Dave Paton

Current

• Owner at DP Engineering LLC

Past

• Electrical Project Engineer at Otto
• Electrical Engineer at Visualize Inc
• Systems Engineer at JESA Nationwide Services

• Hardware Engineer at Motorola Inc
• Audio technician at Purdue University
• Chief Engineer at WCCR-FM, Purdue University

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Education

• Purdue University
• Schaumburg High School
• Jane Addams Jr. High

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Industry

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Dave Paton’s Summary

Engineer of all trades, master of several. I work with everything from crimp geometry for wire harnesses to plastic stress calculations to electronic design to embedded software.

Dave Paton’s Specialties:

Electrical engineering, software engineering, manufacturing engineering, project engineering, project management, invention

Dave Paton’s Experience

• Owner

  DP Engineering LLC

  (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Specializing in electrical engineering consulting, including product design and PCB layout. We have experience from DC to daylight (really!), and can even assist in product packaging, graphical design, or physical prototyping (NB: prototypes capabilities are somewhat limited while we expand our business).

• Electrical Project Engineer

  Otto

  (Privately Held; Retail industry)

  July 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  Jack of all trades, master of a few. Project assessment and management, de-facto department manager, ECAD administrator, reverse engineer, product developer, solution inventor, troubleshooter for production, quality, sales and engineering, internal consultant, customer engineering interface. 2-way RF, GPS, audio, interfacing, project engineering, software, consultant management, PCB layout wizard, Altium guru, Standards buff, compliance engineer, brainstormer, and overworked geek.

• Electrical Engineer

  Visualize Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  April 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  Engineer. I did everything, everywhere, ever.

• Systems Engineer

  JESA Nationwide Services

  (Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  January 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Hardware and systems integration engineer for A/V, security, phone, video, and other communications systems for commercial and industrial clients. Developed custom solutions for extreme or novel applications, including custom transducer and electronic design.

• Hardware Engineer

  Motorola Inc

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Consumer Electronics industry)

  January 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 7 months)

  Personally responsible for conceptual development and prototyping, including an embedded mobile data collection system, analog sensor systems, and sophisticated wireless telemetry/control systems, including customer installation and field support.

• Audio technician

  Purdue University

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  October 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 3 months)

  Audio tech. Responsible for event setup, inclusive of stage and audio production equipment, rigging, and operation.

• Chief Engineer

  WCCR-FM, Purdue University

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  August 1997 — December 2001 (4 years 5 months)

  Responsible for the operation, repair, maintenance and upgrade of both sound reinforcement equipment and a broadcast studio. Duties included system setup, maintenance, cable construction and amplifier and processor design. This led to extensive experience in live sound. recording, mixing, event planning, and staff management.

Dave Paton’s Education

• Purdue University

  1996 — 2001

• Schaumburg High School

  College Prep 1991 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Science Club, Science Olympiad team (capt), Marching Band

• Jane Addams Jr. High

Additional Information

Dave Paton’s Groups:

•    Motorola Alumni
•    Purdue Alumni
•    Mixed Signal Electronics/PCB Design Group
•    Embedded Systems Conference
•    Analog & Mixed Signal Society

Dave Paton’s Contact Settings

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