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V. Edward Gold, Jr.


President, GoldTouch Computer Solutions
Contract Sr. Analyst, Selvage Custom Software
Orlando, FL       (407) 677-8331
Louisville, KY     (800) 722-8115

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • GoldTouch Computer Solutions; Louisville, Kentucky
    March 95 to Present
    Formed computer software/hardware consulting firm to handle the programming needs of Unidial, inc. Redesigned their call rating system and billing system. Their original system was capable of processing 30,000 calls per hour. My redesigned system currently processes 5,140,000 calls per hour.

  • Lockheed Martin Corporation; Orlando, Florida
    Mar 96 to Present
    Invited to help design algorithms for the FBI sponsored Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), which I helped them win 4 years prior. I designed the original algorithms used to identify features within fingerprint images. These features were then compared to the features of many previously processed fingerprint images in a large repository in order to determine the closest matches. I am currently working on improving the search process so that fewer comparisons will be required to locate the matching fingerprints.

  • Martin Marietta Corporation; Orlando, Florida
    Oct 86 to Mar 95
    Image and Signal Processing Engineer. Designed and implemented algorithms for real time target detection, tracking, and classification. Software Task Leader on government sponsored Minefield detection project, Algorithm Task Leader on FBI fingerprint recognition project. Implemented kernel functions for Martin's new Ada compatible parallel processing language.

  • IBM; Charlotte, North Carolina
    Jan 83 to Aug 84
    Cooperative Intern ( alternated semesters with school ) Designed and constructed an automated printer communication interface tester. Assisted in the construction of an automated hammer block tester and wrote all the low level driver code for this tester.

  • Henderman Management Services; Louisville, Kentucky
    Sept 84 to May 85
    Managed a software design group. Designed and implemented a Hospital Materials Management software package in RPG II. Originally hired as consultant in 1983. Became employee of HMS in September of 1984.

    EDUCATION

    University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School of Engineering, Louisville, Kentucky

    Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. GPA 3.91/4.0

  • Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering. GPA 4.0/4.0
    Thesis: The Implementation of a Real Time MC68000 Based Infrared Search and Track (IRST) System. Done in cooperation with the Naval Weapons Center; China Lake, California
  • Currently in PhD program at University of Louisville studying Digital Signal processing. GPA 4.0/4.0

    SKILLS

    Expert knowledge of C language, BASIC, FORTRAN, Pascal, and assembly/machine language for Intel 8080, 8085, 8086/8088, Motorola 6800, 68000. Also know RPG II, COBOL, C++, Ada, and assembly language for Mostek 6502/6510. Strong background in algorithm implementation for parallel processing and real-time multiprocessor applications. Xwindow programming and UNIX client / server programming knowledgable. Excellent speech and writing skills.

    PUBLICATIONS

  • "Application of Least Mean Squared Filtering to an Infrared Search and Track System" presented at SoutheastCon '86, Richmond, VA, March 1986.
    Co-authors: D. L. Chenoweth and A. R. Bordoloi.

  • "Model-Based Approach to Real-Time Target Detection" presented at SPIE Conference Orlando, Florida, April 1992.
    Co-authors: Jay K. Hackett, Dan T. Long, E. L. Cloud, and Herbert Duvoisin

  • "Image Segmentation Using Modified Neural Network Techniques" presented at SPIE Conference San Jose, California, Feb 1996.
    Co-authors: D. L. Chenoweth and John E. Selvage

    RECENT HONORS

  • Spot Award for work on Minefield detection project,1991.

  • Spot award for work on FBI Fingerprint Recognition project which resulted in the discovery of a serious hardware shortcoming and its correction, 1993.