Steven W. Tate100 Phantom Dr Toney, AL 35773

(256) 604 2801 CellSteve.Tate@mchsi.com

SUMMARYThirty plus years of unique experience in integrating program, project, and business management with technical expertise utilizing team building, communication, and leadership skills applied to business development, program management, research, systems engineering, electronics design and development, fabrication, and test environments.

Ability to realize project requirements beyond the assigned portion. Being able to see this larger picture enables adaptation and even assistance as necessary with other project components so as to increase its overall timeliness and functionality.

Congenial, adaptive, and outgoing in past assignments with an enthusiasm and desire to see a project completed on time and working reliably. Technical expertise is valuable, but it is greatly enhanced by a pleasant disposition.

DoD CLEARANCE: SECRET

Areas of Expertise: Program/Project definition and management Proposal Capture/Development Business Development/Sales, Marketing Contract Transition Lead/support Manage existing and mature products/contracts Work effectively with sales, operations, and R&D Excellent Communication Skills (Written/Oral) Manufacturing – Engineering Liaison Excellent Microsoft Office Skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)

Technical Areas of Expertise: Embedded Processor HW Design ASIC, FPGA, CPLD Design and Simulation VHDL Design and Simulation Verilog Design and Simulation OrCAD and P-CAD schematic capture PCAD, McCAD PCB Design LabView LabView

Principal Areas Served: Aerospace DOD: Air Force, Navy, Army Utilities Commercial: Electronics design development

EXPERIENCEInfoPro Corporation 2006-PresentGeneral Manager/Deputy PM/Technical Site Manager: NASA Marshall Engineering Technician and Trades Services (METT: NNM08AA20C).

Responsibilities of this position include

o Direct Manager of staff of 42+ diverse branch personnel support (Three group leads, 7 NASA branches)o Lead transition of two major Task Orders (37 personnel) for MSFC Engineering Test Branch with zero

work impact.o Lead contract 17 day transition of 123 people with zero impact on technical performance.o Task Order Development, Pricing, Government Interface, Tracking and Direction of 43 Tasks with over

80 people performing material testing and fabrication of space flight hardware.o Contract business analysis and tracking, Budget definition by developing Excel Cost Tracking Tool to

interface with raw cost data from DelTek’s CostPoint.o Training, reviews, staffing, and recruiting plans for varied internal and contracted departments.o Co-developed written and oral Performance Evaluation Board material for METTS contract.o Directed efforts of major sub-contractor in staffing/pricing to align with cost controls for contract.

o Interface with NASA Dept. of Labor personnel in developing conformed labor categories compliant with Service Contract Act.

o Prime Contractor Lead interfacing with subcontractor group lead in transitioning of Collective Bargaining Agreement Calibration Laboratory to METTS contract.

o Co-developed Organizational Conflict of Interest deliverable documentation.o Working knowledge of quality control procedures (

Division Manager, Operations and Engineering Services: Provided the corporate direction and interface for NASA engineering and DoD Operations and Maintenance. General management, financial/cost management, P/L responsibility, sales strategies, directed work teams, business planning, recruiting, training, budgeting, capital equipment programs, focus on quality and efficiency of processes, strategic teaming for NASA and DoD business development and existing contracts.

Final Proposal Revision Manager NASA METTS o 190 Million Dollar Contract Ceiling, CPAF

Technical Proposal Manager NASA METTS Proposal Administration and Support

o Prepared volume outlines, story boards, developed page budgets, made writing assignments, and developed compliance matrices. As an author/editor performed technical writing, editing, volume management, and proposal publishing functions. Organized and lead the development of new business proposals:

NASA MSFC Engineering Technician and Trades Services (METTS) (win) Army - Whitesands Missile Range – Test, Engineering, and Analysis (loss) DOJ – Federal Prison Industries EP2277 Fabrication (win) TMO TSREDPOS – Subcontractor to Applied Geo Technical (win) NASA Wallops Island Support Services – Subcontractor to Indyne (pending) Navy – Crane NSWC – Subcontractor to Kratos Defense (win)

Staff Responsibilitieso Directed division (3 major contracts Eglin, Navy EOD School, and METTS) in support of corporate goals

(accounting, contracts, and project control), policies, and objectives.o Business analysis, Budget definition and direction of engineering group.o Training, reviews, staffing, and recruiting plans.o Customer representative interface to derive requirements and program policies.o Proposal Management and preparation.o Corporate and Division Business presentations and oral presentation.

Business Developmento Directed/Facilitated marketing strategy, research of new markets, and analysis of trends in DOD,

Industrial, and Commercial marketplaces as applied to InfoPro (IPC) strategic company goals.

Manager, Engineering Services – Provided the strategic and tactical work direction, leadership, and guidance of the engineering services department in the support of key contracts/sales for DOD, NASA, and aerospace companies.

Staff Responsibilitieso Support business analysis, Budget definition and direction of engineering group.o Develop Training, reviews, staffing, and recruiting plans.o Line level customer representative interface requirements and program policies.o Technical Volume Proposal Management and preparation.o Corporate and Division Business presentations and oral presentation.

Business Developmento Developed marketing strategy, research of new markets, and analysis of trends in DoD, Industrial, and

Commercial marketplaces as applied to InfoPro (IPC) strategic company goals with a planned yield of 20% compounded annual growth over a 5 year period.

o Established IPC Engineering Services Division (ESD) interface to Boeing, SAIC AMCOM Express, AMRDEC, and WR AFB.

o Grew company ES Department sales 116% in startup year ($290,00 in engineering services sales).o Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries Proposal Manager

Secured Contract of $6.7M for first effort in Dept. of Justice. Program, Systems, and Design and Development

o Program Lead for reverse engineering of two B52 sub-systems in support of Air Force Obsolescence program.

o Provided direction of engineering infrastructure for company (configuration management, incoming inspection, change order, production release, ESD).

STC and Associates 2004-2006Principal Owner -Organized and managed a group of engineering talent as a small business to perform design and development of electronic assemblies, firmware, and test software for commercial, industrial, and defense customers. Evaluated with consultation board and two other owners in company direction, budget establishment, capitalization needs.

Responsibilities of this position includeo Company administration (operations), o Personnel direction (hiring) on contracts, o Chief architect of systemso Quality management, o Proposal development, o Contract startup and close outo Customer interface (AMRDEC, ARSTA, NAVAIR)o Out-sourcing /Subcontracting

Program/Systems Engineering, Design and Developmento Interim Project Manager for Homeland Security Installation responsible for sub-contract of facility

preparation, operation verification, and customer sign-off.o Established engineering infrastructure for startup company (configuration management, incoming

inspection, change order, production release, ESD). o Production support, cost analysis, and EMI testing of new product introduction for three products.o B-52 Aircraft – Systems and Electronic support of redesign of CRT High Voltage Power

Supply.o Video Switch: Developed VHDL code for auto-recognition of video input (NTSC, PAL,

HDTV)o Optical Processing and Technology Systems: Contract position for design and development of

platforms to support SBIR programs and custom Spatial Light Modulator products. Automated Meter and Billing Systems: Systems engineering and Product Manager efforts in the

redesign of the company’s existing core products.o Cost reduction from $500 to $175 (EAU 12,000)o Manufacturing time reduced from 6 hours to 1.5 hours including test.

Advanced Optical Systems, Inc 2001-2004Principal Investigator/ Deputy Program Manager

Development and Project Management: Project management of Phase I and Phase II SBIR programs. Responsibility included staffing, job task control, budgeting, cost estimating, status reporting, contract conformance, and customer interface (utilized Earned Value tracking methods).

o Assumed duties of PM for Night Owl Long Wave Length Infrared (LWIR) 25 micron micro-bolometer SBIR Phase II USA AMCOM. Corrected program issues with customer technical officer, restructured program for completion on time and on budget thus meeting company profit margin and satisfying contractual requirements.

o Applied resourcefulness in business development growth of Night Owl Technology into AMRDEC Rocketball program by leveraging matching funds to extend into an Army Phase II plus program

o MDA - Eclipse Phase I & II Trans-Exo Atmospheric Kinetic Kill Vehicle SBIR proposal leader & manager, established WBS and initial electronic architecture. Program was awarded after my resignation.

