Netrino's Embedded Systems Experts

Each Netrino team member has specific skills and expertise in at least one discipline, such as electronics design, firmware, or software development. When needed, they work as inter-disciplinary design teams. Collectively the Netrino team has many decades of experience and expertise and a formidable number of publications and patents.

About Our Founder

Michael Barr, President and CTO

Embedded Systems Expert Michael Barr is a former adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering with over a decade of software design and implementation experience. Internationally recognized as an expert in the field of embedded software process and architecture, Barr has been admitted as a testifying expert witness in U.S. and Canadian court cases involving issues of reverse engineering (including DMCA), interception of encrypted signals (Federal Communications Act), patent infringement, theft of copyrighted source code (including trade secrets issues), and product liability.

Barr is also the author of three books and more than sixty articles and papers on embedded systems. For three and a half years Barr served as editor-in-chief of Embedded Systems Programming magazine. In addition, Barr is a member of the advisory board and a track chair for the Embedded Systems Conference. Software he wrote continues to power millions of products. Barr holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and has lectured in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, from which he also earned an MBA.

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Key Technical Staff

	Mike Ficco, Systems Engineer Mike Ficco is an expert in embedded systems with nearly thirty years of experience in electrical engineering and software development. He has worked as a director and vice president of engineering at several corporations, where he led the development of complex systems and managed multimillion-dollar projects.
	Nigel Jones, Systems Engineer Nigel Jones has spent over 20 years designing electronic circuits and firmware for a diverse set of products ranging from portable diesel burners to rebreathers and underwater exploration vehicles. Nigel was awarded the degree of B.Sc. in electrical and mechanical engineering from Brunel University London.
	Susan McCord, Firmware Engineer Susan McCord has more than 20 years experience in designing software for hard real-time, safety-critical, embedded applications. These include implantable medical devices, deep space spacecraft, and commercial aircraft. Susan earned her BSCS at the University of Nebraska.
	JR Simma, Firmware Engineer JR Simma is experienced in embedded programming, communication protocols such as CAN, real-time operating systems, and DSP. He has developed a specialty practice in anti-lock brake control algorithms and related firmware for the automotive industry. JR has a degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue.
	Salomon Singer, Firmware Engineer Salomon Singer has spent over 25 years developing embedded software for products ranging from telephone systems to industrial control and fiber optics telecommunication systems. He specializes in device drivers and real-time software. Salomon has a Computer Science degree from The Israel Institute of Technology.
	Dan Smith, Firmware Engineer Dan Smith has over two decades of hands-on embedded software development experience in C and C++. His firmware lies at the heart of a products including consumer electronics, telecom/datacom, industrial controls, and medical devices. Dan earned his BSEE at Princeton.
	Gary Stringham, Electrical Engineer Gary Stringham is an embedded software developer. For over two decades, Gary worked for Hewlett-Packard. In addition to developing firmware used in LaserJet printers, he established internal standards relating to ASIC design. Gary has degrees in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University and Utah State.
	Nathan Tennies, Software Engineer Nathan Tennies has developed embedded and desktop software for two decades; today he focuses on BSP and driver development for Windows CE and Windows Mobile plus application development on the .NET Framework. Nathan has authored several articles describing software techniques to extend handheld device battery life.
	Michael Wilk, Software Engineer Michael has developed embedded, desktop, and Internet application software for a variety of industries. Michael is experienced in motion control, distributed systems, and real time software. He specializes in medical device design and development. Michael has an M.S. in Bioengineering from Arizona State and a B.S. in Bioengineering from U.C. Berkeley.