Position:
Founder & CEO at Validus Technologies
Work:
Validus Technologies
since 2004
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Founder & CEO
Mercury Sports Group
2003 - 2004
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Managing Partner
LR Nelson
1997 - 2003
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Electronics Engineering Manager
Caterpillar
1989 - 1997
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Research Engineer
Education:
Bradley University 2001 - 2003
MBA, Executive MBA in Leadership
Bradley University 1986 - 1989
BSEE, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Skills:
New Product Development, Research & Development, Business Strategy, Electronics Manufacturing, Market Research, Financial Analysis, Product Costing & Analysis, Emerging Technologies, Global Sourcing, Consumer Products, Systems Engineering, Wireless Sensor Networks, Hardware Architecture, Analysis, Product Development, Embedded Systems, Software Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Microcontrollers, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Software, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, PCB design, Engineering, Leadership, Management, Digital Signal Processors, Electronics, RF, RTOS, FPGA, Wireless, Sensors, R&D
Interests:
Entrepreneurship, new technologies with new markets, applied research and development, medical electronics, electromagnetic sensors, computer architectures, programming languages and operating systems.
Honor & Awards:
Machine with a position-sensing system
United States Patent 7,746,067 - Filed August 31, 2007, Granted June 29, 2010, Caterpillar Inc.
Remote controlled hose valve
US Patent 6,283,139 - Filed May 26, 1999, L.R. Nelson Corporation
Method for updating a site database using a triangular irregular network
US Patent 5,735,352 - Filed December 17, 1996, Caterpillar Inc.
Method for determining the productivity of an earth moving machines
US Patent 5,815,826 - Filed March 28, 1996, Caterpillar Inc.
Electronic steering control
US Patent 5,379,220 - Filed July 29, 1991, Caterpillar Inc.