Design responsibility: worked as a team leader/member in the formulation of solutions to solve problems that were critical roadblocks to successful completion of contractual requirements. Extensive use of Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs (Verilog), Texas Instruments DSPs, FLASH and SRAM memories, and high-speed digital mega-pixel imagers. These were used for NASA rapid prototype of the Advanced Video Guidance Sensor and Phase II Optical Image Sensor ULTOR Video Input PWA.

Applications Engineer: Cypress Semiconductor 1996-2001Sr. Field Applications: Responsible for technical support of the design and development of Cypress Semiconductor products for all engineering accounts in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Top Performer Club: Top 10 global rankings for design wins for in four consecutive years. Excellent Customer Focus and Response: Invited to assist designers in development of Set top box for

Motorola (DVI5000), PLC controllers for HOST Engineering, Inc., PCI modules for American Mega-Trends, and Fire Control Module for Apache Helicopter Interface for SCI.

Adtran Inc. 1994-1996Staff Design Engineer: Member of ASIC development team implementing next generation Digital Signal Processing ASICs for products (Schematic and VHDL capture)

Teledyne Brown Engineering 1990-1994Sr. Engineer/Principal Engineer II/Principal Engineer I: responsible for sub-project management, system architecture definition, project planning, and sections of design for digital sub-systems.

Allied Signal 1987-1990Senior Design Engineer: ASIC development team member, Embedded Processor and Signal Processing PCB level design (Motorola 68020/68030) for Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance (Delta Airlines) and Fly by Wire (Boeing) programs.

Emerson Electric (now ESCO Aerospace) 1984-1987Sr. Engineer/Engineer: Responsible for the design and development of multiple circuit card assemblies for C130 Multi-mode radar.

EDUCATIONBachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (1984)University of Evansville: Evansville, Indiana

RELATIVE ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONSystems Engineering Certificate training (AOS via University of Alabama Huntsville)

Electronic Imaging and Sensor (seminar from University of Central Florida)

Electro-Magnetic Interference/Electro-Magnetic Conductance Certificate

Technical Development: includes attending various classes and seminars pertaining to experiment, design, technical writing, test equipment usage, thermal imaging systems, C programming, Verilog, VHDL, programmable logic device (PLD) Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design,

Personal development: 7 habits of successful people; Getting things done “Now”; Dealing with Difficult People; Violence in the workplace.

Sales and Marketing Development – Professional Sales Skill Training and Coaching

Earned Value Management Seminar - Variance Analysis – Estimate at Completion – Boeing

REFERENCESReferences from management, peers, subordinates, and customers are available upon request.

Key Publications: “Advanced Video Guidance Sensor for the Demonstration Autonomous Rendezvous Technology”, NASA Tech Briefs, January, 2002.

Duties: Responsible for technical / administrative leadership of a project or group of projects within the programmatic guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer. Ensures work scope, schedule and budget are defined and maintained. Provides coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received as the project proceeds. Experience in the development of systems engineering processes and procedures. Knowledge of and experience with the commercially available systems engineering requirements and data management software tools. Reviews completion and implementation of project and/or solution of assigned projects. Analyzes, investigates and develops project guidelines. Coordinates logisticians, engineers, technicians and other technical staff. Interacts with vendors to provide products and services. Reports and recommends changes to project improvements to management. Provides direct support to Project and Program Manager. Provides technical consultation. May directly or indirectly supervise lower level engineers assigned to the project.Task Specific Duties: Lead a team of ~8 people  providing technical expertise to perform all supervision, management and project administration support to the Project Management Office.  Provide expertise and management assistance for demonstration/validation projects in areas such as paints, coatings, primers, sealants, corrosion preventive compounds, protective covers, sensors, dehumidification, and other emerging corrosion prevention and control (CPC) technologies.Provide expertise on existing research and development (R&D) projects and new technology development and demonstration.  Assist with the identification of potential R&D activities for advanced and improved corrosion remediation materials, tools, and design applications. Develop Statements of Work (SOW) and project plans for new and emerging demonstration and validation projects with an emphasis on reducing the impact of corrosion, system readiness, performance, maintenance, life extension, safety, environmental impact, and reduced life cycle costs. develop CPC training programs and training materials and training aids.Participate in Department of Defense (DoD) and industry sponsored conferences and symposia to provide information and updates on current corrosion activities and keep abreast of the latest CPC state-of-the-art practicesParticipate on Aviation and Missile Corrosion Prevention Action Teams (CPATs) and Integrated Product Teams and assist in the development of overarching CPC plans provide detailed assistance to tailored CPC plans for all program and project offices.Provide assistance with the acquisition, procurement, transportation, delivery, set-up and training of new technologies and equipment in the field.review of Army publications and make recommendations for changes. Provide assistance with the acquisition, procurement, transportation, delivery, set-up and training of new technologies and equipment in the field.Provides continual and immediate interface with customer.

Recommends appropriate course of action in response to customer/field driven issues through careful consideration of current industry and military technologies and capabilities. This requires personal knowledge of related technical, material and process information in the subject area.Generates or provides input to technical briefings, ensuring currency of information and, as required, presents briefings as a representative of the customer’s office. Ensures reliable access to data necessary to complete all foreseeable tasks through cultivation of working relationships with all manner of programs in the AMCOM arena.Assigns appropriate personnel to taskers, using knowledge of personnel experience and education in order to provide reliable and expeditious completion of all customer tasks.Actively recruits personnel, as required, to ensure there is no loss of capabilities due to attrition of current personnel. Tracks all labor and travel costs, ensuring compliance with appropriate company timekeeping and travel procedures.Completes all required personnel reviews.

Job Overview: Responsible for leadership in the planning, developing, directing and coordinating department- wide marketing activities. Assist in establishing and executing the roles and responsibilities for the immediate and long-range requirements of the Huntsville Operations. Support the hiring and management of all personnel assigned to the Aerojet Huntsville. Develop long range market planning for programs and technology to support Aerojet Business Units. Be familiar with all Redstone government and Huntsville commercial customers. Support the development, and execution of the Aerojet Strategic Plan and the achievement of the AOP. Support and coordinate all business activities with the various Aerojet sites. Support the Director of Operations for the Huntsville Site in all functions and serve in his or her capacity in their absence. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Responsibilities: 25% - Provide leadership and guidance in the establishment of requirements and execution of personnel acquisitions as needed to support the immediate and long-range Huntsville Operations Requirements. 20%- Define discretionary spending plans and manage discretionary projects. 20% - Support all Business Sectors in retention of core programs and planning for IR&D and S&T activities. 15% - Providing Leadership for the capture of new business. 10% - Staying informed and familiar with all customer organizations and requirements. 5% - Conduct briefings for customers and senior management as required. Foster ethical conduct, practices and personal integrity throughout Aerojet. 5% - Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications: This position requires a Bachelor's degree and at least fourteen years of directly related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated managerial level leadership skills required. Familiarity with Strategic Propulsion systems highly desirable. Past experience with Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Weapon Systems as well as NASA also highly desirable. Requires travel within the U.S. approximately 15% of the time and demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively while traveling. Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security clearance at the appropriate level (requires U.S. Citizenship).

We consider the consistent demonstration of positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous and professional behavior to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility and technical expertise, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to contribute as necessary to get the job done.

Unless otherwise stated in the requirements section of an individual job listing, our positions require U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Permanent Residency, or other status as a U.S. Person as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3).

This world class manufacturing company is looking for someone to design, build and qualify test of high speed multi-gigabits. You will design electromagnetic transmission lines, schematic capture, PCB layout and component sourcing. Must have working knowledge of EMC/EMI testing and compliance. The testing will require experience with digital sampling oscilloscopes such as eye patterns, impedance and TDR.  Candidates should have experience in high speed connectors and cables. You should have working knowledge of design and testing of high speed cable assemblies. This position will be in the Advanced Technical Marketing group dealing with new standard development. Experience with Gigahertz or Gigabits and PCB layout designs.

