Problem Solver
Mark Mitchell
Areas Mark Mitchell is Knowledgeable in:
technical - microcontroller based systems. electromechanical solutions
fuzzier- creating solutions to problems in all areas, business, interpersonal, physical product, software products
fuzzier- creating solutions to problems in all areas, business, interpersonal, physical product, software products
Techniques Mark Mitchell Uses:
Observe a problem, brainstorm ideas to address the problem, research and design solution, build solution, test.
all steps may be done alone or with others depending on circumstances.
when blocked, seek discussion with others for clarification or new ideas
all steps may be done alone or with others depending on circumstances.
when blocked, seek discussion with others for clarification or new ideas
Mark Mitchell's Problem Solving Skills:
- Good soft skills in communicating and connecting, managed co-op (interns) and team of 6 engineers as well as small business
- 3d printing base knowledge
- General mechanical ability in most fields (repair, automotive, home construction)
- PCB Layout, low noise, high speed digital
- running small business
- programming, High level - C, VisualBasic, Pascal, touched on other languages
- Mechanical design, primarily packaging enclosure design including waterproof and submersible
- Electronic hardware design and prototyping, digital, analog, microcontrollers
- programming low level firmware in c and Assembly, real time
Mark Mitchell's Problem Solving Experience:
- took existing projects that had been started by others and completed them by resolving the outstanding issues or analyzing work and redesigning portions. About half of my professional work has had these origins. sometimes the previous engineer had left the company or the product was acquired and needed rework.
- created simple bow saw for cutting sheet foam to a fixed thickness along its "sheet" direction. eg. create a 3 inch thick sheet from a 5 inch thick sheet.
- created fire sound box that plays simulated fire sounds for gas fireplace
- created rotary tool bench device that converts rotary tool to 6 small scale machine shop style tools (table saw, grinder, disk sander etc)
- I created a prototyping platform for electronic engineers and hobbiests that allowed prototyping using almost all parts packages available today.
- created 6 different weather measurement sensors, primarily interfacing sensors to digital protocols