Monte Russell 912 Chatterson Road SE Huntsville, AL 35802-3708 256-883-6313 (home) 256-714-4848 (cell) mr13636ee@westpost.

net OBJECTIVE: Senior Electronic Design Engineer, Senior Systems Engineer, Team Lead er, Engineering Management CLEARANCE: Active Secret Clearance SUMMARY I am a very experienced and creative electronics design engineer with extensive digital and analog circuit design experience in companies ranging in size from s tart-ups to multinationals. I have extensive Design for Manufacturing and Desig n for Assembly experience using advanced SMT technology and full RoHS compliance experience. Examples projects are: Design updates to Hellfire Missile Test Set ; Design of in-home patient monitoring system; Design of Ethernet switch for gig abit over fiber; Design of embedded hardware & software for microprocessor contr olled exo-skeletal arm with PC interface for handicapped; Development of upgrade s to helicopter and jet aircraft flight simulators; Patent pending design for pr essure feedback regulated clamp truck mechanism; Design of embedded hardware and software for anatomically programmed x-ray generators. Previous positions/titl es: Senior Design Engineer, Team Leader, Engineering Management. EMPLOYMENT ERC, Inc, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL through Frankie Friend & Associates May-2009 to Present: Senior Electrical Engineer. Development and integration o f specialized test equipment for Hellfire, Longbow and Javelin family of missile systems capable of running live ordinance. Developed excellent working knowled ge of latest version of Altium Designer CAD system. At ERC I have used my consi derable design experience and troubleshooting skills to create, debug and field both new designs and updates to older designs that meet the increasing demands o f complex missile systems and testing criteria. As part of this (and virtual al l of my career) I constantly must evaluated design requirements against componen t and assembly specifications to ensure compatibility and compliance. Authored original 'Local Practices' documents to standardize in-house engineering and doc umentation standards using Microsoft Office Suite 2007 Word, Excel, Visio. Trac ked projects using Microsoft Project 2007. Created project overviews using Offi ce 2007 PowerPoint. Independent Contractor, Huntsville Area - Sep-2008 to May-2009: Hardware Design Engineer for various local companies. Implemented changes and updates to micro processor based designs including all schematic and printed circuit board (PCB) work. Sanmina-SCI, Huntsville, AL - Apr-2006 to Sep-2008: Senior Hardware Design Engi neer for Medical Design Group. Design of Medical Electronic Devices involving p roprietary medical devices to enhance medical care and quality of life. Respons ible for ensuring designs met EMI/EMC/Regulatory requirements. Responsible for writing Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis criteria and execution. Independent Contract Engineering & Consulting Jun 1995 to Apr-2006: Jobs include d large, medium and small contracts for local, national and international compan ies. Projects varied from simple to complex using schematic capture and PCB lay out software from Mentor and OrCAD/Cadence tool set; Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) design using Xilinx and Altera toolsets; PBasic, C & C++.

Customers included: General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Charlotte, NC - Revised and up dated existing designs, both released and prototype stage, to incorporate latest changes to specifications and requirements for chemical and biological weapons detection systems, both hand-held and standoff. N-Tron Corporation, Mobile, AL - Designed company's first Ethernet switch capabl e of gigabit over fiber using custom Broadcom chip with ARM 7 core; designed mod ular 16 port 10/100 copper plus 2 gigabit fiber port Ethernet switch; designed i ndustrialized Ethernet switch with 24 10/100 copper ports plus two 100Mbps fiber ports. Worked closely with software engineering to create and implement design verification and production test procedure. Document Technology, Mobile, AL - Multipart contract to design multiple prototyp e stage and production versions of full custom paper handling device as part of an automatic document microfilming device for large volume records management an d document vaulting company; designed control electronics, wrote embedded contro l program; handled every aspect of design and prototyping process including hand assembly of PCB's for prototypes. Mindstorm Technologies, Mobile, AL - Working with NASA's Space Alliance Technolo gy Outreach Program, designed and prototyped embedded microprocessor controlled exo-skeletal arm with PC interface intended to enhance mobility and range of mot ion for handicapped individuals specifically related to computer usage. Aero Simulation Inc, Mobile, AL - Designed and developed upgrades to full-motion helicopter and jet aircraft flight simulators for Coast Guard Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama FVC.COM, Chapel Hill, NC - Completed design of next-generation video conferencin g product left incomplete by original design team. TeleSys Inc, Lakeland, FL - Created and implemented engineering department for m edium sized startup. Supervised and participated in hardware & software modifica tions necessary to introduce products into new overseas market. Special persona l project involved translation of voice prompt files from English into dialect o f Spanish spoken in Guatemala allowing penetration of new markets. AmTel Technologies Inc, Marietta, GA - Redesigned 8051 derivative based hardware & software for pay telephone products destined for the mainland China market. Creative Controllers Inc, Picayune, MS - Designed company's first universal prod uct emulator that allowed software developers to create new products and enhance existing ones, all on a single universal hardware development platform. Orion Research Inc, Beverly, MA - Updated older laboratory analysis equipment to take advantage of new technologies. Devised ways to streamline chemical probe manufacture techniques, increasing yield and decreasing costs. Xante Inc, Mobile, AL - Conducted extensive research and prototyping effort rela ted to electro-photographic characteristics of the Toshiba laser printer engine evaluating the feasibility of turning a 'black writer' into a 'white writer' to allow direct printing of offset print masters. Created successful proof of conc ept prototype. Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc. (Critikon), Tampa, FL - Ported design of Saturati on Percent Oxygen (SPO2) monitor to next generation patient monitoring system. Designed switching power supply with unique voltage fold-back characteristics al lowing use of existing print device and interface which was critical to on-time

delivery of design to manufacturing. (Job history prior to 1995 has been truncated due to space and is available upon request) Continuous Learning Activities: I continuously update my knowledge and skill set by attending presentations, seminars and webinars by device vendors, local chap ters of the IEEE and other independent presenters. Recent examples include: * No Myths Allowed Webinar entitled "S-Parameters, Signal Integrity & You' - Onl ine seminar by Dr. Eric Bogatin * PCB Design Technique for Real-World EMI Control - 1 day seminar by Dr. Bruce A rchambeault * Huntsville EMC - 1 day presentation on EMC/EMI testing and problem prevention by various local presenters and vendors MILITARY: US Air Force - Electronic Warfare Systems Specialist; Secret Clearance ; Honorable Discharge EDUCATION: University of South Alabama 1981 (BSEE - all course work complete; no degree)