Michael Toal

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About Michael Toal

Experienced professional engineer with embedded real time image processing expertise who has a track record of providing real world solutions to complex problems. Quickly grasps complex ideas and successfully implements and delivers these through task ownership. A champion of technical and process improvement. Image tracking system for Harrier jump jet. Image processing for future missile system with directional payload. The world’s first hands-off autonomous air refuelling engagement. Re-architecture and design of next generation video tracking system. Tech start up inventing a precision guided firearm. Patents awarded. DSP assembly (SHARC & TI), C, C++, Matlab / Simulink / Stateflow, multiprocessor, MPI, OpenCL, OpenCV, SIMD, SQL Architectural design Man machine interface. Target tracking and association. Design and implementation of highly optimized image processing algorithms. Team leadership. Major, high profile, seminal projects brought to successful completion. Full product lifecycle. Model based design Project planning, risk mitigation, scheduling, reporting and re-organising of schedules to ensure on-time project delivery. Continual process improvement, configuration management, continuous integration, review, bug / feature management. Customer liaison activities including on site system integration, and presentations to senior US military / AFRL / DARPA. Passionate and determined professional engineer. Innovative. Excellent communication skills, allowing complex ideas to be clearly captured and shared across engineering disciplines. Very organized self-starter.