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CV - Alistair McKinnon Education 1998 – 2003: Massey University, Palmerston North B.Eng. Information Engineering (Honours, Second Class) M.Eng. Information Engineering (Honours, Second Class) PGDip. Business and Administration. Endorsed in Management. Skills Knowledgeable in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) design and implementation techniques, including image and audio processing. Experienced in the design and implementation of digital electronics, including Finite State Machine design, digital ICs, PAL, FPGA and VLS integrated circuitry. Skills in analogue electronics, including power supply design, sensor interfacing, signal amplification and filtering. Fluent in C, MATLAB, Assembly and Algebraic Instruction Set programming languages. Experience with C++, Pascal FC, LabView, Ladder Logic, VHDL, Verilog and Occam programming and synthesis languages. Knowledge of the object-oriented paradigm. Experienced with a large number of software applications used in industry including MATLAB, Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio (CCS), Orcad, SystemView, LabView and Cupil. Knowledge of computer networking and communication networks. Relevant skills in Information Systems Management and Industrial Management. Knowledge of the concepts of Quality Management, including Total Quality Management (TQM) as applied to ensuring software quality. A broad range of computing skills incorporating system administration, software knowledge (Microsoft Windows & popular titles), as well as hardware knowledge. Work Experience 1998, 1999 D.M.W. Nurseries, Hastings: Development of plant database for label and trade list production. 2001 Vertex Pacific LTD, Hastings: Quality controller for plastic packaging production. 4th Year Project During 2001, I designed and implemented a guitar effects processor, using a DSP development board. This board digitises an analogue signal from an electric guitar, and then applies signal processing techniques to that signal, to generate effects such as distortion and tremolo. Masters Project As a follow on from my 4th year project I developed a prototype guitar effect processor, to implement a new type of effect. This project is now in the process of commercialisation. Such DSP based tasks have given me skills in the area of computational modelling (MATLAB) and embedded system design. Publications A. McKinnon & D. Bailey, “An Electronic Capo for Guitar Pitch Scaling”, Proceedings of the Eighth Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), October 2001, New Plymouth. ISBN 0-473-08070-2. Interests Computer Hardware, Guitars, Audio processing, Computer Gaming, Electronics. Contact Details Email: armckinnon@inspire.net.nz
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