Firmware and Software Development Consultant: Medical Devices, Video and Image Processing, High Speed Digital Communications and Control Systems

Expertise

Summary: Electrical engineer specializing in high-speed analog and digital system design and schematic capture, audio and video processing, microprocessor system design, firmware development and FPGA development.

Expertise in:

Experience

Undisclosed Company, President and Principal Engineer, 2007 - Present

• System design of "DisplayPort" to DVI and DVI to DisplayPort transcoders.
• Schematic design and FPGA development for a control system of a scanning X-Ray source and image processing system interfacing with an X-Ray sensor for live fluoroscopy, including interfacing with Xilinx PCI express hard endpoint.
• FPGA Firmware development for a bio-impedance measurement system.
• Design of an image digitizer and camera link transmission system for a scanning electron microscope for the semiconductor industry.
• Architecture development for an audio mixer, video router and control system for operating room communications equipment.
• Design of a DVI to S-Video transcoder system for surgical images.

Stryker Communications, Flower Mound, TX, R&D Manager and Sr. Design Engineer, 2002 - 2007

Managed the launch and assisted in the development of 5 new products generating. New products are:

• A 6:8 DVI Matrix Video router compliant to the DVI specification at full single link speeds (1.65GHz).
• A control system I/O expansion with a 4:1 KVM switch.
• Next generation control system and audio/video processor for the operating room.
• Next generation video network hub connecting operating rooms and conference rooms with audio, video, and data.
• Redesign of the Picture-In-Picture processor to reduce cost.
• Design of a microprocessor control board, analog video switch and the cable harness for a medical grade S-Video matrix router.
• Engineered a telemedicine system for Children's Hospital of Los Angeles by integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components with a custom control system.
• Developed multiple custom PCBs for our control system and audio/video processor for the operating room including: 16:16 S-Video matrix router with integrated composite video transcoders; backplane for all video processors providing power, control, and inter-board analog video connections, scan converter to convert analog RGB-HV to S-Video; and, wrote microprocessor code for developed printed circuit boards.
• Created a DVI distribution system using COTS components to send DVI video via fiber optics.
• Engineered a Picture-In-Picture system using COTS components customized for specific applications.

Development Platforms

• Orcad Capture and Layout
• Keil development suite
• Design Architect
• Xilinx ISE
• Modelsim
• Leonardo Spectrum

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Eta Kappa Nu
• Tau Beta Pi

Credentials

• Total Performance Award, Stryker Communications
• Best Invention: "Telemedicine System," Stryker Corporation
• Best New Product Finalist: "Switchpoint Infinity Control System," Stryker Corporation
• Best Invention: "DVI Matrix Router," Stryker Corporation
• Best Development Team, Stryker Communications

Education

• B.S. Computer Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR