Tony Cox's professional resume

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Dr. Tony Cox's professional résumé

Summary of qualifications	Extensive, consultant-level knowledge of real-time application design, operating systems, multi-processor/multi-thread implementation, device drivers and computer architecture. Linux, VxWorks, pSOS, VMS, Windows NT/2000/XP, SunOS, Tru64, DEC ELX/ELN, Ultrix, Solaris 680x0, Pentium/X86/IA32, Alpha, PPC, VAX, PDP, ModComp Embedded system design, implementation, debugging and testing Motorola 56K, TI40/44, SBC/Alpha, VAX. PDP, VME, VXI Algorithm design, optimization, testing and integration Adaptive signal processing, detection, filtering and analysis Image processing; prediction, data compression. Simulated annealing, discrete optimization, Bayesian analysis and Maximum entropy techniques Particle accelerator insertion devices; Free electron laser optimization. Thorough knowledge of computer languages, network protocols and development tools C, C++, FORTRAN, Assembler, Javascript, ASP, X-windows, MATLAB, IDL, RDB, Ethereal EtherNet, 803.11, Raceway, TCP/IP, UDP, Reflective memory, FDDI, SCSI Consultant on several distributed control and data acquisition development projects SCADA systems (Vista systems, EPICS, Reality) High-performance real-time systems using Reflective Memory Project leadership through specification, design, implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance phases Staff recruitment and management Mentoring and training Interface with customers, consultants and suppliers Excellent verbal and written skills Authoritative and persuasive presentations for senior management and customers Clear expression of complex scientific concepts for programmers and engineers Strong education and scientific background MA (theoretical solid state physics and thermodynamics), Oxford PhD, thesis “x-ray studies using synchrotron radiation”, Oxford Staff scientist at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Professional experience	1996 - Present Citrus Controls Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada Software Consultant Consultant for several Fortune 500 companies, government contractors and research institutions, all of which have provided repeat business. Hiring and coordinating other consultant programmers and electrical engineers on behalf of customers to meet specific needs. Design, development and marketing of general purpose distributed reflective memory software as an OEM supplier. Consulting customers have included: - Radix Technologies Inc., as subcontractor for JASA (Joint Airborne SIGINT architecture) project Implemented high-performance code for reliable signal detection in the presence of co-channel interference Designed and implemented very high performance front-end codes to circumvent serious design deficiencies in already manufactured FPGA hardware, avoiding catastrophic disruption to schedules Discovered and remedied acute algorithmic errors in signal processing code which was causing the product to fail to meet design goals and performance specifications Mentored subcontractor staff as project goals changed Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, in support of the SPEAR 3 storage ring upgrade project. Specified and developed codes to permit seamless interface to existing control system, preserving 15 person-years of existing software development for 3 months effort. Two major suppliers of industrial Aluminum products Developed “Hot swap” capability for real-time replacement of control algorithms in active rolling mill (latency, 2mS) Design, development and deployment of continuous real-time logging system (15K control points, 1mS maximum resolution) Upgrade plant control system from ModComp to VMS to Linux, in high availability production facility Novellus Semiconductor, in support of CVD wafer deposition products Optimized complex distributed codes for asynchronous operation, improving throughput by up to $1000 product/hour Supervised upgrades and interfaced with senior management at client customer (Samsung) sites in South Korea Managed engineering upgrades for VME-based equipment 1986 - 1996 SSRL Stanford University, California Computer Systems Specialist Reporting to the Director of SSRL (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory), responsible for all aspects of centralized scientific and administrative computing within the laboratory. Specific achievements: Recruited a dedicated, enthusiastic group of 6 to support scientific and administrative computing for a laboratory of 140 core staff and over 1000 visiting scientists. Specified and supervised the design of intra-laboratory networking, mainframe and workstation hardware, software for data acquisition, data reduction and analysis, and administrative information system support. Designed and subsequently led a team of programmers to implement sophisticated real-time data acquisition and control codes for X-ray and ultra-violet spectroscopy, both small-molecule and protein crystallography, small-angle and anomalous scattering, and X-ray tomography. Consulted on the data acquisition and control requirements of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory. Responsible for control system development of Beam line IX, at the time the most intense continuous X-ray source in the world. On-going responsibility to represent laboratory computing needs to senior management, defining strategic directions and negotiating for budgets and staffing levels. Represented the laboratory at the National and International level, maintaining close contacts and links with colleagues at other institutions. 