About Mark
I'm an electrical engineer based in Columbus, Ohio, and the founder of Considerate Systems LLC. Over the past decade I've worked across the full stack of hardware and software — from antenna design and FPGA firmware to machine learning pipelines and cloud infrastructure — for employers and clients ranging from defense contractors to one-person businesses.
That breadth is the point. Small and mid-sized organizations rarely need five specialists; they need one engineer who can carry an idea from a SysML architecture diagram through a working prototype to a deployed, maintained product. That is the service this firm exists to provide.
Experience
Engineering consultancy covering embedded systems, firmware, RF, web development, and DevOps. Model-based systems engineering (UML/SysML) contract work, project management, and development roadmapping for clients from startups to small businesses.
C++ embedded Linux development for fleets of IoT smart water heaters: OpenWRT-based OS design with real-time MQTT messaging, time-series anomaly detection for predictive maintenance, SysML modeling of the switching fleet, component-level PCB design in Fusion 360, and WiFi/LTE/Bluetooth RF design and testing in L, S, and C band.
WordPress builds for small businesses, 3D-printed prototype enclosures in Fusion 360, Raspberry Pi prototyping for startups, and statistical/spectral analysis (Python, Fourier methods) for small-signal and radar applications.
Radar systems software: C# with Modbus TCP for real-time hardware coordination over Ethernet, LabVIEW hardware-control GUIs, C++ data processing, and GitLab CI/CD architecture deployed on AWS ECS.
Architected large-scale counter-drone systems using MBSE and SysML in MagicDraw and Cameo. C++ drivers and GUIs plus Python/LabVIEW/MATLAB signal-processing for radar; designed and characterized RF systems in a system-of-systems context.
Led development of a ground-penetrating radar system: PetaLinux on Xilinx SoC/FPGA, Zynq7000 embedded C for SPI data acquisition and control, UHF analog circuit design, and lab debug with logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes. Translated system-level engineering into investor-facing status reports.
Built a DNN computer-vision wafer-defect detection tool that reduced validation time on a silicon assembly line, scripted automated neural-architecture search, and developed Python data-analysis GUIs for TEM metrology.
Automated test-equipment software for embedded environmental sensors: a five-stage continuous-delivery test suite covering SDI-12 and RS-485 firmware interfaces, deployed uniformly across Linux machines with bash and Docker.
Cut chip reliability testing from ~10,000 hours to ~500 by formalizing a failure-in-time prediction methodology for deep sub-micron devices, prototyped in VHDL on a Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGA. Published at IEEE NMDC 2018.
Education & Certifications
BS Electrical Engineering — Portland State University, 2015–2020 (GPA 3.89). Led the Engineers Without Borders Ethiopian Solar Initiative, designing a 3 kW grid-tied solar system for a school in Ethiopia, and built satellite ground-station hardware with the CubeSat team.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services.
Electronics Technician Certificate — Eastland-Fairfield Technical School, 2011–2013.
Publications
Synopsis of Multiphysics Deep Sub-Micron Failure Rate Modeling Technique for CFR and EOL Prediction
IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2018
A Dendritic Transfer Function in a Novel Fully Connected Layer
Undergraduate Honor's Thesis, Portland State University, 2019
Combining Algorithms for More General AI
Undergraduate research and mentoring program, 2018
Elsewhere
GitHub · LinkedIn · Personal site · YouTube
I work in English and French.