SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Provided Marketing and Sales with project scope, time lines, costs, documentation and resource requirements

Managed multidiscipline group of 109 members to groups of 3 members

Extensive experience in design of Mixed Signal, Analog and Digital Hardware.

Developed new circuits as ASICs as required through personal research.

Developed digital and analog photographic instrumentation for color applications

Developed cPLD and FPGAs for communications and medical applications

Developed SMPS for Aerospace, Consumer, Medical and Industrial applications

Developed AC, DC and BLDC motor drives with control for torque and speed

Developed software in C, C++, Pascal, Assembler, Verilog

Use PSpice, LTSpice, Cadence, Autocad, Ansys and OrCAD Schematic Capture

User of Mentor Graphics, Pads and Eagle for PCB layout

Design to DO 254, 160 and 178 plus Mil Std 461, 704, and 810

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mitusa Electric Company, Scottsdale AZ August 2019 to Present

Chief Engineer/CEO

Developing AC to DC and DC to DC converters, BLDC Motor Drives, a wide variety of Battery Chargers including Li-Ion, NiCad and Lead Acid

Developed SMPS for 5G transponders, domestic and international with 25 year MTBF

Performed power integrity studies to DO 254 on all systems.

Designed tests for Reliability, Life, Efficiency and degradation of Li Ion Batteries over environmental temperatures after subjected to rapid charging/discharge

Characterizing the cells after charging and deep discharge including internal impedance and self discharge,

Developed Photographic equipment

1.Digital and Analog color densitometer with semiconductor, photomultiplier and photo emissive sensors to a density of 5.

2.Red, Green and Blue light source Additive Photographic enlarger

3.500 watt 3400 K constant color temperature light source

4.DOD Aerial reconnaissance cameras

Developed Digital Modem for industrial applications at 1200 baud

Regulatory Engineer – Provide guidance and direction for UL, CSA, FAA, FDA, FCC, IOC, IEC, CISPER and applicable Mil Stds.

Developed motorized vehicular mounted armament system

Developed motor controller for shop lifts for transporting dies and injection molds

Performed trade studies to select best µprocessor for vehicle mounted 50 mm cannon

Designed hardware safety circuits that paralleled µprocessors as safety back up.

Developed motor control system and power supply for mobile/military application

Transferred Eagle schematics to Mentor Graphics for schematic capture and PCB Layout

Developed glass fiber optic manufacturing equipment

General Dynamics, Scottsdale AZ October 2017 to April 2018

Senior Power Conversion Engineer (Contract)

Analyzing existing SMPS for efficiency, reliability and electromagnetic compatibility

Designing power supply test loads and fixtures for space application products.

Used Mentor Graphics and Eagle for schematic capture and PCB layout

Optolum Inc., Tempe AZ August 2017 to October 2017

Senior Electrical Engineer (Contract)

Developed fixed and dimmable LED illumination power systems and drivers

Products meet all applicable UL, FCC and European regulations.

Designed PCBs using PADs

Wrote programs for commercial adjustable LED Power Supplies

Designed and wrote applicable test procedures for power supplies

Mitusa Electric Company, Scottsdale AZ February 2016 to June 2017

Chief Engineer/CEO

Developed custom BLDC electronic motor controllers

Developed SMPS for commercial and industrial applications

Developing rapid chargers for Li-Ion batteries

Developed proprietary motor analyzer to generate speed torque curves.

Design tests for battery charger reliability and efficiency studies

Developed a 15kW GSE generator controller.

Celestica Corp, Toronto Ontario Canada October 2014 to February 2016

Design manager III (Reduction in force)

Team member in developing a solar photovoltaic string monitor per NEC-2014

Developed low cost power supplies from concept to production for LEO satellites.

Worst case analysis of space application power supplies, including aging characteristics

Provided value engineering that saved $5 million+ for an aerospace corporate customer.

