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Product design, development, and application of embedded controllers.
Microcontroller selection, software and hardware design with 4-bit, 8-bit, and 16-bit systems, specializing in low-cost, high-volume product design. Familiar with a wide variety of microprocessors and applications.

Independent consultant since 1985 specializing in consumer products such as talking toys, electronic learning aids, medical instruments, semiconductor handling and test equipment, telephones, and security devices.

Clients have included Anza Technology, Arion Instruments, Atalla Corp., Comlux, Digital Pathways, Discus Dental, Fisher-Price, Hasbro, Intermatic Inc., Kid Designs, Kid Concepts, Leap Frog, Lewis Galoob Toys, Mattel, Mouse Systems, Otron, Phaethon, Pixel Instruments, Playskool, Original San Francisco Toymakers, Toy Biz, Wild Planet, Yes! Entertainment.

Five years in the Advanced Engineering Program at Honeywell Information Systems (Phoenix, Arizona). Completed projects in peripheral product design, maintainability systems design, market research, and system architecture. Responsible for new application of micro-processors into peripheral products, such as disk drive controllers.

Two years in new product design with Telsec Corporation, applying new technologies to mass market consumer products.

BS Electrical Engineering 1978, Bradley University, Peoria Illinois.

MS Electrical and Computer Engineering 1980, Arizona State University.