John is the President and Founder of Stellar Wind Development, LLC, an Indianapolis based Professional Computer and Electrical Engineering Consultancy focusing on technology development and Intellectual Property formation. John is a Registered Professional Electrical and Computer Engineer in Indiana and a Senior Member of the IEEE. John is a highly skilled and experienced project engineer who has contributed technical leadership and direction on multiple, very successful projects. He provides expertise particularly in the areas of software engineering and programming, computer systems design, serial and parallel algorithm design, and in fault tolerance and recovery methods for use in distributed software systems. His knowledge and practical experience with object-oriented programming methods, software version control, and quality issue tracking has proven invaluable to his project teams successes. In addition, he provides experience in software scope of effort estimation, risk mitigation planning, and in deeloping and tailoring software development processes to efficiently meet customer needs. He possesses an incredibly long list of skills including countless computer languages, UNIX system administration experience, higher mathematics, and engineering theory. John s specialties include software architecture, algorithm analysis, optimization, pattern recognition, signal processing, Bayesian analysis, and neural networks. His experience derives from over 9 years of advanced graduate level coursework and thesis research, 10+ years of high tech R&D work for the U.S. Department of Defense, and over 6 years of high-tech development experience in the private sector. Education BS Computer and Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, May 1986 MS Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, May 1990 PhD Candidate, Purdue, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professional Distinctions Registered Professional Engineer, Indiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers Past Chair of the Central IndiaaSection of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Past Co-Chair of the Central Indiana Engineering Consultants Network Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Central Indiana Section Member of the Year, 2004 Senior Member of the IEEE member for 20 years INITA Million Dollar Award Key Technical Contributor, 1999 National Performance Review Heros of Re-Invention, Hammer Award Team Award, 1995 Letter of Commendation, 1995,Vice-Admiral Sterner, Commanding Officer, Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Air Command Hockey Puck Award, November 1994 Clara Baugh Prize Academic and Musical Excellence, Purdue Musical Organiztions, 1985 Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, 1985 |