Ron Pickard

Current

• Owner at RPQ Consulting

Past

• Radio Regulatory Engineer at Imtermec Technologies
• Regulatory Compliance Manager at Hypercom Corp.
• Hardware Engineering Manager at Hypercom Corp.

• Sr. Compliance Engineer at Hypercom Corp.
• Sr. Compliance Engineer at Syntellect Inc.
• Product Safety/EMC Engineer at NCR
• Design Engineer at NCR
• Customer Applications Engineer at NCR
• Designer at NCR
• Specialist 5th Class, (E-5) at US Army

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Education

• State University of New York at Binghamton

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Industry

Telecommunications

Ron Pickard’s Summary

Regulatory Compliance Engineer or Manager, and Product Development Manager focused in product design analysis, managing regulatory approval projects world-wide, managing product development and budget activities. Always interested in broadening scope of industries served.

Ron Pickard’s Specialties:

Management & Mentoring
Product Safety (UL, TUV, ETL, CE, Nordic, CB, etc.)
Electromagnetic Compatability (EMC, FCC, IC, CE, C-tick, BSMI, etc.)
Telecom Approvals (FCC, IC, A-tick, JATE, etc.)
Wireless Approvals (FCC, IC, CE, A-tick, RSM, etc.) (SRD, RFID, GSM, UMTS, CDMA, etc.)
Standards Development
Department Management
Budget Development and Control
Regulatory Approval Project Management
Failure Analysis

Ron Pickard’s Experience

• Owner

  RPQ Consulting

  (Telecommunications industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Working with clients on EMC, Product Safety, Telecom, RFID wireless and GSM/GPRS regulatory approval projects in the US, Canada, European Union, Australia and New Zealand thus far to ensure product compliance from product concept to end of life. Providing design consultation and troubleshooting services. Working closely with the client’s Engineering staff for cost-effective implementation of regulatory requirements early into the product lifecycle resulting in higher quality products with improved EMC and Product Safety performance, thereby reducing product development time and cost by at least 50% by reducing or eliminating product redesign and retesting.

• Radio Regulatory Engineer

  Imtermec Technologies

  (Public Company; IN; Telecommunications industry)

  November 2008 — July 2009 (9 months)

  Managed the CN50 and CN4/CN4e mobile computer wireless GSM/UMTS/CDMA/IEEE 802.11/Bluetooth radio regulatory approval projects for the US, Canadian, European Union, Australian and New Zealand markets.

• Regulatory Compliance Manager

  Hypercom Corp.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HYC; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Directed product safety, EMC, telecom, and Wireless (RFID and GSM/GPRS) regulatory approval projects of US and international products. Wrote internal product safety, EMC, RoHS, and WEEE specification and procedure documents, as well as test equipment calibration and manufacturing test procedures to establish and maintain product and process compliance. Led cross-functional teams consisting of various departments, third-party test labs, and national/international regulatory agencies.

• Hardware Engineering Manager

  Hypercom Corp.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HYC; Computer Software industry)

  January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  Managed/supervised Network Systems Hardware Development department in engineering design and technical disciplines. Led an engineering staff of 8 members in the design and execution of products from concept to end-of-life. Delivered departmental objectives in budget management, project results, and leadership standards.

• Sr. Compliance Engineer

  Hypercom Corp.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HYC; Computer Software industry)

  August 1997 — January 2003 (5 years 6 months)

  Evaluated network systems product designs and modifications to meet compliance requirements. Reviewed national and international regulatory developments. Launched internal pre-testing through the formation of an EMC and product safety pre-test lab. Improved product performance and safety though the successful execution of regulatory requirements in early designs, reducing the need for product redesign.

• Sr. Compliance Engineer

  Syntellect Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; SYNL; Telecommunications industry)

  December 1989 — August 1997 (7 years 9 months)

  Evaluated voice-response product designs and modifications to meet compliance requirements. Reviewed national and international regulatory developments. Launched internal pre-testing through the formation of an EMC and product safety pre-test lab. Improved product performance and safety though the successful execution of regulatory requirements in early designs, reducing the need for product redesign.

• Product Safety/EMC Engineer

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1985 — January 1987 (2 years 1 month)

  Evaluated products and obtained Product Safety and EMC regulatory approvals of POS terminal printer products in the US, Canada and the European Union.

• Design Engineer

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1981 — January 1985 (4 years 1 month)

  Designed and built internal product simulation equipment of POS terminal printer products, product test fixtures and product test bases.

• Customer Applications Engineer

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1980 — January 1981 (1 year 1 month)

  Resolved technical customer problems and queries in a timely manner and worked with internal cross-functional teams to effect resolutions in a timely manner.

• Designer

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1974 — January 1980 (6 years 1 month)

  Designed engineering evaluation test fixtures and tested and evaluated Advanced Development concept designs and products.

• Specialist 5th Class, (E-5)

  US Army

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USA; Military industry)

  January 1969 — August 1971 (2 years 8 months)

  Maintained sophisticated electronic equipment including high-powered search lights, night vision equipment and mine detection equipment. Supervised 4th echelon maintenance repair facility.

Ron Pickard’s Education

• State University of New York at Binghamton

  1973 — 1989

Additional Information

Ron Pickard’s Groups:

- IEEE Member (EMC and Product Safety Societies)

•    Engineering Contractors
•    Hypercom
•    IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES)
•    Consulting Services
•    Wireless Certification Professionals
•    Global Product Safety Professionals - Electrical & Electronics
•    Engineering Career Opportunities
•    CompliancEX

Ron Pickard’s Honors:

- Appointed as an Approvals Liaison Engineer by the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT)
- Awarded US Patent #4,503,480 for the design of a voltage compensating driver circuit
- Awarded by NCR Corp. a Meritorious Patentable Invention Award for US Patent #4,503,480
- Appointed as administrator for the IEEE EMC-PSTC email forum for two years
- Awarded ‘secret’ security clearance while in the US Army

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