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PEOPLE: RAYTHEON CERTIFIED ARCHITECTS Steven P. Davies Engineering Fellow Network Centric Systems Steven Davies is a Raytheon certified architect working in the Advanced Engineering Solutions department at Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS) in Fullerton, Calif., supporting a number of programs and pursuits. Recent endeavors include a Houston Metro highways proposal, support for the GPS Operational Control Segment program/pursuit and the pursuit and recent contract award for the Joint Precision and Approach Landing System. A 28-year veteran of Raytheon and Hughes, Davies’ professional experience spans digital hardware design in the area of programmable digital signal processing, real-time embedded software development for sonar systems, and systems engineering and architecture development across distributed sensor systems, ship computing infrastructure, and navigation and landing systems. While designing a next-generation digital signal processor, Davies developed logic synthesis and simulation technology that enabled implementation of four of the most complex Configurable Gate Arrays that Hughes Ground Systems Group had developed up to that time. He leveraged that computer-aided engineering software experience and moved to developing embedded real-time software to support the digital signal processor. Following that experience, he developed networking and application software for one of the first U.S. Navy real-time systems implemented on a Unix operating system using commercial computer networking technology. He followed that system into testing and deployment, which included going to sea in order to test and demonstrate the system. All of this experience, he said, “Gave me a breadth of technical experience and a full lifecycle perspective to be an effective systems engineer.” For Davies, the appeal of his work is simple: “I enjoy tackling engineering challenges. To me, finding a solution to a difficult problem is reward in itself.” With four patents in the area of programmable digital signal processing architectures — one for a high-assurance computing architecture — and an invention disclosure pending for a dynamic toll road pricing algorithm, Davies attributes much of his success to the encouragement of his managers. “I was fortunate to have managers who made sure I got opportunities and exposure I needed to grow and advance.” Beyond his program and pursuit responsibilities, Davies is a member of the NCS Architecture Review Board. Active in technical instruction within Raytheon, he was the developer and primary instructor for the Reference Architecture module of the Raytheon System Engineering Technical Development Program and recently developed a SEtdp module on System of Systems architecture. He also teaches Raytheon Enterprise Architecture Process, Principles of Systems Engineering, and Architecture Methods. Teaching and mentoring play a prominent role in Davies’ career, and they reflect his lifelong philosophy of learning and adding value. “I advise everyone to never stop learning, always be aware of how your work adds value, and seek out opportunities to help others. I believe that we all benefit when we make an effort to help each other.” 42 2009 ISSUE 1 RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY TODAY John McDonald Chief Engineer/Chief Architect Intelligence and Information Systems Raytheon Six Sigma Expert In nearly 25 years working at Raytheon or one of its legacy companies, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) Chief Engineer and Chief Architect John McDonald has worked in a variety of areas. “My focus will be quite different at any one time depending on the current focus at IIS,” he said. He is currently working on the acquisition phases of the global positioning system control segment (GPS/OCX); Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite System (GOES-R); and Global Broadcast Service (GBS) III, as well as the execution phase of Seahorse. “I was always looking for a position in the organization where I could make a difference in the company’s success,” McDonald said. “I’ve done that, plus I enjoy the diversity of the job.” In addition to directly working on two major program acquisitions in the last several years, McDonald played a significant role in the MIND proposal, which became a program. In 1999, McDonald and his team launched what eventually became the Raytheon Enterprise Architecture Process (REAP). “A lot of great people got involved in this effort and saw it through,” McDonald recalled. “I am sure that I will always remember this as one of the more satisfying accomplishments for me at Raytheon.” McDonald’s daily tasks involve a variety of activities at the corporate and IIS level. He manages both the Systems Engineering Technical Development Program and the Raytheon Certified Architect Program for IIS. He is a charter member of the Raytheon Architecture Review Board and a member of the IIS Technology Council and Garland, Texas, Site Council. A common theme throughout McDonald’s work is a “focus on the fundamentals.” He also emphasizes the role of building relationships as key to business success. “It’s important to exercise the diplomacy it takes to get the many varied factions and functions to work together,” he explained. McDonald offered advice to others on how to succeed at Raytheon, and in life. “First, be considerate and respectful of people in general. Be sincere, because they will know if you are not. Second, try to get through your own bias to see the other person’s perspective. This can often help reconcile difficult situations. Third, take ownership of maintaining your professional skills.” The Raytheon Certified Architect Program (RCAP) is the culmination of Raytheon’s systems architecting learning curriculum. RCAP focuses on providing our customers with the expertise needed to support their long-term transformational goals. In recognition of their certification, we continue to highlight our Raytheon certified architects.
