WILLIAM J. BEATY Home: 206-789-0775 7540 NW 20th Ave email: billbeskimo.com Seattle, WA 98117 http://amasci.com/me.html ELECTRICAL AND SOFTWARE ENGINEER Ten years experience in EE /SWE. Extremely fast learner. Strong communication skills. Creative problem solving in HW, SW, test, and production. Strong in analytical & debugging, yet also a creative, intuitive thinker. TECH SKILLS - Fluent in C and assembler, device level programming, realtime, interrupts. - Extensive experience in embedded HW design, embedded SW, device drivers - HW & SW for realtime background diagnostics - PCB Design, low noise layouts for industrial EMI/ESD, Tango - Hi-volume, multi product manuf issues, qual test, prod test planning, stats - Expert HW/SW debugger, component level troubleshooting - Robotics & motion control, electromechanical design and prototype fab - Test equip: simulators, emulators, DSOs, RF - Simulations of physics/electronics systems, motion control - High voltage design: cap discharge, electrostatics - Creation of novel physics edu. devices and science museum physics demos - Proto shop: smd, pcb fab, lathe, bandsaw, drillpress, etc. - Software Experience: C, assembler, basic, html, pals Assembler for: Hitachi SH2 & H8, PIC16Cxx, MC68x05, 808x, 6502 OS: Microscan RTOS, IrDA stack, msDOS, Unix Apps: Autocad 9, pSpice, Tango schem/PCB, EWB, Win3.1 Art: Illustrator, Freehand, Paintshop TECH KNOWLEDGE - BSEE, University of Rochester, NY - Tech writer, tech trainer, conference presentations - Vacuum systems, power RF, glassblowing - Website design, Perl/CGI - 3D display technology, some optical design - Artist w/Freehand and Adobe Illustrator - Software training: C, C++, Phillips CAN bus, perl/CGI, Unix/C, Moto 68000, Win3.1/C++, Fortran4, Forth 2001 - pres RESEARCH ENGINEER, CHEMISTRY DEPT., U. OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE 1997 - 01 SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MICROSCAN SYSTEMS, RENTON WA Extensive embedded programming in C and assembler (H8, SH2) on four major laser scanner products. Completed all IrDA stack integration and IrDA hw design for one product. Added background diagnostics, network autoconfig to several scanners. Wrote file utils under msDOS. Ported an entire product's assem. to C. Designed ESD/EMI hw interfaces. Solved motion control PID issues w/sim of physics and of FPGA firmware in C. Page 1 of 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 of 2 WILLIAM J. BEATY 1993- 97 OPTOELECTRONIC DESIGN ENGINEER, CUTLER-HAMMER, EVERETT WA Project engineer in an ISO-9001 environment. Took Zero-pressure conveyor sensor net from brainstorming to full production, including mcu design and embedded SW. Solved ESD/EMI immunity issues for many existing products. FMECA, marg. analysis, component stats etc. Team lead on thru-beam sensor redesign for EMI immunity, PCB, etched shielding, multiple production issues. Planned and implemented qual testing on thrubeam, wafer scanner, & slot sensor projects. Wrote motor contr sw for wafer scanner product R&D and qual testing. 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. 1991- 93 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER & CO-OWNER, TEKNOS INC. SEATTLE, WA Designed/fab many interactive science exhibit devices and embedded 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. 1989 - 91 CONCEPTS FORMULATION, DINAMATION INT'L INC., SEATTLE, WA Designed robotic motion controls and interactive museum exhibits in water physics, electricity, and optics. 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 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 Illustrator, MSWord. PCB design and fab. Debug & repair of PCs & motion control. equipment. OTHER EMPLOYMENT: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON Created numerous devices for exhibits on Robotics & AI, Electricity/Electronics, Chaos & Fractals, Newtonian Mechanics, 3-D Technology, and Telephone Technology. Extensive use of TTL, CMOS, and analog circuit design & fab, 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. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, SYKES DATATRONICS, ROCHESTER NY Redesigned hw and wrote all embedded sw for "Callscan" hotel phoneline monitor products. Designed interface modules and wrote sw for production test ATE system (Trace Inc.) Redesiged various proto PCBs. Wrote EPROM monitor/debug packages for several new products. Wrote sw in assembler for Z-80 6502 & 6809.