Experience

D-tect Systems

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of D-tect Systems

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Vice President of D-tect Systems, a subsidiary of VPI Technology Group, responsible for the build out of the D-tect radiation detection business within VPI Technology Group. Responsibilities included providing oversight and direction to manufacturing, engineering, and sales. Directly managed the final development, production, quality control, price modeling, sales and distribution agreements, and contact negotiations with government and commercial customers for our flagship product. Resolved various challenging quality issues that threatened the product and its profitability, finding economical solutions and alternatives through statistical characterization, modified manufacturing practices, or targeted engineering efforts. Delivered military grade products under heavy external scrutiny requiring extensive and precise documentation and traceability. Comfortable working in highly related industries. Show less



VPI Technology Group

• • May 2019 - Dec 2022

  Responsible for directing business development efforts at VPI Technology Group by defining business development strategy, identifying and evaluating growth opportunities, overseeing the research and development of new technologies, and establishing strategic partnerships.

• • Oct 2015 - May 2019

  Provide embedded systems design and consulting services for clients ranging from commercial start-ups to large government contracts. Work clients through requirements generation and capture, design, and manufacture. Manage teams and budgets responsible for helping clients satisfy their own needs as well as those of their customers.



Raytheon Missile Systems

• France

• Hardware Integrated Product Team Lead

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  Managed mechanical and electrical engineers designing, building, testing, and verifying guidance electronics units using Earned Value Management. Created requirements, traded design options, designed circuit cards, reviewed electrical and mechanical drawings, wrote and oversaw firmware (VHDL) and software (C/C++) development, oversaw mechanical modeling, analysis, and drawing generation, and managed personnel and schedules. Led the team responsible for creating the automated test equipment and planning the factory for product test and assembly. Show less

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - 2012

  Designed and produced circuit card assemblies for use in guided missiles. Generated block diagrams, captured requirements, performed trade studies, selected parts, designed analog and digital circuits, implemented the circuits in a circuit card assembly, prepared test plans and procedures, and performed design verification testing. Wrote firmware and software for both the end product and testing. Performed system level design and requirements management using Rhapsody and DOORS. Used PSPICE, ADS, Sonnet, MATLAB, Mathcad, Mentor's DxDesigner, Mentor Expedition, and Hyperlynx for electrical design. Wrote firmware in VHDL with limited Verilog for Xilinx products (Spartan-3, Spartan-6 and Zynq product families). Wrote software in C and C++. Show less