Richard Ivy has over 28 years of experience in electronics engineering, product development, and engineering management. He has expertise in digital design, FPGA coding, embedded systems, and real-time hardware and software systems. His experience includes roles as a consultant, principal engineer, director of engineering, and project manager for various defense, industrial, and consumer electronics companies. He has managed multidisciplinary teams and led projects from concept to production.

1. RICHARD WILLIAM IVY
Primary Residence: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-ivy/1b/761/684 Secondary Residence:
263 Boomerang Trail Richard.Ivy@Mindspring.com 6800 Lights Ferry Road #ZJ-55
Fair Play, SC 29643 (404) 550-0571 Flowery Branch, GA 30542
DIGITAL & ANALOG ELECTRONICS – FPGA & CPLD CODING – EMBEDDED HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – SYSTEMS ENGINEERING – ENGINEERING & ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Principal Level Engineering and Hands-On Engineering Management Professional with an exceptionally broad
technical background and a record of delivering innovative solutions and leading multidisciplinary design and
development teams. Over 28 years of engineering and leadership experience developing Military, Commercial,
Industrial, and Consumer equipment in Corporate, Sponsored R&D, and Contract or Consulting environments.
Well versed in fault-tolerant systems and real-time control and automation applications. Extensive credentials in
systems engineering, proposal development, new business development, and forming strategic alliances.
SUMMARY: Experience has primarily focused on digital design, FPGA coding, embedded processors (DSP/ARM),
high-speed, memory interfaces, and control/communications. Strong background in computer related systems,
digital hardware, interfaces, programmable logic, and embedded software. Most electronic design projects have
been oriented toward system control functions involving image or video processing, TV broadcast, high-speed
communications, industrial equipment, or military radar systems which required the development of time-critical,
real-time, hardware and software systems using programmable logic (FPGA/CPLD) and embedded processors.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Electronics Consulting Services – Fair Play, SC 2002 - Present
Consultant / Contract Engineer
Contract and Consulting Projects included:
Intelligent Interaction Processor for image recognition and environmental interaction.
Second generation Sirius satellite radio receiver hardware design.
Automotive entertainment systems (e.g., CD Tuner, DVD Player, LCD display evaluation).
Second generation wireless-enabled, keypad-access, lock system for security and property management
applications. (I developed the first generation while at Electronic System Products.)
Gainco, Inc. – Gainesville, GA 2008 - 2010
Director of Electrical & Software Engineering / Project Manager / Systems Engineer
Contracted as “Director of Electrical & Software Engineering” to bring structure, engineering processes, and discipline
to the Electrical & Software Engineering department, to address a 2 year backlog of customer issues, and to define
the direction for forward looking product developments. Due to my achievement of substantial improvements, at the
end of a six-month contract, the position was converted to permanent.
Managed the department with up to eight software and hardware engineers and technicians (employee and contract).
Determined and implemented an appropriate core technology platform for new product developments.
Defined, managed, and successfully launched 2 major product developments – others will quickly follow using the
core platform.
Avalex Technologies, Inc. – Duluth, GA 2007 - 2008
Principal Engineer
Performed as the sole hardware engineer at Avalex’s Atlanta based R&D center.
Used software analysis, debug, and troubleshooting skills to assist software engineers.
Developed a communications controller and an HD Digital Video Recorder with TIVO like capabilities.
Electronic hardware design, FPGA coding in Verilog, and embedded processors and software.
Kirk-Rudy, Inc. – Woodstock, GA 2003 - 2007
Electronics & Software Engineering Manager / Principal Engineer / Project Manager / Systems Engineer
Led an innovative project to modify an existing hardware/software platform as the controller for new industrial printer.
Planned, managed, and successfully executed the development of production and 2nd generation industrial printers.
Project Manager, Systems Engineer, Electronic Hardware, FPGA Coding in VHDL, Software Development.
Coordinated all development and deployment efforts.
Major contributor toward the development of a strategic business partnership with Hewlett Packard
Managed and performed on the development of industrial printing systems based on HP technology.
Managed the Electronics & Software Engineering Group.

