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So what is the link between TESTniques'
current business and Strategic Air Command?
I've been building electronic test
equipment since I was kid in high school. Upon entering the Air Force I
completed Navigator training and Electronic Warfare Officer school. Towards the
end of my time with the AF I was involved with capture and analysis of airborne
jammer signals from bomber aircraft. GPIB controlled spectrum analyzers were
used for this task.
After the AF, I went to work for the
Military Avionics Division of Honeywell as a Senior Design Engineer building
automated test systems for electronic warfare systems. I've worked to test
systems associated with ALQ-126(F-18), ALQ-135(F-15), and ALQ-172(B-52) among
others.
In the late 80s I saw LabVIEW and
LabWindows from National Instruments and concluded this is the future. The PC
would take over from Honeywell Level 6 computers and VME based computers. It
took about a year to put together business plan and launch TESTniques.
TESTniques' first product was the
original Test Executive for LabWindows. The test exec has been sucessfull in
100s of test systems. After a few years National Instruments caught on and
their product now dominates the market. Even though we were selling the test
exec, consulting and custom software development/system integration forms the
core of the business.
Professional Timeline
1975 Graduate Goodrich High School Fond
du Lac, WI
1976 Air Force ROTC scholarship winner
1979 Intern, Maintenance Dept Point
Beach Nuclear Plant
1980 Graduate University of Wisconsin -
Madison BS Electrical Engineering
1980 Commissioned 2nd Lt USAF
1981 Graduate USAF Navigator, Electronic
Warfare Schools
1982 Qualified B-52 Electronic Warfare
Officer
1984 Graduate B-52 Electronic Warfare
Officer Instructor
1985 Wing Electronic Warfare Officer,
Minot AFB, ND
1985 Graduate Squadron Officers School
1986 Chief, Electronic Combat Branch
15th Air Force
1986 Senior Development Engineer
Honeywell MAVD
1990 TESTniques Principal Engineer
1990-to date TESTniques Employee of the
Year
Air Force Achievement Medal,
Commendation Medal
Honeywell Engineering Achievement Award
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