Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Palo Alto, CA

  • Retired

    • Dec 2013 - Present
    • Palo Alto, CA
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  Waldman and Associates

  • Palo Alto, CA

  • Consultant

    • 2007 - 2010
    • Palo Alto, CA
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  Dotcast

  • Mountain Vuew, CA

  • Systems Engineer

    • 2001 - 2001
    • Mountain Vuew, CA

    Helped develop system and subsystem requirements for the system they were developing.

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  Lockheed Martin

  • San Jose, CQ

  • Systems Engineer

    • 1996 - 2001
    • San Jose, CQ

    Principal Systems Engineer on a major classified Government Program1996 Authored the System Specification for a large switching network, and managed it through multiple changes in the Government’s operational concept.1997 Responsible for the analysis of system requirements, and their allocation a...

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  Loral

  • San Jose, CA

  • Systems Engineer

    • 1990 - 1996
    • San Jose, CA

    Key author of various technical proposals, and participated in various advance technology studies.Manager of the Engineering Processes and Tools Section Author of the divisions Systems Engineering Handbook.

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  Ford Aerospace

  • Systems Engineer

    • 1988 - 1990

    Section Supervisor in the Systems Technology Development Department

  • Section Supervisor

    • Oct 1975 - 1988

    Successfully assumed responsibility for redesign and implementation of a key communications signal processing subsystem that had previously failed to pass acceptance tests on a critical NSA program.Part of a team that developed covert, spread-spectrum communications technology for DARPA.

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  Philco Corporation

  • Greater Philadelphia Area, PA

  • Engineer

    • Jul 1959 - Feb 1975
    • Greater Philadelphia Area, PA

    Supervisor of the Advanced Engineering and Research Section in the Data Recognition Department. That department developed of a second-generation Postal OCR that was capable of reading street addresses.I was Program Manager (PM) and Principal Investigator (PI) on various research projects dealing ...

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  United States Army

  • Aberdeen, MD

  • Private First Class

    • Feb 1954 - Jan 1956
    • Aberdeen, MD

    Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fire Control Division

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  National Security Agency

  • Arlington, VA

  • Cryptanalyst

    • Jun 1951 - Feb 1954
    • Arlington, VA

    In the China Section, during the Korean War. Processed communications intercepts from Peking.I was deferred from the draft because my work was "essential to the war effort". I lost my deferrment when there was a truce in Korea--my work was no longer essential because there was no war.