in signal processing, modeling, analysis and other related areas of technology, algorithm development and simulation, also responsible for technical leadership aspect of programs. Involved in business development activity and client presentations. Was a consistent winner of SBIR Phase II Air Force contracts. Participated in development of multichannel detection methods for phased array radar systems (including space-time adaptive processing) using model-based techniques, this included state-space, time series, two-dimensional, and higher-order statistics processing approaches. This work conducted under Air Force contracts over a period of 9 years. Presentation at American College of Cardiology annual meeting made use of model-based processing in electrocardiography. Generated and simulated concepts for imaging applications including frequency diversity methods, synthetic aperture active imaging, and high resolution ranging and imaging in underwater environments. Involved in concept definition and performance analysis of a laser-based contour measurement system using Moiré interferometry. Developed non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, including eddy current concepts and probe designs for detection of corrosion-induced flaws and flaws located in edges of turbine blades using Pratt & Whitney F-100 data. Conducted various technology assessment efforts, concept development consultations, and authored and prosecuted numerous patent applications. Involvement with processing and estimation techniques: beamforming, tomography, homomorphic processing, neural networks, Kalman filtering and target tracking, spread spectrum, spectral estimation, genetic algorithms, blind signal separation, signal and image reconstruction and sharpening, biomimetic processing, phase conjugation, adaptive filtering. Show less



U.S. Navy Reserve

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS

  • Mar 1978 - Mar 1999

  Ensign Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) Det 23: Asst. Operations Division Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade MIUW: Asst. IUW Control Officer / Training / Administrative Officer Lieutenant MIUW: Training /Administrative Officer / Intelligence Officer / Security / Mobilization Officer Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): Support of the Mark XII IFF Technical Improvement… Show more Ensign Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) Det 23: Asst. Operations Division Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade MIUW: Asst. IUW Control Officer / Training / Administrative Officer Lieutenant MIUW: Training /Administrative Officer / Intelligence Officer / Security / Mobilization Officer Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): Support of the Mark XII IFF Technical Improvement Program/Electronic Warfare Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair (SUBSHIP) – Charleston: Repair advanced planning, specification development/contracting, quality assurance, contract closure Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair (SUPSHIP) - Groton: Asst. Shipwork Coordinator for Ohio Class (SSBN 726) Submarines Naval Station Mayport Det 0508: Training Officer Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Det 208: Asst. Management Information Officer / Asst. Administrative Officer / Asst. Ship Superintendent Office of Naval Research (ONR): Technology Mobilization Lieutenant Commander Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Det 208: Engineering Duty Officer Qualification / Type Desk Officer / Special Projects Officer Naval Shipyard Philadelphia: Type Desk Officer for USS SCOTT (DDG-995) and USS KIDD (DDG-993) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR): Critiqued baseline Submarine Laser Communication (SLC) system architecture and technology alternatives, and conducted independent assessment of space surveillance system Naval Sea Systems Command Det 1308: Engineering Duty Officer Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren: Analyzed program status and key technical issues for space- based reconnaissance system Show less Ensign Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) Det 23: Asst. Operations Division Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade MIUW: Asst. IUW Control Officer / Training / Administrative Officer Lieutenant MIUW: Training /Administrative Officer / Intelligence Officer / Security / Mobilization Officer Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): Support of the Mark XII IFF Technical Improvement… Show more Ensign Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) Det 23: Asst. Operations Division Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade MIUW: Asst. IUW Control Officer / Training / Administrative Officer Lieutenant MIUW: Training /Administrative Officer / Intelligence Officer / Security / Mobilization Officer Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): Support of the Mark XII IFF Technical Improvement Program/Electronic Warfare Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair (SUBSHIP) – Charleston: Repair advanced planning, specification development/contracting, quality assurance, contract closure Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair (SUPSHIP) - Groton: Asst. Shipwork Coordinator for Ohio Class (SSBN 726) Submarines Naval Station Mayport Det 0508: Training Officer Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Det 208: Asst. Management Information Officer / Asst. Administrative Officer / Asst. Ship Superintendent Office of Naval Research (ONR): Technology Mobilization Lieutenant Commander Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Det 208: Engineering Duty Officer Qualification / Type Desk Officer / Special Projects Officer Naval Shipyard Philadelphia: Type Desk Officer for USS SCOTT (DDG-995) and USS KIDD (DDG-993) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR): Critiqued baseline Submarine Laser Communication (SLC) system architecture and technology alternatives, and conducted independent assessment of space surveillance system Naval Sea Systems Command Det 1308: Engineering Duty Officer Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren: Analyzed program status and key technical issues for space- based reconnaissance system Show less



Quantum Sciences Incorporated

• Research Engineer - Cofounder and Vice President

  • 1991 - 1996

  Responsible for technology assessment and development in areas of signal processing, systems analysis, and computer simulation for optical, electro-optical, and electronic systems. Worked on RF-excited laser concepts and was responsible for application of 2D and 3D electromagnetic wave simulation to a variety of problems in electronics and laser technology. Designed analog and digital electronic circuitry in support of various projects and contributed to the construction of a microwave… Show more Responsible for technology assessment and development in areas of signal processing, systems analysis, and computer simulation for optical, electro-optical, and electronic systems. Worked on RF-excited laser concepts and was responsible for application of 2D and 3D electromagnetic wave simulation to a variety of problems in electronics and laser technology. Designed analog and digital electronic circuitry in support of various projects and contributed to the construction of a microwave modulated fiber optic variable delay line for testing radar altimeters. Contributed to system design of GPS-guided autonomous insurgent delivery craft for US Navy. Developed electrochemical technologies for treatment of industrial process waste streams. Show less Responsible for technology assessment and development in areas of signal processing, systems analysis, and computer simulation for optical, electro-optical, and electronic systems. Worked on RF-excited laser concepts and was responsible for application of 2D and 3D electromagnetic wave simulation to a variety of problems in electronics and laser technology. Designed analog and digital electronic circuitry in support of various projects and contributed to the construction of a microwave… Show more Responsible for technology assessment and development in areas of signal processing, systems analysis, and computer simulation for optical, electro-optical, and electronic systems. Worked on RF-excited laser concepts and was responsible for application of 2D and 3D electromagnetic wave simulation to a variety of problems in electronics and laser technology. Designed analog and digital electronic circuitry in support of various projects and contributed to the construction of a microwave modulated fiber optic variable delay line for testing radar altimeters. Contributed to system design of GPS-guided autonomous insurgent delivery craft for US Navy. Developed electrochemical technologies for treatment of industrial process waste streams. Show less



