1. Vern John Alway
PO Box 1453
Lake Sherwood, MO 63357
(636) 398-5018
valway@gmx.com
I am a robotic system machine designer with excellent communications skills. I can produce an
innovative system level design, plus its practical implementation in state of the art hardware and
software. One mobile robot I designed the controls for was used for testing wi-fi reception in an
office environment. The lidar navigation system permitted free-form route determination by the
customer using my software. Sonar sensors allowed the robot to pause safely when humans were too
close and an audio warning message explained why the robot stopped and warned again before it
started moving.
Summary of Qualifications
• Love to stay up to date with
technology innovations including AI
• Simulator design, both analog and digital
• Industrial automation system
designer, 25 years
• Experienced test engineer
• Electrical power and signal designer • Experienced trouble shooting engineer
• Microcontroller and analog circuit
designer
• R&D manager
• Software developer, primarily real
time systems PLC, PC, micro.
• Software development manager
• Algorithm and modeling designer • Small business owner (hospital terminals)
• Skilled in 2D cad • Robot hobbyist
• Microsoft Office Proficient
Education and Training
Mcgill University, Montreal, Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical
Research and Professional Experience
2016 Independent Consulting
• Various consulting jobs, including detailed modeling of electrical and thermal performance for a
planned automated aircraft panel welding machine using MapleSim.

2. 2004-2015 Principal Project Engineer, Innoventor Inc/Butler America St Louis
Control system, electrical and software design including embedded and industrial systems such as:
• Developed split transformer device for high tension power line current control. Work
included circuit design, packaging, testing for 70,000 amp overload. I also developed the
manufacturing process work flow and several manufacturing machines/methods.
Developed Excel spread sheets to permit design optimization. Patents covering my
contributions have applied for by Smart Wires Inc, San Francisco.
• Design and test of electrical controls for Harpoon missile test. Development and
integration of operational control program in LabView.
• Developed MapleSim model for thermal analysis of Harpoon motion controller.
• Developed MapleSim model for thermal analysis of missile launch controller.
• Developed SimuLink model for robotic control arm.
• Robotic arm servo system development, motor drive circuit design and test. Patents
covering my contributions have been applied for by Caterpillar Inc, Peoria.
• Design and test of circuitry for an airborne atomic clock. Programmed in PIC32 C
language and VHDL for the Xilinx chip.
• Lockheed F35 moving assembly line including the AGV and multiple subsystems.
• Load bar automatic load centering crane attachment. See patent below.
• Designed and developed automotive engine sound analyzer with embedded PIC32
controller.
• Designed and developed automatic guided vehicle with laser guidance and central dispatch
computer.
1990 - 2003: Control System Engineer VMW Industries, Victoria Texas
Control system electrical and software design for marine oil exploration and production
equipment including:
• Various bridge and gantry cranes, some in hazardous environments
• First and second J-lay pipe laying machines that could lay pipe in 1 mile deep ocean
• Explosion proof pipeline tension control for production oil platform
• Riser handling system for drill ship including elevator, bridge crane and on-deck carrier.
Patents, Copyrights, and Software Systems Developed
• Self Adjusting Load Bar US patent 7931320

3. • Starting Control Circuit for an AC motor US patent 4382217
Developed business application for VMW industries. Included time clock, bills of material,
engineering drawings etc.
Synergistic Activities
Real time design experienced using PLC ladder, C language, assembly languages for digital signal
processors and microcomputers.
Developed database and control applications using LabView, C++, C#, Visual Basic, SQL.
Managed medium and large software development projects.
Conducted Nyquist analysis, bode plots and designed transfer functions, developed MapleSim and
SimuLink simulations.
Design with electric-over-hydraulic, electric-over-air and all electric control. Digital circuit design,
analog circuit design, PLC controls design. Printed circuit board development.
CAD System skills for schematic documentation and physical layouts. Some 3d solids experience.
Hazardous area electrical design experience.