Expert Details
Wireless Product Development
ID: 730698
Canada
His experience is largely in ground-up design where user and technical requirements are translated from paper into working products. Design of such systems has sometimes required radio propagation testing to determine the propagation environment and usually required the development of radio link budgets in order to determine the appropriate modulation, access techniques, error control, RF power, receiver performance, antenna requirements and other key technical parameters.
Expert also has extensive experience in creating system requirements and design specifications having written several for the systems he has led the creation of, as well as for other clients.
Expert was part of the team of consultants that designed a digital upgrade to a commercial air-to-ground communication system that was deployed on 1500 aircraft. In addition to leading the system specification team he was the project manager for the development for an experimental modem, which advanced the state of the art in aeronautical mobile communications achieving high spectral efficiency.Expert consulted to a wireless bypass access provider in the creation of engineering guidelines for operation in the 40 GHz radio band. The work items to create these guidelines included link budget analysis, interference analysis, test lab creation and scenario evaluations.Expert consulted in a business development capacity in the industrial communications area. His proposals landed consulting work for his client from a branch of the US government and a large oil company.Expert was part of the management team for an international technology transfer project. His duties included design and management responsibility for all hardware components of a VSAT system, including modem, RF, baseband, interfacility communications, and microwave. He also provided system design training to a team of 50 engineers.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1982 | Degree: BASc | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: University of British Columbia |
| Year: 1975 | Degree: DiplT | Subject: Electronics | Institution: British Columbia Institute of Technology |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Consulting on wireless system design and implementation, technology development, education and business case development. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2011 | Employer: Nebula Manufacturing | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for developing new business opportunities for a fiber optics telecommunications company. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2008 | Employer: Argon Security Technologies | Title: VP Research and Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for all aspects of technology development in a wireless video surveillance company including specification, system design, detailed design, project management and release to production. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2003 | Employer: PMC-Sierra Inc | Title: Director Wireless Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Day-to-day management and budget responsibility for a department of up to 60 people designing semiconductors for the wireless industry. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2001 | Employer: PMC-Sierra Inc | Title: Director Product Research | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for a range of items related to the long term technical health and product road map of the organization including: product research, standards, intellectual property protection. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1997 | Employer: HN Telecom | Title: Senior Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Wireless system analysis for a service provider. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1996 | Employer: MPR Teltech | Title: Development Manager, Rural Radio | Department: |
Responsibilities:Project management and technical prime for the development of a wireless rural communications system. Preparation and review of technical specifications, preparation of development schedules for the 19 person team. Product material costs estimates. Support of marketing efforts through paper preparation and technical position papers |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1994 | Employer: MPR Teltech | Title: Section Manager, Modem Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Manage a team of 6 to 8 specialists developing custom modems for use in satellite and terrestrial radio systems. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| None |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| IEEE Senior Member |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| P.Eng. IEEE WCP (Wireless Communications Professional) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert, L., "Service Threats and Opportunities for Public packet Radio Networks", Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sep. 1989 Expert, L., Callendar, M., and Winter, A., "Wireless Telecommunications Technologies for Rural Applications", IEEE International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications, Aug. 1994. Expert, L., Dunford, W.G., "A Wireless Communication System for the Control of a Distributed Generation and Storage Electrical System", PEDAC 04, Irvine, March 2004 US Patent 7,546,624 "Systems and Methods for Wireless Digital Video Monitoring" |
Fields of Expertise
communication system, radio data system, wireless, wireless communication, wireless data transmission, radio frequency engineering, wireless network, physical layer network, mobile data communication, wire-link telemetry, telecommunications system, radio frequency circuit, mobile telecommunication, telecommunications system design, radio wave propagation, communication, digital communication, radio local area network, communication standard, satellite communication, radio frequency, mobile radio system, microwave communication, broadband communication