ROSS MERNYK Address: 751 President Street #2, Brooklyn, NY, 11215 Email: to prevent spam, figure out my email address website at rossmernyk period rhymeswithmom WebSite: www.rossmernyk.com Phone: 718-783-6977 Updated: 7/15/2007 Keywords: Resume Profile Electrical Engineer Consultant Hardware Software Microprocessor Microcontroller Telemetry Communications Monitoring Interface Systems PC Ocean Environmental Real-Time Protocols Digital Telecom NY GFCI AFCI Arc-Fault SUMMARY Twenty years experience designing innovative, ergonomic, elegant, electronic systems and software, both individually and in team environments. I Have Extensive Experience in: * Real-time programming (firmware, software) * Micro-controller design and interface (hardware) * Powerline arcing AFCI and ground-fault GFCI research and detection algorithms * Self-Testing device design (firmware, hardware) * Device communications (protocol design, telemetry, packet telemetry) * Microprocessor design & programming: 68HC11, 6805, PIC, Z80, ST72, Atmel * High-level programming: Embedded C, Borland C, Microsoft Fortran * Data collection, telemetry, logging, processing, plotting * Digital circuit design and interface (CMOS, TTL) * X-10 and CEBus automation protocols I Have Additional Experience in: * Sensor and transducer interface circuitry * Oceanographic and environmental formulae and algorithms * Representing companies at conferences and with customers * High-level programming: Basic, Algol, PL/I, Lisp * Helping management and customers define products and user interfaces * Direct international customer technical support, on-site and by phone * Microprocessor programming: 8051, 8086, DOS/BIOS, 6502 * Ergonomic user interfaces (hardware and software) * Kermit, Xmodem, and proprietary transfer protocols EXPERIENCE LEVITON MFG. CO. - Queens NY 9/97 - 6/07, Chief Engineer Research and develop electronics and firmware for powerline arcing and ground-fault detection equipment. * Have contributed considerable intellectual property: Powerline arc AFCI detection, zero-cross alignment, X-10 communications, GFCI detection and self-test, binding algorithms, and user interfaces. * Designed hardware & firmware for device which communicates X-10 over powerline and RS-485 over twisted pair, while executing a finite state machine and synchronizing to a large network. * Designed hardware & firmware for adaptive control of proprietary devices. Product communicates with network via LONworks Neuron chip, and performs timing sensitive local control by reading switches and sensors. ENDECO, INC. - Marion MA 6/88 - 8/97, Consulting Engineer * Developed hardware and firmware for a deployed acoustic current meter. * Designed wireless RF packet telemetry field station, for collection of sensor data via analog interfaces, acoustic telemetry, SDI-12 bus, and customizable RS-232. * Helped in product definition, and then implemented, an integrated control program for user-friendly real-time multi-site monitoring via wireless telemetry, including setup, operation, live plots, automated remote control, alerts, file plots, file transfer. * Programmed OEM handheld terminal for menu-driven client server application, including sensor data logging, calibration, file transfer, user data entry. YSI, INC. - Yellow Springs OH 5/89 - 8/97, Consulting Engineer * Designed automated testing pod, with multi-drop RS-232 to PC, and 50 digital and calibrated analog lines to target. * Working closely in a small engineering team, helped define an intuitive user interface for YSI's dissolved oxygen meter, and for the EPA BOD test. Then wrote a program to operate the meter by PC, and guide computer-illiterate users through the EPA test. * Developed integrated program for processing, plotting, and transfer of data files. Interfacing with several groups within YSI, I was able to satisfy demands on functionality, aesthetics, performance, and easy of use. * Created a complete network protocol, YSInet, for real-time, multi-site, multi-medium communications, including data collection, device control, and education. ENDECO, INC. - Marion MA 5/85 - 5/88, Electronics Engineer Designed microprocessor based, low power, environmental monitoring systems. * Interfaced hardware and software to various sensors and transducers. * Wrote complete on-board control programs in 6805, Z80, and 68HC11. * Wrote PC based processing, plotting, and real-time monitoring software. * Worked closely with other engineers, technicians, management, marketing, and sales. * Designed wireless packet telemetry system for real-time multi-site monitoring and control, complete with menu-driven turn-key software for setup, operation, calibration, dtmf command, custom user control language, and voice synthesis. * Represented company at conferences, vendor meetings, and to customers. * Wrote several complete user manuals. PKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - Milford CT 9/83 - 8/84, Design Engineer Designed office key telephone systems. * Wrote on-board diagnostic package in C and Z80 Assembler, including recursive subroutine for routing through audio switching matrix. * Designed bank-switched memory circuit for retrofit. * Interfaced with artwork designers, field service personnel, vendors, and applications engineers from custom houses. EDUCATION MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Cambridge MA Course work completed May 1985 BSEE with Thesis completed December 1987 * Thesis title: An Implementation of a Sailboat Autopilot. * Excelled in all design courses and Thesis. * Special courses taken: Digital Design Lab, Mechanical Design Lab, Thermodynamics, Computation Structures, Computer Systems Design, Exploratory Data Analysis. * Studied finite state machines, microprocessor systems, TTL digital hardware, team projects, mechanical designs, machine shop, generating raster scan video. * Humanities concentration in psychology. PATENTS & CREDITS * Patent: "Arc Fault Detector," U.S. Patents #6972572 & #7180299, Dec 2005 & Feb 2007 * Patent: "Arc Fault Detector with Circuit Interrupter," U.S. Patent #7003435, Feb 2006 * Patent: "Method of Adding a Device to a Network," U.S. Patents #6901439 & #7219141, May 2005 & May 2007 * Listed: Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 5th Edition, 2000-2001; through present edition * Listed: Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition, 2000; through present edition * Listed: Who's Who in the East, 27th Edition, 1999-2000; through present edition * Member: IEEE since 1995, ISA since 1995 * Presented: "The Endeco Data-Watch Adaptive Packet Telemetry System," Ross Mernyk, Oceans 87, September 29, 1987, Halifax, NS. BACKGROUND Born and raised in New York City. Educated in a private coed liberal arts school. Passionate about improv, photography, brainstorming, and bacon. Also enjoy bicycling, inventing, rollerblading, hiking, swing dancing, volleyball, sailing, and breadmaking.