Senior Vice President
Resume:
Eric Douglas Lester
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 256-***-****
Email: ***********@**.***
www.ericdlester.com
Education
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, May 1998
GPA: 3.63/4.0
Thesis: Feature extraction, Image segmentation and 3D scene reconstruction using LADAR data
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dec, 1995
GPA: 3.7/4.0
Major Areas of Study: Plasma Science, Image Processing, and Pattern Recognition
Experience
IAVO Research and Scientific: Durham, NC
Senior Vice President
October 2007 - Present
Responsible for all aspects of Geospatial Sciences Division
Supervise sales, marketing, software development, and geospatial production activities
Technical lead on multiple geospatial application efforts
Originator of GeoGenesis® geospatial processing software suite
Manage multi-million dollar software gifts to universities
Responsible for business development in areas of geospatial production, research, and software development
Lead for GeoGenesis® image processing software management and marketing
Lead for IApioneer™ imagery exploitation software management and marketing to support US Navy.
Primary interface between IAVO Research and Scientific and the United States Navy’s PMA-281 for Tomahawk Cruise Missile support
IAVO Research and Scientific: Durham, NC
Vice President
March 2006 - October 2007
Technical lead on multiple geospatial research and development efforts
Responsible for business development in federal, state, and local government sectors
Recruit and hire multiple staff members in various disciplines
Responsible for writing and executing SBIR Phase I and Phase II proposals
Responsible for supervising geospatial production to support US Army Buckeye program
Lead for GeoGenesis® image processing software management and marketing
IAVO Research and Scientific: Huntsville, AL & Durham, NC
Program Manager & Strategic Development Lead
April 2005 - March 2006
Technical lead for automated feature extraction software development
Responsible for business development in the area of geospatial data processing and feature extraction
SimWright, Inc: Huntsville, AL
Director of Geospatial Image Processing
June 2003 - April 2005
Technical lead for remote sensing activities, digital terrain database generation, and automated feature extraction
Principle investigator for multiple automated feature extraction projects
Responsible for various marketing activities, product demonstration, and customer support
Opened and manage new office in Huntsville, AL
Responsible for writing and executing SBIR Phase I and Phase II proposals and contracts
CG2, Inc: Huntsville, AL
Chief Image Processing Engineer
October 2002 - May 2003
Responsible for the development of innovative techniques to utilize geospatial data and data collection systems to solve a variety of diverse customer needs
Introduced the use of commercial geospatial remote sensing data into the processes and products at CG2, including the development of a large area digital terrain database for the Air Force Research Lab, Wright Patterson AFB, OH.
ERC, Inc: Huntsville, AL
Lead Image Processing Engineer
October 2001 - October 2002
On-site at Redstone Technical Test Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL in support of multi-spectral terrain database generation
Responsible for introducing new data into terrain database generation including: NTM, DPPDB, NIMA CIB, CADRG, IKONOS, LandSat, Quickbird, etc.
Project manager and lead engineer for Multispectral Terrain Database project with Air Force Research Lab (Wright-Patterson AFB) and Night Vision Labs (Ft. Belvoir, VA)
Liaison and administrator of high resolution LIDAR collection over Redstone Arsenal, AL in coordination with US Army RTV Program
Quality Research, Inc: Huntsville, AL
Lead Image Processing Engineer
October 2001 - October 2002
On-site at Software Engineering Directorate, Redstone Arsenal, AL in support of UAV simulations
Responsible for introducing NTM data into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) simulation to streamline imagery database production
Interact with various software vendors to obtain evaluation software for insertion into image processing workflow
Evaluate and brief government customers on image processing software and techniques for use on EO, IR, SAR, MSI, VMAP, and other data
Software includes ENVI, ER Mapper, MET, SoftPlotter, and ELT 3500
Develop UAV terrain simulation databases from NIMA CIB, CADRG, ADRG input data
Establish hardware configuration for workstations to create high resolution imagery mosaics
Develop software for batch exploitation of UAV simulation 3D models using Multigen Creator Pro API via Microsoft Visual Studio programming environment
Cylab, Inc: Falls Church, VA
Senior Systems Analyst
October 2000
Project Manager for Schafer Wireless software development
Develop and manage software design and development schedules and customer briefing including cost analysis
Develop 2D/3D data visualization software interfaces
Analyze and develop software: Visual Basic, Visual C++, OpenGL, Access, SQL
Harris Corporation: NIMA Prototype Facility: Reston, VA
Lead Image Processing Engineer
May 1999 - September 2000
On-Site Support for National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
Manage and lead prototyping of 3D model generation and visualization system using RealSite, Socet Set, MultiGen/Paradigm Creator Pro, Alias/Wavefront Maya, PolyTrans, and other related software
Set requirements for and lead negotiation actions and contracts between multiple companies and agencies for timely task completion (i.e. United States Secret Service, BAe Systems, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, etc.)
