Page 1 of 2 WILLIAM J. BEATY Home: 206-789-0775 7540 NW 20th Ave email: billbeskimo.com Seattle, WA 98117 http://amasci.com/billb.html ELECTRICAL/SOFTWARE ENGINEER AREAS OF EXPERTISE - Digital and Analog design - Embedded design, embedded SW, drivers, interrupts - Realtime programming in C and assembler - Embedded HW: Motorola 8-bit - PCB Design, low noise layouts, Tango - Extremely creative problem solving in HW, SW, Test, & Production - Expert debugger in hw/sw, component level troubleshooting - Qual test, production test planning - Test equip: simulators, emulators, DSOs, rf - High Voltage & electrostatic design, troubleshooting - Optical design, 3D display tech. - Technical Writer, Technical Trainer - Internet developer, WWW - Artist w/Freehand and Adobe Illustrator - Proto machine shop: Lathe, bandsaw,drillpress,etc. - Software Experience: Languages: C, scripts, html, basic, ATE some C++/windows Assembler: Hitachi, PIC16CXX, 65XX, moto 68XX, intel 808X, moto 68XXX Art: Tango schem/pcb, Illustrator, Freehand, Paintshop Misc: pSpice, EWB, Unix, Msdos, Win3.1 EDUCATION UW Expr. College: Internet CGI programming UW Extension: Intro to C++ UW Extension: Programming MSWin 3.1 in C NSCC: Intermediate C, Advanced C MIT: Lab glassblowing I.C.S.: Unix, C w/unix, Motorola: 68000 HW, Assy lang. BSEE, U of Rochester, NY Page 2 of 2 WILLIAM J. BEATY 1/98- pres SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MICROSCAN SYSTEMS, RENTON WA Embedded programming in C and assembler(Hitachi H8). IrDA hardware design and stack integration. Porting assembly code to C. Background diagnostics, ESD/EMI interface design, scan mirror motion control numerical simulations. 11/93-12/97 OPTOELECTRONIC DESIGN ENGINEER, EATON/CH SENSORS, EVERETT WA Project engineer in an ISO-9001 environment. Designed embedded hw & wrote embedded sw for PIC-based conveyor control sensor network product. FMECA, marg. analysis, etc. Team lead on thru-beam sensor redesign, add low noise shielded front end & solve multiple production issues. Redesign of proportional slot sensor for RF immunity. Planned and implemented qual testing on thrubeam, wafer scanner, & slot sensor projects. Wrote motor control sw for wafer scanner product R&D and qual testing. Redesigned d ental lamp sensor for ESD immunity. Conceived, designed, and built numerous fast-turn sensor prototypes for new product proposals. Training & experience in ISO product development procedures, structured team problem solving, corrective action procedures . Internet trainer and website dev. 3/91-4/93 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER & CO-OWNER, TEKNOS INC. SEATTLE, WA 98103 Designed/fab many interactive science exhibit devices and controllers. Designed user interface hw for high-abuse environments. Extensive design and programming with Motorola 8-bit embedded controllers, hw interfacing, assy. lang. routines for realtime high speed control, and product/software tech writing. Embedded designs: Insect matching game with scanned electrostatic prox sensors & light/sound control, "cannon car" physics demo w/motion control. Designed hall-effect maglev track, ramped-on-off projector lamp preserver, outreach electricity kit with devices to make electricity flow visible. Designed 100 KV Tesla coil for commercial lightning photography. Designed PC-based fiber optic stepper motor shutter system. Extensive use of digital and analog design, PC interface, PCB design and CAD, desktop PCB fab, component level debug, wire wrap. Installed and repaired office telephone system. 9/89-3/91 CONCEPTS FORMULATION, DINAMATION INT'L INC., SEATTLE, WA Designed robotic motion controls and interactive museum exhibits in water physics, electricity, and light. Designed and built PC interfaces for robotic dinosaurs. Wrote PC software for robot sequencer programming and motion editing. Designed and built the computer, motion control, power, audio, drive subsystems, and equip. enclosures for Giant Earthquake table exhibit, Giant Shark Robot, Giant Whale Robot, interactive water fountain, "Frozen Water" LED strobe fountain, and Rainbow Projector exhibits. Designed electricity and physics edu. products for Dinamation's school outreach programs. Tech writing: Created exhibit artwork, lables, and product manuals using Adobe Illustrator, Word/Works. PCB design and fab. Debug & repair of PCs & motion control. equipment. OTHER WORK: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON, MA 02114 Created numerous devices for exhibits on Robotics & A.I., Electricity & Electronics, Chaos & Fractals, Newtonian Mechanics, 3-D Technology, and Telephone Technology. Extensive use of TTL, CMOS, and analog circuit design and fabrication, triac power control, computer interfacing, systems programming in assembler, AV Systems Integration, and pcb design & fab. Systems programming of PC, Apple, Wang, and DG-Eclipse computers. Wrote numerous articles on explaining physics to the public. Wrote articles on physics misconceptions, gave lectures at conventions, schools, and workshops. ELECTRONICS DEPT. HEAD, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON, MA 02114 Managed Electronics Dept. having three techs, one programmer. Personal work included electronics design and fab for new exhibits, exhibit lighting, component level repair of electronic and mechanical exhibits, debugging of video, audio, and computer systems. Systems integration and programming of computer-based map/data-base exhibit, RF-cued PC-based theatrical lighting and sound control system. Concepts, design, and fab of numerous devices for an exhibit on electricity. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, SYKES DATATRONICS, ROCHESTER, NY 14617 Redesigned hw and wrote all embedded sw for "Callscan" hotel phoneline monitor system. Designed I/F modules and wrote sw for TRACE ATE system. Redesign of various proto PCBs. Wrote EPROM monitor/debug packages for several new products. Wrote troubleshooting procedures for installation manuals. Wrote sw in assembler for Z-80, 6502, and 6809 processors. Some Basic and Forth. Page 2 of 2