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EDUCATION

EE. Syracuse University             1980

MSEE   Northwestern University 1978

BSEE University of Rochester 1976

RESUME #   1511     

U.S. CITIZEN           SALARY $85K as consultant    SINGLE RELOCATION       OPEN                      

OBJECTIVE:

Mechanical, Electromechanical Engineering position with a company involved in complex and innovative products or services.

 ABILITIES:

 * Development of high-end electronic/mechanical equipment and systems with an emphasis on practicality and reliability of design.

* Design and package complex electronic equipment including cardcage systems with backplane/mid-plane configurations for both telco and computer room environments. Design of "stand alone" electronic enclosures (design to NEMA, NEBS and MIL requirements). Package power supply systems (AC/DC) and cooling devices

* RF & Microwave communication equipment development experience includes slotted arrays and parabolic antennas, microwave board assemblies, wave guides, LNA/LNBs, Beam Forming Networks, Rotary Joints/Slip Rings and high frequency connections, test fixtures. Designed "in motion" satellite tracking systems and space based components.

* Thorough knowledge of environmental testing (safety, EMC, thermal, shock and vibration, thermal vacuum), manufacturing processes, regulatory agency requirements (UL, FCC, NEBS GR-1089 & 63, CE, CSA). Design for harsh environments (space based, marine, airborne, outdoor)

* Define electrical "interconnect" systems including hot swap sequential mate interface for modular components and power distribution systems (harnesses, bus bar, flex/ridged circuits)

* Motion control experience in satellite tracking systems includes stepper motor, position encoding, cogged belt, worm and spur gear drive actuation.

* Design experience includes: machined parts, sheet metal, plastic parts (injection molded, vacuum formed, Rapid Prototyping) PCB layout (SMT multi-layer/FR-4, Microwave), castings (investment, die, sand) wiring harnesses and bus bars. switches and overlays

* Manufacturing experience includes, CNC machining, stamping, EDM, Electro-Forming, dip brazing, fine blanking, injection molding, vacuum forming,

* Formulate and implement documentation policy, part numbering systems, ECN procedures, revision control methodology and engineering archive structures. MIS program experience includes Agile.

* Maintain focus on company goals and manage people and resources effectively. Work closely with manufacturing to ensure a successful outcome

* Designed modular video surveillance and teleconferencing equipment.

* CAD experience includes: AutoCAD 10 thru 2004, SolidWorks 2004,2005,Valid ALLEGRO (PCB design Workstation), Gerber PC800 (PCB artwork generation system) OrCAD. Work in DOS, Windows, and UNIX operating environments. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Project.

EXPERIENCE

2004 – Present  Mechanical Engineering

• Designed and developed custom waveguides, feed horns, reject filters, flex-guides, di-plexers and miscellaneous microwave components

• Evaluated and resolved complex manufacturing problems with high precision        microwave assemblies

• Supervised the manufacture and assembly of space based microwave components

• Conducted environmental testing of components for space launch and near earth orbit       requirements.

• CAD tools used: AutoCAD 2004, SolidWorks 2005

2000 - 2004             (Start-up company involved in Satellite Communication Equipment)

Mechanical Engineering Manager

• Designed and developed low profile KU band 'in motion' Microwave Antenna systems;

• Designed high precision slotted array antenna (12.5 GHz) and assembly fixturing;

• Initiate company documentation and operations structure;

• Managed company procurement activities;

• Managed lab equipment and facilities.

• CAD tools used: AutoCAD 2004, SolidWorks 2004

1997 - 2000             (Manufacture of Telco Equipment, annual sales:$300M)

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

• Design Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievements - 1999;

• Designed and developed NEBS compliant DSL Central Office equipment;

• Responsible for environmental test and agency approvals;

• Resolved manufacturing issues, monitored contract manufacturing activities.

• CAD tools used: AutoCAD 2000, SolidWorks 2000

1995 - 1997                AVIDIA SYSTEMS                                                   

(Start-up company sold to PairGain Technologies)

Engineering Service and Operations Manager

• Designed and developed ATM network equipment;

• Management of Contract Manufacturing;

• Authored documentation control policy;

• Supervised design engineers and lab technicians;

• Managed purchasing department;

• Managed company facilities and operations.

• CAD tools used: AutoCAD 14

1989 - 1995  DATA SWITCH                                                                                

(Manufacturer of data communication equipment, annual sales: $120M)

Senior Design Engineer

• Designed complex enclosures and rack mounted systems for IBM mainframe network equipment (Channel Extenders, Multiplexers, Switches) Cabinets, Cable Management systems and related hardware;

• Conducted on-site customer evaluation to determine computer room system     requirements.

• Managed documentation issues and solved manufacturing problems

• CAD tools used: AutoCAD 13, Valid Allegro, OrCAD

1987 - 1988                BRISTOL BABCOCK (Manufacturer of process control equipment for the petroleum industry)

Electromechanical Designer

• Designed chassis and related hardware for a microprocessor based control unit;

• Developed fluid control unit for off-shore oil drilling platform.

