SummaryI am a Principal Electrical Engineer and Engineering Project Manager with over 30 years of research and development experience including 10 years of medical device design and manufacturing experience. My career focus is real-time firmware development and ultra-high reliability embedded systems hardware design. As a principal senior engineer I am effective in overseeing all technical and management aspects of a design project from product requirements through to product release. Other areas of expertise include supply chain management and regulatory compliance testing. My technical experience covers a wide area including programmable logic device design, fiber optic systems, high speed circuit board design, electronics design and manufacturing, as well as systems integration and manufacturing test design. As a project manager, I have full life-cycle experience. HighlightsMultiple degrees MSEE, BSCS, BSEESenior Engineer with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, US-Department of Energy, for ten years, with three (3) promotionsSenior Engineer with General Electric for twelve years.Highest engineering productivity ratings, and concurrently enable other engineers team to higher efficiencyHighly experienced embedded systems designer including firmware, FPGAs, and high speed electronics designSupplier Quality Engineer traveling world-wide, auditing electronic manufacturing service and circuit board suppliersSuccessful fiber optics systems consultant EducationUniversity of WisconsinMadison,WIExpected in Master of Science Electrical Engineering GPA 4.0 4.0-GPA Computer Control System and Electronics DesignUniversity of WisconsinMadison,WIExpected in Master of Science Electrical Engineering-GPA Computer Control System and Electronics DesignUniversity of Wisconsin, Business SchoolMadison,WIExpected in Master Certificate Project Management GPA 3.6 4.0-GPA University of WisconsinMadison,WIExpected in Bachelor of Science Computer Science GPA 3.6 3.6-GPA Computer Architecture and ProgrammingSix Sigma Green BeltMadison,WIExpected in Certification Quality-GPA ExperiencePremier System Integrators-Senior Embedded Software Developer, Senior Embedded System EngineerDecatur,AL,2013-CurrentCurrently I am doing work for three (3) Rockwell Automation Division, LV Drives Division, in Mequon, WI doing new platform fiber optic hardware and test development, MV Drives Division, Cambridge, ON doing Integrity RTOS application support, and SST Division, in Middleton, WI doing advance R D.Recent SST projects include, Multi-core ARM Circuit Board Design, Programmable Chip Design (Actel and Xilinx), embedded software design for both ARM, ColdFire, C6000 DSP, and Microchip processors, and Windows Embedded Standard operating system design and development.Additional projects included software upgrades, including design verification and system validation, on existing products as well as test fixture development for manufacturing.Responsible for all associated Engineering Change documentation including development of any required manufacturing procedures.I have completed all assigned projects on, or ahead, of expected delivery schedules.Children s National Medical Center-Lead Supplier Quality Engineer, Lead Software Engineer, Lead Electronics EngineerSilver Spring,MD,2001-2012A global manufacturer of medical electronics equipment, including anesthesia and respiratory equipment, x-ray and ultrasonic bone densitometers.GEHC Datex Ohmeda Division (anesthesia and respiratory equipment), FY07-FY12, Specializing in electronic assembly quality, I was responsible for quickly resolving critical supplier and design related manufacturing issues.I worked as key lead resource coordinating with supplier staff and GE manufacturing, sourcing, production, install base engineering and regulatory teams.I worked extensively with the Supplier Quality Engineering, Electronics Center of Excellence (COE), Waukesha, WI, supporting other GE Healthcare businesses including Maternal Infant Care in Laurel, Maryland.I qualified electronic suppliers, both domestic and international, and audited numerous suppliers to FDA and ISO medical regulatory requirements, as well as GEHC and industry manufacturing standards.In my first 2.5 years, I was able to improve Circuit Board (PWA) quality by 1000 , which saved GEHC over 2M regularly I was able to quickly address supplier issues ensuring receipt of essential quarterly revenues.Training received during my five years as a supplier quality engineer included PWA and PWB process auditor training, auditor training for FDA CFR GMP and ISO13485 medical standards, and ISO9001 manufacturing standards.In addition I received IEC-60601 training, and hands-on training for IPC 610 and 620 manufacturing standards. I also received my IPC Trainer Certificate for IPC 600.GEHC Lunar Division (X-ray and ultrasound bone densitometry), FY01-FY07, I was a key R D contributor designing electronic hardware, firmware and embedded DSP software design for two new FDA approved high-performance bone mineral density (BMD) measurement instruments for use in hospitals, clinics and medical research.Also I provided technical assistance support with design reviews, system trouble-shooting and manufacturing test development.I was able to improve quality and base cost for a new ultrasonic BMD device, which saved GEHC over 1.5M.Training received included