Consulting Services
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Talk to me about product development, hardware design, manufacturing and firmware. Past industry experience includes DSP and microcontroller hardware, industrial and commercial automation, robotics, data logging and remote sensing. Management responsibilities have included business development, R&D management (both software and hardware development), and product development (build, test, integration, documentation and field trials).
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Hardware Design
  • 8, 16, 32, 64-bit & DSP embedded hardware, developed from the ground up
  • Expertise in ARM SoC, PIC/PIC24/PIC32, TMS320Cxxx, 8051/XA, 68k
  • PCB design (multilayer boards)
  • Altium/Protel expertise
  • Fault-tolerant, fail-safe and TMR systems
  • Design for manufacture
  • Ruggedised (MILSTD 810F) electronics
  • Low-power/nano-power systems
  • Parallel (SIMD/MIMD) & distributed processing
  • Design for EMI/EMC suppression
  • Sensors & control
  • I2C, SPI, RS232/RS422/RS485, CAN, USB

Firmware  (RTOS & on-the-metal)
  • C, C++, embedded C 
  • Forth 
  • Assembler (various)

R&D Project Management
  • Multi-disciplinary engineering management
  • Agile (Kanban & Scrum) iteration management
  • Project & NRE management
  • Certified Scrum Master (Reg #: 000435753)
  • Requirements management (SEBoK)
  • MS Project, Asana, Omniplan, Slack, Trello & LiquidPlanner proficient
  • Timelines, scheduling, critical-path management
  • Resource allocation and levelling
  • PDLC / SDLC management
  • Business analysis, planning & product strategy 
  • Intellectual property, patent management
  • Large team technical leadership (up to 35 staff)
  • Motivational & supportive leader
  • Creation of successful team environments
  • Staff recruitment and retention