Bend, Oregon, United States
Board member and Chief Technology Officer at ACSL, Japan's leading drone manufacturer. Interests include: - Adaptive Failure-Tolerant Control - SLAM - Sensor Fusion - Autonomous Systems
- Caring for a team of nearly 50 diverse engineers, empowering them to innovate and grow. - Orchestrating the development of new products, features, and user experience. - Working with CEO and CFO to craft and execute the strategic vision of the company. - Overseeing the solicitation, execution, and completion of numerous government-funded projects. - Evaluating, selecting, and managing foreign suppliers from US, Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Israel and others. - Intimately involved in expansion to Southeast Asia, India, and US. - Working with CEO and CFO to identify, evaluate and close strategic investments.
- Researched navigation and control algorithms for safe indoor/outdoor operation of drones based on the fusion of several sensors, including computer vision - Developed full-featured drone autopilot software from scratch - Developed hardware (including aircraft structure and PCBs) for research and experimentation
- Develop, validate, and maintain simulations of autopilot, flight controls and electrical systems of several Boeing commercial airplanes - Perform Monte Carlo simulations for autopilot performance evaluation - Use CVS and custom processes to maintain software configuration management - Participate in an international team of experts to develop a model of a human pilot for the New Larger Aeroplanes Obstacle Free Zone study commissioned by ICAO (Circular 301-AN/174) - Develop simplified simulations and produced linear models of complex systems to facilitate control design
- Designed a complete, real-time, turbine engine simulation from the ground up, using SIMULINK - Developed and implemented exhaustive diagnostic and validation routines - Interfaced with the customer, aided in preparing of deliverables and support - Compiled reports using PowerPoint and MATLAB’s report generator