Consulting electrical engineer with decades of experience in analog and digital electronics design for industry.  Has extensive expertise in the design and development of electronics with high-speed analog, RF, and microwave circuits. Also an expert in the design, development, simulation, and prototyping of antennas and has significant experience with FCC Part 15 radio transmissions.

Formal Education

  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Lehigh University

Career Highlights

  • Works with various clients across industries designing, developing, prototyping, simulating, and troubleshooting all sorts of electronics from DC to 26.5 GHz. 
  • Principal designer for a major military broadband electronic warfare jamming system
  • Responsible for design and development of amplifiers and T/R switches for an FCC Part 15 spread-spectrum modem 
  • Calibrated horn antenna covering 1–18 GHz for antenna range measurements and for FCC Part 15 pre-compliance testing 
  • Extensive design, development, and prototyping experience with 900 MHz and 2.4 GHZ FCC Part 15 circuits and systems, various GPS-related applications, as well as the evaluation and testing of low-noise amplifiers for cellular systems and evaluation of cell tower coverage
  • Determined, through simulation, the interference sources for new software-defined radio (SDR) designs
  • At a major aerospace company, was responsible for all microwave and RF electronics activities within the aerospace division
  • While at a major defense contractor, lead a team tasked with taking several complex military telemetry transmitters from the development phase into the production phase
  • Completed PhD coursework and performed thesis-level research on nonlinear semiconductor and system modeling and modulation distortion, prediction, and analysis

Expert Qualifications

  • Performed prior art analysis as well as simulation and measurement of circuits for several patent litigations

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

This expert can support cases involving RF electronics, microwave circuits, wireless systems, and embedded firmware. They've worked extensively on military aerospace systems, FCC Part 15 compliance, GPS applications, and signal processing, so those technical areas would come naturally.

What is this expert's technical background?

They have a Master's and Bachelor's in electrical engineering from Lehigh University. They spent decades in industry and consulting roles, including positions at United Technologies and ICI Americas' aerospace division, with major projects in military broadband systems, FCC Part 15 modems, and antenna design covering 1–18 GHz.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

They work in C, Visual Basic, and Verilog for embedded systems. On the hardware and design side, they're comfortable with analog/digital electronics, FPGA design, antenna systems, and use Matlab and Simulink for simulation. Wireless protocols, GPS systems, software-defined radio, and reverse engineering round out their technical toolkit.