UTC Aerospace, Phoenix AZ September 2013 to September 2014

Power Electronics Engineer (Contract)

Evaluated the performance of a reverse thruster lockout system for Rolls Royce Trent jet engines to DO 254 DAL A. Made recommendations for improving the design

Developed µprocessor motor control systems for custom applications in corporate aircraft

Evaluated DC/DC power system for 787 Ground Support Equipment, made recommendations for revising the design to eliminate hardware failures.

Temporally assigned to London England to assist in testing aircraft motor controllers.

Reviewed schematics, wrote and revised test scripts for automated motor test equipment

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson AZ March 2013 to September 2013

Power Electronics Engineer (Contract)

Responsible for evaluating the design and performance circuitry used in guided missile controllers.

Evaluated BLDC motor drivers used on guided missiles.

Evaluated thermal sensors and related signal conditioning circuitry for EMC

Obtained interim secret clearance.

NXP Semiconductor, Tempe AZ June 2011 to December 2012

Power Electronics Engineer (Reduction in force)

Initial responsibilities were for power systems for hybrid automotive applications. Revised the mechanical and electrical design of a dynamometer used for hybrid electric motor loading to improved mechanical operation and calibration capability using LabView.

Responsible for the complete design of a 400 VDC, 3 Kw, buck converter using prototype GaN transistors for vehicular applications

Evaluated hybrid automotive inverters, of 3 Kw to 60 Kw from external sources

Presented current research on GaN transistors for use in inverters up to 650 volts, 200 kW peak with data from a laboratory test fixture.

MCL Inc., Naperville IL January 2011 to June 2011

Power Supply Engineer (Contract)

Initial responsibility was the design of filters and transformers for Traveling Wave Tube amplifier systems. Re-designed saturable reactors in a 450 VDC supply to improve efficiency. Revised magnetics spread sheets to for the design of high voltage, 10 KV to 20 KV transformers.

Developed a high voltage Si diode recovery time test fixture

Developed 20 kilovolt supply Cauer filter to reduce the stored energy with less than 50 mV ripple

Developed a 90% efficient 700 watt 10 kilovolt SMPS

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory April 2009 to January 2011

Laurel MD

Senior Staff Engineer (Contract)

Lead Engineer in the development of a power control system for the Van Allen Probe mission including breadboard, engineering Models and flight units for use in the satellites. Traveled to University of Iowa to redesign a magnetometer power system for an on board FFT.

Developed radiation hardened SMPS systems with remote reset worked closely with the radiation groups and Brookhaven Laboratories and rad hard product vendors.

Responsible for organizing all design reviews including Preliminary, Critical, Test Readiness, Manufacturability and Final review.

Used OrCad for schematic capture and PSpice/LTSpice for analysis

Responsible for the design of Ground Support Equipment and Documentation and Procedures

ACSS Inc., Phoenix AZ April 2007 to September 2008

Principal Engineer (Contract)

Upgraded TCAS power supply system with distributed SMPS. Designed buck magnetics, flyback and forward transformers for the supplies. Responsible for the Hardware Requirements Document, Schematics, Component selection, Verification Plan, Test Procedures and Results Document.

Designed Electromagnetic Interference Filters to DO 160 and MIL STD 461 including Electromagnetic Pulse Testing

Improved Efficiency

Securaplane Technologies Inc., Tucson AZ April 2006 to April 2007

Senior Electronics Engineer (Resigned)

Initial assignment was a Start Power Unit (SPU) for the 787 Dreamliner, powered from lithium ion batteries. The SPU doubled as Ground Support Equipment when assembled as a portable unit. The final design was compliant with DO254 and DO160 (Electromagnetic Pulse Testing) and passed all operational tests. In addition I provided design support for power conversion requirements and battery chargers, mentored junior engineers, and provide support to the sales and marketing teams.

