• Program management responsibility for a PC-based, touch entry, interactive (laser) video, information and training system.
  • Technical definition
  • Planning, Budgeting and staffing (30 - 40 technical and support personnel)
  • Program management and technical leadership through design, prototyping and production.

Manager, Processor Development Group          June, 1981 to Sept. 1983

• Manager of a technical functional group (8-15) responsible for the development of all processor, controller, communication and peripheral products for NCR's Industrial Systems Division.
• Technical definition and planning for broadband LAN technology center for NCR.
• NCR representative on the IEEE 802.3 broadband subgroup and IEEE 802 broadband technical advisory group
• R & D, product planning, and design of digital data on laser vision disc and integration into the NCR Personal Computer
• Responsible for the planning and implementation of an NCR PC based interactive laser video disc system with text, graphics, and video overlay capability. Provided design and technical contributions for:
  • laser video disc adapter card
  • Graphic Display Controller BIOS modifications
  • Boot firmware modifications

Consultant Engineer, Terminal Systems Group          April, 1980 to June, 1981

• Responsible for the definition, design, and project management for NCR's data collection and attendance reporting terminals.
  • Project leadership (5 - 7 technical)
  • Structured design
  • uP-based (8048/49/51)

Senior Design Engineer, Advanced Development Group Oct, 1978 to April, 1980

• First digital engineer hired to Power Systems Div. diversification.
• Conceptual design of digital high power power supply ASIC development (power supply controller)
• Two patents (see above)
• Speech recognition research/demo system design
• First C2160-based attendance reporting terminal design and repackaging

• Full responsibility for the development of electronic equipment to support the W2500D computer line used for industrial and numerical control applications. This included:
  • 8085 based SDLC/BISYNC Communications adapter
  • Developed ROM-based single cycle CRC algorithm.
  • Power system Power-On & Power Off Sequencing Control
  • 500W and 750W switching power systems.
  • RS422/RS232C/Current Loop Serial communications adapter board.
  • Paper tape punch I/O controller board.
  • Paper Tape Punch Peripheral Integration and repackaging.
  • Magnetic cassette I/O controller board.
  • Backlit Hexadecimal control panel.
  • 15W switching regulator

PROJECT LEAD

• Responsible for the Pershing II on board computer.

DESIGN ENGINEER

• Control and sequencing logic for a radiation hardened airborne computer
• Part of a 2-man team responsible for the design of a 16-bit microprogrammed airborne computer.
  • arithmetic algorithm development & design
  • architectural definition & design
  • instruction set definition & design
  • Control logic design
  • Control panel design
  • Micro code definition/design

• Responsible for development of Computer Image Generating (CPIG) H/W and S/W.
  • Design and implementation of a multiplexed 50Mhz front end for a 200Mhz satellite communication receiver.
  • Hardware design of 2´s complement multiplier board for a Radar Landmass Simulator.
  • Hidden Line algorithm investigation and program development.
  • High resolution monitor interface
  • Simulator Cockpit instrumentation design and interface.
  • Terrain mapping investigation