 

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or related field.  At least 3 years of Design experience.  Need to have experience in Electrical Design.  .

 Engineering (All Disciplines)                        ·          Six Sigma Black Belts

                ·                Manufacturing Management                         ·          Human Resources

                ·                Materials / Purchasing                                 ·          Accounting

                ·                Quality Engineers & Managers                     ·          Distribution

50% - Manages engineering activities to achieve the design, analysis, and/or development of hardware or systems as well as for support of proposals or research projects. Provides technical and administrative leadership on technology issues and concept definitions critical to the maintenance of Aerojet’s business posture. Advises engineering team members in the resolution of technical and operational problems based on specific goals, Aerojet policy and the need to meet established schedules. Ensures effective communication and interface between engineers working in the Huntsville office and Integrated Product Teams based in Sacramento, CA, Gainesville, VA, or Redmond, WA. Manages interface between the Huntsville office engineers and their functional managers based in Sacramento.

20% - Provides short- and long-range planning for Huntsville office operations. Plans and administers office operational budgets and schedules. Manages allocation and integration of resources, including ensuring that remote office set-up is effective within the IPT environment.

20% - Actively participates in the recruitment of skilled and experienced propulsion engineers located in the Huntsville area.

10% - Participates in business development within the Huntsville area by providing engineering expertise for proposals and customer/potential customer meetings.

Qualifications: BS degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering is required. An MS degree is desirable. Extensive Propulsion Engineering experience is required, with a minimum of 9 years experience in Liquid Rocket Propulsion. Some Solid Rocket and Airbreathing engine experience is desirable. Requires demonstrated supervisory/management skills including the ability to plan and coordinate the activities of assigned organization. Ability to provide technical and administrative leadership to accomplish organization goals and commitments. Experience in managing engineers or leading engineering IPT’s is required. Intimate knowledge of the propulsion engineering skills available in the Huntsville area is also required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance at the appropriate level (U.S. Citizenship required).

TYPICAL Duties:

1. Design and/or configure security solutions which electronic technology as defined by the project specification or scope of work on new or retrofit projects while maintaining quality and ensuring customer satisfaction. Provides project field teams with knowledge reinforcement as obtained from the standards library. Mastery of all engineering tools and technology. 2. Follows engineering standards as well as participates in improving engineering core team processes. Mentors other application engineers and co-ops /engineering assistants in completion of projects or tasks.3. Accountable for building reusable, field-tested standards. Responsible for reviewing and revising the systems for submission to the Corps of Engineers. Develop cost proposals and write/initiate subcontractor statements of work, develop bill of material from design packages, and perform specification compliance to new security designs.4. Engineers or leads engineering teams on large, complex fire and security systems.5. Accountable to field teams for quality, timeliness and efficiency of designs. Participates in engineering release meeting with project field team. Performs value engineering to provide cost effective results while maintaining customer satisfaction.6. May be required to visit job site to review job scope and effectively gather information on existing system configuration or facility configurations.7. Prepares or oversees the preparation layout and installation drawings, specifications, manufacture cut-sheets. May also direct and mentor co-ops / engineering assistants in layout of drawings.8. Coordinates preparation of project submittal package for customer or owner.9. Oversees material acquisition from both internal sources and/or external vendors, and expedites as necessary. Obtains lead time discounts when possible. Coordinates material release with project field team and external vendors. Coordinates factory mounting processes. Ensures timely delivery to appropriate locations.10. Specify and design security solutions in conjunction with consultants and/or architect engineers at design phase. Technical consultant on complex design problems.11. Communicates effectively with internal and external customers; establishes and maintains relationships. Ability to relate technical knowledge to a non-technical audience.12. Provide timely reports for tracking, status and contractual submittals.13. Maintain and monitor assignment project schedule and budgeted cost.

QA Hardware Engineer - Develops, evaluates, implements and oversees comprehensive quality assurance programs for MSFC Space Flight Programs and Projects.  Prepares and evaluates quality related program/project documentation.  Performs periodic review and evaluation of Agency and Center level policies and procedures.  Provides QE expertise relative to processes associated with manufacturing and test.  Assures program/project compliance with requirements.  Participates in program/project milestone reviews, special reviews and routine periodic meetings.  Develops and evaluates Quality tools and analyses. Prepares and evaluates workmanship standards and space flight hardware inspection criteria.  Reviews and evaluates proposed engineering and program changes, deviations and waivers.  Evaluates hardware designs for inspect-ability.  Performs and evaluates trade studies.  Participates in the development of Quality training.  Develops audit plans and monitors discrepancy closures.  Reviews and evaluates program/project verification data and assists MRB in the disposition of discrepancies and monitors and analyzes discrepancy trends.  Participates in failure investigations and root cause determination.  Documents activities and tasks in bi-weekly reports and provides input to periodic contract activity reports.

Steven W. Tate100 Phantom Drive Toney, AL 35773

(256) 828-9696 H (256) 655-0648 Cell

SUMMARY

Twenty years of employment and experience in balancing technical expertise with communication, leadership, and project management skills as applied in electronic development and systems engineering environment.

Your job performance depends upon balancing technical expertise with communication, leadership and project management skills.  As an IEEE member, you will connect with the latest technical information and research, career tools and a community of innovators - resources designed to help you succeed.

Whether you are an experienced professional, changing careers, or just starting out in the profession, IEEE membership will help you meet your daily professional challenges.  Your need to be on the cutting edge of modern technology has brought you here.

Team Leadership Skills and Expertise in Sales and Field Applications for the Electronics Industry.

Ability to realize project requirements beyond the assigned portion. Being able to see this larger picture enables adaptation and even assistance as necessary with other project components so as to increase its overall timeliness and functionality.

Congenial, adaptive, and outgoing in past assignments with an enthusiasm and desire to see a project completed on time and working reliably. Technical expertise is valuable, but it is greatly enhanced by a pleasant disposition.

EXPERIENCEUnderstand and navigate the situations, processes and buying patterns that characterize vertical industries and cross industry processes.

Integration of technical and business knowledge

Manageing is about doing: integrating efforts of talented people, meeting objectives, taking the initiative and above all else making innovation happen.

Ability to anticipate likely eventsConsistently follow through on commitmentsDiverse technical knowledgeObjectivityPositive metnal attitudeResourcefulnessResponsible attitude toward moneyStable personalityStrong desire to achieveWell-developed communications skills

Qualification Highlights

Over sixteen years electronic and optical hardware design experience spanning a wide variety of components and board characteristics. This provides a wealth of tools from which to draw for designs and a keen ability to adapt to new technology.

Ability to realize project requirements beyond the assigned portion. Being able to see this larger picture enables adaptation and even assistance as necessary with other project components so as to increase its overall timeliness and functionality.

Congenial, adaptive, and outgoing in past assignments with an enthusiasm and desire to see a project completed on time and working reliably. Technical expertise is valuable, but it is greatly enhanced by a pleasant disposition.

Skills Summary

Electronic hardware designs using DDR SDRAM, FPGAs, Intel, Motorola PowerPC, and Philips microprocessors, and bus protocols for DDR, PCI-X, and Intel network processing.

VHDL coding and development, Exemplar CAD tools, Xilinx Foundation Place and Route tools. Schematic tools: Mentor Graphics Design Architect, Orcad, Viewlogic, PCAD, and Veribest. Windows

98/2000 interfacing. PCB design and layout involving high-speed signal integrity, analog and mixed signal, digital, power

circuitry, RF, analog filtering, digital and analog audio circuitry, and heat dissipation. Applications involving FAST and Gigabit Ethernet (physical interfacing, packet breakdown and

processing, statistical data compilation), HDSL, T1, D4, extended super frame (ESF), E1, and ISDN. Electronic test equipment proficiency: Oscilloscopes, computers and CAD tools, spectrum analyzers,

logic analyzers, bit error rate testers, audio analyzers, and RF generators. Optical experience with WDM systems, fiber optics, modulators, optical component and system testing,

holography, photonic and optical materials testing, optical data storage, sub-micron positioning, compact disc (CD) theory and application, photometers, optical switching devices, lasers, IR and UV light sources, photometers, spectrophotometers, interferometers, ellipsometers, laser tuning, CCD cameras, spatial light modulators, photomultipliers, calorimeters, and microscopes.

