Yefim Yashuvaev

Professional experience/skills: Have been actively involved in the following aspects of R&D, project management, and product development: - Originated new ideas and concepts - Literature and patent reviews. - Market research. - Writing of proposals for product development - Theoretical analysis of concepts and preliminary system design. - Rapid proof of concept experiments - Detailed design using advanced computer software packages (Zemax, Matlab, Lab View, Excel, …). - Laboratory development and testing of new products requiring multi-disciplinary capabilities. - Negotiations with suppliers to obtain components and manufactures services to meet product specifications and schedule requirements, and at minimum cost. - Component testing, sub-systems integration, final testing of prototypes and fully engineered systems. - Management of budgets, schedules, and man power. Projects that were undertaken for the civilian and defense markets.