856 Hope ST#3 (401) 861-5219 (401) 323-2091
cell
Providence, RI 02906-3743
sRiffle@cox.net
A strategist who conceptualizes
alternative responses to enterprise wide problems and opportunities, providing
business leaders with a range of appropriate actions. A
visionary, utilizing a big picture approach to recognizing, leveraging or
developing internal capabilities and external relationships to pro-actively
address the changing external business environment. A
proven, innovative, technically competent, systems-level situation analyst
able to quickly identify, prioritize and be specific about evolving technology
impacts on business operations and opportunity development. A capable liaison/ leader of creative individuals, able
to delegate and negotiate co-operation within and among business and technical
hierarchies, while focusing on systems level conceptual analysis.
Analyzed total information flow among advanced prototyping,
R&D, manufacturing, sales and marketing for manufacturing company. Advised
how improved software, systems engineering, communication environments and
practices would result in production/maintenance cost reduction, increased
quality and more efficient use of staff.
Provided comparative analysis on methodologies and
tool-sets for real-time systems. Established selection/ integration criteria
and assessed impact analysis on engineering operations for five multi-nationals
on a NATO project. Advised real-time software vendors
of beta products capabilities relative to market needs. Provided joint venture
-alliance strategies to emerging technology companies, one of which grew to
be the world leader.
Assessed, architected, defined implementation models,
lead teams, designed and contributed to pioneering advanced technology efforts
in: communications protocols; distributed network systems software; software
and systems engineering environments; smart sensors, instrumentation subsystems,
VLSI control computer interfaces; and chemical oceanography automation. Assessed pioneering object oriented systems technologies
for fault tolerant controls. Results lead to major management re-direction
of multi-year, multi-million dollar R&D efforts.
Evaluated risk, cost, technology trade-off's, work
refinement estimates; assessed sub-contractors and reviewed systems integration
plans and requirements consistency checks; identified and resolved missing
or ill-defined operational, logistics and fail-safe requirements; provided
strategies for negotiations among multiple, multi-national, technical OEMs
on several major software/systems projects in excess of 42M$. Recommendations reduced uncertainty, resulting in on time/on
budget.
Researched and monitored microsystems/ nanotechnology advances at both scientific and technology levels with respect to fabrication on mass scale and the integration of convergent multi-disciplinary emergent capabilities as they relate to specific application domains. Determined technical barriers and approaches. Determined systems engineering and enterprise requirements to maximally leverage potential of these emergent and converging developments. Developed implicit needs for specific client domain applications.
Researched business potentials, planned scenarios,
and advised ventures of technology risks and opportunities in entering or
expansion into the following markets: weather impacted
information systems; international transportation logistics; geographical
information systems; speech telephony; document assimilation/imaging; disk
drive testing; cryptographics; high vacuum systems integrator; environmental
analysis labs. Several start-ups grew to 2M$ sales
in two years.
Provided marketing liaison defining new systems
capabilities and leading software teams designing distributed instrumentation
subsystems, advanced graphics and rapid prototypes for marketing evaluation,
resulting in innovative, extensible, new product lines, reducing cost by
up to 5X, and opening new market segments.
Assisted, represented and advised client management
in strategic business meetings with cabinet level foreign
ministers, chief technical officers, and negotiations
with the US Department of Energy.
Developed regional sales/marketing capabilities,
screened senior sales marketing candidates, and advised
on business strategic direction. Defined information
tools, uses and strategy for field sales automation.
Evaluated market and technology barriers associated with microsystems and nanotechnology. Determined direction and scope for advanced R&D and basic capabilities planning. Identified markets and value chain impact implications and strategies. Researched what could be done, with precedents and what likely advances would and could be and where and when they would occur. Suggested academic/ industry/ government/ industry interaction strategy for each of those domains of activity. Presented impact analysis of basic paradigm shifts within those domains based on scientific and technical work, and how these would radically alter the way future R&D, academic and government and industrial strategic and operational planning would be impacted. Evaluated opportunities and players over local, regional and international scopes.
