Project Mgr/Eng or Image Processing Eng

RICHARD “JAKE” JACOBSON

**** ********* ****** * Brea, CA 92821

Telephone: 714-***-**** * Cellular: 714-***-**** * E-mail: ********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Significant experience and an extensive record of accomplishments provide excellent qualifications

in PROJECT ENGINEERING/MANAGEMENT, as an IMAGE PROCESSING ENGINEER, SYSTEMS ENGINEER, EMBEDDED

SOFTWARE ENGINEER and in EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT. A dynamic, highly motivated and creative executive

whose career has been characterized by advancement, increasing responsibilities, and notable

achievements. A pro-active professional with diverse responsibilities encompassing engineering,

design, project management, finance, marketing, sales and operations.

Utilize a "hands-on" management style, creating an environment in which others grow and prosper.

Excel at building a motivated staff by blending strong team-oriented personalities, resulting in

loyalty and stability. Recruit top performers, train and motivate a staff to meet and/or exceed

short and long range goals. Expertise in creating strategic long term plans.

Key Strengths Include:

* Developed 20+ technical products throughout career.

* Possess excellent documentation skills.

* Adept at conceptualizing and implementing strategies to increase company

productivity and boost profits.

* Effectively evaluate technical vision of a product family and all system

requirements, architecture and detail design.

* Skillfully collaborate with engineers, designers and production personnel to

successfully create high quality products.

* Strategically plan project directions and management systems that produce at the

most effective performance levels.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FOUNDER * Sciovid, Inc. - Brea, CA

Provide focused leadership from initial concept through product introduction, creating a

business plan and start-up operations. Perform extensive market surveys and technology

audits; the genesis of detailed system requirements and in-depth design of all systems

components. Coordinate all engineering including outsourced mechanical and circuit designs.

Conduct system proof of concept for stereo pedestrian and vehicle sensors.

Create and implement the optimization of all real time embedded machine vision detection

algorithms for Texas Instruments DM6437 digital signal processor. Develop and implement

simple and efficient methods to calibrate stereo sensor cameras and develop simulation of

sensor on PC platform while executing under MS-Visual Studio.

Select local PCB manufacturers and component manufacturers in China. Conduct pricing

negotiations which included service and repairs. Create and manage an operating budget

and work closely with legal staff in preparing and negotiating corporate agreements.

* Lead company to initial product introduction 17 months after company startup

including build of 50 sensors with official software release.

* Develop “green” product that is CE and European “Type Testing” certified.

* Maintain sensor accuracy of 98%+ in weather and lighting levels above 2 Lux.

* Select and negotiate the exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for Europe

and Middle East and led all US sales and marketing efforts. (2007 to Present)

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING * Image Sensing Systems - St. Paul, MN

First engineer hired to extract and commercialize technology from feasibility studies at

University of Minnesota. “Hands on” manage and plan all engineering efforts to create family

of intelligent video products to satisfy all global customer needs in the transportation and

security markets. Travel on a worldwide basis to meet with end customers, supply chain,

distributors and technology partners to: support existing products, define and prioritize new

products and features and coordinate manufacturing and offshore developments.

Direct the revamping of product line to replace an obsolete processor with the TI DaVinci DSP

and the integration of Ethernet over power line technology for significant reduction in cost,

simplify installation and enable high bandwidth streaming video.

* Proposed, managed and oversaw several multi-million dollar projects funded by federal,

state, county and local agencies for freeways, intersections and tunnels.

* Resident camera and optics expert to select & qualify sensors for use with products.

* Perform all systems engineering planning, design and analysis functions.

* Closely managed requirements, design and implementation of embedded, GUI,

communications server, streaming video and enterprise level application products.

* “Hands on” algorithmic design and implementation to create transportation industry

leading detection performance in: counting, presence, speed, incident, smoke, pedestrian,

debris, wrong way and vehicle classification. (1988 to 2007)

Prior Experience Includes:

SENIOR PRINCIPAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER * Honeywell, Inc. - Minneapolis, MN

Manage DARPA funded projects pertaining to robotics. Lead four strategic partners to

demonstrate enabling technologies in a robotics workcell with three vision systems and active

force controls to autonomously assemble an avionics switch with parts provided in a tray.

* Adhere to strict DARPA rules/regulations to plan, execute, and document projects.

* Co-developed core algorithms for three vision systems.

* Received Honeywell’s highest technical achievement award available without a Ph.D.

* Led several internal projects to introduce and adapt technologies to other business units.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

B.A. Degree/Chemistry * Hamline University - St. Paul, MN

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Project Management Certification - Honeywell Corporation

Extensive Technology Training - Sarnoff Research Institute - Menlo Park, CA

Memberships: IEEE * ITE

Computer Skills: Windows XP/Vista * Outlook * Word * Excel * Explorer * PowerPoint * Project

C/C++ * Microsoft Visual Studio * Linux * OOA/OOD - UML * Matlab * Simulink

DOORS * EVMS * Visual Intercept * Visual Source Safe (VSS) * Subversion (SVN)

Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio (CCS) * CMOS and CCD Cameras and Optics

Optimizing DSP code execution speed for the C64x DaVinci Processor family

PUBLICATIONS

Authored and co-authored 20+ publications and presented at industry trade shows

OPEN TO TRAVEL/RELOCATION

REFERENCES: Available upon Request COMPENSATION: Open to Negotiation

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