Rick G.

About Rick G.

A career spanning 25+ years of senior level technical leadership and product development within IoT, RF wireless and mobile devices, semiconductor, aerospace/defense, manufacturing, oil & gas, medical, automotive, consumer electronics, and satellite systemsMost recently 4+ years experience working with embedded linux and cloud-based IoT systems within wireless networking and renewable energy sectors (solar power)8+ years senior management and executive team cross-functional technical leadership using agile/SCRUM and waterfall driven project management processes to deliver on time and under budget constraints20+ years experience specializing in National Instruments data acquisition and measurement products: NI LabVIEW (Certified Architect), TestStand (Certified Architect), LabWindows/CVI Embedded systems design using LabVIEW FPGA and LabVIEW Real-Time on cRIO, sbRIO, and FlexRIOCareer Highlights:US fleet IoT monitoring and product engineering support for over 150K commercial and residential solar installations utilizing the latest technology in cloud-based monitoring systems and analyticsTechnical lead and senior management for RF systems integration and validation of world-class wireless access point providing long range asset tracking using GPS and LoRa RF technologies over an 802.11s WiFi mesh networkUI design and Host/FPGA software architecture for 5G massive MIMO wireless antenna array as part of Facebook Project ARIES development teamManufacturing test system and specialized acoustics testing and audio signal processing for Apple TV remote controller (China deployment)LabVIEW technical lead and member of production automation development and manufacturing sustaining for Apple\'s Lightning cable with millions of cycles in APAC manufacturing facilities Developed a high-speed automated characterization station for light sensor devices for TAOS, Published related article in Evaluation Engineering July 2010Developed Tactical Quiet Generator test set for L3 Power Systems, published in Evaluation Engineering Aug 2010Developed production ATE system for RF/GPS product testing in China (Axxon/Sinbon)- published in T&M World Dec/Jan 2008 issue and won NI Graphical System Design achievement award Aug 2008Developed hazardous environment portable data acquisition system for Halliburton featured at NI Week 2008Developed large scale optical/discrete switching rack (ADSR) automated control software for Lockheed Martin Aerospace Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) test lab (still in use today from circa 2005)

Experience

1. Sr Project Development Engineer

   Cyth Systems, Inc

   Mar 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Leadership and mentorship for Austin teamBusiness and project development for key customer and supplier accountsCustomer facing technical sales supportTime & materials and labor budget estimation for complex technical proposalsSystems architect and hardware/software developmentProject management for cross-functional teams

Education

• Texas A&M University

  BS, Electronics Engineering Technology

  1991 — 1996

• University of North Texas

  MBA, Business Computer Information Systems

  1997 — 2000

Skills

• Mobile Devices
• Fpga
• Field Development
• Rf
• Mysql
• Global Positioning System (Gps)
• Linux Ubuntu
• Wireless Technologies
• Signal Processing
• Mixed Signal
• Semiconductors
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Test & Measurement Instrumentation
• Mobile Communications
• Embedded Systems
• Algorithms
• Manufacturing
• Wifi 802.11a/B/N/G/S/Ac/Ax
• Project Management
• Wireless
• Ms Project
• Systems Engineering
• Systems Design
• Test Equipment
• Pl/Sql
• Sybase Sql Anywhere
• Visual Basic
• Test Stand
• Openwrt
• Digital Audio
• Software Development
• Systems Integration
• Sql Server
• Lora
• Data Analytics
• Labwindows/Cvi
• Business Development
• Audio Engineering
• C++
• Software Engineering