United Technologies

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer

  • 1982 - 1991

  Responsible for signal processing and analysis and simulation for optical, electro-optical, imaging, and adaptive optics applications at UTOS. Supported technology projects in various other divisions of United Technologies including Norden Systems and Pratt & Whitney. Was technical task manager on Ground-Based Free Electron Laser Technology Integration contract, responsible for adaptive optics wavefront estimation and reconstruction efforts involving high density wavefront sensors and… Show more Responsible for signal processing and analysis and simulation for optical, electro-optical, imaging, and adaptive optics applications at UTOS. Supported technology projects in various other divisions of United Technologies including Norden Systems and Pratt & Whitney. Was technical task manager on Ground-Based Free Electron Laser Technology Integration contract, responsible for adaptive optics wavefront estimation and reconstruction efforts involving high density wavefront sensors and deformable mirrors to compensate atmospheric turbulence effects. Involved in various imaging programs: analyzed concepts for underwater laser radar in highly turbid conditions, performed simulation and analysis in support of space-based laser scatterometer ocean surveillance study contract, developed target recognition algorithms using statistical similarity theory for FLIR and laser radar, evaluated optical preprocessing of surveillance imagery to reject clutter prior to focal plane detection in space-based application, researched signal processing techniques for both passive and active phased array imaging concepts, involved in comparative study of various tracking algorithms for laser-illuminated targets , participated in optical tracker concept definition for Strategic Defense Initiative midcourse discrimination problem, also conducted performance evaluation of an adjunct radar interferometer tracking approach. Designed various optical signal processors including optical means for radar pulse deinterleaving in the multi-emitter environment, two-dimensional signal deconvolution, automatic target recognition, and various radar and laser radar countermeasure schemes. Applied optical and image processing techniques to acoustic signatures and was principal investigator on a program to develop a pulsed laser wavefront sensor. Investigated optical injection locking of multiple field effect transistor oscillators to a common local oscillator via fiber optics for radar application. Show less Responsible for signal processing and analysis and simulation for optical, electro-optical, imaging, and adaptive optics applications at UTOS. Supported technology projects in various other divisions of United Technologies including Norden Systems and Pratt & Whitney. Was technical task manager on Ground-Based Free Electron Laser Technology Integration contract, responsible for adaptive optics wavefront estimation and reconstruction efforts involving high density wavefront sensors and… Show more Responsible for signal processing and analysis and simulation for optical, electro-optical, imaging, and adaptive optics applications at UTOS. Supported technology projects in various other divisions of United Technologies including Norden Systems and Pratt & Whitney. Was technical task manager on Ground-Based Free Electron Laser Technology Integration contract, responsible for adaptive optics wavefront estimation and reconstruction efforts involving high density wavefront sensors and deformable mirrors to compensate atmospheric turbulence effects. Involved in various imaging programs: analyzed concepts for underwater laser radar in highly turbid conditions, performed simulation and analysis in support of space-based laser scatterometer ocean surveillance study contract, developed target recognition algorithms using statistical similarity theory for FLIR and laser radar, evaluated optical preprocessing of surveillance imagery to reject clutter prior to focal plane detection in space-based application, researched signal processing techniques for both passive and active phased array imaging concepts, involved in comparative study of various tracking algorithms for laser-illuminated targets , participated in optical tracker concept definition for Strategic Defense Initiative midcourse discrimination problem, also conducted performance evaluation of an adjunct radar interferometer tracking approach. Designed various optical signal processors including optical means for radar pulse deinterleaving in the multi-emitter environment, two-dimensional signal deconvolution, automatic target recognition, and various radar and laser radar countermeasure schemes. Applied optical and image processing techniques to acoustic signatures and was principal investigator on a program to develop a pulsed laser wavefront sensor. Investigated optical injection locking of multiple field effect transistor oscillators to a common local oscillator via fiber optics for radar application. Show less



Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Design Engineer

  • 1978 - 1982

  Responsible for circuit design and analysis, and system simulation. Designed L-band synthesizer and microprocessor-based self-test module for airline distance measuring equipment (DME), and RF and analog circuitry for transponders. Performed both analog and digital circuit simulation, and analysis of doppler processor and maximum entropy algorithms for weather turbulence radar. Responsible for circuit design and analysis, and system simulation. Designed L-band synthesizer and microprocessor-based self-test module for airline distance measuring equipment (DME), and RF and analog circuitry for transponders. Performed both analog and digital circuit simulation, and analysis of doppler processor and maximum entropy algorithms for weather turbulence radar.



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • 1975 - 1978

  Recipient of government graduate scholarship in nuclear engineering. Was research assistant in electro-optics within electrical engineering department conducting research in electromagnetic field propagation in dielectrics. Recipient of government graduate scholarship in nuclear engineering. Was research assistant in electro-optics within electrical engineering department conducting research in electromagnetic field propagation in dielectrics.