1984 - 1985     PTC AEROSPACE                                                         

(Manufacturer of aircraft seats and galleys)

Mechanical Designer

• Designed and developed power control module for B-52 retrofit program;

• Modified aircraft seat for aft facing impact loads.

• Sustaining engineering

Resume # 1508        RCS Low Observable engineer

Security Clearance: TS/SCI                   

Salary $63k             

Relocation: HI, So-CA, warm climates

Single                

Renter

OBJECTIVE

A long term career in the Electromagnetic industry revolving around Low observables, Radar Cross Section Reduction or Range Operations with a forward looking company that will recognize my technical abilities and that promotes upward growth.

SUMMARY

* Lead Engineer on several RCS and Antenna Pattern projects

* Reshaped conductive surfaces and applied Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM) to reduce or alter phase-fronts of Radar echos in both Test Chamber and Object Under Test applications.

* Performed rough calculations of flight vehicle Radar Cross Sections (RCS's) at various aspect angles, using geometric optics approximations, prior to testing in a real environment.

* Contributed to the analysis of designs and test data to arrive at recommendations for improving RCS levels.  The improvements have been tested and found useful.

* Tested Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) in anechoic chambers and differentiated between passing and failing builds, based on design specifications.

* Tested Antenna Patterns and RCS contributions from various antenna builds.  I have worked with customers to optimize antenna Gain while maintaining a specified RCS performance, using techniques such as shaping and application of Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM's) and/or Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS's).

EXPERIENCE

Weapon Company 2001-Present    

RCS Engineer

Lead Engineer on several RCS and Antenna Pattern projects.

* Extensive experience extracting RCS data, then analyzing it in order to reduce the RCS in missile systems, UAV's, and air-frame sections; as well as Antennas which were fixed on such platforms. 

* I have tested Antenna Patterns and RCS contributions from various antenna builds and worked with customers to optimize antenna Gain while maintaining a specified RCS performance, using techniques such as shaping and application of Radar Absorbing Materials (RAM's) and/or Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSSs).

* TS / SCI  clearance

RCS reduction

* I have made use of such materials as metal tape, cardboard and transparency, mag and eRAM to reshape conductive surfaces and reduce or alter phase-fronts of Radar echos in both our Anechoic Chamber test structures and Object Under Test applications.   

* I have tested Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) in anechoic chambers and differentiated between passing and failing builds, based on design specifications.

Wrote RCS Range Manual

* I have begun to write a Range Book or Range Manual, with help from junior engineers and a retired, contractor for the Radar Reflectivity Lab at Point Mugu.   The Range Manual is structured and partially filled.  Hardcopy reference material and range data has been captured into softcopy file structures.

* Experience extracting RCS data, then analyzing it in order to reduce the RCS in missile systems, UAV's, and air-frame sections.  Performed rough calculations of flight vehicle RCS's at various aspect angles, using geometric optics approximations, prior to testing in a real environment.  Report/Brief composition

* Created Laser Maverick 5 DoF in Fortran and Bomblet fly-out model

* Worked on the development project for simulating UV signature of Missile plumes

Office of Naval Intelligence                                       1999 -2001

Optical Domain Sensors and Countermeasures Analyst  TS / SCI clearance

* Optical Domain Countermeasures Handbook co-author (JWICS)

* Two Maritime Intelligence Reports (MIRs)

* Collection Tasking

* Foreign Material Sales Technology Release review

* Member of the Intelligence Community EO working group

* Foreign Optical Domain sensors information collection/presentation

EDUCATION

1997-2000     BS Electrical Engineering       

Resume # 1476                

Security Clearance: Prior TS 9/1998           Relocation: Fairly Open                

OBJECTIVE

Experienced Engineer looking for an aggressive company that recognizes a proven ability in  RCS, Electromagnetics, Test and Measurements, Applied Modeling and Simulation of Electromagnetic effects and scientific software development.

SUMMARY

* Antenna / RCS measurement Expert                           

* Radome Development

* Applied Computational Electromagnetics Intermediate  

* Developing, maintaining and modifying software expert  

* Experience, using state of the art techniques, analyzing and measuring the effects of antenna/radome interactions and electromagnetic scattering is directly applicable to such diverse tasks as antenna site design, Range development, path-propagation and field distribution.

ENGINEERING: Twenty years experience solving electromagnetic scattering problems using a variety of computational tools based on Method-of-Moments, GTD/UTD and Physical Optics. Includes development and modification of existing tools to perform analysis of antenna, structural and radome interactions. Near-field, far-field and RCS measurement range experience.

MANAGEMENT: Managed department and operations budgets with full authority to determine needs, perform resource allocation, purchase supplies and equipment, and contract for outside services. Wrote detailed annual projections of expenses and revenues, which were included in corporate budget. The projections were used for future planning and determining recovery rates for resource utilization.

