ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2005 - present: Holobloc
Inc. - Founder and President
- Senior Principal Engineer, Advanced Technology
- Rockwell Engineer of the Year, 1991
- Lynde Bradley Innovation Award, 1991
- Project Leader, IEC TC65/WG6 (Function Blocks). Leading the
development of IEC 61499, the International Standard for
Function Blocks in Industrial Process Measurement and Control
Systems.
- Created the Function Block Development Kit (FBDK),
the first Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for IEC 61499.
- U.S. Technical Expert and Coordinator, IEC SC65B/WG7/TF3. Led
the development of the first two Editions of IEC
61131-3, the International Standard for Programmable Controller
languages.
- Led the development of the first object-oriented Integrated
Project Support Environment (IPSE) in Smalltalk
for the IEC 61131-3 programming languages.
- Holonic Manufacturing Systems (HMS) Consortium:
Regional Project Manager for HMS Test Case, 1993-94; Member of
Interim Management Committee, 1994-96; Work Package 1 (System
Architecture and Engineering) Leader, 1996-2000.
1982 - 86: Allen-Bradley
Programmable Controller Division
- Manager, Advanced R&D
- Co-ordinated first Group-wide training in Artificial
Intelligence technology.
- Led the development of the first expert system to be deployed
in the Company.
Electronic Controls
Division, Johnson City, TN
- Senior Systems Engineer
- Key Personnel Award, 1982
- Coordinated final design test, production phase-in and market
introduction of enhancements to PM550 programmable controller system.
Introduced and enforced first system-level Design Verification Test;
identified and resolved several potentially major problems before
product introduction.
- Introduced Evolutionary Operations (EVOP) to optimize
power-cycling burn-in and wave-solder machine operations.
- Analyzed requirements, performed initial evaluation of design
alternatives, and wrote product specification for TI510 programmable
controller.
- President and co-founder
- Developed and marketed microprocessor-based electronic music
instruments.
1968-76: University of Oklahoma
School
of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Assistant, then Associate Professor (tenured 1973)
- Taught courses in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science.
Implemented computer-assisted programmed courses in chemical process
dynamics and control, design and optimization.
- Developed departmental undergraduate Real-Time Computing
Laboratory using PDP-8E based hybrid computer. Supervised development
of on-line and off-line data acquisition systems for research
laboratories. Supervised software development for PDP-9L computer in
College of Engineering Real-Time Computing Laboratory.
1974-78:
D&B Computing
Oklahoma City, OK
Consultant
- Developed software for processing of meteorological and
pollutant data from power plant sites. Developed complete small
business accounting package for Raytheon 703 computer. Designed
real-time hardware and software interfaces for Raytheon 703 under FAA
contract.
1972-75: UNIFLUX-HEATRAN
Houston, TX
Consultant
- Performed simulation studies of blast furnace
thermoeconomics, leading to a patented process for this client.
1974: Science and Public Policy
Program
University of Oklahoma
Research Fellow
- Evaluated data on refinery pollutant and energy flows
- developed corresponding section of EPA report on energy
systems for the '80s.
1972: Atomic Energy Commission
Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA
Faculty Research Fellow
- In two-month period designed, debugged and documented data
acquisition hardware and software interface between PDP-8L
minicomputer and large EAI hybrid computer.
Norman, OK
Consultant
- Developed automated calculation-sequencing and
convergence-forcing modules for large chemical plant design and
simulation programs.
EDUCATION
- Monterrey, N.L., Mexico: Wisconsin/Monterrey Program
LANGUAGES
- Java, Smalltalk, Prolog, Lisp, C, FORTRAN, BASIC, SNOBOL
- English, Spanish (speaking/reading/writing)
- French, German, Italian (reading)
PUBLICATIONS
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