Ronald C. Alexander, 13642 Sayre Street, Sylmar, CA 91342 Hm: (818) 292-5333, Wk: (818) 595-0016 x314 email: ronald.alexander@aiprojects.net http://www.aiprojects.net/foyer/resume/resume.html
Over 30 years experience (1972-2002) testing advanced systems, hardware and software, embedded real time data acquisition systems, database management systems, and network applications with IBM, Microsoft, UNIX, Novell, and VAX. Extensive experience introducing CASE tools, staying abreast of technological advances such as object oriented programming languages, and Graphical User Interface environments. Experienced coordinating small groups in programming and system design, test for installation of hardware and software, and troubleshooting and repair of digital equipment.
Real-Time software. Structured software. Applied mathematics. Instrument data. Hardware. Embedded systems. Telemetry. Senior Member IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Physics. Charter member International Test and Evaluation Association, and IEEE Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.
Present >>> US Food and Drug Administration, Los Angeles District Office: Engineering specialist for Food and Drug Administration throughout Pacific Basin. Evaluate Medical Device manufacturer corrective actions. Recommend acceptance of effective quality control and failure evaluation plans. Independent inspections of x-ray and linear accellerator manufacturing. Joint inspections with Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Joint evaluations with Federal Communications Commission. Audit performance of State-Federal clinical use testing by health physicists. Evaluate State and County radiological emergency response.
1985-1990 >>> BITE Corp. / Northrop Precision Products Division -1989 / General Electric Ordnance Systems -1987: Design embedded software for missile navigation and guidance. Hardware-in-loop testing. Evaluate multi-processor distributed control. Analyse flight telemetry. Represent design team to site tests. Kalman Filter techniques. Implement concepts to software modules. Guide transition from Fortran to Ada, and from Draper list processors to Mil-Std-1750. Assure compliance with Military Quality Assurance Standards. Intermediate designs delivered in Jovial, BASIC, and C.
1984-1985 >>> Intel Oregon Site Systems Manufacture: Introduce statistical quality control for integrated systems products. Design and implement Factory Information System. Specify factory data acquisition. Lead adoption of structured software design methodology. Manage integrated systems quality control team. Evaluate and correct C compiler and console processor for Xenix. Assist in teaching C for test engineering. Deliverables in C, BASIC, COBOL, Pascal, Jovial, and FORTRAN, as well as 80x86 assembler.
1980-1983 >>> Harry Diamond Defense Electronics Nuclear Effects Lab / Naval Undersea War Engineering Station -1982: Radiation Hardened Electronic Technology. Radiation Effects Evaluation. Test systems management. Structured software design. System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA.) Distributed Automatic Test. Automated fault isolation. Critical Path Methods. Graphics directed Diagnostics. Telediagnosis. MS-DOS and CP/M drivers delivered in Z80A/B assembler.
Prior experience upon request.
Keywords >>> Real-time control. In-circuit simulation. Verification- Validation. Robust adaptive control. Object oriented design. Strapdown navigation. State machine. Kalman filter. Hybrid. Embedded. State machine. Telediagnosis. // C++; Java; Ada; VisualBASIC / Fortran; COBOL; JOVIAL; PL1; Algol // Windows95; DOS; CPM; VRTX / VMS; UNIX; IBM370 // Pentium; 80x86; 80387; 8008; 4004 / 68000; 6809; Z80; 6502 / Draper; Mil-Std-1750; Tektronics // Trident2; Peacekeeper; F14; B1B; B2; GPS; Smart Munitions