INSTRUCTION: Trained customers in the effective use of ourantenna measurement and analysis software for their applications. Mentored junior engineers and interns teaching them how to apply their skills towards solving complex problems in real world situations. Trained technical and administrative staffs to use computer operating systems, programming methods, languages, and applications.

COMPUTER SYSTEMS: Twenty years experience with a wide variety of hardware & software applications and environments. Including computer systems management, program analysis & design, maintenance programming and modification, GUI development, and training. Primary systems used are WIN-NT/95/98, VAX/VMS, UNIX/LINUX, C/C++, FORTRAN, and MATLAB, LabView.

EXPERIENCE

Scientist / Engineer   May-01 to Present

WROTE system requirement specification for Near-Field position correction routines. To enhance the accuracy of Near-Field antenna measurements, correction to probe location is required during a test to account for mechanical inaccuracies.

TRAINED our customers to use antenna measurement and data analysis programs. Training included theoretical and practical aspects of Near-Field antenna measurement.

WROTE custom Near-Field transform package for a customer so they could continue using their existing data analysis routines. The customer had purchased a replacement to their antenna measurement software. After the fact, we realized the customer was performing custom analysis not supported by our software.

PERFORMED modeling and simulation study of Near-Field to Far-Field transforms to validate operation of the algorithms. The study compared measured data to simulated antenna data in both the Near-Field and Far-Field.

PERFORMED in-depth analysis of theoretical probe model commonly used in Near-Field antenna applications to determine its valid limits of operation under all conditions and variations of the model inputs.

DEVELOPED software to integrate two different product lines. Wrote the Near-Field analysis package in LabView, and an data format conversion routine is required for operation.

EVALUATE and implement Near-Field to Far-Field transforms for Planar, Cylindrical and Spherical antenna measurement techniques. Includes antenna performance metrics such as gain, directivity, and efficiency.

PERFORM precision Near-Field antenna measurements on wide variety antenna types to validate operation of Near-Field to Far-Field transfoms.

IMPROVE performance of a Near-Field measurement facility to provide higher quality data to customers.

WROTE document detailing a standard coordinate system definition relating antenna analysis and measurement systems to improve methods for acquisition and analysis of the data.

CREATED a radome performance analysis package. Included development of techniques to account for imbalances in the antenna feed network which had a detrimental effects on the calculated performance metrics.

Scientist / Engineer   Apr-95 to Dec-00

ANALYZED installed antenna performance issues for the AWACS airborne phased array antenna to quantify degradation effects due to radome repair and structural scattering.

ANALYZED the implementation of numerical techniques used within several computational electromagnetic codes for source code validation. This validation provided the understanding of how the programs operated resulting in better use of the programs for analysis, improvement and optimization of computational efficiency and the addition of new capabilities.

VALIDATED computational accuracy of various computational electromagnetic codes versus measured data. Resulting confidence in analysis improved recommendations to customers.

RESPONSIBLE for testing and debugging data processing code used at an antenna measurement range, ensuring correct operation of all processing routines and features. Processing code was GUI- based.

MODIFIED existing antenna analysis code based on Physical-Optics to improve computational efficiency. Added near-field capability for simulation of short-range measurements using mobile radar systems.

WROTE GUI-based data analysis and presentation program greatly enhancing the ability to determine antenna/radome performance and interactions with the surroundings.

WORKED at RF Anechoic Chamber facility performing antenna and radar scattering measurements, processing the data and developing enhanced data processing and imaging routines.

WORKED with outside vendors to develop a Windows-based data processing program for anechoic range measurement data.

INCORPORATED new hardware and control software into existing real-time data collection system used for performing EM-scattering measurements. Required understanding the internal organization of the object-oriented software to know where and how to best add the new routines.

INVESTIGATED alternative physics based methods for image generation using narrow and wide band data. Includes singularity-extraction and statistical processing techniques for target ID.

INCORPORATED seam tape diffraction effects into an analysis code used for designing compact range reflectors. Based on work by OSU-ESL, I extended their techniques to account for all tape diffraction points that would affect the quiet zone.

WROTE programs to display model geometries used in analysis codes for verification of program input.

MANAGED networked departmental computer system running Windows-NT/95.

MENTORED college senior design project, instructing the students on realities of actual engineering projects. Project was for converting IGES models to facets for use in antenna analysis codes.

Engineering Specialist Jun-91 to Dec-93

DEVEOPED analytical technique for frequency selective radomes incorporating resistive and conductive patches to develop absorbing band-pass radome. Built and measured test panel for proof of concept and verification of analytical technique.

DEVELOPED optimization method to design low observable wing edges. Built and measured test article confirming analytical results.

ADAPTED analysis codes to optimize performance on CRAY computers and to maximize problem size using out-of-core techniques.

RESEARCHED FFT, Conjugate-Gradient and Block Matrix techniques for optimization of the computational aspects of electromagnetic scattering codes.