Invited lecturer Northeastern University, Topic theme: “Software/Systems
Design Considerations for:"
1) ‘Analytical Instrumentation’ and
2) ‘Process Control Systems’ “
Invited as Section Chairman, “Automating
Design of Control Software”, Control
Expo’86
Various Memberships: IEEE-CS, ACS, MRS ...
“Intelligent Agents: Applications
in R&D” (1996), accepted for publication, TeamScience
Press, R. Lysakowski, editor.
Detailed the impacts which embedded knowledge, convergent technology, miniaturization
trends, and advances in science at the manipulated chemical entity level, would have on how science and technology are done in the
future, and the strategic impact on the business enterprise and economy.
Strategic Systems Resource Group Principal
Providence, RI 1983-
Foxboro Corporation Senior Research Engineer
Corporate Research & Development
Foxborough, MA
1981-83
Jarrell-Ash Division Senior Software Engineer
Fisher Scientific
Waltham, MA Instruments 1980-81
Digital Equipment Corporation Software Engineer
Maynard, MA Networks 1978-80
University of Rhode Island Computer Research Specialist-5
Graduate School of Oceanography Chemistry 1976-78
University of North Carolina PhD Studies Analytical 1970-74
Chapel Hill,NC Chemistry/Instrumentation
California State College BA Chemistry
1965-68
California, PA
Programming Languages, Artificial
Intelligence, Digital Logic/Micro design.
State-of-Art course work and consulting
practice experience:
Business development, methodologies,
databases, languages, analysis/ design tools, real-time systems, networks,
and telecommunications.
I have worked with, lead or inter-operated
with scientists, engineers, business leaders, customers and entrepreneurs
at all levels. I have worked on government projects
both domestic and foreign, on systems critical to national security or commerce. I am independent, self motivated, and capable of leading
or working among peers. I am recognized for sharing
knowledge and fostering innovative, unorthodox yet productive thinking. Conceptual analysis and abstraction are key skills used
to translate ideas into working systems.
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Interim, project,
program leader, individual technology contributor; R&D Marketing liaison
(internal, external);
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Technical needs
market research; Technology impact analyst;
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Strategic direction
analysis, setting and planning; Knowledge based value chain planning.
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Architectures,
design, application of intelligent sensors, actuators, instruments and systems;
Advanced analytical multi- sensory VLSI, specification, systems, applications;
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Scientific, engineering
laboratory automation and instrumentation, especially convergent technology
integration of sensors into distributed intelligent
adaptable systems.
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The analytical
chemistry and physics of microsystems. Structural
energetics and molecular properties engineering for advanced sensor/ actuator
systems. Analysis of biological sensing concepts toward
massively parallel sensing and transduction of logarithmic environmental
parameters in hostile environments. Tools and paradigm
shifts which would elevate the level of abstraction available to scientist
in design, manipulation and control of experimental phenomena, in the discovery process, and in the interpretation of
results and collaborative processes. System level
design of autonomous sensing networks
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OO Modeling, OOA/OOD/OOP
and next generation tools/ environments; Complex systems architectures and
engineering: Architecture, operating system and process optimization and communications
dialogues especially in sensing applications;
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CORBA, Java, C++,
oodb, dynamic distributed systems architectures, facilities and applications;
OpenSource operating environments, RTOS, integrated analog/digital FPGA-like
fabrics and advanced SOC.
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Intelligent agent
systems, mutable systems, knowledge capture and dynamic systems learning;
Distributed Systems;
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Multi-paradigm
tool fusion environments and systems generation via abstract specifications;
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Ontologies, conceptual
modeling/ capture (graphs) and communication, multi-agent aggregates and systems
level modeling. cf., The CYC project, HPKB, GENOA, HLA, DIS ...;
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Real-time, agent
based JAVA applications and alternatives, Knowledge
based sensor fusion; Research evolution in agents, knowledge representation,
real-time systems applications.
Automated analytical chemistry
applications, virtual laboratory; Design for real-time 3D sensing and high
throughput analytical methods and systems; advanced
applications in environment, agronomy, chemistry impacted areas; Science/ engineering interface. Strong
preference for interdisciplinary projects and multi-technology fusion; Applications that define the state of art.