Class 1000 clean room environment experience. Miscellaneous items: Mechanical machining and fabrication, cryogenics, high voltage generators, heated

vacuum chambers, wafer polishing devices, vacuum sputtering/coating devices, electroforming equipment, and chemical handling devices.

Manage a world wide organization of over fifty field application engineers: Ensure the FAEs are properly equipped, trained, and utilized by their local sales management.

o Joint account visits: Coach on selling and technical skills.o Training: All aspects for semiannual conferences including setting presentation outlines,

coordinating and driving factory presentations, establishing schedules, critiquing presentations, setting up lab work, and web based training. Products trained on include programmable logic, RISC processors, microcontrollers with programmable analog, network search engines, packet over SONET products, high speed serial links, timing technology products, specialty and high speed memories.

Continual Revenue Growth: Focus product revenue continues to grow and is currently over 100 million dollars per quarter.

Created, staffed and manage global customer design centers: Located in the U.S., Europe, China and Japan. Their function is to assist the field with designing in proprietary products by aiding the customer in writing code, board layout, and debug.

Priority Task Forces: Member of numerous tasks forces with VP staff. These include a sales transformation program using the consulting firm of Towers-Perrin, creating a mentoring program, creating a corporate training program, product launches, book development, and compensation programs.

Data Management: Designed and developed an Access Database with GUI for tracking opportunities, revenue, and action items (used by all FAEs).

Direct Account responsibility: Maintained account responsibility not only to keep FAE skills sharp, but also to know first hand the barriers and issues faced by the sales force.

Territory Responsibility: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Puerto Rico.

Single largest design win in corporate history: Cache module for multiple IBM PC platforms, more than $30 Million in revenue.

Top Performer: Led rankings or was in the top three for design wins and proprietary revenue for last four years as an FAE.

InfoPro Corporation 2/2004-3/2006 Manager, Product Development

Created cottage business to perform digital design and development of electronic assemblies, firmware, and test software for commercial, industrial, and defense customers.

Interim Project Manager for Homeland Security Installation responsible for sub-contract of facility preparation, operation verification, and customer sign-off.

Production support, cost analysis, and EMI testing of new product introduction. Designed and developed DSP PWA for prototype product (TI TMS320C6713 DSP and Xilinx Spartan III).

Developed numerous 8 bit microcontroller applications for varied customers. Provided proposal support for Homeland Security Container System. Developed VHDL code for auto-recognition of video input (NTSC, PAL, HDTV, and progressive scan formats).

Designed and developed test platform utilizing TI TMS320F240 and TMS320VC33 DSP’s to support NASA DART and Orbital Express Missions.

Contract position for the development and behavioral simulation of VHDL sub-modules for an IRIG-B contract.

STC and Associates 2/2004-3/2006 Owner

Created cottage business to perform digital design and development of electronic assemblies, firmware, and test software for commercial, industrial, and defense customers.

Interim Project Manager for Homeland Security Installation responsible for sub-contract of facility preparation, operation verification, and customer sign-off.

Production support, cost analysis, and EMI testing of new product introduction. Designed and developed DSP PWA for prototype product (TI TMS320C6713 DSP and Xilinx Spartan III).

Developed numerous 8 bit microcontroller applications for varied customers. Provided proposal support for Homeland Security Container System. Developed VHDL code for auto-recognition of video input (NTSC, PAL, HDTV, and progressive scan formats).

Designed and developed test platform utilizing TI TMS320F240 and TMS320VC33 DSP’s to support NASA DART and Orbital Express Missions.

Contract position for the development and behavioral simulation of VHDL sub-modules for an IRIG-B contract.

Advanced Optical Systems, Inc 2001-2004

Principal Investigator/Program Manager

Principal Investigator and Associate Investigator on SBIRs: Project management and design of Phase I and Phase II SBIR programs. Responsibility includes staffing, job task control, budgeting, cost estimating, status reporting, contract conformance, and customer interface (utilized Earned Value tracking methods).

Staff responsibility: Assisted in the development of SBIR proposals and estimation of development costs. Created Electrostatic Discharge Control Program and conformance matrix for NASA programs.

Initiated PWA development procedure for precursor of ISO certification and PWA configuration documentation and tracking for development phase.

Design responsibility: Design, Development, Integration, and Test of complex electronic systems. Extensive use of Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs (Verilog), Texas Instruments DSPs, FLASH and SRAM memories, and high-speed digital mega-pixel cameras.

Principal Investigator. Responsible for the successful execution, technical excellence,contractual obligations, and management of three Phase I and two Phase II SBIRprograms. FAAME Phases I & II (MDA): Demonstrated the feasibility ofgenerational replications of aspherical mirrors. Night Owl SBIR Phases I & II(USA AMCOM): Designed and built an optical system to test state-of-the-artUncooled Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) 25-micron detectors. SOMA Phase I(MDA): Developed an innovative approach to manufacturing optical systems.Implemented control measures ensure all company programs are on target bymeeting customer and company goals for performance, cost, and schedule.Business Management. Responsible for all the administrative functions of thecompany, to include: DCAA compliance, management of all contracts, allaccounting functions, establishing a purchasing department, proposal writing,recruiting, benefits, human resources, retirement planning and security. Passed allDCAA audits. Implemented a recruiting plan that has allowed the company togrow in size from 10 to 30 employees while maintaining the exceptional qualityof the workforce. Planned and executed the move to our new facility.Implemented a 401(k) retirement plan.Secretary and Treasurer. Led proposal writing efforts

Supervisor for 3 Electrical Engineers and one technician. Responsible for the design and implementation of complex electronic systems. Extensive use of Xilinx FPGAs, CPLDs, Texas Instruments DSPs, SDRAM, Synchronous SRAM, FLASH Memories, and EEPROMs. Major projects include: High speed digital mega pixel camera utilizing modular system design allowing multiple interfacing and

Xilinx FPGA image processing options (includes a Virtex 2 million gate FPGA). Quarter VGA Spatial Light Modulator driver utilizing custom LVDS interface and Spartan FPGA

running at 180 Hz frame rate allowing 60 Hz color operation. PC104 form factor TI C33 DSP processing card with FPGA preprocessing of a mega pixel camera data

for proof of concept sensor for NASA. Designed and built two versions of a prototype NASA docking sensor. Architecture included 2 TI DSPs,

2 Virtex 600K gate FPGAs, and mega pixel camera. RS-170 analog camera utilizing Omnivision camera on a chip and microcontroller with RS-232 serial

control of camera parameters. SDRAM controller in Virtex FPGA for increasing capability of current hardware.

Applications Engineer: Cypress Semiconductor 1995-2001 Sr. Field Applications

Top Performer: Top 10 global rankings for design wins for four years as an FAE covering Northern Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi.

Excellent Customer Focus and Response: Invited to assist designers in development of Set top box for Motorola DVI5000, PLC controllers for HOST, Inc., and PCI modules for American Megatrends products.

Distribution Advocate Winner 1999

Adtran Inc. 1994-1996

Staff Digital Design Engineer

Responsibility: VHDL design to implement sections of a DSP engine ASIC utilized in the HDSL product. Responsible for timing analysis, schematic, and HDL design entry, simulation, and verification of portions of design.

Developed first Boundary Scan circuitry for Adtran ASIC development. Responsible for documentation and implementation support of ASIC designs and support in

productization.

Teledyne Brown Engineering 1989-1994 Electrical Design Engineer

Project Engineer: Responsible for subsystem project management, system architecture definition, project planning, and sections of design for digital subsystems on the Quantum Engine 30 Fingerprint Optical Correlator, Automated Metering System, Personal Assistant 2000, and Aerial Gunnery Target Simulator.