INVOLVED in the design, analysis and measurement of scattering from small surface features of test fixtures used in antenna design and performance measurement.

Scientist / Engineer MR Feb-85 to Dec-90

ANALYZED installed antenna performance issues for several large airborne phased array antennas to quantify degradation effects caused by radomes and surrounding structures. These long-term studies provided confidence in the antenna system operation.

ANALYZED the implementation of numerical techniques used within several computational electromagnetic codes for source code validation, providing the understanding of program operation resulting in better analysis.

VALIDATED computational accuracy of various computational electromagnetic codes versus measured data. Resulting confidence improved recommendations to customers.

MODIFIED antenna analysis programs incorporating techniques modeling radomes having embedded frequency selective surfaces, for performance analysis and trade studies.

DEVELOPED algorithms to model the focusing effects of curved dielectric shells, improving the accuracy of electro-magnetic scattering calculations for radome design and performance analysis.

DEVELOPED algorithms to determine phase shift between elements of planar phased arrays, resulting in a method to model phase steering of arrays in support of antenna analysis efforts.

WROTE computer programs to display model geometries used in analysis codes for verification of program input.

MANAGED $100,000+ departmental budget with authority to determine needs, purchase supplies and equipment, and contract for services.

WROTE detailed projections of expenses and revenues for future planning and determining recovery rates for resource utilization.

MANAGED a VAX/VMS computer system, including hardware and software maintenace and installation, performance tuning, file maintenance, network support, workstation and PC support.

INSTALLED office computer systems, determining physical plant needs, equipment siting, cabling requirements, and installation schedule.

DETERMINED future hardware/software requirements, and their costs to upgrade and increase the capabilities of the computer system.

PLANNED hardware and software upgrade of local area network allowing for incremental installation flexibility for future growth.

TRAINED technical and administrative staffs in the use of operating systems, word processors, spreadsheets and scientific applications.

AFB, Jun-81 to Jan-85  Engineer

ANALYZED scattering from generic aircraft model using UTD/GTD methods. Compared results with measured data confirming accuracy of numerical method.

ANALYZED the implementation of numerical techniques used within several computational electromagnetic codes for source code validation

DEVELOPED control loop model to simulate tracking mode of Track-While-Scan radars.

RESEARCHED and wrote internal report on pulse-doppler radar systems, and how the operate.

MANAGED a VAX/VMS computer system, including user accounts, performance tuning, file maintenance and other necessary chores.

 EDUCATION   B.S.E.E.

Resume # 1476

Security Clearance: Prior Secret 6/1999     Salary $100K   Relocation: VA OR then fairly Open  Single    Renter

OBJECTIVE     Seeking a technical leadership position developing communication or radar antenna systems.

SUMMARY

Antenna Design:

* Performed all aspects of design, prototype and test of antenna systems.

* Previous work experience includes:  slot antenna array (simulation and measurement), microstrip patch design, suspended strip line cavity backed slots, W-Band horn fed Cassegrain, continuous transverse stub (CTS) arrays for satellite applications, corporate feed networks, mono-pulse networks, ridge waveguide phase shifters and waveguide RF chokes.  Antenna array pattern analysis and synthesis.

* System integration of antenna systems into conformal platforms. Design for manufacturability.   Project planning and execution. 

Antenna measurement / lab experience:

* Installed two fully Anechoic chambers for antenna measurements;  Experienced with network analyzers and spectrum analyzers.  Use of near field scanner for EMC debug.  These installations have been used to measure embedded laptop, desktop and individual antenna elements.

* I am currently managing two engineers.  One is dedicated to the design, measurement and prototyping of antenna elements.   Current designs are focused on integrating conformal antennas into notebook LCD screens for cost reduction.  The other is dedicated to characterizing the propagation effects of indoor radio channels and their effects on diversity and MIMO architectures.  I'm a member of our internal patent review committee and assist in our Capital Investments evaluation of technology.

EM CAD use and development:

* I have 10 years experience with Ansoft HFSS for designing antenna radiating elements, electronic packaging interconnects, filters and matching networks.  In addition, I am proficient with Ansoft Designer's system, circuit and planar tools for the design of filters, hybrids and board level transmission lines.  I'm also experienced with Ansoft SIWave for signal integrity and power delivery analysis.  I have used other tools including Flomerics Microstripes/FloEMC, Feko and CST.  Finally, I have been developing FDTD codes for the past 10 years.   I have also written method of moment (MoM) and finite element (FEM) codes.  I regularly program in Fortran 95, C/C++, MFC and VTK to develop solvers and user interfaces.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering  

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering  

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 

EXPERIENCE

Antenna RF engineer       6/99 - Present

1/02 - Present  Senior RF Hardware Engineer

Responsible for Wireless Products Division antenna engineering directly in support of a specific program.  Enabled over 30 antenna suppliers worldwide to support our wireless LAN products.  Installed two fully Anechoic antenna chambers.  Defined antenna system specifications and customer support collateral's to support WLAN customers.  Interfaced directly with customers overseas to review and improve their integrated antenna performance.   Designed and built prototypes of active receive remote antenna modules and array beam forming networks.  Directed cross site antenna product development activities.

