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Professional Experience
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| Dates: |
2001 - Present |
| Organization: |
The Blue Ridge Group
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| Title: |
President
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| Summary: |
Consulting and contract engineering activities in the areas of
engineering analysis and design, patent litigation, patent development, and
software development for both engineering and business applications.
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| Dates: |
2000 - 2001 |
| Organization: |
Synetech Group, Charlottesville, VA |
| Title: |
Vice President & Chief Technical Officer
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| Summary: |
Information technology company. Developed presidential campaign
financial software including web based reporting for the 2000 presidential
campaign. The company handled all campaign contributions nation-wide. Extensive
database development for both desktop and web based applications |
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| Dates: |
1998 - 2000 |
| Organization: |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
| Title: |
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Summary: |
Teaching undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, computational
methods, thermal systems design, and computer aided engineering, and computer
programming. Instrumental in acquisition of CAE and CAD software for use in the
development of the undergraduate program.
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| Dates:
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1995 - 1998 |
| Organization: |
Altair Engineering, Dearborn, MI
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| Title: |
Engineering Manager
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| Summary: |
Responsible for overall management of engineering service activities
involving computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Responsibilities
included business development as well as the technical management of projects.
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| Dates: |
1992 - 1995 |
| Organization: |
Neural Research, Inc., Charlottesville, VA |
| Title: |
President & Founder
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| Summary: |
Company was involved in the development and application of neural
networks, wavelet based methods, and multi-resolution analysis methods.
Applications of these methods were in both engineering and financial analysis.
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| Dates:
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1987 - 1992 |
| Organization: |
Compuflo, Inc., Charlottesville, VA
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| Title: |
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President & Chief
Technical Officer |
| Summary: |
Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of the company as well as
lead developer of the FLOTRAN finite element based computational fluid dynamics
analysis software. Primary responsibilities included directing the engineering
consulting and service activities, providing technical support to marketing and
sales operations, and the overall technical direction for the company.
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| Dates:
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1981 - 1987 |
| Organization: |
University of Virginia, Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Charlottesville, VA. |
| Title: |
Assistant Professor
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| Summary: |
Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses primarily in the areas
of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and combustion. Also taught
courses in computer programming, computational methods, and computer aided
engineering. Active participant in the Center for Computer Aided Engineering
and taught extensively in the graduate extension program for industry.
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| Dates:
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1977 -1981 |
| Organization: |
Babcock & Wilcox Company,
Alliance Research Center, Alliance, Ohio.
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| Title: |
Group Supervisor, 1979-1981,
Senior Research Engineer, 1977-1979
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| Summary: |
The group developed computational methods for a variety of
applications involving computational methods for fluid flow, heat transfer, and
combustion in both the fossil and nuclear power industries.
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| Dates:
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1974 - 1977 |
| Organization: |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
& State University Mechanical Engineering Department, Blacksburg, VA
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| Title: |
Instructor
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| Summary: |
Primary responsibilities involved teaching undergraduate courses in
the thermal sciences; fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. Also
taught the Mechanical Engineering Instrumentation and Measurements Laboratory.
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