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Dr. Gerardo Pardo-Castellote is Chief Technology Officer of Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Gerardo has been with RTI since 1995. He specializes in real-time software architectures and networking.
His professional experience includes time-critical software for data acquisition and processing, real-time planning and scheduling software, control system software, and software-system design. He authored the original version of RTI Data Distribution Service.
He currently chairs the Data Distribution Service Finalization Task Force at the Object Management Group (OMG).
Gerardo holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Computer Science, and an MSEE from Stanford University. He also holds a BS in Physics from the University of Granada (Spain).
He can be reached at Gerardo.Pardo@rti.com
Joseph M. Schlesselman is Director of Market Development, Aerospace, and Defense at Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Joseph's responsibilities at RTI include government standards, policy, information assurance, and customer advocacy for the Distributed Systems business unit.
His background includes time as a software developer, a system integrator, and a military officer. He joined RTI in 2002. He is particularly interested in the Global Information Grid (GIG), Network Centric Operations (NCO), advanced Quality of Service (QoS), and trusted and secure real-time systems. He is a frequent speaker on emerging networking, software, and Open System architecture technologies at government and industry events.
Joseph holds an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
He can be reached at Joe.Schlesselman@rti.com.
Dr. Rajive Joshi is
a Senior Field Applications Engineer at Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Dr. Joshi serves as a technology consultant to customers building high performance distributed systems.
His technical expertise spans distributed real-time systems, embedded systems, robotics, evolutionary computing, and sensor fusion. He has 18+ years of experience in software architecture, design, and implementation of distributed real-time systems and middleware. He is a co-inventor of seven patents, and has co-authored 30+ publications, including the book, “Multisensor Fusion: A Minimal Representation Framework,” and a chapter in the book “Differential Evolution : A Practical Approach to Global Optimization.” He won the best paper award at the 1996 Multisensor Fusion and Integration Conference, and received the "Charles M. Close Best Doctoral Thesis" prize for his doctoral work. His project on distributed robotics tele-operation was featured on CNN television.
Dr. Joshi holds a Doctorate and Masters in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. He is a member of the IEEE, ACM, and AIAA.
He can be reached at Rajive.Joshi@rti.com.
Dr.
Stan Schneider is Chief Executive Officer of Real-Time Innovations,
Inc.
Stan Schneider founded Real-Time Innovations, Inc. to develop productivity tools for the real-time marketplace. Under his guidance, RTI has grown from inception to a multinational business with offices throughout North America and Europe.
Immediately before RTI, Stan was an independent technical and management consultant, working with companies in medical products, digital signal processing, aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing, video and television, and networking. Before that, Stan managed one of the largest laboratories at Stanford, focusing on intelligent mechanical systems. At Sperry Computer Systems (now Unisys), Stan developed networked communications systems and led the software team responsible for Sperry's personal computer product line. Stan began his career in automotive impact testing.
Stan completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. He holds a BS in Applied Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude) and an MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is a graduate of Stanford's Advanced Management College. Stan received numerous awards and prizes for academic excellence. He is widely published in both industry and academic media.
He can be reached at Stan.Schneider@rti.com.
Dr. Howard Wang is a Principal Applications Engineer at Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Howard's specialty is training customers to use RTI products effectively. He is an expert in embedded real-time systems and the practical use of all of RTI's product lines, and as well as Wind River's Tornado/VxWorks development environment. His extensive education and experience in control, aerospace, and computer engineering help him relate to a wide range of customer applications and markets.
Howard joined RTI in 1996. He has consulted with the NASA Kennedy Space Center in helping to rewrite the launch and processing software for the Space Shuttle, with Alstom Schilling Robotics in developing control software for robotic manipulators and remotely operated vehicles, and with a variety of companies working on distributed, networked applications.
Howard holds a PhD and an MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, as well as BSEs in Aerospace and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.
He can be reached at Howard.Wang@rti.com.
Gordon Hunt is a Principal Applications Engineer at Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Gordon's technical expertise spans embedded systems, distributed real-time systems, robotics, and controls. He is recognized as RTI's Navy Open Architecture expert and principal consultant for distributed combat system architectures. He routinely provides advanced designs and training to RTI customers and is an active member in the standards communities. Gordon joined RTI in 1999.
He is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves and is a qualified Engineering Duty Officer. His Navy involvement has included working for both NAVSEA and SPAWAR commands in a wide variety of hardware and software integration efforts. Currently, Gordon is leading an effort to provide robotic-system training and maintenance capabilities to the DoD.
Gordon holds an MS from Stanford University and a BS from Purdue University in Aerospace Engineering. He is completing his PhD at Stanford University in the field of control systems and robotics.
He can be reached at Gordon.Hunt@rti.com.
Dr. Edwin de Jong is Director of Product Management and Strategy, Core Products at Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Edwin de Jong has more than 15 years experience in the architecture and design of large-scale distributed real-time systems. These systems encompass C4I, radar, track management, multi-sensor data fusion, threat evaluation, weapon and sensor assignment, and simulation and training. Edwin currently serves RTI as Director of Product Management and Strategy, Core Products.
Edwin joined RTI in 2005 following RTI's acquisition of 4TEC, a company he co-founded in 2002 and led as CEO. 4TEC provided products and services for distributed real-time database management. 4TEC's customers were major defense contractors, including Thales and Northrop-Grumman.
Prior to leading 4TEC, Edwin worked as an R&D manager at Thales. He advised and assisted in the application of real-time publish-subscribe middleware in the development of combat-management systems, and he co-authored more than 25 published technical papers and reports. His fields of expertise include systems architecture, large-scale distributed (hard) real-time systems, fault tolerance, networking and communication protocols, real-time in-memory databases, system modeling and analysis, formal specification and analysis, and software engineering systems and tools.
Edwin holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and physics from Leiden University, The Netherlands.
He can be reached at Edwin.Dejong@rti.com.