Consulting Customers
Xcel Energy, Minneapolis MN
• Audited Critical Infrastructure Protection and HIPAA compliance procedures
• Reviewed procedures for implementing cyber security.
Access Education, Plymouth MN
• Designed hardware and software for a talking dartboard for the blind.
OnGo Communications, St. Louis Park MN
• Reviewed plans for new applications and business processes
Secure Computing, St. Paul MN
• User interface design for high security systems
• Project tracking and schedule optimization
Data Key, Burnsville MN
• Ergonomic assessment of new UI
Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Eden Prairie MN
• Developed IEEE standard Verification plans, test cases, reviews and traceability for a class 2 medical device under FDA regulation.
Access Management Corp., Minneapolis MN
• Analyzed the technologies and skills available in a company, and hired a staff to complete the open projects. Advised management on technical issues.
• Supervised an operational department until a manager could be selected.
Jobs With Peace, Minneapolis MN
• Designed and coded a database application for volunteer and contributor management.
IntegraTECH (formerly IRUS), Eden Prairie MN
• Designed, coded and tested a water purification control system in Forth.
• Researched chemistry and math for water purification systems.
• Designed and wired the electrical system for prototypes.
Winger, Arden Hills MN
• Designed and prototyped a product for the novelty market.
Tetra Pak, St. Paul MN
• Analyzed physical and software ergonomics for milk carton machines.
• Write an Ergonomic Spec. covering direct manipulation, icons and mounting.
Lingua Tek, Minnetonka
• Designed a pneumatic tube control system for hospital applications.
• Analyzed and reverse engineered competitive products.
Wavecrest (formerly Wave Technologies), Edina MN
• Designed hardware and software for a very high speed IC test system.
• Analyzed data and proposed mathematical models for an instrument that measures units of time in pico seconds.
Mindax Inc. (formerly Radax), Coon Rapids MN
• Designed and coded in C, a system to digitize, archive to optical disk, selectively retrieve and display X-ray images.
• Researched mechanical, hardware and software methods to improve image contrast.
Medtronic Inc., Fridley MN
• Wrote test plans to satisfy FDA 510K requirements.
• Participated in the 9710 and 9770 pacemaker programmer design teams.
• Performed SQA reviews on other medical applications.
Landstyle (Up a Tree), Maple Grove MN
• Designed and Implemented a landscaping estimation system.
Minnesota Energy Council (Roger Peterson), Minneapolis MN
• Created a volunteer and contributor tracking database
Control Data, MPI division, Minnetonka MN
• Designed and coded in C a 6809 based portable disk drive tester, using a table driven screen structure.
Senator Ember Reichgott, New Hope MN
• Designed and implemented a political database of 45,000 registered voters.
Hybritech Inc., Stillwater MN
• Designed an advanced operator interface for a motion control system.
Control Data, GSD Division, Bloomington
• Specified, designed, stole and coded, integrated, and tested power-up, run-time, and background diagnostics for a 68010 based disk controller. Coded in C and Assembly on HP UNIX system and in circuit emulator.
Intelimed Inc., Minnetonka MN
• Performed code walk-through
• Analyzed development process and design specifications.
Databar Inc., Edina MN
• Wrote formal software development procedures. These procedures were designed to improve software quality and better support software testing efforts.
Swenson and Associates, Golden Valley MN
• Analyzed, specified and designed a dental patient scheduling and tracking system.
Assessment Systems Corporation, St. Paul
• Specified an adaptive human testing system using a personal computer and an interpretative testing language.
Luminaud Inc., Mentor Ohio
• Performed needs analysis and vendor selection of office automation systems.
Computer Video Systems, St. Paul MN
• Taught a Saturday class on the use of computers in small businesses.
Honeywell, Residential Division, St. Louis Park MN
• Taught six classes on microprocessors for non-technical people, a ten week microprocessor class, an eight session class on 16 bit microprocessors, and an eight night single chip microcomputer class.
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