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Summary
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Michael enjoys contract positions in embedded systems or aerospace
product research and development which use his technical and
leadership capabilities in hardware, software, integration, systems
engineering, and flight test.
Michael has a wide range of product development experience in
defense aerospace, general aviation, embedded systems, Windows
applications, and databases.
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5/99
– Present
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Addisoft Consulting,
Inc., under contract for: Avidyne
Corp, Lincoln, MA
 | Cockpit display products |
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Full life cycle DO-178B
embedded software development including requirements
development, design, code, test, customer support |
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Electronic hardware
requirements, interface, design, test |
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Cockpit U/I and human
factors |
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Software responsibilities in
data interfaces and processing for ADAHRS, GPS, VOR, autopilot,
systems monitoring, and databus |
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Aircraft systems engineering |
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FAA certification (PSAC, SSA,
etc) |
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Aircraft integration |
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Avionics and vehicle
simulation |
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Flight test, including
responsibilities as pilot, flight test engineer, test card
design, data analysis and presentation, data collection system
design |
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Onsite aircraft integration
and flight test for Avidyne customers |
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Market research |
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Trade show support |
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3/98
– 5/99
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Addisoft
Consulting, Inc. Contracts on various software
development projects
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Legacy
conversions (DOS, Win16) to Win32 |
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Font
management for a business forms application |
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Various
client / server database applications for plant production
control / monitoring, accounting, sales, etc |
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1/99
– Present
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Avionics
educational support for support Texas State Technical College
Avionics Dept.
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Data
monitoring / conversion / collection software for flight
management, communications, nav, and surveillance systems |
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Glass
cockpit and databus training |
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Bench
level avionics debug / repair tools |
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Advisory
Committee member |
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6/91
– 2/98
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Raytheon
E-Systems Airborne Division, Waco, TX (formerly Chrysler
Technologies Airborne Systems)
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Hardware
and lead software architect for NASA proposal effort worth $100M
awarded in 1996 |
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Designed
hardware, programmable logic, and software for several embedded
microcontroller and microprocessor boards |
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Win32
program development for simulation and test applications. |
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Team
lead for electronics and software development efforts for
several USAF / USN strategic communciations and data processing
projects on E-4B, EC-135, E-6B |
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Led
IR&D efforts to develop a next generation secure aircraft
audio / data / video network. |
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Researched
and applied corporate software economics for proposal efforts,
including formal effort/cost/schedule models, metrics,
productivity factors, SEI CMM, subcontracts management, and
process improvement |
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2/94
– 2/97
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Texas
State Technical College, Waco, TX
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Part
time instructor in computer networking, programming, and Windows
applications |
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Developed
telecommunication curriculum content |
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5/88
– 8/90
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Cooperative
Education Student Engineer, Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems,
Richardson, TX (formerly Electrospace Systems)
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Embedded
and desktop programming for target processors, test fixtures,
and simulation. |
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Electronics
design and test |
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Education |
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BS
Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1991 |
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Various
classes in software engineering |
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Various
classes in aircraft and avionics systems |
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