Responsible for definition, purchase, and implementation of FPGA/CPLD design tools for the product development division. Included software selection, architecture trade-off analysis, and simulation tools.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS Sales, Public Speaking, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Microsoft Products including Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint. Logic Design: Schematic, VHDL, Verilog for various programmable logic and ASIC vendors. Printed Circuit Board Design: PCAD and Spectra Auto-router. Limited C and Assembly programming (for test purposes only).

EDUCATIONBachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (1984)University of Evansville: Evansville, Indiana

Continued Independent Studies: C programming, Verilog, VHDL, Project Management, Product Management, Sales, Systems Engineering

Professional Sales Skill Training and Coaching, Achieve Global

Post-Graduate Training C and C# programming, Mentor Graphics Design Architect and Exemplar (Renoir, Leonardo Spectrum,

ModelSim) tools; Aldec Active HDL Synthesis; Xilinx Foundation; Motorola PowerPC microprocessors; Japanese business relations; ISDN, T1, E1, and HDSL design; Continuing education of 15 hours required annually to maintain professional engineering licenses.

REFERENCESReferences from management, piers, subordinates, and customers are available upon request.

Project Manager, Electrical Engineer, Engineering, Management, Consultant, ExpertExpertise in general management, financial / cost management, JIT, Kan Ban, SPC, turnaround management, P/L responsibility, sales / production management, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, culture creation, sales, product design, and manufacturing strategies, lean technology, continuous improvement

techniques, self-directed work teams, business planning, recruiting, training, budgeting, development, and implementation of manufacturing capital equipment and advanced development programs, robotic, automation, material handling, and process improvement projects to increase quality and efficiency of manufacturing, concept development and implementation of global data collection and information systems.

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVEDAerospace, Appliance, Automotive, Biotechnology, Chemicals, Computer, Construction, Defense, Electronics, Food Processing, Health and Beauty Aid Products, Medical Devices and Equipment, Metals, Mining, Oil and Gas, Packaging, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics Processing, Semiconductors, Utilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEProject Manager, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.

Project Management and consulting with emphasis on general management, financial/cost management, JIT, Kan Ban, SPC, turn around management, P/L responsibility, sales/production management, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and culture creation.

Electrical Engineer, Engineering, Management, Consultant, Expert

President, Vice President and Factory Manager for automotive OEM manufacturer, Columbus, Indiana

Responsible for the profit and loss of this automotive OEM manufacturer with 550 employees. Led initial Culture Creation, start-up and growth to $83 million annual sales. Successfully developed the sales, product design, and manufacturing strategies to achieve 20% annual growth while fully supporting customer needs.

Managed the company from start up to $83,000,000 sales and 550 employees with double digit profits.

Achieved 15% annual productivity increases by effective utilization of Lean Technology, continuous improvement techniques, self-directed work teams, and Pay-For-Knowledge training.

Created and implemented a business plan that yielded a 22% compounded annual growth for more than 10 years.

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Tech Group Incorporated, Scottsdale, Arizona

Accountable for integrating 8 independent subsidiaries of this $100 million, 825 employee plastic molding organization servicing the medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, food, and computer industries into a cooperative unit to achieve more effective use of company resources.

Led a team to develop a long-term customer partnership, resulting in $16,000,000 in annual sales and a five-year partnership contract.

Evaluated capabilities and realigned business awards to more closely match subsidiary capabilities, resulting in a return to profitability of two subsidiaries in four months.

Managed the process of recruiting, training, and culture creation for a newly constructed $2 million production facility, resulting in the new organization setting records in the areas of efficiency, unit cost, yield, and labor turnover.

Vice President, Operations for Harman-Motive Incorporated, Martinsville, Indiana

Led the engineering and manufacturing teams to develop proprietary state-of-the-art products and processes allowing this 900-employee company to grow from $9 million to $100 million in sales.

Identified opportunities in a market niche, successfully marketed the concept to Ford and Chrysler, recruited and directed the product design team, creating a new product line providing market differentiation, resulting in 600% increase in sales and a 300% gross margin increase.

Enlisted active aid from the union membership providing for an uninterrupted automation program resulting in 50% labor reduction and decreasing cost of sales by $2 million.

Director of Manufacturing Technology Center for Consumer Electronics Division, RCA Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana

Developed, staffed, and managed a 54 person multi-disciplined Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Department for this billion dollar consumer products manufacturer with worldwide operations and 10,000 employees. Responsible for budgeting, development, and implementation of all manufacturing capital equipment and advanced development programs.

Identified and implemented major robotic, automation, material handling, and process improvement projects to increase quality and efficiency of manufacturing, resulted in a $5 million cost reduction and two SARNOFF awards.

Implemented and guided an SPC program that reduced costs $5 million annually.

Conceived, developed, and implemented global data collection and information systems that accumulated data and tracked each unit produced, resulted in more than 80% reduction in rework and a SARNOFF award.

Facilitation Skills Instructor, Southwest Performance Group

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAmerican Loudspeaker Manufacturers Association

Southside Chapter, Business and Professional Exchange

Columbus Enterprise Development Center

EXPERTISE AND SERVICES

Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Management Consultant, Automotive Occupant Restraint Systems and Safety Consultant, Failure Analysis, Accident Reconstruction, Specialist, Forensic Analysis, Investigation, Expert, Patent Infringement, Expert Witness, Engineering, Consulting, ServicesExpertise in Technical, engineering, administrative and management contract services, international engineering recruitment and placement, engineering and design of seat systems, occupant protection, mechanical components and product cost management, product liability support, automotive seating and child restraint

systems, patent litigation support, new technology development, material cost management, value analysis, value engineering, restraint systems specifications for airbags and seat belts, shoulder belt height adjuster, piezoelectric motor actuator concept design, automobile power seats, crimped torsion tube technology, engineering support, child playseat development, ISO 9000 quality procedures, passive seat head restraint system concept development, product litigation, seating systems, recliners, occupant restraint and body crashworthiness, expert witness, court hearings and depositions, anti-squeeze door window regulator system, power seat transmission design, integrated child seat design, design and development of modular power seat and frame, validation testing, prototype fabrication, engineering management systems, product specifications, new product development, active and passive restraint design, structural analysis of automotive body systems, crashworthiness and performance validation, underbody structure design and validation testing, energy- absorbing rear bumper design and pendulum impact testing, automotive body mass and cost analysis, product research and safety, headrest development, child safety seat development, vehicle packaging, seating arrangement layout, body structure development, side impact door beam, roof crush testing, interior crashworthiness, design and layout of thrust structure assembly for saturn booster rocket, engineering and design of military vehicle systems and components, industrial management.

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVEDAutomotive, Military

EDUCATION Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Western Michigan UniversityM.A., Management & Supervision, Central Michigan UniversityB.S., Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAssociate, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.

Providing mechanical engineering, engineering management consulting, automotive occupant restraint systems and safety consulting, failure analysis, forensic engineering, expert witness and related expertise to a wide variety of clients To speak with this associate, please call (317) 735-7399, or send an email to ath@rapid-response-consulting.com.

Engineering Consultant

Consulting services for DaimlerChrysler Occupant Restraint Systems providing Material Cost Management and Value Analysis, Value Engineering. Provided restraint Systems Specifications for Airbags and Seat Belts, Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster (Patent Application). Consulting services for Johnson Controls, Inc. Automotive systems group providing piezoelectric motor actuator concept design. Proposed and implemented WITS 6ñWay power seat track production design. Provided engineering support for Traxxis Design of Ford & Honda Power Seats. Acquired crimped torsion tube technology patent. Acquired selfñlocking clevis patent. Responsible for engineering support for JCI child playseat development. Coordinated ISO 9000 quality procedures at assembly plant. Consultant to Johnson Controls, Inc. Technology Center, Burscheid, Germany. Jupiter II power seat track with spinning nut transmission. Consulted on passive seat head restraint system concept development.

Consultant, General Motors Legal Staff

Coordinated legal discovery for defense of product litigation cases primarily related to seating systems, recliners, occupant restraint and body crashworthiness. Historical development of seating and occupant restraint systems, including expert witness, court hearings and depositions.

Design Projects in Team Resources Office, TEAM Resources, Inc.

