Role in Eurotech
2007 – Present, President and CTO Eurotech Inc.
· Providing technical leadership/vision for hardware/software/cloud services products for M2M and “Internet of Things” product offerings.
· Leading the development of new “embedded frameworks” with the Everyware Software Framework
· Continued support of existing legacy board and platform products with USA sales/marketing
· Provide pre and post sales support to key customers
· Work in conjunction with Eurotech Group marketing for Global market messaging on the Web as well as numerous speaking engagements throughout each year.
· Working with the Eclipse Foundation to form the M2M Industry Workgroup in conjunction with IBM and Sierra Wireless
· Organizing the submission of MQTT to the OASIS standards organization
· Manage industry partner relationships with Wind River, Intel ECC, Freescale, IBM, Oracle and Eclipse Foundation
Relevant Work Experience
1993-2007 – Arcom Controls Systems Inc. – President
· Market and Business development
· Hardware/Software product development
· Systems infrastructure design and implementation
· Co-developed the MQTT Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with IBM
· Key account sales
· Board of Directors of the HART Communications Foundation (5 years)
· Designed Emerson/Rosemount Smart Transmitter Multiplexor
· Arcom was acquired by Eurotech and became a part of Eurotech Inc.
1989-1993 – Novatech – Co-Founder and VP of Engineering
· Hardware and software product development
· Systems design, and deployment support
· Designed AT&T VSAT SCADA Transport protocols
· Designed Honeywell TDC3000 SCADA protocol gateway
· Pioneers in TCP/IP based SCADA systems
· Novatech was acquired by Spectis Group PLC and became part of Arcom Controls Systems Inc.
1982-1989 – Koch Oil – SCADA Systems Engineer
· In charge of SCADA system renovation
· Pipeline booster station automation design
· SCADA Host Control system design
· Automated Truck Loading System design and implementation
· Automated tankage over/short inventory system with automatic billing
1980-1982 – Amoco Oil (BP) – University Co-op Program
· Aided in the design of seismic sensors for oil exploration
· Participated in Amoco’s first microcontroller designed to run the “C” programming language
· Downhole drilling logger design
Education
Bachelors Degree – Oklahoma State University – Electrical Engineering
MBA Accelerated Executive Development Program – IMD Lausanne Switzerland