Project Bolt Hunger - Interactive OpenCV Image Tracking utilizing Beckhoff Industrial PLC and Vision, and HMI. - [Project Bolt Hunter]
About Me
I'm a jack-of-all-trades engineer, enchanted by the world of robotics and automation, with a flair for creating cutting-edge systems. When I'm not upto my elbows in Industrial Systems, you'll catch me restoring vintage cars, building RC airplanes, hiking, skateboarding, volunteering, or breathing new life into old hardware for exciting new purposes.
Notable Projects
Designed and Built a 4 Axis - Pick-n-Place Laser Welding Robot
Redesigned/Retrofitted Battletech Simulator Pod as universal Avatar Flight/Drone Control Pod
Designed and manufactured IMPROV SBC
Participated in Ansari XPRIZE Avatar Competition (4th place)
Developed Automated Control System for Automobiles (Patent filed 2009)
1982 Porsche 924 Turbo Safari Project
Work History
Co-Chair, Virtual Horizons, INC – An Edutainment Centric Non-Profit in Dallas, Tx
11/2023 – Current
Head of US Repairs and Maintenance – 1X Technologies, Inc (Formerly Halodi Robotics) – Dallas, Tx
10/2023 – Current
Vice President of Production Engineering – 1X Technologies, Inc (Formerly Halodi Robotics) – Dallas, Tx
09/2022 – Current
Senior Applications Engineer – 1X Technologies, Inc (Formerly Halodi Robotics) – Dallas, Tx
4/2021 – 08/2022
Electronic Hardware Designer/Owner – Firemoth, LLC – Arlington, Tx
05/2009 – Current
Senior Industrial Automation Engineer – Linear Labs, Inc – Fort Worth, Tx
9/2020 – 04/2021
Automation Engineering Instructor – Dallas College – Bill Priest Institute – Dallas, Tx
10/2016 – 09/2020
Owner - COO – Panny Robotics, Inc – Los Angeles, CA
06/2018 – Current
Electronics Instructor / Program Manager – DCCCD - Bill Priest Institute – Dallas, Tx
7/2015 – 10/2016
Systems Integrations Specialist / Developer – HBS Systems INC. – Richardson, Tx
05/2011 – 10/2013
Satellite Operations Supervisor – WellComm Communications, LLC. – Granbury, Tx
11/2007 – 5/2009
Nuclear Missile Systems Electronics Technician – United States Air Force – Minot AFB, ND
11/2003 – 12/2007