michael smith
Advanced Concept Engineer, Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris Technologies
advanced concept engineer l3harris technology
tool builder , outset career . came school degree architectural engineering , immediately went work company producing software tool design analysis architectural lighting system . since early day , steadily honed craft produce software uncompromising accuracy , speed , directness usability . best tool built use tool . early work non-imaging optical analysis software wa born work designing life-critical lighting system operating table . today , spend hundred hour year engaged digital astrophotography . hobby ha yielded dozen technique , algorithm , usability idea feed professional work building sophisticated analytics extract insight geospatial imagery related data . career ha matured , developed skill operating higher level abstraction , evolving software engineer software architect . today , favorite challenge usually center taking complex problem , identifying big picture pattern , organizing effective blend new existing technology meet challenge . gift deconstructing explaining complex problem clearly , also still enjoy getting “ nitty-gritty ” detail solve problem . ’ building software processing astrophotography image , enjoy travelling , mountaineering colorado , listening learning music , going long bike ride .
L3Harris Technologies
https://www.linkedin.com/company/l3harris-technologies
Advanced Concept Engineer, Space and Airborne Systems
Broomfield, Colorado, United States
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Harris Corporation
https://www.linkedin.com/company/harris-corporation
Chief Architect, Commercial Geospatial Products
Theme: Deploy geospatial analytics to public and private clouds, integrating with existing enterprise stacks or delivering turnkey solutions, rapid development of solutions for vertical markets new to the application of geospatial analytics.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Developed a comprehensive enterprise deployment strategy for both new and legacy geospatial analytics. Offerings include commercial products, integration with existing partner platforms, and a complete data/analytics/visualization stack deployed on both public and private clouds as custom solutions for vertical markets.
- Evangelized commercial geospatial technologies to the broader Geospatial business unit, identified opportunities to complement adjacent offerings to deliver more comprehensive solutions for customers.
- Expanded use of open source technology, resulting in a decrease in the lifecycle cost of ownership for our technology portfolio.
- Expanded engagement with standards organizations such as OGC and STAC, raising the profile of Harris in the geospatial community.
Boulder/Broomfield, Colorado
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Exelis Visual Information Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/company/harrisgeospatialsolutions
Product Architect
Theme: Deconstructed suite of legacy software products into reusable components that can be efficiently deployed as COTS products, custom solutions, and enterprise microservices.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Developed and executed a comprehensive plan to integrate components and technologies to support three commercial software products: IDL, ENVI, and ENVI Services Engine. 
- Developed a microkernel application architecture in which all functional capabilities were deployed as pluggable components – resulting in greater agility for the business to scale solutions up or down to meet customer needs.
- Developed a standardized interface to unify both legacy and new geospatial analytic algorithms by supporting introspection, chaining, customization and zero-code algorithm composition. As a result, the business can now deploy a single implementation of each analytic tool on all supported platforms, from desktop workstations to public and private clouds.
Boulder, Colorado
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Exelis Visual Information Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/company/harrisgeospatialsolutions
Software Architect
Theme: Designed, evangelized, and enforced architecture for COTS geospatial analytics software.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Developed comprehensive design of modular, reusable software subsystems
- Evangelized interface-oriented design and building software as reusable components
- Conducted regular design and code reviews to insure compliance with design intent
- Shipped ENVI-Zoom, a modern component-based successor to the popular ENVI remote sensing analysis software
- Designed and implemented initial desktop client software for discovery and consumption of cloud-based geospatial data
Boulder, Colorado
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Research Systems
https://www.linkedin.com/company/research-systems
Lead Software Engineer
Theme: Lead engineer on a COTS development environment and runtime platform for medical imaging. Designed major subsystems, led small teams of developers to implement subsystems, conducted design and code reviews, served as high-productivity individual contributor. 

Specific Accomplishments:
- Designed loosely-coupled application framework, then evangelized and enforced compliance
- Directed development team in transition to Component Object Model (COM) architecture
- Implemented workflow engine to allow users to chain processing functions as needed
- Implemented drag-and-drop editor for building workflow graphs
- Built extensive library of reusable UI controls used to build forms without code
Boulder, Colorado
Research Systems
https://www.linkedin.com/company/research-systems
Technical Lead
Theme: Technical lead on a vertical COTS application for medical imaging. Designed major subsystems, led small teams of developers to implement subsystems, served as high-productivity individual contributor. 

Specific Accomplishments:
- Designed and lead implementation of framework for a medical imaging platform for rapid development of radiology protocols
- Lead team in the defining use cases to translate product requirements into testable features
- Initiated shift from monolithic application to component architecture
Boulder, Colorado
Lighting Technologies
President
Theme: Brought rigor of disciplined business plan to a small engineering company with a think-tank culture.

Specific Accomplishments: 
- Managed small engineering company with over $1M/year revenue. 
- Developed and executed five year strategic plan, bringing business rigor to a formerly unstructured R&D environment. 
- Continued technical contributions, including specialized non-imaging optical design and software development. 
- Augmented revenue stream from COTS software offerings with algorithm licensing and custom software development.
Boulder, Colorado
Lighting Technologies
Project Manager
Theme: Project and technical management of software releases and major consulting projects.