Worked on new generation 6-way power seat track design for Johnson Controls, Inc., GM E-K seat system, Inland Fisher Guide, GMC, Rockwell Automotive anti-squeeze door window regulator system, HeliScrew Power Seat Transmission Design, Integrated Child Seat Design for Johnson Controls Inc.

Program Manager, GM - IFG, Modern Engineering

Provided Engineering Project Center Management for IFG-GM Seating Systems, Production Design and Development of Modular Power Seat and Frame, Validation Testing and Prototype Fabrication

Engineering Group Manager, Inland Fisher Guide Division, GMC

Administrator of Engineering Management Systems & Product Specifications. Manager of New Product Development. Chairman, General Motors Fisher Body Reorganization and Implementation Team.

Engineering Group Manager, Occupant Protection and Safety Systems Department, Fisher Body Division, GMC

Responsible for active and passive restraint design

Engineering Group Manager, Product Performance Department, Fisher Body Division, GMC

Responsible for structural analysis of automotive body systems, crashworthiness and performance validation, underbody structure design and validation testing, energy-absorbing rear bumper design and pendulum impact testing, automotive body mass and cost analysis.

Senior Project Engineer, Fisher Body Division, GMC

Product research and safety department, seat and restraint systems design and headrest development, development of FMVSS performance vriteria, GM child safety seat development, 1st General Motorsí child safety seat, GM rear-facing infant car safety carrier development, vehicle packaging and seating arrangement layout, body structure development, side impact door beam and roof crush testing, FMVSS 201 interior crashworthiness development.

Design Engineer, Chrysler Corporation, Space Division, New Orleans, LA

Design and Layout of Thrust Structure Assembly for Saturn Booster Rocket

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineering and design of military vehicle systems and components, Chrysler Corporation, Defense Operations, Warren, MI

U.S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas & Seoul, South Korea

Instructor at U.S. Army General Drafting School, Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Topographic Map Coordinator for 8th Army General Staff

Instructor, Central Michigan University, Troy Center

Industrial Management Classes for Masters Program

Established TEAM Academy, School of Mechanical Design

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONRegistered Professional Engineer, State of Michigan

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAmerican College of Forensic ExaminersSociety of Automotive EngineersAmerican Society of Body EngineersEngineering Society of DetroitPi Sigma Tau National Honorary Mechanical Engineers FraternityMechanical Engineering Advisory Board, Ferris State UniversityAutomotive Body Design Curriculum Advisory Board, St. Clair College

PUBLICATIONSHolds several patents and has authored publications related to Material Cost Management and Value Analysis, Value Engineering, Automotive Occupant Restraint Systems, Automotive Seating Systems, Crashworthiness, and more

Please note that this is an abbreviated CV. A fully detailed unabridged CV is available under special circumstances.

Engineering Management

Engineering Management

Career Objective:

To partnership with an aggressive and world-class business providing a nurturing and challenging environment that will complement my unique and vast technical and managerial skills to it’s fullest advantages.

Education:

Completed 18 additional credits towards Doctoral program

Graduated Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. May 1985

MS degree Ceramic Engineering

MS degree Packaging Engineering

Graduated Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ May 1980

BS degree in Ceramic Engineering.

Graduated Middlesex Community College, Edison NJ May 1978

AS degree in Engineering Science.

Completed Dale Carnegie Training, March 2000

Work Experience:

2001 to Present (Confidential)

Positions Held: Technical Manager Lithium Niobate Modulators/Silicon Wave Guides/TL Passives

Responsibilities include

Manufacturing Management responsibility, New Product introductions, Profit /Loss responsibilities for 4 Product lines, Engineering Management, Cost/Yield Improvement, Off Shore Manufacturing Transfers.

Achievements

Responsible for operating a manufacturing facility generating $52 Million Dollars annual revenue. Implemented three new product lines into manufacturing and completed product qualification testing.

         Relocated an existing production line into an alternative manufacturing location in a three week time period with out impact to manufacturing delivery schedule and product quality

Championed a state of the art new product launch generating a $1.5 million initial sale.

1996 to2001 Lenox China Inc, Oxford, NC 27565

Positions Held: Plant Engineering Manager, Process Control Manager, Environmental Lab/Batch house manager

Responsibilities Include:

Overall Engineering, Environmental, Quality Assurance, Maintenance and Facilities management for Lenox China manufacturing. Control of operational expenses including capital improvement projects of $4m annually, Facility budgets of $5m and operational budgets of $2.5m.

Managing all ceramic process improvements, manufacturing technical issues and analytical services for incoming material, environmental and F.D.A compliance.

Achievements:

Lead an cross functional team of engineers, equipment suppliers and contractors to introduce automated technology to an 100% manual manufacturing process using equipment unique to alternate industries. Results included a 300% increase in manufacturing output and a 50 % increase in product quality.

Implemented computer based Statistical Process Control into the manufacturing process of ceramic slip, casting molds and incoming raw materials. Data generated was used to identify process improvement activities, which reduced variation in rheology control by 75 % in one-month time.

Partnership with a new raw material vendor to design and manufacture an alternate source of in coming material. Resulting material was successfully implemented into production resulting in a 75% improvement in material quality and $45k annual savings.

1989-1996                  American Olean Tile Co. Division of Armstrong World Industries, Lansdale, Pa

Positions Held: Corporate Manager of Process Development and Product Testing, Process Control Manager, Chief Ceramic Engineer

Responsibilities Included :

Managing all ceramic manufacturing process improvements, technology transfers and analytical testing for 5 manufacturing locations. Managing all technical related products and processes for two manufacturing facilities. Technical manager for Raw material mining operation in Newfoundland, Canada

Achievements:

Responsible for the technical start up of a $ 20 Million dollar ceramic manufacturing facility.

Designed and implemented a stream lined manufacturing process which eliminated over 50% of the previous process’s steps, reduced T.M.C costs by over 30% and increased production volume by 25%

Received American Olean’s Vice Presidents award 8/94 and 11/94.Representing the highest form of recognition given to an employee for excellence in their job.

Lead the development and implementation of a new ceramic body formulation into a manufacturing facility resulting in no down time or interruptions to the current production lines. Annual cost savings of project exceeded $300,000.

Received Armstrong World Industry’s Presidents Award 1993 representing the highest form of recognition given with in all of Armstrong for outstanding job performance.

Utilized customer input to design and implement a new product line, which reduced variation between manufacturing locations. Resulting activity contributed to $500,000 annual cost savings.

Received American Olean Tile Co. Vice presidents award 1991.

1986 To 1989 GTE Glass Operations, Wellsboro, Pa 16901

Positions Held: Quality Manger, Assistant Plant manager/General Forman

Responsibilities Included : Managing the quality and integrity of all products produced in the Engineered Ceramics facility for internal and external customers. Directing and managing all phases of production including scheduling, inventory, cost control and shipment activity of a 7 day a week 3 shift manufacturing facility

Achievements Included:

Established product specifications and tolerances upon all production products and processes. Implemented an S.P.C. process into manufacturing and provided training for the entire wok force Represented company in the technical investigation of two major customer complaints with each

potential claim exceeding 1 million-dollar in total damages. Resulting negotiation and technical recommendations reduced claims to less than $100,000.

Established a “Self Managed Work Team” concept into a union work force resulting in reduced line supervision more flexible work force and greater employee participation.

Participated in the development of a Glass Bonded ceramic system for floor tile incorporating over 60% recycled materials.

Production start up responsibility and staffing of a new 12 million dollar manufacturing facility.

1981 To 1986 Wenczel Tile Co., Trenton, NJ 08638

Positions Held: R+D Lab Supervisor, Plant Ceramic Engineer and Quality Assurance Manager

R+D Lab Supervisor, Plant Ceramic Engineer and Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities Included: Process Control, Plant R+D, Raw Material purchasing, Inventory Control, Customer complaints and Production scheduling.

Achievements:

Increased production yields through the identification and elimination of material contamination, which resulted in a savings of $240,000.

Complete re-formulation of an entire lead containing product line to an environmentally safe alternative resulting in a $150,000 annual savings and elimination of E.P.A fines.