6/99 - 1/02             Senior Packaging Engineer

Responsible for reducing radiated emissions from chipset and microprocessor packages for mobile and desktop systems.  Developed methodologies for simulation and measurement of radiated package emissions in both the time and frequency domains.  Experience in power delivery and I/O signal integrity analysis.  Mentored small teams to the successful completion of key projects.

Member of the Technical Staff,   7/95 - 5/99      

Antenna Design Engineer. 

Performed all aspects of design, prototype and test for missile seeker antenna systems.  Work experience includes generation of sub-system specifications, design, prototype and measurement.  Projects included the design of a W-Band horn fed Cassegrain antenna, corporate and mono-pulse microwave networks, patch and slot radiators as well as development of software for the analysis of measured antenna data.  Extensive use of CAD software including HFSS, LIBRA, SONNET and ENSEMBLE.

SKILLS

Extensive UNIX experience including many aspects of system administration.  Applications include UNIX shell scripts, parallel programming, Fortran 95/77, C/C++, MFC.

Resume #1475

US Citizen                  Salary $100k                Relocation South East and East coast

Experience

April 2001- Present        Antenna Company

* Team Leader / Principal Engineer for a base station antenna design/development group. Direct reports include a mechanical engineer,  two CAD designers, and four RF technicians.

* Designed and released over 40 base station antenna products, including variable electric downtilt antennas in both Cellular and PCS bands, dual polarization antennas ranging in azimuth beamwidth from 33 to 90 deg, and high front-to-back log-periodic / yagi arrays. 

November 1998- April 2001   SMT Wireless

* Designed a low-cost PCS vertical antenna with the radiating elements and the corporate divider network integrated onto a single board 

* Developed a line of four WCS, 2.30-2.36 GHz, dual-polarized antennas . Critical requirements of 20 dB upper sidelobe suppression, and 30 dB front-to-back ratio over a +/- 45° sector were met. The program went from initial concept to high-volume production in under four months.

January 1997 - November 1998      Wireless corporation

* Designed  a family of 12 PCS / PCN dual-polarized slant-45 antennas for operation in the 1710-1880 MHz and 1850-1990 MHz band.

* Developed a back plane geometry to achieve 65 deg and 90 deg azimuth beamwidths, requiring a changeout of only one part to switch between the two versions.

May 1992 - January 1997 Electrospace Systems, Inc.

* Responsible for the development, testing, and qualification of three broadband direction-finding antennas (IEWCS and MEWWS programs). The radiating assembly consisted of a series of stacked Adcock dipole or loop arrays covering the HF, VHF, UHF and SHF bands.

* System engineer for the TROJAN 5.5m Cassegrain antenna program with responsibility for meeting all certification requirements of the INTELSAT C- and Ku-band SATCOM systems.

January 1986 - May 1992        Dorne and Margolin, Inc.

* Antennas developed and added to product line included microstrip and stripline fed patch antennas and arrays primarily operating at L- and C-band. Several of the designs incorporated parasitic elements for increased bandwidth.

* Designed an electrically small VHF, 20-60 MHz, 12 in. monopole. Lossy elements were used to obtain the necessary VSWR bandwidth.

* Conducted Moment Method and GTD studies of aircraft structural effects on antenna performance. Verified results through scale modeling and mathematical analysis.

Skills       HFSS 9.0, Ensemble, and IE3D Electromagnetic Structure Simulators, EESOF Series IV Touchstone, HPADS and Eagleware RF Circuit Analysis Software, NEC Method of Moments, Ohio State NECBCS2 (GTD Basic Scattering Code) and NECREF (Parabolic Reflector code), CHAMPS (Corrugated Horn Design Code), Mathcad 2000, Network Analyzer and Antenna Pattern measurements.

Education:      

Polytechnic Institute of New York - M.S.E.E. (GPA 3.33/4)             

Polytechnic Institute of New York - B.S.E.E.  (GPA 3.86/4) 

Resume #1474  

US Citizen. Prior Secret Clearance         Salary $77K      Relocation Fairly Open: Not NY NJ MA RI                                                            

SUMMARY

RF/Antenna Engineer with 8+ year’s experience in microwave antenna design as well as range design and automation.

EXPERIENCE

July 1998 - July 2004     Senior Antenna/RF Design Engineer

A global telecommunications company providing base station antennas and repeater products to a worldwide audience.            

Developed commercial wireless base station array antenna designs for industry wide use and customer specific applications, including a variety of vertical and dual polarized antennas for the Cellular, PCS, PCN, and 3.5GHz.communication bands. 

 Base station antenna designs included the following:

·        Performed theoretical microstrip and airline feed network optimization using Ansoft Designer. Designed dipole (narrow and broadband), microstrip patch, and Yagi element radiating structures utilizing Ansoft HFSS and WIPL-D modeling software.  Fabricated prototype elements using a T-Tech milling machine. 

