Charles L. Akeley
Qualifications:
Engineer with over 20 years of work experience. Successful as an individual innovator, as a
team member and as a team leader.
Experience in audio/video production, electronic product development,
systems and process integration, and customer service. Personal activities include performing and recording musician, audio consulting, live sound technician, and professional audio equipment repair service.
Education:
B.S. Electrical Engineering,
Certificate,
Recording Engineering,
Career Summary:
The Victory Studios,
Duration: Oct 2005 – present
(high definition video and audio media services, for broadcast and
distribution)
Position: Senior Engineer
Duties: support of in-house and client services – HD Post, Linear
and Non-linear Editing Rooms, Telecine and Color Enhancement,
Rockwell-Collins | Airshow,
Duration: Sept 2004 – Oct 2005
(audio/video systems and integrated cabin electronics, for business
aircraft)
Position: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Accomplishments: transition of production to non-US facility,
applications engineering support for custom products, developed &
maintained methods for BoMs and Routes, implemented configuration management
practices, provided production and test support, performed process development
Symetrix Inc.,
Duration: May 2003 – Sept 2004
(professional audio products, for broadcast and recording studios)
Position: Senior Customer Service Technician
Accomplishments: repaired customer-returned pro-audio gear with
minimal turnaround, wrote automated production tests, provided production and
test support, developed and provided training, performed process improvement,
provided vendor performance evaluation/feedback
Korry Electronics Co.,
Duration: August 1996 - February 2003
(LCD display technology, for military aircraft and land vehicle
cockpits)
Position: Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Display Products group
Accomplishments: performed new process development, created
documentation, developed and provided training, designed fixtures, performed
mechanical and electrical design, performed material selection and equipment/tool
procurement, performed vendor evaluation, process improvement, implemented lean
methods and optimized production
Avtech Corporation,
Duration: October 1988 - August 1996
(audio, lighting and power products, for aircraft cabins and
cockpits)
Position: Operations Engineer
Accomplishments: provided manufacturing support, performed
documentation changes
Position: Sustaining Engineer
Accomplishments: performed document changes, selected and evaluated
alternates for obsolete components, implemented configuration control
practices, performed analog design
Position: Liaison Engineer
Accomplishments: interfaced with customers to resolve reliability
issues, performance issues and system application issues