I'm the CEO of RTI; we are the leaders in real-time middleware. Before focusing on middleware, RTI was a vendor of control system software and embedded performance tools. We sold the tools division (ScopeTools) to Wind River in 2005.
My prior experience includes communication systems, personal computers, digital signal processing, aerospace, robotics, and networking. I did a PhD in EE/CS, then managed one of the largest laboratories at Stanford, focusing on intelligent mechanical systems. Before my Stanford days, I ran a group at a Big Company developing a personal computer, working on telecom systems, and writing low-level drivers and BIOS code. I started out with a bang, literally, building data acquisition systems for automotive impact testing. Drop me an email! I like to connect...