MatLab training, TI DSP training. I also received Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) development training for Linux, embedded Linux (uClinux) and embedded VxWorks.Successfully completed GEHC Six Sigma Green Belt training.At T-Engineering Project ManagerEvansville,IN,2000-2001Manager for several telecommunication standard product development projects and also responsible for project quotations for custom build to order products.PM business responsibilities covered a variety of areas hands-on leadership of technical teams (10 - 15 people), review of regulatory and engineering verification testing, and creating budgets and schedules.Regularly presented project reviews directly to CEO and other senior management.Training received includes Telecommunications design requirements and regulatory requirements, MS Project, and PWA manufacturing and testing processes.FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY-Electrical Engineer I, Electrical Engineer II, Electrical Engineer III Engineering Group Leader and Assistant Department HeadCity,STATE,1991-2000United States Department of Energy, high energy physics research laboratory.Accelerator Division, RF Controls Group, FY99 - FY00, Engineer III (promotion) Implemented several Digital Signal Processor (DSP) based control system upgrades including a novel project for anti-matter energy dispersion control (anti-abatic counter-phasing system).Designed and supervised the deployment and testing of hardware and software for use in RF System required for new accelerator facility.Training received includes RF systems design and test, Sharc DSP development training and UNIX software revision management.Computing Division, Collider Detector Facility (CDF) Development, FY95- 98, Engineer II, Senior Electrical Engineer responsible for the specification, design, implementation and testing of new data acquisition and control system hardware, which was an integral part of a multi-year project to create a new detector for the Fermilab Tevatron atomic accelerator (SVX-II).Project completed on time and within budget.Required experience in high-speed digital integrated circuits and circuit board design, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Electrically Programmable Logic Devices (EPLDs).Training received includes StateCAD and VHDL and Altera FPGA training, Windows software development and hands-on high-speed circuit board design.Member of the VME-P standards group.Accelerator Division, FY91-95, Engineer I, Group Leader, Engineer II (promotion) and Assistant department Head (promotion).As an Electronics Engineer and Group Leader I developed of a number of new circuit board designs, for accelerator instrumentation and control.All successfully deployed and in service for over a decade.I was responsible for all base signaling and electronic control systems, in the anti-proton storage ring (Accumulator).Also, as the Assistant Department Head, I was responsible for daily operations reporting for the and long range project planning and reviews.Training received includes formal management training, radiation worker training, electrical safety training, extensive Altera Actel QuickLogic FPGA and Altera EPLD training, hands-on high-speed circuit board design, LabView, and a variety of schematic capture packages.Received special training as an OSHA safety inspector, and performed periodic safety inspections for our department.WISCONSIN CENTER FOR X-RAY LITHOGRAPHY-Research AssistantCity,STATE,1988-1991I designed and implemented number of automated beam-line computer control systems for x-ray lithography and material studies.My responsibilities included computer programming, electronics design and construction, training of technical staff, project planning and supervising electronics assembly and testing.UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MEDICAL SCHOOL-Associate Instrumentation InnovatorCity,STATE,1986-1991I worked for both the Departments of Anatomy and Neurology, their research programs were focused on epilepsy and neuro-anatomical research.Successfully completed multiple, extensive software and hardware projects, designing multi-purpose data acquisition systems with wide based application for both inter-cellular and intra-cellular data collection.SPERRY UNIVAC CORPORATION-Engineering AssistantCity,STATE,1983-1986Worked in multiple Research and Development groups with the Univac Computing Division, and designed a number of engineering design and analysis software tools, used in product development. Skillsassembly, Automation, budgets, budget, hardware, consultant, data acquisition, data collection, delivery, designing, product development, DSP, documentation, electronic hardware, Electronics, Engineer II, Engineer III, Engineer I, Engineer, senior management, GMP, VME, ISO, ISO9001, LabView, leadership, Linux, Logic, management training, MatLab, MS Project, Windows, 98, networks, novel, operating systems, operating system, physics, processes, processors, computer programming, Project Management, project planning, promotion, Quality, reporting, Research, safety, Six Sigma, software design, software development, specification, supervising, systems design, technical assistance, telecommunication, Trainer, trouble-shooting, UNIX, upgrades, validation, VHDL, VxWorks  SEP  I own a small landscaping business that needs help with accountingtaxes.