1980 to 1981 Fansteel /V.R Wesson Inc., Waukegan, Illinois

Position Held: R+D Project Engineer

Responsibilities Included: New product design and development, Tungsten Carbide metal batch preparation and quality testing, Trouble shooting problems in production.

Achievements: Aided in the development of a patented Chemical Vapor Deposition coating for wear resistant machining tools, which improved tool life by 75%.

Summary of Skills:

Zinger Miller Trained Team facilitator * Computer Literate in: Trained in Statistical Process Control implementation - Microsoft office New Plant Startup - Lotus Technical management - Microsoft Project Plant floor supervision both Union/Non-union - Freelance Graphics Project management - Power Point Engineering Management - Adobe PhotoShop 5.0 Corporate Engineering - Windows 2000 Quality Assurance processes such as;

- Vendor certification/Partner shipping

- Statistical Design Of Experiments

- Process Improvement

Professional Positions held:

Corporate Manager Of New Process Design * Chemical Laboratory Supervisor Manager of Corporate Tech services * Plant Engineer Engineering Manager * Project Engineer Assistant Plant Manager * Technical Manager Quality Assurance Manager Manager Of Chemical testing Environmental Lab Manager

Corporation Size: Employee Size:

Fortune 50 * 16,000/division Fortune 150 * 5,000 Fortune 200 * 4,000 Family Owned * 350

Accomplishments:

Received more Presidential/Vice Presidential awards than any Employee on record for Armstrong World Industries.

Reduced TMC by $500k annually * Reduction of customer claims by $900K Productivity increases of 50% * Reduce process variation by 75% Introduced Self Managed Work Team * Improved quality by 95% $20 Million Dollar Plant re- design Start up * Reduce Process cycle time by 50% $12 Million New Plant Startup

Voluntary Services: Activities/Hobbies:

United Way committee member * Classic Car Restoration: Certified USA National Ski Patrol - 1975 Jeep CJ5 - 1979 Datsun 280ZX2+2 Certified USA Soccer Association Referee - 1981 280ZX - 1967 Mustang GT Fast Back

8000 Madison Blvd, Ste D102, PMB 394 kenneth.merwin@polaris-systems.com

Madison, AL 35758-2003 (256) 755-1808Education:M.S. University of Rochester Optical Engineering 1992B.A. University of Montana Applied Physics with Honors 1987Experience:7/03 – Present, President and CEO, Polaris Systems, Inc. Leading provider ofcommercialization services to the Huntsville technical community. Managing theprograms for two high-tech, start-up companies. Managed the schedule for a $71.2million Advanced Technology Demonstration program. Lead for a Small BusinessInnovative Research (SBIR) proposal writing effort for a fast growing 8(A) firm.11/99 – 6/03, Senior Scientist, Advanced Optical Systems, Inc., Huntsville, ALPrincipal Investigator. Responsible for the successful execution, technical excellence,contractual obligations, and management of three Phase I and two Phase II SBIRprograms. FAAME Phases I & II (MDA): Demonstrated the feasibility ofgenerational replications of aspherical mirrors. Night Owl SBIR Phases I & II(USA AMCOM): Designed and built an optical system to test state-of-the-artUncooled Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) 25-micron detectors. SOMA Phase I(MDA): Developed an innovative approach to manufacturing optical systems.Implemented control measures ensure all company programs are on target bymeeting customer and company goals for performance, cost, and schedule.Business Management. Responsible for all the administrative functions of thecompany, to include: DCAA compliance, management of all contracts, allaccounting functions, establishing a purchasing department, proposal writing,recruiting, benefits, human resources, retirement planning and security. Passed allDCAA audits. Implemented a recruiting plan that has allowed the company togrow in size from 10 to 30 employees while maintaining the exceptional qualityof the workforce. Planned and executed the move to our new facility.Implemented a 401(k) retirement plan.Secretary and Treasurer. Led proposal writing efforts for the company and personallywrote winning proposals resulting in over 20% of the company’s new business.Worked directly with the President to increase revenues by over 60%. Plannedcorporate budgets and managed the company’s cash flow to ensure it operated at aprofit. Participated in company Shareholder and Board meetings. Played a keyrole in the company winning the Alabama Family Friendly and the National SBATibbetts Awards in 2002 and the Small Business of the Year Award in 2003.6/98 – 11/99, Telephony Project Manager, First USA Bank, Wilmington, DEManager of AutoDialer and quality monitoring systems vendor relationships for FirstUSA Bank Customer Support Solutions in a nine call center environment.Specify, negotiate, and manage contracts with vendors. Developed requirementsdocuments for vendors and internal departments to achieve business goals byworking with call center managers and agents. Spearheaded CTI initiatives suchas integrating predictive AutoDialers with QA monitoring systems.

Project Manager for First USA’s $14 million virtual call center project, networkingpredictive dialers of multiple call centers into one distributed environment with amulti-million dollar NPV. Conducted telephony product evaluations and providerecommendations to senior and executive management.Military Career:2001 – Present, Major, US Army Reserve, S-3, 184th IMAD, Redstone Arsenal, AL1988 - 1998, Captain, US Army Signal Corps (Regular Army):12/96 - 6/98 Physics Instructor, US Military Academy at West Point, NY

7/95 - 9/96 Company Commander, Fort Bragg, NC11/93 - 6/95 Field Artillery Battalion Signal Officer, Fort Bragg, NC10/92 - 10/93 Battalion Personnel Officer and Adjutant, Republic of Korea3/90 - 8/90 Company Operations Officer, Fort Huachuca, AZ8/89 - 2/90 Company Executive Officer, Republic of Honduras5/88 - 7/89 Platoon Leader, Fort Huachuca, AZLeadership:Developed exceptional leadership skills by holding positions of increased responsibility.Leader of five commissioned officers and the 10 to 40 men and women reporting to eachof them. Successfully set goals and provided direction, enabling the completion oftelecommunications, maintenance, administrative and logistical assignments incompliance with higher headquarters.• Taught applied optics to physics majors, providing an interactive learningenvironment and university physics to sophomores, complete with a laboratoryprograms. Mentored a diverse group of students, inspiring them to a future life ofservice to their country.• Successfully managed a high-profile telecommunications project which lasted eightmonths involving installation of service orders for 300+ customers, support to the82nd Airborne Division Headquarters with cellular phone, telephone, internet andradio service. Received service award and recognition from the Division Commanderfor timely and reliable communications support on the project.• Developed and managed operational and maintenance budgets. Introducedprocedures that reduced expenditures and increased available resources, doublingproductivity. Improved budget control variance of 50% to less than 1%. Completedall critical tasks under budget and ahead of schedule. Successfully to improvedcommunications reliability.• Supervised all administrative operations of an organization with over 700 men andwomen. Processed several-hundred performance reports with 100% timeliness.Consistently had the highest accuracy rate in personnel transactions of sixteenbattalion level organizations.Community Involvement• Vice President for Membership and Professional Development Symposium ProjectManager for the North Alabama Chapter of the Project Management InstituteSecurity Clearance – DoD Secret

RESUME

NAME: Keith R. Bucher

ADDRESS/PHONE: 7746 Donegal Dr. SEHuntsville, AL 35802

TITLE: VP & COO, InfoPro Corporation

QUALIFICATIONS: Mr. Bucher has over 35 years experience including Company Management, Program Management, System Engineering and Design as well as Integration and Test of Major DOD, NASA and commercial systems. His areas of technical expertise include optimal control systems, structural design, hardware/software integration and field test operations. His management experience includes negotiation and direction of national and international business contracts for both military and commercial projects. He is a recognized expert in aerospace technology transfer to successful commercial products development and sale.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS: Mr. Bucher has developed a new strategic plan for InfoPro Corporation and spear headed the effort to bring the first hardware development and manufacturing effort into the company. He is also responsible for acquiring several new strategic partners for the Company as part of their new Business Development Plan.

Mr. Bucher has led the effort for successful development of the AC Plasmatron and Pulse Power technologies in the areas hazardous waste destruction, organic waste to energy conversion, industrial fluids separation and contaminated water disinfection.

