TARGET EMPLOYMENT: Contract or Full time, starting May Day 2000 PRIOR SALARY: ID Systems $62,500 + 15,000 stock options vested over 5 years. Upon resignation, both the CEO and Director of Engineering offered to retain me for a negotiable salary between $70k-$80k, plus an unspecified number of additional stock options. Xerox Corp. $40/hr over three-month period AGNC Corp. $37.50/hr over 3-month period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dear Recruiter/Manager, I'm a mechatronics engineer -- this isn't your usual mechanical engineer, so I'm prefacing my resume with some elucidation as to what I mean by this: I am an expert c programmer (9 years) and technically advanced Matlab/Simulink programmer (7 years), including custom Simulink GUI work. I have several successful professional consultations behind me for major firms such as Xerox Corporate Research & Development, as well as professional experience as a real-time/embedded firmware systems engineer for a Silicon Alley start-up. I have significant control systems experience, extending to fuzzy and non- linear as well as classical control, and including both time- and frequency- based system identification and DSP techniques. I'm presently looking for a stimulating permanent position where my work demands expertise in the areas of software development/programming as well as real-time/embedded control system design and implementation/integration, especially any R & D involving Matlab/Simulink analysis. The combination of my controls background with extensive code development experience, and my doctoral training as a mechanical engineer, put me in a unique position where I can draw from any and all of these areas to synergistically complete a wide variety of challenging projects for your company and/or clients. Sincerely, Julian de Marchi, Ph.D. mailto:julian@perihelia.com http://www.perihelia.com -- -- -- %< -- -- -- -- -- %< -- -- -- -- -- %< -- -- -- -- -- %< -- -- -- -- -- %< -- -- curriculum vita/résumé: JULIAN ANDREW DE MARCHI CREDENTIALS: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, B.A. Physics, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Mechanical Engineering CONTACT INFO: email: julian@perihelia.com website: www.perihelia.com tel: +1 (917) 334 6404 address: 327 14th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: • Seeking challenging mechatronics work • Willing to travel for occasional business • Excellent written and verbal English • Solid team-building, project management and interpersonal skills • Permanent resident / Green Card SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES: applications: (D)HTML, LabVIEW, Maple, Matlab/Simulink, PRO/Engineer languages: assembly, BASIC, c, c++, FORTRAN, Pascal, Perl/CGI experience: numerical & control computing, real-time/embedded control system design, analog & digital electronics, embedded processor interfacing, platforms: MS DOS, MS Windows, UNIX; DSP, Intel, Motorola, Neuron and processors EDUCATION: 1998 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Identification and control of friction, impact backlash and elastic compliance in machine tools 1994 Master's, Mechanical Engineering • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Experimental degradation of flexible beam control in the presence of drive train non linearities 1992 Bachelor's, Mechanical Engineering • Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science 1992 Bachelor's, Physics • Bard College, a School of the Liberal Arts and Sciences WORK EXPERIENCE: 1999-2000 Firmware Engineer • I.D. Systems, Inc. (Silicon Alley, New York City, NY) • Real-time embedded c-language firmware/software development for customized radio-frequency asset-tracking and asset-management systems. System design, product development, project scheduling, system testing and quality assurance. Internal development tools coding and documentation. Technical interviewing and screening for human resources. Personal effort has contributed to successful systems delivered to American Steel Foundries, Avis Rent-A-Car, Dana Commercial Credit, FedEx, Ford Motor Company, Hallmark Greeting Cards, United Postal Service (UPS), U.S. Postal Service and others. ID Systems (IDSY) went public in August 1999. 1998-1999 Engineering Consultant • Xerox Corporation Wilson Center for Research and Technology (Webster, NY) • Servo control system design for proprietary keystone xerographic component in new line of color photocopiers, applying Ph.D. research in friction dynamics and control. Task was to accomplish paper alignment (for a range paper weights, unknown a priori) within 10 micrometers in less than one tenth of a second. Task was completed successfully within four months, using Matlab and Simulink together with DSP-based data-acquisition system and custom-built mechanical test bed. 1997-1998 Associate Consultant • TCG, Inc. (Troy, NY) • On-site industrial/corporate mechatronics training as member of TCG consulting team based at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 1995-1998 National Science Foundation Doctoral Research Fellow • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) Mechatronics Research Group • Doctoral research in friction modeling and simulation. Developed novel friction identification methods for asymmetric viscous and kinetic friction in nonlinear, overdamped systems. Numerous presentations on novel mechatronic system design and educational techniques in Europe and America, with emphasis on current research programmes. Research assistance in the areas of mechatronic system design and research project management, as well as original, basic research activities. One journal publication, several conference presentations, and two pending journal submissions. Several Matlab, Simulink, and c code libraries, hardware projects and educational systems. 1997 Consultation • American Guidance, Navigation and Control Corp. (Chatsworth, CA) • Custom design, construction, integration, testing and proving of a special mechanical positioning test bed system with flexible beam attachment. Client was a defense research contractor with heavy emphasis on Matlab systems modeling and control systems design/ simulation. Needed test bed to prove control system design using active piezoelectric vibration damping. Design, delivery, installation and system integration performed in less than three months. On-site follow-up consulting and education for PhD researchers at client end. Successful results published in academic technical journal. 1995 Consultation • General Electric Corporation R & D Center (Schenectady, NY) • Custom design concept for proprietary mechatronic boroscope. Creative design was sought out and discovered, then proven using available/feasible technologies. Design was to be used for high- tech imaging/navigation system for turbine inspection and maintenance, without having to disassemble turbine. Design was well-received by client. 1993-1994 Teaching & Research Assistant • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) 1992 Interface Specialist (Internship) • German Aerospace (DLR-Langer Grund, Deutschland) 1991 Interface Specialist (Work/Study) • Columbia University Microelectronic Sciences Laboratory (NYC) 1991 Programmer (Internship) • Fokker Aircraft b.V. Electronics Laboratory (Schiphol, Nederland) 1990 Laboratory Assistant (Work/Study) • Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (New York City) 1989 Programmer (Internship) • Systems Analysis Services (Auburndale, Massachusetts) PUBLICATIONS and PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: • Available for review upon request