GREG BROWNE, M. ENG, P. ENG

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

·  Licensed Professional Engineer (P. Eng) in the field of Electrical Engineering.

·  Experience in SME operations, including overseas manufacturing.

·  Small-signal electronics design, simulation, implementation, and testing (analog, digital, RF).

·  Programming – real-time embedded firmware and GUI development.

·  Graduate research and publications – Proper Modeling (via Bond Graphs) of automotive systems.

·  Web Development – Server-side web service development for mobile applications.

·  Technical documentation – test planning, software/firmware and hardware documentation.

EDUCATION

Master of Technology Management (Engineering and Applied Science)
Memorial University of Newfoundland / 2016 – present
Master of Engineering (Mechanical)
Memorial University of Newfoundland / 2007 – 2011
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
Memorial University of Newfoundland / 2001 – 2007

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) Certification
Scrum.org / 2016 – present
Professional Engineering License (Electrical)
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador / 2010 – present

TECHNICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) / 2009 – present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) / 2010 – 2012
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) / 2010 – 2012
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) / 2011 – 2012
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) / 2010 – 2011

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

·  Fellow of Graduate Studies (2011)

·  Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Undergraduate Dean's List (2005-06)

·  Memorial University Entrance Scholarship (2001)

·  Avalon East School Board Electoral District Scholarship (2001)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Vice President, Engineering
Root Four Imagination Inc., Mount Pearl, NL / May 2015 – present
·  Management of product development, including specification of feature/task requirements and product releases.
·  Management of technical operations, including manufacturing and logistics (both inbound and outbound).
·  Design of vehicle-based enhanced diagnostics algorithms for the BlueDriver® OBD2 Scan Tool.
Product Development Engineer
Root Four Imagination Inc., Mount Pearl, NL / September 2009 – May 2015
·  Development of real-time embedded vehicle Application Programming Interface (API) for mobile applications.
·  Development of hardware interface for vehicle API with Bluetooth (SPP/iAP) or UART.
·  Development of dynamic server-side web services for mobile applications.
·  Development of application and physical layer firmware for consumer electronics products.
·  International travel for product customization meetings and onsite manufacturing QC.
Product Verification Engineer
Root Four Imagination Inc., Mount Pearl, NL / July 2007 – September 2009
·  Electronics conformance verification and analysis for FCC (Section 15), ISO 15765-4, ISO 9141-2, ISO 14230-4, and SAE-J1850 standards.
·  Development of hardware and firmware for automated assembly-line QC of OBD2 and wireless electronics.
·  International travel for the purpose of onsite manufacturing QC.
·  Implementation of corporate website and e-commerce infrastructure using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Perl.
Master of Engineering Graduate Student
Memorial University, St. John's, NL / September 2007 – May 2011
·  Proper Modeling (via Bond Graphs) of automotive systems (published).
·  Automotive-based app development for Android mobile devices (using Eclipse ADK).
·  Development of vehicle model validation techniques using OBD2 and GPS.
·  Developed electronics hardware and firmware for dynamometer – used for torque-speed and power characterization of BLDC motors.
·  Developed GUI and software for vehicle dashboard system – dash-mounted webcam used for interpreting and displaying current speed limit (from road signs) in real-time.
·  Developed electronics hardware and GUI for fuel economy analyzer – interface between GUI and ISO 9141-2 or ISO14230-4 OBD2 port compared different factors from real-time vehicle data and their impact on fuel economy.

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND TRAINING

Skills pertaining to automotive network communications and system modeling, electronics design, (hardware and software) signal processing, and general computing.

Hardware

·  Extensive knowledge of vehicle On-Board Diagnostic (OBD2) protocol communication.

·  Analog/Digital electronics design (including signal conditioning and mechatronic interfacing).

·  PCB and proto-circuitry design, testing, and debugging.

·  RF electronics design – filtering and FCC compliance.

Software/Firmware

Programming

·  C and ASM (real-time embedded MCU system design).

·  Server-side Web Design – Perl, JSON/XML, HTTP, SOAP.

·  Client-side Web Development – HTML5, JavaScript/JQuery, CSS, Bootstrap.

·  Matlab/Simulink (including GUI development, embedded design, and signal processing).

Software Applications

·  Electronics schematic design and simulation - NI MultiSim, Eagle, Altium Protel, Orcad PSPICE.

·  Electronics PCB layouts – NI Ultiboard, Altium Protel, Eagle.

·  IDEs – Toshiba TIDE, Matlab RTW Embedded Coder, Microchip MPLAB, CCS PCW, Eclipse.

·  RF applications – Matlab RF Tool, Puff, Smith, Amplifier Wizard, TxLine.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

A Driven Approach to Proper Vehicle Modeling and Model Validation [THESIS]

·  Published April 2012 in "Memorial University Libraries, Electronic Theses and Dissertations" (ISBN: 978-0-494-80796-5).

·  Presented Mar 2011 at the Memorial University Graduate Student Seminar in St. John's, NL.

Pedal to Pavement: An Energy-Based Proper Vehicle Model

·  Published August 2011 in "Mechatronics (ICM), 2011 IEEE International Conference on" (DOI: 10.1109/ICMECH.2011.5971264).

·  Presented April 2011 at the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM) in Istanbul, Turkey.

An Energy-Based Proper Model of an Automotive Fuel Delivery System

·  Published April 2010 in SAE International "Reliability and Robust Design in Automotive Engineering, 2010" (DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-0421).

·  Presented April 2010 at SAE International "SAE 2010 World Congress & Exhibition" (Model Validation and Verification session), Detroit, MI.

REFERENCES: Available upon request.
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