Mr. Bucher has personally identified four other critical aerospace technologies and successfully led technology transfer teams in developing and introducing successful commercial product spin-offs.

He has headed negotiations leading to ten successful international business contracts with companies and/or government agencies in England, France, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore and Russia.

Mr. Bucher developed the first proportional navigation system for use on fixed body antenna missile systems for optimal guidance and control. He also headed the design and test team which conducted over 30 consecutive successful tests of the Harm Missile System in less than 4 years.

WORK HISTORY:

InfoPro Corporation 2005 – Present

President and Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for the day to day operation of the Company. Responsible for leading the development of the new Strategic Plan and Business Development Plan for Company growth. Brought in several key strategic partners and the first hardware design and manufacturing effort for InfoPro Corporation. Spear headed the effort to reorganize the Company into distinct, focused Business Divisions each with their own Business Plan and Development Strategy.

Scientific Utilization Inc. 1995 – 2005

President & COO: Responsible for day to day company operations and strategic planning. Also heads Marketing and Sales Department. Developed strategic plan for introduction of three new product lines, including strategic partners negotiations.Responsible for all SUI major contract efforts. Also served as Director of Project Engineering, providing technical design, scheduling and cost management leadership. Personally acquired over $5,000,000 in sales while pioneering the application of the AC Plasmatron for destruction of hazardous waste and the conversion of organic waste to useable commercial fuel. Served as the Project Manager for a laser radar system to detect toxic/nerve gas, chemical weapons and illegal pollution from remote site location. Negotiated contracts with Kurita Water Industries of Japan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Industrial Coalition, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, and the Department of Energy for Plasma and Pulse Power research and development.

Teledyne Brown Engineering 1980 – 1995

Director of Technology Transfer: Headed new business development team to spin off aerospace technologies developed for NASA into commercial systems for potable and industrial waste water applications. Included international sales and joint ventures.

Director of Space Systems Integration Department: Responsible for direction of the design and integration efforts of 550 man Department encompassing 22 programs and 12 new business efforts. Requires interfaces with upper management at DOD, NASA, EPA, AID/TDA and several major aerospace companies.

Director of International Space Station Program: Includes man rated flight hardware development, five laboratory systems seven lab support equipment projects and 47 Ground Support Equipment systems. Contract value over $210M. Also led new business spin-offs for Japanese Space Module equipment and commercial Water Treatment Systems.

Program Manager, Weapons Systems Integration and Design: Headed all System Engineering, Design Analysis, Integration and Test Efforts for U.S. Army, Strategic Defense Command portion of Star Wars Program. Also led team which developed the first Experimental Control Center for the National Test Bed in Cheyenne Mountain.

Texas Instruments 1977-1980

Manager, Weapons Systems Group: Responsible for all missile, radar and avionics conceptual design and prototype testing on seven major development programs. Also headed missile systems new business group.

Served on commercial business technology transfer group for corporate office. This involved identifying key aerospace technology development efforts suitable for commercial spin-off.

Naval Weapons Center, China Lake 1970 –1977

Missile Systems Engineer: Developed first fixed body antenna, proportional navigation system for missile guidance. Headed HARM Weapon System design and integration testing. Advance design applications for the Sidewinder, AMRAM and Standard Arm Missiles on the A-6 Crusader and F-4 Wild Weasel Programs.

Education:

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, 1968M.S. Optimal Control Theory/AE, Iowa State University, 1970

Key Publications:

“A Perturbation Technique Applied to an Optima Re-entry Control Problem”, Astronautica Acta, January, 1972.

“Finite Element Analysis of a Closed Breach, Reverse Flow Plenum Chamber, U.S. Navy/NASA Symposium, February, 1977.

“The Relevance of Previous Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Programs to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)” Report for the U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command, No. SS89-USASDC March, 1989.

“A Low Cost, Site Specific Solution to Water Treatment Using an Integrated Systems Approach”. U.S. Trade Center, Waste and Pollution Control Equipment Seminar, June, 1995.

Resume Synopsis

Keith Bucher

Mr. Bucher has over 35 years experience in product design development and management including 18 years of senior management on large scale programs. This experience spans both Government programs and major commercial ventures. His technical areas of expertise include system design, integration and test as well as optimal controls design, structural design and field test operations. Since 1980, he has successfully managed contracts valued at over $600 million, including four major DOD Programs and a major International Space Station Contract for NASA.

In addition to his extensive design and project management experience, Mr. Bucher has notable commercial and international business experience. He has directed negotiations leading to ten international business contracts in France, England, Canada, Japan, India, Singapore and Russia. He has formed six major technology transfer efforts to successfully convert aerospace technology to industrial process improvement applications and waste to energy conversion systems. Mr. Bucher has conducted several market definition studies, developed numerous business plans and led commercial start up teams through product development and into production.

Notable on the list of aerospace technology transfer successes is the application of Alternating Current (AC) Plasma technology to hazardous waste destruction and waste to energy conversion. Mr. Bucher combined unique, patented AC Plasmatron technology with advanced optimal control techniques to develop a hazardous waste to energy conversion system with unequalled performance and efficiency. The United States Customs Service, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Advanced Technologies Directorate, selected this system for sole source development and demonstration in 1999. This demonstration program, which has handled toxic gases, illegal contraband, medical waste, spent tires, car fluff, Freon, PCBs and numerous other wastes, has successfully passed U.S. EPA and State of California emissions standards by independent lab certification tests. This system was recently sold to a Swiss company and is now being deployed in Taiwan for medical waste and lab solvent destruction and synthesis gas production. Mr. Bucher has also procured product development and demonstration programs for the AC Plasmatron with the U.S. Industrial Coalition, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Department of Energy and the International Science and Technology Center. Numerous commercial projects with several large private corporations are now in negotiations.

Project scheduling and costingDIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SERIVCE

Carina Technology as contractor (Still employed at United Circuits) Wide range of tasks with start-up including sales, marketing, customer service, product costing,

business/product development, and market research Trained and managed sales rep force of 12 sales reps Developed product testing, product tracking, and customer management system

2/04 – 1/05 DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Huntsville, AlabamaUnited Circuits. (Electronics Contract Manufacturer) Lead all sales, quoting, and marketing efforts Grew company sales over 40% Annually and helped bring company to profitability after 4 years of

being unprofitable Managed customer projects from inception to delivery

11/01 – 9/03 DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Huntsville, AlabamaeTAPs (eBusiness Software Company)

Developed business plan and positioned company for successful second round funding Created marketing, pricing, and product development strategies Closed $310,000 in reoccurring maintenance contracts

DoD CLEARANCE: SECRETRegistered Professional Engineer #18494 (Alabama), #25683 (Georgia), #27275 (North Carolina). Post-Graduate Training

C and C# programming, Mentor Graphics Design Architect and Exemplar (Renoir, Leonardo Spectrum, ModelSim) tools; Aldec Active HDL Synthesis; Xilinx Foundation; Motorola PowerPC microprocessors; Japanese business relations; ISDN, T1, E1, and HDSL design; Continuing education of 15 hours required annually to maintain professional engineering licenses.

SR PROJECT ENGINEER (IPT LEAD)

Integrated Product Team Leader’s main function is to lead a multi-discipline design or manufacturing team. Functional activities will include: Proposal participation, Schedule Performance, Part of Planning and Oversight, Facilitate and Coordinate technical team, drive decisions by consensus, Risk Management process (Schedule & Technical Risk), Review & approve most ECOs in Agile Configuration Management System, Provide IPVs technical status to management, Follow Procedures Report to Project Engineering Manager, Interface with Program Manager, Interface with IPT members, Technical Interface with Customer, Interface w/ Engineering functional managers as required - Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations without damage to the relationship and does maximize employee output

Engineering Degree required, advanced training and education In management desired - at least 6 yearn of experience managing technical organizations required, experience In Six Sigma methodologies and philosophies valuable, but not mandatory - Broad Technical Knowledge of all engineering disciplines necessary - MS Office Skills - Facilitate & Coordination skills