Michael Newell

About Michael Newell

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of delivering “first of its kind” products in the Industrial, Consumer and Aerospace Industries. Skilled in Electrical Engineering, Instrument sensor and actuators, Internet of Things, Robotics, and Computer Architecture. Strong business development professional with a Bachelors of Science focused in Electrical & Computer Engineering,(ECE) from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. I have led teams that have created patented products. Through my company – Athens Consulting, LLC – we innovate first-of-a-kind products and systems that give my clients a competitive edge. If you need a new sensor that can help you save millions of dollars a month on your power plant, want to add some machine learning capability to an existing product that you produce, or just simply just want to receive a text message when your toast is ready, we can help.

Experience

1. Founder, CEO

   Athens Consulting, Llc

   Apr 2004 — Present · Pasadena, CA, US

   A design and production environment and infrastructure has been created that supports Athens\'​ delivery of first of its kind engineering solutions to our clients and joint venture partners. Creating first of it\'s kind products is at the heart of what Athens Consulting does. Clients include members of the robotics industry, commercial and academic aerospace mission, coal and gas furnace providers, the electronic part radiation testing and qualification industries, the healthcare industry, counterfeit currency detection industry, off grid power providers, gamma ray detector designers, and a Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) start up.Athens has provided solutions in the area of design, fabrication, test and delivery of a fully functioning 3-Axis Motor Controller PWB. We produced a first of its kind, low cost imaging coal flame pyrometer and distributed computer system that produces 32 temperature images each second for 500MW coal furnaces. In the realm of IOT, we have produced products in the area of low power digital/web interface to digital and analog instrumentation, motor positioning and control interfaces to allow remote monitoring and control of instruments either wired or wireless. We have performed system level part stress analysis of an electronic cash system that had a small number of units suffering from an internal part issue in the field and provided solutions to extend these units to normal operating life. We have also analyzed and provided the design solution for a Karaoke system with analog noise interference. This is the type of work Athens performs to let our clients and partners achieve their goals.

Education

• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

  Bachelors of Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, (ECE)

  1990

• Don Bosco Technical Institute

  Associate of Science (AS), Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician

Skills

• Vhdl
• Simulations
• Verilog
• Software Design
• Robotics
• Signal Processing
• Fpga
• Embedded Software
• Asic
• Circuit Design
• Firmware
• Hardware Architecture
• Testing
• Electrical Engineering
• Semiconductors
• Avionics
• Debugging
• System Architecture
• Device Drivers
• Digital Signal Processors
• Soc
• Algorithms
• Labview
• Matlab
• Arm
• C
• Spacecraft
• Pcb Design
• Software Development
• System Design
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Software Engineering
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Digital Electronics
• Analog
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Hardware
• Rtos