Experience

NovAtel

• Canada
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Director, Aerospace and Defense Engineering

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  I am accountable for all engineering within Hexagon Autonomy and Positioning's Aerospace and Defense group. I manage a team of Engineering Managers, Chief Engineers, System Engineers, Project Managers, SW Engineers, and Export Compliance Specialists. As as a team, we manage the GAJT anti-jam product line, the WAAS ground reference receivers, and customization of the NovAtel branded positioning products for the A&D markets. I am also accountable for Antenna engineering including Hexagon's Antcom entity. Show less

• Director and Chief Engineer, Defense

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2022

  Director, Chief Designer, DefenseIn this director level position, I have technical accountability for all Defense products within Hexagon Autonomy and Positioning including Antijam and Defense GNSS receiver products. I managed a team of System Engineers, SW Engineers, Antijam Specialists, and Export Compliance Specialists. We worked directly with Customers, Sales and Product Management to define product and technology road maps and drive the development of new products while sustaining current product lines. Our primary product line is GAJT antijam and development of new missile guidance capabilities. I held this role concurrent with the Engineering Director, Integrated Products role until April 2020 when my focus shifted entirely to growing our Defense business. Show less

• Engineering Director, Integrated Products

  • Oct 2016 - Apr 2020

  I managed a team that has technical accountability for all Agriculture, Defense and Enclosure/SPAN products with Hexagon Positioning Intelligence. We work directly with the Sales and Product Management teams to define product road maps, develop new products, and sustain the current product lines. My team was also accountable the System Engineering function within Hexagon Positioning Intelligence. Our products included the NovAtel family of SMART antennas, including SMART2 and SMART7, the PwrPak7 product line, and the GAJT product line. Show less

• Chief Engineer, SMART Antennas and Enclosures

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  This role included overall technical accountability for the SMART Antenna and Enclosure products including technology road maps. I also develop product road maps in collaboration with Product Management. I manage a team of System Engineers and Project Managers who collaborate with NovAtel's large HW, SW and Verification teams.

• Principal Hardware Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2015

  I led the development of the GAJT-AE airborne antijam product and was one of two HW architects for the OEM7 receiver product line. I solved the the most difficult or business critical hardware and system issues.

• Hardware Engineering Manager, Aerospace and Defense

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Managed a team of 12 engineers• Led the development of the GAJT-700, the first GAJT product, including the role as Hardware Architect• Led the development of the WAAS G-III, the third generation ground reference receiver for the FAA’s WAAS positioning augmentation and satellite monitoring system, including the role as Hardware Architect

• Senior Hardware Engineer

  • May 2003 - Jan 2010

  • Developed the L1/E5a, E5a, and E5b Receiver cards plus the system integration cards for the Galileo Reception Chain (GRC) program including architectural design.• Developed the L5 Euro GPS receiver card for the GUST Receiver project. This included the digital design, and integration of the RF and FPGA designs from contractors.• Designed and implemented the synchronization scheme between the L5 card and the L1/L2 card, including a major piece of the L5 FPGA design implemented in VHDL.• Supported the WAAS-GII project by creating hardware test plans, supervised the test plan execution, and supported the introduction into manufacturing.. Also specified the design changes for the revision 2 PCB releases and regression test plans. Show less



Ciena

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• HW Engineer

  • May 1998 - Jun 2002

  Great Silicon Valley startup. I was one of the first engineers to join ONI which provided me with a great opportunity to learn and grow quickly in my profession. I was responsible for the Optical Service Channel and Ethernet Switch cards as well as the ESCON Multiplixer which multiplexed multiple channels of ESCON onto an OC-48 link. I designed our first PowerQUICC platform and helped debug our Power QUICC II platform. Great Silicon Valley startup. I was one of the first engineers to join ONI which provided me with a great opportunity to learn and grow quickly in my profession. I was responsible for the Optical Service Channel and Ethernet Switch cards as well as the ESCON Multiplixer which multiplexed multiple channels of ESCON onto an OC-48 link. I designed our first PowerQUICC platform and helped debug our Power QUICC II platform.



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• SW Engineer/FPGA Engineer

  • Apr 1995 - May 1998

  I worked on the OC-48 and OC-192 platforms at Nortel. My responsibilities included DSP algorithm implementation for optical reflection detection and later FPGA development using Verilog. I worked on the OC-48 and OC-192 platforms at Nortel. My responsibilities included DSP algorithm implementation for optical reflection detection and later FPGA development using Verilog.



TRTech

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coop Student

  • Jan 1993 - Aug 1994

  • Designed a DS1/DS3 Forward Error Correction (FEC) demonstration unit entitled the FEC Codec. The FEC Codec was subjected to a successful, long term, demonstration at Telus. • Designed a real-time data acquisition system for the FEC Codec using LabVIEW for Windows. • Designed a DS1/DS3 Forward Error Correction (FEC) demonstration unit entitled the FEC Codec. The FEC Codec was subjected to a successful, long term, demonstration at Telus. • Designed a real-time data acquisition system for the FEC Codec using LabVIEW for Windows.