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Electronic System Products, Inc. – Norcross, GA 1995 - 2002
Principal Engineer / Consultant / Project manager / Systems Engineer /
Contract and Consulting Projects included:
Ethernet based fiber headend monitor.
Wireless-enabled, keypad-access, lock system for security and property management.
System to receive, decode, graphically manipulate, re-encode, and retransmit MPEG A/V streams.
Vehicle locator for property management.
Command, control, and configuration FPGA code (Verilog) in a microwave modem.
Low cost cable TV ad-insertion system.
System to capture NTSC video and selectively blank or modify the VBI data (e.g., line 21).
FPGA code to speed up a modem design (1.5Mbps to 3.0Mbps) with no hardware change.
Stereo audio encoders (2) for A/V communications.
System architecture of a viable videophone system.
DVR (Digital Video Recorder) for on-demand delivery/storage/playback of MPEG-2 and proprietary A/V.
Represented customer on the MPEG-4 and ITU-T Low Bitrate Coding Experts Groups.
Monitored 3rd party MPEG-2 IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder) Set-Top-Box development.
Iterated Systems, Inc. – Norcross, GA 1992 - 1995
Principal Engineer / Systems Engineer
Developed a high speed, real time, interactive, image decompression system used for a hardware-in-the-loop infrared
image missile seeker test bed (Sponsored R&D Project).
Performed high and intermediate level systems designs and was the lead hardware engineer during detail
design, test, and integration.
Resulting system exceeded all customer expectations.
Significant contributor in successful negotiations for strategic business alliance with a major telecommunications firm.
Proposed and developed specifications for telecommunications oriented A/V systems and related equipment.
Served on domestic and international standardization committees (ISO/IEC Software Engineering and MPEG and the
ITU-T Low Bitrate Coding Experts Group
Georgia Institute of Technology / Georgia Tech Research Institute – Atlanta, GA 1987 - 1992
Research Engineer II / Systems Engineer / Project Lead
Sponsored R&D Projects included:
Developed computer control systems for phased array radar antennas (2 systems).
Developed a VME-based computer system for a mobile phased array radar system simulator.
Upgraded a US Navy weather communication system.
Modified a mobile radar simulator
Performed in technical and technical management roles, in proposal efforts, and as a consultant on other programs
Served by invitation on domestic and international software engineering standardization committees.
Electro Systems International, Inc. – Marietta, GA 1986 - 1987
Senior Engineer / Systems Engineer / Project Manager
Led a Sponsored R&D Project to develop a computer controlled, multi channel, hardware-in-the-loop, radar simulator,
operating in the 2-18Ghz region, for a European NATO contractor. The system included a four-horn array, a specially
designed chamber, and computer control to generate a real-time simulation for hardware-in-the-loop testing of
radiating, anti-ship missiles and associated clutter and multipath signals.
IVEX Corporation – Atlanta, GA 1986
Design Engineer / Systems Engineer
Developed equipment for flight simulator/training systems to interface a videodisc player to a high resolution,
interactive, real-time, graphics generation and display device. Developed system specifications and designed
circuitry that synchronized and transmitted high-speed clock and data signals to all system components, detected and
compensated for RF drop-out from the disk player, and provided spatial filtering and coordinate transformations on
the disc data.
Generated system standards (interface, communications, etc.) and designed generic system circuitry.
Wrote a successful Sponsored R&D proposal.
Georgia Institute of Technology / Georgia Tech Research Institute – Atlanta, GA 1981 - 1986
Research Engineer I / Task Lead
Performed on Sponsored R&D Projects for military systems requiring time-critical, real-time, hardware/software
systems and computer applications for embedded, user transparent, fault tolerant, control systems.
Responsible for hardware and software system development.
Held positions involving technical contribution and management.
Led or was involved in numerous proposal and marketing efforts.

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ENGINEERING TOOLS EXPERIENCE
Extensive computer system experience: mainframe, mini, micro, single-board, parallel, distributed.
Considerable communications bus knowledge: Multibus, VME, VSB, IEEE-488, IEEE-1394, PCI, etc.
Proficient at designing with most popular programmable logic devices: PAL, CPLD, FPGA, Xilinx, Altera, etc.
In-depth experience with most major programmable device HDLs: Verilog, VHDL, PALASM, ABEL, AHDL.
Well practiced with many CAD/CAE tools: OrCAD, AutoCAD, TurboCAD, Xilinx ISE, Altera Quartus, etc.
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Experienced programmer: assembly languages and over sixteen high order languages (C/C /C#, etc.).
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE/BSEE) Georgia Institute of Technology 1981
Computer Engineering Certificate Georgia Institute of Technology 1981
Master of Electrical Engineering (MSEE) Georgia Institute of Technology (28 hours completed)
Numerous Continuing Education and Professional Development Programs Completed
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
“Reusable" designs (especially relating to FPGAs).
Video and Audio-Visual coding and communication systems.
Microcomputer applications for control.
Distributed processing hardware and software systems.
Time critical digital electronics and computer applications.
Special application software (especially relating to educational software).
Computer analysis.
ENGINEERING COMMITTEE SERVICE
Participated in numerous national and international standardization committees including:
IEEE Software Quality Assurance (by invitation)
IEEE and X3L3 Technical Advisory Groups (at the request of IEEE)
ISO/IEC Software Engineering (at the request of IEEE)
ISO/IEC Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
ITU-T Experts Group for Very Low Bitrate Visual Telephony (Videophone)
Elected as chair of:
MPEG ad hoc group (Long Term Planning)
ITU-T H.263L committee