Alan Fryer

Current

Technical Manager (Senior) at Biotronik
Principle Engineer, Technical Manager at Micro Systems Engineering Inc

Education

Portland State University
The University of British Columbia

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

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Alan Fryer’s Summary

Overview
14 years of experience in the medical device industry with a track record of strong leadership skills combined with a solid technical foundation in process, software and systems engineering.

Skills
Experience doing both line and project management working with co-located, distributed and cross-cultural teams.
Experience working with contractors and managing outsourced development activities.
Strong capacity for considering the “Big Picture” and employing Systems Engineering concepts.
Keen interest in understanding the problem domain and the needs of the user that is critical in building the right product.
Experience working in highly process intensive environment for Class III medical devices.
Strong Objected Oriented and Programming background with knowledge of SW design methodologies, UML, Design Patterns.
Experience in multiple languages: Pascal, C, C++, Java (J++), C#, VB.NET, Perl, Assembly Language (68000, 6502, 68HC11). Also some Ruby, Visual Basic, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, Powershell.
10 + Years of MS Windows experience, also some experience on Unix systems. Win32 programming, DotNet Programming, COM programming using ATL and DotNet. Experienced in multi-threaded environment.
Embedded software experience in highly constrained safety critical real-time
systems.
Career emphasis has been on Software/system design from a technical side but I have some experience doing digital design, digital signal processing, micro-controller board design, hardware/software trouble-shooting, etc. Experience writing VHDL and at least reading verilog.
Management training in Leadership, Team Building, Coaching, Accounting, Operations Research, Project Management, Facilitation and Negotiation.

Alan Fryer’s Specialties:

Medical device industry experience.
Embedded Systems Experience
Systems Engineering
Management
Project Management and Leadership
C++, C, C#, VB.NET, Pearl, Ruby, Pascal, Fortran, etc....
DSP
VHDL and Digital Design
Line Management

Alan Fryer’s Experience

Technical Manager (Senior)

Biotronik

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Medical Devices industry)

July 1994 — Present (15 years 5 months)

Micro Systems Engineering is a wholly owned subsidary of Biotronik Inc.
Principle Engineer, Technical Manager

Micro Systems Engineering Inc

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1994 — Present (15 years 5 months)

Started as a Junior Engineer worked up to Principle Engineer. Now a Technical Manager.

Alan Fryer’s Education

Portland State University

M.Eng , System Engineering , 2006 — 2008

Study includes a combination of classes in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Engineering Management.
The University of British Columbia

B. Apsc , Electrical Engineering, Computer Eng. Option , 1989 — 1994

Additional Information

Alan Fryer’s Websites:

My Website

Alan Fryer’s Interests:

System Engineering, Engineering Management, Architecture, Leadership and then on the lighter side. Capoeira, Salsa, Rock Climbing, Sailing, Portuguese Water Dogs