Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing expertise in high-speed and precision analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog systems design, power supply design, radar systems, high-speed communications, and networking systems design, embedded processing systems design, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Vice President and Engineering Manager, hardware/software design and manufacturing firm
Responsibilities included engineering project management, product specification, design, and production on a wide range of products for scientific research, the military and industry. Specialties include high-speed communications and networking systems as well as high-performance analog and digital data systems both incorporating the most modern technologies including: Xilinx Vertex-II (Pro) and Altera Stratix FPGAs, gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel, and a variety of 32-bit and 16-bit processors supporting all memory types. Has produced board level components and turnkey systems for companies such as Boeing Space and Defense, TRW, Hughes Aircraft, UCLA, USC, Kodak, Mission Research Corporations, Maxtor, Spectrum Signal Processing, and many more.
General Dynamics/Pomona
Responsible for development of digital signal processing software and hardware systems for advanced radar and seeker programs. This included design and construction of a multi-processor radar signal synthesis system for hardware in the loop simulation and testing incorporating Inmos Transputer, AT&T DSP-32C processors, Zoran floating point vector processors, R3000, 1750A, 68030, and VAX-8800 and AD-100 computers all communicating using a system designed and built by this consultant. Assisted in development of the data systems of several millimeter waver seeker prototypes at 39, 63, and 90 GHz with related parallel processing digital signal processing systems.
Hardware/Software Interface Consultant, Duglas Engineering
Consultant specializing in real-time hardware and software interfaces. Specialized in the design, simulation, and construction of Transputer and microprocessor based high-speed and real-time data acquisition systems, process control systems, automatic test systems (ATE), computer peripherals, industrial, commercial, and consumer products.