Manage and oversee prototyping of automated/assisted feature extraction software for integration into NIMA production environment
Develop and write shell scripts to streamline software in production steps for operator usage of 3D model generation system
Technical liaison with customers and vendors to identify solutions for more efficient product development within 3D modeling and Feature Extraction
Subject Matter Expert for Pathfinder 2000 evaluation of Assisted Feature Extraction and Automatic Target Recognition
Brief customers and other groups, internal and externally, on the work performed at the NIMA Prototype Facility – Reston
Develop new approaches for exploiting various image data sources to create new imagery products from NTM, LandSat, IKONOS panchromatic and multi-spectral, hyperspectral, aerial imagery
Harris Corporation: Melbourne, FL
Software Engineer
June 1998 - April 1999
Research and develop feature extraction and 3D modeling algorithms vital to internally and externally available image processing software packages
Member of three separate working teams involved in algorithm design, code, and testing
Developed new C++ routines and classes, and integrate them into the currently existing framework to meet image processing and coding standards
Responsible for integrating newly developed image processing techniques into a GUI
Responsible for presenting technical advances in research to customers during program management sessions
Member and Treasurer of Harris Toastmaster’s Club 1423 for further development of public presentation and organizational skills
University of Tennessee
Imaging, Robotics, and Intelligence Systems Lab (IRIS)
Knoxville, TN
Graduate Research Assistant
January 1996 - May 1998
Researched and developed autonomous scene reconstruction system from single view laser radar imagery, with registered amplitude data, for guiding robots in cleanup of nuclear waste facilities where human interaction is not possible
Researched range/intensity feature extraction and 3D modeling algorithms and developed software to implement those algorithms using C, C++, and MATLAB under contract with the United States Department of Energy
Developed a GUI using Xlib to control image processing techniques on multiple images with multiple input cases
Tested and evaluated a newly developed GUI to be used as a comprehensive image processing tool
Managed range image acquisition using the Perceptron laser range scanner (hardware and software)
Developed and maintained a website using HTML displaying the goals and progressions of research
University of Tennessee
Imaging, Robotics, and Intelligence Systems Lab (IRIS)
Knoxville, TN
Undergraduate Research Assistant
October 1994 - December 1995
Researched and developed image processing software in C for color vision-based on-line brick inspection system for General Shale Brick, Inc.
Interfaced with General Shale Brick contract team to set software and hardware development requirements for inspection system
Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH): Santiago, Chile
Research Associate
Summer 1995
Guest lecturer on image processing at Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Technologia (UNICIT) in Santiago, Chile
Image processing assistant to Dr. Renato Salinas, Electrical Engineering professor, USACH
Honors
University of Tennessee EECS Industrial Advisory Board
University of Tennessee Whittle Scholar
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Gamma Beta Phi National Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society Treasurer: 1991, 1992
Publications
J, Zeh, D. Caudill, B. Givens, R. Subr, B. Miller, E. Lester, K. Spuhl, “A Multispectral Terrain Database Development Process to Support Legacy Mission Simulation Environments”, AFRL-VA-WP-TP-2003-305, March 2003.
T. McAfee, E.D. Lester, “3D Visualization Gives Urban Fighters a Tactical Edge”, COTS Journal, March 2003.
E.D. Lester, "Feature Extraction, Image Segmentation, and Surface Fitting: The Development of a 3D Scene Reconstruction System", Master's Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998.
E.D. Lester, R.T. Whitaker, M.A. Abidi, "Feature Extraction, Image Segmentation, and Scene Reconstruction," in Proceedings SPIE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XVI: Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Autonomous Robotic Systems '97, pp. 261-271.
E.D. Lester, R.T. Whitaker, M.A. Abidi, "Feature Extraction, Image Segmentation, and Scene Reconstruction," in OE Reports/International Technical Working Groups No. 173, May 1998.
S.G. Burgiss, E.D. Lester, R. Whitaker, M.A. Abidi, "Scene Segmentation from Vector-Valued Images Using Anisotropic Diffusion", in Proceedings SPIE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XVI: Algorithms, Techniques, Active Vision, and Materials Handling, October 1998, pp. 527-538.
Eric D. Lester, Significant scientific development of an autonomous 3D scene reconstruction system using real laser range data reported in Microelectronics Technology Alert, June 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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