Embedded and Real-Time Software Consultant
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Embedded and Real-Time Software Consultant
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Dr. C. Douglass (Doug) Locke has had an active consulting practice for several years. Before starting his practice, he served in positions such as Chief Scientist for Lockheed Martin's Information Systems organization and Vice President of Technology of TimeSys Corporation. He has spent more than 35 years intimately involved in the specification, architecture, design, and implementation of major real-time systems spanning a wide range of applications including industrial control, space (both ground based and flight), avionics, military command & control, and automotive systems. His technical interests cover real-time systems architecture, design, management, implementation, analysis, standards, operating systems, and languages. Dr. Locke has served on various standardization committees related to real-time, including POSIX, Real-Time CORBA, Real-Time UML and the Real-Time Specification for Java. He has a B.A. in Physics, and a Ph.D in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University (1986), with a dissertation on Real-Time Scheduling.