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RON WHITLEY
Ron Whitley
4000 Nicolet, #3
Los Angeles, CA.90008
(323)294-4020 Home


Professional Experience


June 2003 to Present
Syber Quest
4027 Marlton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Work as a Computer Technician. I repair computers that come into the shop for service and also generate flyers for company advertising. I assist customers with their searches on the internet and instruct customers if necessary on the operation of software on our systems.

March 2003 to May 2003
Rich & Famous Productions
4050 Buckingham Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Worked as a Production Assistant.
I located and photographed possible locations for movis scenes. Assisted in writing of scene descriptions and scripts for actors. Maintained computers for script editing. Used Final Draft in talking mode to write scripts.

Jan. 2003 to Mar 2003
Assure Auto Recovery
4120 Buckingham Rd., #C
Los Angeles, CA 90008

Work as a Repossession Agent. I repossessed autos authorized by the contracting financial institution marked for REPO.
I maintained the company computer systems, networks and other hardware. I entered data and maintained the databases for registered owner info given by the financial instutions for each auto that was repossessed by our company. I performed skip tracing functions to locate errant debtors to the contracting financial instutions.


Sept. 2000 to Present
New Product Advisory Group
1320 S.E. Maynard Rd.
Cary, NC

Began working as a Prototype Analyst. I work with the client's ideas and turn them into schematics and Printed Circuit Board designs, create illustration drawings with Adobe Illustrator, then research is done to get quotes for building a working prototype. The final step, is to get quotes for manufacturing large quantities of the same prototype. I also write technical documents to be presented to interested manufacturers and the US Patent Office(EE&I-Engineering Evaluation & Illustration, Disclosure Documents, PEOA - Preliminary Engineering, Observation & Analysis, etc.)



Dec. 2, 1999 To Sept. 2000
Hyper Innovations
Computer Consulting

Duties included:

1) Repair of non-operating computers.
2) Software installation
3) Repair of software operation problems
4) Repair of intermittent computer problems
5) Customer computer setups
6) Hardware upgrades - Ram, Video card, CDROM, etc.
7) Software upgrades
8) Network setups
9) Web Page Designs
10) Web Page Design Tutorials
11) Internet Tutorials
12) Internet Setups



Aug 1999 - Dec 1999
Image Systems
City of Commerce ,Calif.
Computer Consultant.

Serviced existing computers ranging from 486 systems to dual Pentium III engineering workstations. Assembled and tested custom systems for export to Bangladesh and for local use. Troubleshot motherboards to component level. Solve IRQ inconsistencies. Detect and replace defective hardware component cards. Connect small networks using Windows 95 / 98 Network Neighborhood capabilities.


May 1999 - Aug 1999
Advanced Communication & Technology
Los Angeles, Calif.
Computer Consultant.

Built computer systems to control voice mail traffic in large medical office environments. Installed Amanda and Callegra voice mail software in systems and setup voice mail service per customer specifications. Serviced existing voice
mail computer systems reanging from 486 66Mhz systems to dual Pentium III 450 Mhz server systems and engineering workstations. Assembled and tested custom computer systems per customer order as standard office and networked systems. Used Windows 95, 98 and Win NT operating systems for all installations. Performed Novell workstation and server installations for hardware and software.



Nov 1992 - May 1999
Image Systems
City of Commerce ,Calif.
Computer Consultant

Serviced existing computers ranging from 486 systems to dual Pentium Pro engineering workstations. Assembled and tested custom systems for export to Bangladesh and for local use. Troubleshoot Motherboards to component level. Solve IRQ inconsistencies. Detect and replace defective hardware component cards.



Jun 1991 - Nov 1992
Motorola Systems Engineering / Volt Technical
San Diego, Calif.
Systems Integration Engineer

Served as the Technical liaison between Southern Calif. Rapid Transit District and Bechtel Corp. for the design and installation of the Metro Rail (Red Line) Project. Designed R.F. cable layouts, Technical spreadsheets to show R.F. data on transmission & reception. Wrote technical reports regarding test results. Interfaced with upper management on both sides to answer technical questions.



Dec 1990 - May 1991
Americomp/Perestroika
Camarillo, Calif.
Systems Engineer

Traveled to Moscow, Russia to correct a hard drive problem causing 3000 systems to fail butterfly read tests. Found and corrected firmware problem in 8 hours after arriving in Moscow. Set up a temporary repair facility to train Russian engineers in computer repair and test remainder of 3000 computers.



Jan 1985 - Nov 1990
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasdena, CA.
& Compudata Computer Services
Senior Electronic Specialist / Test Engineer

-Under 6 separate contracts with NASA/Jet Propulsion Labs and Merit Fiberoptics, I
performed the following:

-Designed 400 Mhz digital video switch for a fiber optic submarine periscope system.

-Designed a 5 year plan to integrate Novell network systems at Cherymietyevo II, Moscow airport.

-Designed prototype digital interface circuitry for testing LiTiS2 Lithium-Titanium Sulfide batteries for NASA.

-Supervised 8 technicians, while duplicating and verifying the (Galilleo based) X/S band down converter test rack design for the Venus Radar Mapper(Magellan)Project. I also wrote the operations manual for this satellite test rack, which was contracted by Martin-Marietta in GA.



Jan 1982 - Jan 1985
Litton Data Command Systems
Agoura, CA
Senior Electronic Technician

Built and tested digital tropo-scatter C-cubed transmitter systems using wire wrap prototype boards. Verified the engineering design with burn in tests while monitoring digital data output of I & Q phase signals.



Aug 1981 - Dec 1981
Litton Guidance & Control Systems
Woodland Hills, CA
Senior Electronic Technician

Tested SNAP LN-39 system guidance units for electronic flaws and in various temperature and vibration environments.



Air Force - Active Duty
Mar 1977 thru Mar 1981
Luke Air Force Base, AZ.
Aerospace Avionics Ground Equipment Specialist

Repaired and maintained all F-15 R.F. and Radar equipment using Manual test stations. Maintained and repaired the manual test stations. Held SECRET
Clearance while in the U.S.A.F. Final Rank was E-5.
Received an Honorable discharge after 4 year service.



Education 1989 - 1991

College of the Canyons
Valencia, CA

Also attended : Wake Technical Inst., Glendale Community College, Community
College of the Air Force, LA Pierce College.

Obtained 85 units toward BSEE degree. Plan to finish last 40 units by year
2002.

Patents and Publications
While at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, I published a manual on how to operate an X/S band Upconverter-Downconverter test rack, which I built for Martin Marietta to test the Venus Radar Mapper / Magellan space probe. I was listed as the author of the Operations Manual.
Have 8 Ideas in the Patent process to date.

Languages
English, Spanish, Russian, Farsi (Persian), Vietnamese, Chinese

Security Clearance
Held Secret Clearance in the US Air Force

Web Sites:
http://www.inventions4sale.20m.com/
http://www.hyper-nnovations.vstorecomputers.com/

Email:
ncron@technologist.com
ncron@yahoo.com




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