• Determined minimum physical dimensions yielding desired performance
• Utilized personally developed pattern synthesis software to determine element weighting and geometry, feed network path lengths and power division, and ground plane size needed to meet desired performance specifications provided by marketing or the customer.
• Performed feed network and element development
• Conducted performance testing
• Utilized network analyzer instrumentation to develop antenna impedance-matching and isolation solutions.  Characterized antenna performance using both near-field and far-field measurement techniques.  Performed post data acquisition analysis though the use of a personally developed software package written in LabWindows CVI.
• Supported sales and marketing
• Assisted sales and marketing by performing design feasibility studies based on customer-supplied requirements.  Provided customers with technical discussions about antenna design and measurements.
• Designed a cylindrical near-field testing facility capable of measuring a wide spectrum of antenna types within the frequency range of 0.450 – 40 GHz.

·          Performed range justification study

• Produced possible range accuracy and efficiency study as well as a full-scale range design.  Presented the study to management along with project cost estimates, equipment lists, and time of completion.    
• Designed range and coordinated installation efforts
• Worked with subcontract crews to build a 26ft. x 20 ft. x 20ft. Anechoic chamber and control room complete with temperature regulation.  Developed and fabricated dual polarized waveguide probe antennas for reduced data acquisition time. Designed a 22ft. AUT translation stage that allowed for a multi-use antenna test facility.  Aligned and calibrated the multi-axis positioning system using precision laser and optics measurement instrumentation.

·          Performed range qualification

• Determined the magnitude of various error sources through direct measurement and analytical methods.  Calculated the range measurement uncertainty for each frequency band measured through the use of the NIST 18 term error model.   
• Modified and automated the company’s slant geometry far-field antenna range to provide low reflection levels, excellent repeatability, low operating costs, and high efficiency.
• Developed automation software
• Utilized LabWindows CVI to develop a user-friendly windows based and highly efficient far-field range automation software package capable of taking multi-port antenna measurements. The software also automatically performs test data reduction and analysis.
• Designed multi-feed source antenna
• Designed a prime focus reflector antenna system with interchangeable waveguide feeds to provide multi-band test coverage.

·          Validated range accuracy

• Utilized the NIST 12 term error model to determine the measurement uncertainties for each frequency band measured.  Documented all RF analysis and generated an uncertainty reference notebook for internal use and customer visits.

 March 1995 - July 1998  TRW        RF Engineer

• Responsible for intensive use and experimentation using near-field testing and analysis.
• Evaluated and reported on military proto-type spaceborne multi-beam millimeter wave
• antennas.
• Designed a multi-channel waveguide switch network that provided automated switching between multiple output antenna ports on new antenna systems.

• Analyzed, supported, and modified near-field analysis software per customer requirements.

May 1993 - December 1995 Computer Sciences       Co-op Engineer

·          Responsible for modifying and upgrading numerous aspects of an acquisition and tracking radar used in meteorological radiosondes, rocketsondes, and drones.

• Designed and implemented an RF switching system using a time division multiplexed scheme that allowed this particular radar to track two independent targets simultaneously.

EDUCATION    

Florida Institute of Technology – B.S. Electrical Engineering with Honors December 1995

Skills: 

Ansoft Designer and HFSS, WIPL-D, Hewlett Packard Advanced Design System, NEC, AutoCAD, FORTRAN, Visual C++, LabWindows CVI, network analyzer and antenna radiation pattern measurements, machining capabilities.

Affiliations: International Institute of Electrical Engineers, IEEE   

Organizations:        

U.S. Government, Department of Defense Security Clearance

Acquired DOD secret and SSBI security clearances

Resume #1407     

Summary:

* Knowledgable in Pspice, PADDS, Eagle,C , HFSS, Visual C++, MATLAB.

Experience:

Resume #1416    

Top Secret/SSBI clearance
Relocation: East Coast Only

EMPLOYMENT
2002 – Present PRINCIPAL ENGINEER:

Provided Radar Cross Section (RCS) analysis as needed for various programs. Carried out RCS predictions, using various numeric codes, for the creation of an RCS Database.
Interface design, programming, and integration of our Radar Target Signature (RTS) signature code into the Battlespace Environment and Signatures Toolkit using Java.
Assisted in general radar analysis and design.


2000 – 2002 SENIOR RADIATION SYSTEMS ENGINEER:

Responsible for RCS data analysis for threat cruise missiles in support of Navy programs.
Supported antenna analysis and development for current and future large naval phased arrays.
Created CAD models for RCS prediction and carried out predictions with Xpatch 4.6 in support of threat assessments.

