Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

System Engineering, Laser Sensing, Radiometry, Optical Detectors, Laser Detectors, and Optical and Laser Measurement

ID: 728834 Ohio, USA

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Expert has 35 years' electro-optic sensor development experience. He has specific experience with laser sensing, wavelength discrimination, coherency discrimination, direction-of-arrival, and pulse processing. In addition, Expert has extensive laser sensor testing experience. This experience includes test protocols, developmental testing, component testing acceptance testing, instrumentation, and NIST traceable radiometrics for pulsed and CW laser measurement. Expert has specific experience in design and systems engineering of laser sensors and optical sensors for military, commercial and medical applications. His experience includes applications such as direct and indirect detection of laser illumination, direction finding, passive crowd counting, signature/source simulations and spectral discrimination tools.

Expert also has litigation experience in product failure modes for electronic and electro-optic systems for automotive and laser measurement systems. He has substantial experience as a project manager in product development and systems engineering team leadership.

Expert developed a combined control system for endoscopic surgery leading to the sale of the patent to a major pharmaceutical supply company (Baxter Laboratories).Expert helped mediate "stuck accelerator" electronic failure modes against FORD for the successful replacement of a customer vehicle.Expert successfully developed a passive, low-cost optical crowd counter for estimating mall window traffic.Expert successfully developed an optical dew sensor for cuing dehumidifying equipment in underground bunkers.Expert successfully developed a temperature controller for home brewing applications sold on the Internet, and later applied the technology to Sous Vide temperature controllers for gourmet cooking applications.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2000 Degree: PhD Subject: Electrical Engineering (with Electro-Optics emphasis) Institution: University of Dayton
Year: 1983 Degree: MS Subject: Electrical Engineering Institution: University of Dayton
Year: 1976 Degree: BS Subject: Electrical Engineering Institution: Tennessee Technological University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1976 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Research Scientist Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert is currently the research coordinator for laser sensor development in the Sensor's Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. He is responsible for managing a $19million/year portfolio of sensor-related developmental projects supporting laser detection, combat identification, and a variety of quick-reaction hardware development projects.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1976 to 2011 Agency: US Air Force Role: Research Scientist Description: Expert is presently researcher and research coordinator of in-house laser sensor technology laboratory. He oversees a team of 10 scientists, engineers and technicians employed at complex system engineering efforts. He manages a $40M portfolio of research and testing activities.

Career Accomplishments

Awards / Recognition
Expert holds numerous DoD awards.
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has three patents and numerous AF inventions. He has authored and/or co-authored over one hundred publications.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has conducted successful mediation support of "sudden acceleration" issues with automotive systems. He has also conducted the successful mediation of accuracy of laser measurement systems for machining,
Training / Seminars
Expert has conducted training sessions in laser sensing and sensor development.
Vendor Selection
Expert has selected numerous vendors for E-O system development, lasers, detectors, electronics, photonics, radiometrics, and scientific equipment.
Marketing Experience
Expert has a DoD prospective with substantial defense and industry partners.
Other Relevant Experience
Expert is experienced in signature modeling for laser propagation and sensor performance predictions.

Fields of Expertise

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