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Audio-Video DSP Embedded Software Engineer

Professional engineer with more than 20 years of hands-on experience in

government and commercial research and development positions. A highly

accomplished designer with a portfolio of innovative products. Experienced

developing complex systems ranging from writing software for embedded

multimedia applications to designing and analyzing naval nuclear propulsion

and safety systems. Able to apply knowledge of system reliability and

failure modes to the development of highly reliable and fault tolerant

software designs. Able to communicate complex technical information to non-

technical team members. Have held TOP SECRET clearance from DOD, and the

equivalent clearance from DOE, as well as USNRC nuclear plant access.

Summary of skills:

. Professional Engineer with a broad range of analytical and software

development expertise.

. Extensive experience using C, C++, C#; familiarity with numerous

assembly languages.

. Extensive experience developing embedded micro-controller and DSP

applications.

. Experience designing, developing, and testing multimedia

applications using TI ARM/C64X System on Integrated Chip (Davinci

dual core) and related tool suite (Code Composer 3).

. Experience developing and testing algorithms for digital speech

synthesis.

. Experience evaluating and quantifying system reliability and

failure modes.

Professional Engineer, Registered in the State of Florida

Professional Experience

Matsushita Electrical Corporation of America

2007 - Present

Advanced Engineering Group, Senior Software Engineer

In this position, I support the design and development of a software

platform for the next generation of infotainment products. I am also

responsible for the design, implementation and testing of software for

products outside of the company's mainstream product line, including XM

receivers and DSP amplifiers.

Selected Achievements:

. Developed prototype software and reference designs to demonstrate the use

and characteristics of XM data services.

. Provided image processing techniques to improve the appearance of low

cost display solutions.

. "Reverse-engineered" an un-documented Renesas DSP system to enable off-

loading audio sample rate conversion from the main processor.

Stradis, Inc 2005 -

2007

Senior DSP Engineer

Development and optimization of MPEG video decoders for television

broadcast industry video servers. These efforts included evaluation and

integration of MPEG video decoding algorithms on various DSP processors,

including a multi-processor SOIC (TI Davinci) platform. Developed and

tested post-processing algorithms for image scaling and de-interleaving

using Matlab simulations.

Selected Achievements:

. Developed prototype MPEG2 decoder systems based on various TI DSP

platforms to evaluate suitability for HD solutions.

. Provided low-cost post-processing algorithm alternatives for scaling and

de-interleaving.

Matsushita Electrical Corporation of America

2000 - 2005

Software Engineering Group Senior Software Engineer

Developed and maintained the software for several audio products, including

control applications for the first Sirius satellite receiver, and a family

of DSP based digital amplifiers. The development efforts spanned all

phases of the software life cycle including product definition, software

development, testing, development of PC based support tools, and final

release to mass production. Developed complete software solutions for

numerous digital amplifiers. These solutions included microprocessor

firmware and PC-based calibration utilities. These calibration tools

allowed audio system engineers to rapidly fine-tune audio characteristics

in-vehicle. By providing highly reliable products that were customized for

each client vehicle model, the sales volume of the amplifiers I developed

grew to over $100 million between 2004 and 2009.

Selected Achievements:

. Sole software developer for MECA's first Sirius satellite receiver.

. Maintained 100% on-time, and 100% trouble-free software delivery for

three original product lines.

Motorola Labs 1993 -

2000

Speech Technology Group Staff Engineer

Developed prototype software and hardware to enable evaluation of human

interface concepts such as touch-screens, and voice recognition based

assistance for human operators.

Developed and executed test methods to support voice recognition research.

Developed methods and numerical algorithms for a very low data rate speech

compression system. I was responsible for the implementation and testing

of the decoder portion of the speech codec. Developed algorithms using

Matlab, and converted them to "C" for more efficient testing and

implementation on target platforms.

Selected Achievements:

. Provided assistance to product teams implementing the speech compression

algorithms.

. Provided fixed-point calculation results as test vectors for DSP

implementations.

Nuclear Engineer

ABB Combustion Engineering

1990 - 1991

Senior Engineer

Performed safety evaluations for hazardous waste disposal, nuclear fuel

manufacturing, and nuclear reprocessing facilities using probabilistic risk

analysis methods (CAFTA). This included analysis of systems to evaluate

reliability and safety of design, as well as the calculation of the

consequences of releases of chemical and radiological materials. Developed

safety evaluation reports for fuel reprocessing facilities.

Selected Achievements:

. Developed methodology to generate simultaneous failure probabilities from

historical failure rate data.

. Trained co-workers on numerical procedures for probabilistic failure

calculations.

Florida Power & Light

Nuclear Engineer

Performed criticality safety evaluations of spent fuel storage facilities

using Monte-Carlo simulation methods. Performed reactor core physics

calculations to support plant safety evaluations.

Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (DOE facility operated by Westinghouse)

Nuclear Engineer

Reactor core designer supporting the development of naval nuclear

propulsion systems. Contributed to the design and analysis of the reactor

selected for the SSN21 Seawolf attack submarine.

Education and Professional Training

Florida Atlantic University,

Post Graduate Studies (Electrical Engineering)

Course work emphasized digital signal processing applications in

communications, control, and imaging.

University of Florida

Master of Engineering (Nuclear Engineering, minor in Mechanical

Engineering)

Course work emphasized numerical methods for reactor physics and heat

transfer.

University of Florida

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Nuclear Engineering)

Technical Skills

Laboratory Equipment: Proficient with the typical electrical laboratory

equipment such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes

and logic analyzers.

Microcontrollers / DSP: Various 8, 16 and 32 microntrollers, such as

ARM9, Motorola HC08, HC12 and Renesas families

as well as dual-core (MCU/DSP) SOIC systems

and DSP's from TI.

Programming Languages: Extensive experience with C, C++, C#, FORTRAN,

VB.NET and several assembler languages.

Computer Modeling and Tools: DSP algorithm development and simulation using

Matlab; PC interface applications using C/C++

for control, monitoring, and analysis of

embedded applications.

Patents

US Patent # 6772126, Method and apparatus for transferring low bit rate

digital voice messages using incremental messages.

US Patent # 6691081, Digital signal processor for processing voice

messages.

US Patent #6496798, Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding

frames of voice model parameters into a low bit

rate digital voice message.

US Patent #6418407, Method and apparatus for pitch determination of a

low bit rate digital voice message

US Patent #6418405, Method and apparatus for dynamic segmentation of a

low bit rate digital voice message

US Patent #6370500, Method and apparatus for non-speech activity

reduction of a low bit rate digital voice message

US Patent #6156172, Automatic and attendant speech to text conversion in

a selective call radio system and method

US Patent #6064955, Low complexity MBE synthesizer for very low bit rate

voice messaging

US Patent #5652783, Method and apparatus for selectively encoding

digital messages in a communication system

Academic Awards

. US Department of Energy Nuclear Sciences and Engineering and Health

Physics Fellowship.

. University of Florida Graduate Council Fellowship.

. James E. Swander Memorial Scholarship, (Department of Nuclear

Engineering).

. Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship.

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