1998 - 2000 Satellite Company

MAIN MISSION ANTENNA (MMA) ENGINEER: Responsible for the on-orbit performance of Satellites - Main Mission Antennas (3 per vehicle) on 66 mission space vehicles (SV) and on-orbit spares. Conducted daily monitoring of MMA State of Health for antenna lifetime trending and anomaly resolution/prevention as well as routine system performance. Specified and oversaw implementation of monitoring automation to significantly reduce the required time for antenna monitoring as well as increased data capture reliability, allowing for MMA engineer to expand into L-Band system support due to manpower shortages. Maintained on-orbit configuration information related to failures and anomalies for input to MMA adaptation data (operation configuration data) to optimize Quality of Service (QoS). Authored and published Web based anomaly recovery plans/procedures for use by operations personnel in recovery from identified MMA system faults. Led anomaly resolution and service recovery actions as related to MMAs. Directed contractor (Raytheon) MMA software changes to improve antenna performance and speed recovery time from antenna faults. Interfaced with mission planners to coordinate the planning and execution of on-orbit MMA tests. Planned and supervised on-orbit commissioning of spare vehicles MMAs. Conducted research on worldwide licensing issues as related to Radio Astronomy interference protection. Conducted Iridium L-Band (telephony and paging) system analysis and anomaly resolution. Monitored end-to-end telephony system performance for isolation of problems in all parts of the Iridium system.

1996 - 1998 LMCO

PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER: Cost Account Manager (CAM) responsible for F-22 Communication, Navigation, and Identification (CNI) antenna engineering cost and schedule. Developed and implemented budget and schedule for transition from development to production. Presented current engineering cost and schedule performance to program and government representatives biweekly. Conducted Radar Cross Section (RCS) testing at frequencies of interest, and antenna pattern testing at VHF, UHF, and S-Band for F-22 CNI system antennas. Designed RCS test fixtures for F-22 CNI antennas. Conducted test range evaluation to determine possible error sources in test and calibration to ensure specification compliance. Conducted test planning and coordination of array antenna calibration activities. Conducted data analysis using MS Excel and MS Access to determine antenna performance and conformance to specification requirements and performance objectives. Authored and/or edited Acceptance Test Plans (ATP) and Specification Verification and Validation (SV&V) Plans (Environmental and Electrical Qualification) for F-22 CNI antennas. Conducted VHF Printed Circuit Board (PCB) antenna redesign to improve VSWR. Executed Engineering Change Orders (ECO) for changes to Configuration Controlled (CM) documents and drawings as needed.

1994 - 1996 MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF:

Lead engineer responsible for test planning and coordination of a government customer RCS test program. Conducted RCS data reduction and analysis of single frequency and wideband radar measurement data. Data reduction used Visual Numerics PV-WAVE, MS Visual Basic, and Fortran. Wideband data was processed using digital signal processing (coded in PV-WAVE) to yield 1 and 2 dimensional radar images for analysis. Responsible for system administration of Windows-PC and Silicon Graphics Unix workstation network in secure environment. Conducted Computer Aided Design (CAD) of radar targets as inputs to electromagnetic scattering codes such as Xpatch and McPTD. Established capability to do threat assessment using ALARM, RADGUNS, ESAMS, and SUPPRESSOR.

1988 - 1994 (USAF)

RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) ANALYST: Responsible for RCS data assessment and quality assurance on various government test programs. Conducted requirement definition and baseline system requirements for future Bistatic Radar Measurement System (BICOMS). BICOMS requirement definition included customer contact to determine current and future measurement requirements as well as de-evolution of overall system requirements to determine potential technology limitations at the subsystem level. Subsystem level allocations were made to determine baseline cost and schedule impacts. Conducted Computer Aided Design (CAD) RCS test fixtures. Using CAD generated models, made RCS predictions using Xpatch, McPTD, and CARLOS to determine approximate RCS levels of final build targets and fixtures. Conducted propagation analysis using CAD tools and spreadsheets to optimize target illumination and minimize clutter and multipath. Performed system administration duties for multiple standalone SUN Microsystems SPARC-II UNIX workstations with SKY numeric coprocessors. Established capability to do threat assessment using ALARM, RADGUNS, and ESAMS as well as attending user meetings to provide RCS measurement perspective on threat assessment activities.
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER: 1988 - 1991    Defined, designed, and supervised implementation of customer instrumentation needs for vibration, temperature, pressure, and strain measurements in seat ejection and hyper-velocity sled test programs. Designed FM-FM and Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) telemetry systems for multiple radio frequency (RF) carriers in accordance with Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG) standards in the 900 MHz, 1.4 GHz and 2.2 GHz frequency ranges. Designed custom signal processing electronics to meet specific customer data requirements. Conducted failure analysis and investigations as required to determine cause and corrective action of telemetry system failures, both signal processing and RF. Conducted propagation analysis as required to improve data quality from test sleds and meet customer data requirements. Provided input to FCC and World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) rule making as it impacted telemetry bands used at the Test Track Division.