U.S. Patents Issued to Raytheon At Raytheon, we encourage people to work on technological challenges that keep America strong and develop innovative commercial products. Part of that process is identifying and protecting our intellectual property. Once again, the U.S. Patent Office has recognized our engineers and technologists for their contributions in their fields of interest. We compliment our inventors who were awarded patents from August through mid-November 2008. MORRIS E FINNEBURGH WILLIAM G WYATT 7415830 Method and system for cryogenic cooling RICHARD M LLOYD 7415917 Fixed deployed net for hit-to-kill vehicle JIM L HAWS BYRON E SHORT JR 7416017 Method and apparatus for cooling with a phase change material and heat pipes ERIC L HANSEN 7417538 Dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources ROBERT S AGER RICHARD B FLEURY GREGORY D HEUER THOMAS E WOOD 7417583 Methods and apparatus for providing target altitude estimation in a two dimensional radar system THOMAS H BOOTES JESSE T WADDELL 7418905 Multi-mission missile payload system SHARON A ELSWORTH WILLIAM H FOSSEY JR MARVIN I FREDBERG THAD FREDERICKSON STUART PRESS 7419719 High strength, long durability structural fabric/seam system SHARON A ELSWORTH 7420476 Programmable cockpit upgrade system WILLIAM H FOSSEY JR 7421212 Detecting and locating pulses using a bragg cell MARVIN I FREDBERG 7423498 Compact multilayer circuit THAD FREDERICKSON 7423582 Determining a predicted performance of a navigation system STUART PRESS 7423601 Reflect array antennas having monolithic sub-arrays with improved DC bias current paths GEORGE P BORTNYK DAVID J LUPIA Combining signals exhibiting multiple types of diversity MICHAEL K HOLZ IRL W SMITH 7427948 Wide-angle beam steering system BRIEN ROSS CONRAD STENTON 7428796 Method and apparatus for using a lens to enhance illumination of a reticle MARK L BOUCHARD MATTHEW B CASTOR AARON C HEIDEL KEVIN J HIGGINS CHARLES D LYMAN 7429017 Ejectable aerodynamic stability and control ROY E KECHELY 7429018 Methods and apparatus for a fluid inlet JONATHAN J LYNCH 7429962 Millimeter-wave transreflector and system for generating a collimated coherent wavefront STEVEN G BUCZEK STUART B COPPEDGE ALEC EKMEKJI Shahrokh Hashemi-Yeganeh WILLIAM W MILROY 7432871 True-time-delay feed network for CTS array LACY G COOK 7433120 Multi-telescope imaging system utilizing a single common image sensor ANTHONY N RICHOUX 7433931 Scheduling in a high-performance computing system PETER C LUKENS 7434471 Pressure measurement transducer with protective device WILLIAM M HATALSKY GREGORY A MITCHELL 7434762 Retractable thrust vector control vane system and method BRIAN T HARDMAN DENNIS K MCLEAN WILLIAM T STIFFLER 7437221 Interactive device for legacy cockpit environments STEPHEN C JACOBSEN MICHAEL G MORRISON SHANE OLSEN 7438277 Flow force compensated sleeve valve HOSSEIN AHMAD DAVID F CIAMBRONE KIRK E JOHNSON 7438781 System and method for vacuum bag fabrication ROBERT W BYREN 7439482 Automatic avalanche photodiode bias setting system based on unity-gain noise measurement HANSFORD H CUTLIP 7439486 Inflatable spherical integrating source for spaceflight applications LEONARD P CHEN DAVID R RHIGER 7439518 Multi-layer pixellated gamma-ray detector VICTOR JARINOV MICHAEL D THORPE 7440185 Method and apparatus for internally zeroing a sight PAUL H GROBERT 7440988 System and method for dynamic weight processing KENNETH W BROWN 7443573 Spatially-fed high-power amplifier with shaped reflectors NIKKI J LAWRENCE THOMAS K LO HAGOS TEKU 7444002 Vehicular target acquisition and tracking using a generalized Hough transform for missile guidance International Patents Issued to Raytheon Titles are those on the U.S.