Automotive Design Analysis L.L.C

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN ANALYSIS L.L.C., South Lyon, MI – Technical consulting practice conducting objective, expert analysis, research, and investigation of all aspects of Intellectual Property; Patents, Products and Technologies; and Product Liability, defect investigation, Regulatory compliance. Forensic Analyses. IP – Chief Scientist’s Office TARDEC/TACOM – U.S. Army, Warren, MI – Develop Invention disclosures/patents/contracts. Consult contractually (GTA & Alion). Associate, Intellectual Property – Vivacqua Law, Ann Arbor, MI – Represent clients in all intellectual property aspects of electrical, chemical, software, and automotive. Principal Systems Engineer – TACOM – U.S. Army, Warren, MI – Conduct Systems Engineering/ Manage Cross-Functional Teams. DoD contracts. Consult via Raytheon Risk Analysis/Decision Analysis Lead – General Dynamics, Sterling Hts., MI – Decision analysis, trade studies, systems engineering, risk analysis, & mitigation. Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, Dechert LLP, Austin, TX – Represent clients in all aspects of electrical, chemical, software, and computers involving all aspects of intellectual property, including licensing, USPTO matters, joint development agreements, contracts, opinion work, infringement analyses, standards boards, copyrights, trade secrets, & antitrust issues. Discovery, motion practice, trial/ settlement procedures. Cases include Lucent/MPT v. Gateway MPEG proceedings, Apple Computer-Lucent Licensing negotiations, Tendler v. Onstar, and Acer/Gateway v. Hewlett Packard International Trade Commission litigation. Design Analysis Engineer/Technical Specialist/Engineering Manager, FORD, Dearborn, MI – Technical analysis of vehicles, systems, components, and diagnostics. Act as corporate representative and expert witness; testify in trials and depositions. Conduct accident investigations and prepare expert witness reports and responses to requests for discovery. Expert in FMVSS, ECE, regulatory, due-care, corporate standards, warnings, SAE and NHTSA publications, information for NHTSA inquiries, recalls, notices, vehicle diagnostic, OBDII interfaces, vehicle bus interfaces, communication protocols, human machine interface, analysis/interpretation of electrical components, system information stored in electronic crash sensors, diagnostic modules, system modules. Lead design, development, testing, and implementation of advanced-technology passive/active restraint systems. Conducted numerous (hundreds) crash, sled, and component tests. Developed design verification plans & reports, failure modes & effects analyses, product & production validation plans, and then develop the products & systems to meet these requirements. Quality control/assurance. Senior Project Engineer, General Motors, Troy, MI – Design, development, testing, and release of electrical system, software/algorithm, sensing, and airbag and airbag suppression systems for all GM truck lines. FMVSS, ECE, corporate specifications and design standards, FMEA, DVPR, control plans, and Due-Care requirements. Senior Project Engineer, AlliedSignal, Sterling Hts., MI – Managed European, Pacific Rim, & domestic programs. Design and development of electrical systems & components, airbag modules, sensors, and airbag systems. Developed statements of work and comprehensive system design/test requirements, contracts/subcontracts.