Kenneth B. Trousdell III - RTP Designers Council

Kenneth B. Trousdell III 208 Madison Grove Place, Cary NC 27519-8160
Email: ken.trousdell@gmail.com Cell: (919) 244-7719
Consultant/Company Co-Founder - Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 1990-1993
GNB Software, Inc., Garden Grove, CA
Responsible for Business Operations, Corporate Strategy and Direction, Negotiate/Write Contracts
Client Base Development, Increased Business by 920%
Responsible for Custom GUI and Networked Real Time Software Control Systems Development
Architect of Solutions for Medical Systems, Industrial Automation, ATE, and Expert Systems, and Engineering
Product Applications Engineer - Senior Design Engineer (MTS II) 1989-1990
Rockwell International, Newport Beach, CA
Technical Member of Rockwell's Worldwide Modem Sales and Marketing Group
Developed and Delivered Training for Worldwide Field Applications Engineers (FAE) and HW Design Groups
Authored Application Notes and Advised Technically on Sales Literature
Architect and Designer of the Portable Modem Emulator (Custom GUI C++) Diagnostic Equipment used by FAEs
Designed the Portable Modem Emulator for complete Software/Hardware Upgradability over Phone Lines
Product Manager - Senior Design Engineer (MTS II) 1986-1989
Rockwell International - Interface Products Group (IPG), Anaheim, CA
One of Five Product Managers Generated 15% of the Profit for a 15,000 Person Division of Rockwell
Managed All Phases of Military to Commercial Computer Interface Product HW/SW Development
All Products Offered in Military, Ruggedized, Industrial and Commercial Grades
Responsible for Architecture, Design, Test, Integration, Manufacture, Literature, Marketing and Customer Service
Created New Programming Language (KBTIII) for Custom Bit Slice Computer I Designed
Wrote the Real Time Multi-Tasking Operating Systems in Pascal for the VME to NTDS-H Computer Interface
Product I Designed for the Royal Australian Navy Nuclear Submarine Program
Designed to Military Standards: MIL-STD-883B&C (Components - Environmental Spec), MIL-STD-810D&E
(Pressure - Environmental Test Methods), MIL-STD-461C (EMF/RFI), MIL-STD-176/1 (Mechanical Vibration), MIL-
S-901C (Shock), MIL-I-45208A (Quality) and MIL-HDBK-217E (MTBF), MIL-STD-1397A,B,C&H (NTDS)
Part-Time Lecturer Appointment - School of Electrical Engineering 1985-1987
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Software Quality Engineer - Member of the Technical Staff (MTS) 1984-1986
Rockwell International, Anaheim, CA
Granted Secret Clearance for Trident II Submarine Navigation Software Development Project
Developed and Managed Rockwell’s First Software Quality Assurance Program to Full Compliance
Member of the Program Technical Review Board (Only Member not a Second Level Manager or above)
Created Auditing Procedures that would guide All Software Quality Programs in the Future at Rockwell
Performed Internal Audits (FCA/PCA) and Oversaw All Governmental Audits
Audited Software Quality Assurance to the following Military Standards: DOD-STD-2167A (Software Development)
and MIL-STD-973 (Configuration Management)
Manager - Head of All Offshore Maintenance in Persian Gulf Summer Job 1982
ARAMCO, West Pier, Saudi Arabia
Developed First Budget ($150 Million) - Consulted with All Land Based Sites (Refineries/Pumping Stations)
Managed and Scheduled Work for 125 Employees (Boat Captains to Underwater Welders)
Project Leader for $10 million refurbishment of an Offshore Oil Platform – Accomplished within Schedule
Designed and Trained Employees on First Computerized Inventory System
Responsible for World’s Second Largest Jack Up Crane and Two 125ft Positioning/Supply Boats
Consultant - Reverse and Rider Heating System 1981-1982
Motorcycle Division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Torrance, CA
After presenting my design concepts to Honda, I was assigned an engineering team to lead. Detailed design was complete after
four months of bi-weekly meetings; I consulted throughout implementation phase. The Goldwing is the only motorcycle with reverse.
EDUCATION:
DUAL MAJOR: Computer/Electronic Engineering MINOR: Physics
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA (BSCE/EE Degree: 6/85)
I developed the concept of a digital telescope using CCD arrays in conjunction with image processing software to solve the
problem of material limitations inherent in mirror production.
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