-filed patents; actual titles on foreign counterparts are sometimes modified and not recorded. While we strive to list current international patents, many foreign patents issue much later than corresponding U.S. patents and may not yet be reflected. AUSTRALIA JACQUELINE M BOURGEOIS BORIS S JACOBSON 2003280008 Intelligent power system DAVID A CORDER JEFFREY H KOESSLER GEORGE R WEBB 2005290315 Air-launchable aircraft and method of use BORIS S JACOBSON 2004322719 Method and apparatus for converting power BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, SPAIN, SWEDEN KAPRIEL V KRIKORIAN ROBERT A ROSEN 1886163 Technique for compensation of transmit leakage in radar receiver CANADA JAMES G SMALL 2443779 Sparse-frequency waveform radar system and method RICHARD M LLOYD 2496546 Tandem warhead ALBERT E COSAND 2459180 Multi-bit delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter with error shaping RONALD T AZUMA 2419818 System and method for automatic placement of labels for interactive graphics applications YUEH-CHI CHANG COURT E ROSSMAN 2460200 Low radar cross section radome CHINA MARWAN KRUNZ PHILLIP I ROSENGARD 03816536.8 Method and system for encapsulating cells FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN KAPRIEL V KRIKORIAN ROBERT A ROSEN 1883995 Variable inclination array antenna FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN EDWARD N KITCHEN DARIN S WILLIAMS 1803291 FLIR-to-missile boresight correlation and non-uniformity compensation of the missile seeker JAMES G CHOW KAPRIEL V KRIKORIAN ROBERT A ROSEN 1505408 Method for SAR processing without INS data FRANK N CHEUNG 1639479 Efficient memory controller GEORGE AVERKIOU GABRIEL BAKHIT VINCENT A PILLAI PHILLIP A TRASK 0801423 HDMI decal and fine line flexible interconnect forming methods MICHAEL B MCFARLAND ARTHUR J SCHNEIDER WAYNE V SPATE 1597533 Missile system with multiple submunitions JOHN S ANDERSON CHUNGTE W CHEN 1915781 Two F-number, two-color sensor system LACY G COOK BRYCE A WHEELER 1416312 Wide field of view, four-telescope, radial scanning search and acquisition sensor DAVID A ANSLEY ROBERT B HERRICK 1705469 Polarimeter to simultaneously measure the stokes vector components of light GERMANY, SWEDEN MEL V HUYNH PHILIP G MAGALLANES CARL W TOWNSEND 01597792 Corrosion resistant waveguide systems and method JAPAN PYONG K PARK 4163108 Conformal two dimensional electronic scan antenna with butler matrix and lens ESA TAHIR HUSSAIN MARY C MONTES 4170228 Ion-implantation and shallow etching to produce effective edge termination in high-voltage heterojunction biploar transistors MICHAEL J DELCHECCOLO DELBERT E LIPPERT MARK E RUSSELL HBARTELD B VANREES L K WANSLEY WALTER G WOODINGTON 4194493 Auto-docking system ERNEST C FACCINI RICHARD M LLOYD 4199118 Warhead with aligned projectiles NORWAY JOSEPH M BRACELAND JEFFREY W DIEHL MARY L GLAZE 325919 Mobile biometric identification system SINGAPORE KEH-CHUNG WANG LOUIS LUH 132875 Comparator with resonant tunneling diodes SOUTH KOREA GEORGE A BLAHA RICHARD DRYER CHRIS E GESWENDER ANDREW J HINSDAL 851442 2-D projectile trajectory correction system and method KAICHIANG CHANG SHARON A ELSWORTH MARVIN I FREDBERG PETER H SHEAHAN 860888 Radome with polyester-polyarylate fibers and a method of making same Raytheon’s Intellectual Property is valuable. If you become aware of any entity that may be using any of Raytheon’s patented inventions or would like to license our patented inventions, please contact your Raytheon IP counsel: Leonard A. Alkov (SAS), Horace St. Julian (MS & RTSC), Robin R. Loporchio (NCS), Edward S. Roman (IDS), John J. Snyder (IIS). RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY TODAY 2009 ISSUE 1 43
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