Developed a three phase 15 KW, 115V 400 Hz sine wave inverter

Revised filters for EMI control

Developed lithium ion battery chargers

Supported development of GSE

Astronautics Corporation of America, Milwaukee WI December 2005 to April 2006

Senior Staff Engineer (Contract)

First assignment was support of a network server project for the Airbus A400. Additional responsibility included lead systems engineer of a four member team, developing system specifications and requirements documentation.

Developed a solid state relay system to switch 100 MB/s AFDX line between airborne servers on board the Airbus A400

Developed a DC to 4 GHz differential amplifier for line build out for AFDX bus

Products met Mil-Std 461 and DO 160 for EMI/RFI

Attended design review meetings at Airbus in Toulouse France

Smith Aerospace, Grand Rapids MI April 2005 to December 2005

Senior Electronics Development Engineer (Contract)

First assignment was writing PHACs, (Plans for Hardware Aspects for Certification) for the 787 Dreamliner projects. Revised Power Conditioning modules for the on board computers.

Developed Power Modules for the 787 Dreamliner computer systems to DO 254 DAL A and DO 160.

Reviewed and revised a battery charger for the F35 Stealth Fighter.

Wrote 5 PHACs which were accepted by the FAA without revisions.

Thomson Consumer Electronics November 2004 to February 2005

Chandler AZ, Senior Electronics Development Engineer (Contract)

Was liaison to Intel at Intel for Thomson Electronics to monitor the development of a reference design for TV set top boxes.

Calculation magnetic fields from transformers and inductors

Minimized induced noise to maintain an audio signal to noise ratio of 56 db.

Mobility Electronics, Scottsdale AZ November 2003 to November 2004

Senior Electronics Development Engineer (Resigned)

Developed after market power converters for mobile applications for laptops, digital cameras, cell phones and DVD players. The converters operate from either 90 VAC to 265 VAC or from 11 VDC to 32 VDC. The power capacity ranged from 5 W to 120 W. Analyzed and redesigned several existing products designed and built in the Far East that operated erratically under various conditions

90 W units through its first production build in the Far East.

250 W adjustable output converter

Developed and patented a synchronous rectifier for SEPIC

Wrote theory of operation, test procedures, and qualification requirements.

Eaton Aerospace, Grand Rapids MI June 2003 to November 2003

Senior Electronics Development Engineer (Contract)

The following projects passed the simulation stage and were in layout and parts procurement stages prior to being shelved. Bus to meet DO254, DO160 and MIL STD 461 (Electromagnetic Pulse Testing)

Developed of 60 KW drives for a 4 motor air to air refueling boom for the Airbus A320

Developed 60 Kilowatt supply for an emergency hydraulic pump for the Joint Strike Fighter

Newport Corporation, Chandler AZ October 2002 to April 2003

Senior Electronics Staff Engineer (Local division was closed)

Developed equipment for characterizing and burning in laser diodes used in underwater data cable

Developed and characterized a digital PID temperature controller

Drive circuits for thermoelectric coolers from 0 to 125 C

Honeywell Inc., Phoenix AZ May 2001 to August 2002

Senior Electronics Engineer (Contract)

Developed multiple output SMPS for Flight Management Systems (FMS) applications.

Developed SMPS that was stable within 15 mV. in a –55 C to 90 C. ambient for FMS

Supply met Mil-Std 461 and DO 160 for Electromagnetic Compatibility and radiation exposure.

Interface Data Systems. Phoenix AZ February 1999 to March 2001

Senior Development Engineer (Company was sold)

Developed consumer, commercial and industrial products with follow through from inception to shipping. The consumer products were cost sensitive, high volume durable goods.

Developed code for 11 embedded microprocessor systems for white goods and industrial applications using consumer grade µP, cPLDs and FPGAs

Developed an automated digital display to film xray converter/processor

Revised LabView program to accept late model digital oscilloscopes

Provided programming support for a HP 3060

Triad Medical. Phoenix AZ February 1997 to February 1999

Senior Development Engineer (Reduction in force)

Developed mixed digital/analogue medical system for non-invasive checking of parenteral solutions in nutritional compounders. The system required and received FDA acceptance.