1981 - 1986 SSRL Stanford University, California Research Associate As a staff scientist, pursued eclectic multidisciplinary research, primarily at Stanford, but including collaborations with "Science City" National laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan, and the Daresbury Laboratory, UK. Error analysis of X-ray spectroscopic data, with particular emphasis on the accuracy with which inter-atomic distances can be determined. Worked with others on the design of the world’s first rotation camera optimized for protein crystallography using synchrotron radiation. Applied techniques of simulated annealing to determine the optimum way to construct permanent magnet particle accelerator insertion devices Calculated the theoretical radiation emission spectrum of imperfect electron beam orbits in insertion devices, proving that the Argonne APS would be able to meet design goals. 1978 - 1981 University of Warwick Coventry, UK Research Fellow As a postdoctoral research fellow, working primarily at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Syncrotron) in Hamburg, Germany, performed research into the structure of glasses and glass ceramics using X-ray spectroscopy techniques. Taught numerous undergraduate level courses in theoretical solid-state physics, thermodynamics, and mathematics. Acclaimed as "Best Instructor" in an undergraduate poll. 1974 University of Oxford Oxford, UK Undergraduate research Prior to starting graduate studies, worked on the development of the data acquisition system for the 10MV Van de Graff accelerator in the Oxford University department of Nuclear Physics, implementing curve fitting and optimization codes for nucleon decay spectra.
Education	D.Phil. for thesis entitled "X-ray studies using Synchrotron Radiation", University of Oxford, UK, 1981 MA Natural Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK, 1981 BA Natural Philosophy (Physics) with Honors. Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK, 1975. Specialist topics atomic physics and theoretical solid-state physics.
Selected Publications	H. Rarback, C. Wermelskirchen and A.D. Cox, "Old Wine in New Bottles - The SPEAR Control System Upgrade", Presented 7^th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS 99) Trieste, Italy (1999) B.E. Patt, J.S. Iwanczyk, R. Szczebiot, G. Maculewicz, M. Wang, B. Hedman, K.O. Hodgson, and A.D. Cox, "The Multi-Element Mercuric Iodide Detector Array with Computer Controlled Miniaturized Electronics for EXAFS," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 42, 558-564 (1995) *A.D. Cox, "The SSRL Beamline Data Acquisition System", Rev. Sci. Instrum., 63, 854 (1992)* R. Tatchyn, A.D. Cox and S. Qadri, "Undulator Spectra: Computer Simulations and Modeling": in SPIE "International Conference on Insertion Devices for Synchrotron Sources", (R. Tatchyn, I. Lindau, eds.), 582, 47 (1985) A.D. Cox and B. Youngman, "Systematic Selection of Undulator Magnets Using the Technique of Simulated Annealing", in SPIE "International Conference on Insertion Devices for Synchrotron Sources", (R. Tatchyn and I. Lindau eds), 582, 91 (1985) R.F. Pettifer and A.D. Cox, "The Reliability of ab initio Calculations in Extracting Structural Information from EXAFS", in: EXAFS and Near Edge Structure, (A. Bianconi, L. Incoccia, and S. Stipcich, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 66 (1983) *A.D. Cox and P.W. McMillan, "An EXAFS Study of a Series of Lithium Germanate Glasses", J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 44, 257 (1981)* *A.D. Cox and J.H. Beaumont, "Polarization Dependence in the X-ray Absorption Spectrum of Zinc Fluoride", Phil. Mag., B 42, 115 (1981)* A.D. Cox, "Least Squares Routines for the Analysis of EXAFS Data", in: EXAFS for Inorganic Systems, (C.C. Garner and S.S. Hassnain, eds.), Daresbury Laboratory report DL/SCI/R17, Daresbury UK, 51 (1981) *A.D. Cox, "An EXAFS Study of Ruthenium Catalysts", in: Characterization of Catalysts, (J.M. Thomas and R.M. Lambart, eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 254 (1981)* A.D. Cox, "X-ray Studies Using Synchrotron Radiation", D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, UK, 1980 *A.D. Cox, "The Analysis of EXAFS Spectra": in Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, (R. Joyner, ed.), Plenum, N.Y., in press*
Interests and activities	Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Volunteer FAA Aviation Safety Counselor