Registratered professional engineer (PE) in California and Nevada.

Technical societies: ASME, CSPE, NSPE, OSNC and SME.

Professional Activities: Chairman ASME conferences on MEMS and Robotics.

Speaker, instructor and participant in professional, student and community activities.

Specialized knowledge of engineering processes and manufacturing methods applicable to product development, machine design, and manufacturing programs executed on accelerated schedules within economic constraints. Technical management and strategic skills applicable to the develop of a wide range of end products. Knowledge and skills in machine design, automation, linear-motion systems, heat transfer, optics, lasers, robotics, physics, stress analysis, pneumatics, electronics packaging, materials, value engineering, planning, scheduling, and cost estimating.

Thirty-eight years experience in the design and management of electromechanical products and automation equipment. Directly responsible for the design and packaging of numerous products in the medical, semiconductor, robotics, and consumer electronics industries. Past projects include bacterial identification, DNA analyses, spotters, gyro-stabilized optics, golf-practice devices, gas chromatographs, ultra-sound equipment, copiers, peristaltic pumps, fluorometers, computers, burn-in systems, robots, and automation equipment.

SMP Tech, Inc. 1990-Present

Thomas A. Roberts Consulting Engineering 1973-1990

Finnigan Instruments, Program Manager 1971-1973

Memorex, Project Engineer 1969-1971

Mark Systems, Project Engineer 1966-1969

FMC Corporation, Design Engineer 1965-1966

BS Mechanical Engineering 1965, Purdue University.