1987 - 1988 Aeronautical Systems
SENIOR ASSOCIATE ENGINEER: Supervised and conducted testing on indoor and outdoor RCS ranges. Conducted design and development of RCS test fixtures and devices for component level RCS testing. Conducted analysis of test data and input to design activity to optimize desired RCS signature. Edited and wrote parts of an aircraft wiring CAD training manual and course.

Computer System/Hardware Experience:
PC (Windows - 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP)
LINUX - SuSE, RedHat
Silicon Graphics (SGI) (UNIX - IRIX System Administration)

Computer System Programming Languages:
Matlab
FORTRAN
Java

Specialty Programs:
Xpatch (RCS Prediction Code)
NRL-RTS (RCS Prediction Code)
ACAD (Computer Aided Design)
EMCC Code Suite (Electromagnetics Codes)

EDUCATION
June 1985 - MSEE, 1987
Aug. 1980 - BSEE, 1985

Resume #1128

Security Clearance Secret
Salary Seeks $125K
Single
Owns Home

SUMMARY

·    I have 30 years of diverse radar systems experience.
   
·    My experience covers all radar frequencies from HF to millimeter wave for ground-based, airborne, and space-based radar systems.
   
·    I have a unique combination of strong theoretical insight and capabilities, tempered by 17 years of practical experience
   
·    I can solve any radar system problem, to whatever depth required. I am also judicious and efficient.
   
·    I know which problems have already been solved and do not need to be resolved.
   
·    Frequently I can obtain quick results from a memo, paper, report, or book in my extensive personal library and files.
   
·    I can produce technically solid radar feasibility / performance results in a quick turn-around time.
   
·    I enjoy working on radar system architectures / tradeoffs and developing system concepts of operation.
   
·    Radar detection, estimation, and signal processing are some of my strengths.
   
·    Other strengths include antennas, phased arrays, radar propagation limitations, search / scan design, and power-aperture requirements analysis.
   
·    I also have hands-on experience in system integration and system testing.
   
·    Additional strengths include the ability to write memos, reports, proposals, etc. quickly which explain radar technical results clearly and authoritatively.
   
·    I am good at summarizing and presenting my results in reports and viewgraph presentations.
   
·    My enthusiasm, contributions, and innovative solutions to radar problems are well known to all those who have worked with me in the past.

EXPERIENCE

Consulting Scientist. 1997-present

·    Radar systems engineering, architecture, design, analysis, and planning for ballistic missile defense, space surveillance, phased arrays, intelligence radars, etc.

Technical Staff, Advanced Radar Technology Department, Radar Division. 1992-1997

·    Principal radar systems engineer for the USAF HAVE STARE X-Band Space Surveillance radar.
   
·    Lead radar systems engineer developing advanced systems concepts and designs for National Missile Defense (NMD) X?Band LFOV (Limited-Field-of-View) Phased Array Feed mechanical reflector Radar and Early Warning Radar (BMEWS, PAVE PAWS, Cobra Dane) upgrades.
   
·    Assignments included radar system testing and data analysis at field site.

Principal Engineer, Advanced Systems Engineering Group, Data Acquisition Systems Directorate. 1983-1992

·    Radar systems engineering, architecture, design, analysis, and planning for advanced phased array radars, reflector instrumentation radars, ICBM / SLBM / TBM early warning radars, space surveillance radars, over-the-horizon (OTH) radars, ballistic missile defense radars, and ballistic missile data collection radars.
   
·    Assignments included radar marketing, pre-proposal, and proposal efforts plus radar subsystem integration in the lab and radar systems testing and data analysis at field sites.

Research Staff. 1982-1983

·    Radar systems engineering, design, analysis, and planning for an intelligence data collection radar.
   
·    Assignments included developing radar system feasibility designs and specifications from requirements.

Technical Staff, Radar Analysis Group, Radar Division. 1978-1982

·    Radar systems engineering, design, analysis, and planning for USAF AWACS airborne air-target surveillance radar and USAF / US Army JSTARS (Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System) airborne ground-target surveillance radar.
   
·    Assignments included analysis of a passive radar triangulation system utilizing coherent cross-correlation (time-of-arrival) processing, analysis of ballistic missile early warning detection and tracking capabilities, analysis and modeling of radar cross section of ICBM objects.

Engineer, Systems and Services Group 1977-1978

·    Radar signal processing / statistical data analysis software development for Laboratory experimental airborne radar for detecting stationary ground targets (trucks, tanks, and other military surface vehicles).
   
Engineer, Requirements Analysis Department, Systems Design Laboratory. 1973-1977
   
·    Radar and missile systems requirements analysis and radar system simulation / analysis for the PATRIOT and HAWK tactical air defense radar / missile systems.
   
Staff Member, Radar Techniques Group 1969-1970
   
·    Radar signal processing and detection analysis for an experimental USAF ground-based, pulse-Doppler surveillance radar.
   
EDUCATION
   
·    MS, Electrical Engineering program, MIT, 1967-1969 concentration in random processes, detection and estimation, and electromagnetic and microwave theory.
   
·    BS, Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1962-1967