The digital output of the A/D converters addressed error detecting codes in EEproms.

Consistent timing and control was provided using cPLDs and FPGAs

Rewrote LabWindows/CVI to accept new digital oscilloscopes

Durel Corporation., Chandler AZ September 1994 to February 1997

Senior Electrical Engineer (Resigned)

Developed low-wattage, high-efficiency embedded inductive charge pump inverters for driving electro-luminescent lamps. Applications included developing 120 volts P-P from 1.5V to 3V. watch batteries.

Provided technical support internally and to customers as needed.

Developed inverters that produced 900 volts P-P from a 3 Volt DC source.

Verified pre-silicon converter devises and first articles.

Fabricated inverters as ASICs using DI technology via commercial foundries.

Published two papers, one on EMI and PCB layout, and one on Electrical Definitions for the engineering and manufacturing staff

Developed arc detector with memory that translated into the following device

Phosphor/material spectrometer from concept to finished product for 300 V materials

IBM Corporation., Tucson AZ facility May 1991 to September 1994

Advisory Scientist-Engineer (Reduction in force)

Developed a 36 channel read amplifier for 10 GHz digital tape drive with magnetoresistive heads

Converted IBM Proprietary Language to C/C++ for tape transports

Initially applied my knowledge of ROLM CBXs to replace the existing 15,000 extension telephone system

Installed a video conferencing system at a cost savings of $140,000.00. This included cameras, UHF Transmission system, lighting and furniture.

IBM - Rolm Advisory Scientist-Engineer September 1987 to July 1991

Santa Clara CA facility

Researched and developed hardware and software to analyze protocols on competitor’s telephone switches to integrate these with Rolm’s PhoneMail. Provided support for foreign and domestic homologation.

Provided project scope, time lines, costs, and resource requirements

Designed analog/digital interface systems to public network single line and tie lines using proprietary solid state differential line driver/receivers

Designed C/C++ and Pascal software to emulate digital telephones.

Designed specialized interface cards between PBX and voice messaging system using IBM PC/ATs and PS/2 model 70s as the platform, RS-232 and proprietary transceivers to meet interface requirements.

Provided guidance on the design of trunk and line interfaces for ISDN applications

Provided guidance on TCP/IP protocol

Santa Clara University January 1985 to March 1986

Finished requirements for Computer Science and Electrical Engineering degree

Atari - Director of Electrical Engineering April 1979 to January 1985

Sunnyvale CA

This group of 109 people, included disciplines in Software, Component selection, custom IC design, and Electronic Hardware design. Department budget of $33 million. The group worked very closely with Industrial and Mechanical Engineering departments to produce cost effective consumer home video systems. The products were designed to interface to NTSC, PAL, and SECAM TV standards. I personally designed the video interface circuits for the three TV standards. The results of the efforts of the engineering group and the entire staff were to bring corporate sales to an all time high of $2.4 billion per year.

Information on positions prior to September 1979 is available upon request.

EDUCATION, LINKS and LICENSES

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA BS, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,

Wright College, Chicago IL Associate Degree Mathematics,

FCC First Class Radio Telephone Operators License

Journeyman Machinist

PATENTS

5,070,439 Push Pull DC to DC Converter

5,239,453 Regulated DC to DC converter employing blocking oscillator

5,789,870 Low audio and electrical noise inverter for driving electroluminescent lamps.

5,097,143 Bipolar to Unipolar converter with AGC

5,113,186 Alternate Mark Inversion to Unipolar Converter

5,144,287 Current level sensing for use with a gyrator

5,222,102 Digital Phase Locked Loop for bipolar transmission systems

5,249,186 Start of frame detector in bipolar transmission systems

5,440,616 Method and Apparatus for interconnecting a messaging system and a PBX

7,352,158 Sepic Synchronous Rectification.

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