My name is Ryan Walker and I live and work in Sydney Australia. I work professionally in the areas of:-

• Research and development (R&D).
• Product development.
• The prototyping of new technologies and solutions.

Education

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• 2001 - Master of Engineering (By Research) – University of Newcastle
  • Research Area: Wireless Communications, emphasis on CDMA
• 1998 - Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) (Honors) - University of Newcastle

Domain Experience

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• Financial Management Systems
  • Transaction Processing Systems
  • Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC)
  • Workflow Management
• Wireless Sensor Mesh Networks
  • Zigbee, 433MHz point-to-point
  • Wi-Fi, Ethernet and GPRS Gateways
• Tracability / RFID Sector
  • Cold Chain Management
  • Transport and Logistics Sector
• Primary Industry Research Sector
  • Cold Chain Handling of Fruit and Vegetable Crops
• Medical Image Processing
• Venture Capital Sector
  • Government Grants
  • R&D Tax Concessions
  • Venture Capital Strategies

Professional Experience

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• Jan/04 -to- today - Technology Consultant (Start-up business)
  • Assisting technology based start-up companies with R&D
  • Rapid prototyping of proof-of-concept prototypes.
  • Preparing and demonstrating technologies to VC’s, stakeholders, new customers, etc.
  • Business development and entrepreneurial activities
  • Business administration, accounting, BAS, etc.


• Mar/01 -to- Jan/04 - Senior Research Engineer & Project Manager, Motorola Australian Research Center (MARC), Sydney, Australia.
  • Motorola announced closure of MARC in Nov/03, center closed in Jan/04.
  • Appointed Project Manager from Jan/03 of technology commercialization project.
  • Feasibility study, monthly reporting, risk management, requirements gathering, milestone tracking, customer communication and negotiation, and field trial organization.
  • Export classification reviews and management.
  • Proof-of-Concept prototyping, ad-hoc wireless networking design and embedded system implementation.
  • Extensive software design and development.
  • Communication protocol research and design.
  • Managed 01/02 Summer Student Program, 5 students over 5 labs.
  • Supervision of summer student projects within lab, including interviewing and recruiting.
  • A member of the MARC closure core team which was also responsible for the processing of exiting staff (53) and disposal of all assets and proprietary information. Approximately a 2 month project (Dec/03 to Jan/04).

Technical Skills

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• Project Management
  • Microsoft Project
  • Digital Six Sigma
• Software Design Process Management
  • Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
  • Subversion, ClearCase and CVS
  • Gemini Issue Tracker
  • Wikis: ScrewTurn and Twiki
  • Nunit 2.4
  • Fagan Code Review
• Programming languages
  • C#, VB, VBA, C/C++, Java, Pascal, Turbo Pascal, Delphi, Fortran, MATLAB, Assembly, VHDL.
• Database Technologies
  • SQL Server 2005, Access
• Embedded Systems
  • Microchip (dsPIC30F, dsPIC33F), Motorola (HS08 series), Chipcon (CC1010: wireless + 8051 core), Maxim / Dallas (secure microcontroller, 8051 core), rabbit semiconductor (wi-fi, Ethernet interfaces).
  • Codecs, digital amps,
  • CAN, I2C, SPI, RS-232, USB.
  • Chipcon Radio IC's
• Web Page Technologies
  • ASP, HTML, CSS
• Firmware
  • Altera FPGA, design simulation, debugging, re-use.
• Image processing
  • Edge detection, algorithm design, integrating with machine control.
• Text formatting and office computing
  • Microsft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
  • Latex