Specific Accomplishments: 
- Managed the development of commercial non-imaging optical systems for specialized high-performance applications, often on budgets exceeding $200,000. 
- Developed and implemented algorithms to model the unique characteristics of these systems, often using Bi-Directional Reflectance Distribution Functions measured in our own photometric laboratory. 
- Served as customer-facing point of contact for both technical concerns and overall project management.
Boulder, Colorado
Lighting Technologies
Engineer
Theme: Software and optical engineering, with an emphasis on development of novel radiative transfer algorithms and non-imaging optical design.

Specific Accomplishments:
- Designed and implemented illumination analysis algorithms deployed in three successful commercial software products
- Developed proprietary ray-tracing software to support design and analysis of high performance illumination systems
- Conducted extensive photometric testing of optical prototypes
- Designed optical system for the highly successful AMSCO Quantum Surgical Lighting System
Boulder, Colorado
Civil Engineering
Master of Science (MS)
University of Colorado Boulder
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Architectural Engineering
Bachelor of Science (BS)
University of Colorado Boulder
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Reflector for surgical light apparatus
Europe
Same as US 6176597
1070218
1070218
https://www.google.com/patents/EP1070218B1?cl=en&dq=ininventor:%22A.+Michael+Smith%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_nILh8JTQAhXJxFQKHeA-Bs8Q6AEIQDAF
Reflector for surgical light apparatus
United States
A surgical lighthead includes a light source having a reference point defined thereon and a reflector including a concave reflector surface which has a central axis. The concave reflector surface is formed to include a plurality of facets configured to reflect light emanating from the light source. The plurality of facets includes a first set of facets for which each associated longitudinal boundary line is angularly spaced by a first angle from each of the next adjacent boundary lines relative to the central axis. In addition, the plurality of facets includes a second set of facets for which each associated longitudinal boundary line is angularly spaced by a second angle from each of the next adjacent boundary lines relative to the central axis.
6176597
6176597
https://www.google.com/patents/US6176597?dq=ininventor:%22A.+Michael+Smith%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_nILh8JTQAhXJxFQKHeA-Bs8Q6AEIOTAE
Surgical light with conical reflector
United States
A surgical light (10) includes a conical shaped reflector (12) which is formed from pre-finished sheet of reflector material into a conical shape. The conical reflector (12) reflects the light from a lamp (14) at a plurality of different angles. Light directly from the lamp and reflected from the reflector strikes a refractor (18) at a plurality of angles of incidence which vary with distance from a central axis (X) of the reflector. The refractor has a plurality of differently shaped prisms (20) whose shape varies with the distance from the central axis to redirect the light to an illumination zone (Z).
5913599
5913599
https://www.google.com/patents/US5913599?dq=ininventor:%22A.+Michael+Smith%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_nILh8JTQAhXJxFQKHeA-Bs8Q6AEIJDAB
Surgical light with reflector-lamps and flat reflector panels
United States
A frame (10) supports a plurality of illumination modules (12) arranged in a common plane in a spoke-like pattern extending radially outward from a central axis. Each module includes a lamp (24) with a vertical filament (26) mounted in a faceted reflector (22) to direct a beam of light to a planar, dichroic mirror (30). The mirror (30) reflects the visible spectrum portion of the beam of light downward toward the central axis with all of the beams of light intersecting the central axis in a common plane to create an illumination zone of selected diameter. A disk (32) which is light transmissive at least in portions (34) forms a bottom cover for a cover (14). A handle (40) is rotatably mounted to the frame and connected by a mechanical linkage (50) with the reflectors for tipping the angle of the emitted light beams to adjust the diameter of the illumination zone.
5951139
5951139
https://www.google.com/patents/US5951139?dq=ininventor:%22A.+Michael+Smith%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_nILh8JTQAhXJxFQKHeA-Bs8Q6AEIHTAA
Optical system for lighting fixture
Europe
Same as US 5001616.
0472718
0472718
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Optical System for Lighting Fixture
United States
A lighting fixture to illuminate a target surface, particulary a surgical site, is provided which includes a light source, a reflector superposing and partially circumscribing the light source, a cylindrical filter surrounding the light source coaxial to the axis of symmetry of the lighting fixture and a refractor positioned beneath the reflector through which the light reflected from the reflector must pass to reach the target surface. The refractor is divided into a plurality of portions which radiate outwardly from the axis of symmetry. Each portion includes first, second and third prism means having individual prism members of varying configuration for focusing the light to first, second and third areas, respectively, within a cylinder of light defined by the light passing through the refractor, to provide small, medium and large patterns respectively, of the cylinder of light when it impinges upon the target surface. Means are provided for selectively blocking light from passing through certain areas of the refractor to achieve the desired pattern.
5001616
5001616
https://www.google.com/patents/US5001616?dq=5001616&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkqoCt8JTQAhUQwmMKHaIXAysQ6AEIGzAA
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Atlanta, GA
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Chief Executive Officer at ForeFront Power
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Former Superintendent at Tuscola CUSD #301
Springfield, IL
Michael Smith
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Writer
Portsmouth, NH