Don Lewis

Secured, Organized and Directed the resources required to create a board range of new product concepts and strategic business plans. The efforts were directed at both product and marketing needs and produced more than 130 diverse inventions and 100 granted patents. Resulting in extended market life of products, covering automotive mechanical, systems pyrotechnics, inflatables, manufacturing systems and a variety of IC and SI engine fuel systems. Special emphasis on automotive and aerospace occupant protection systems including component design of Inflators, propellants and inflatables.

2009-	PRINCIPAL INNOVATIONS - AZ360, LLC
	Consultant to industry regarding: Innoviations, proprietary filings, dynamic analysis, concept demonstrations, product development, program management and market analysis, in the arena of Occupant crash protection systems and components.

2005-2008	OWNER ESP Houseboat Consultant LLC, Lake Roosevelt AZ

1998-2004	PRESIDENT RSC, Inc. Scottsdale, AZ
	Consulting to industry regarding: concept demonstrations, product development, program management and market analysis, in arenas ranging from: Occupant crash protection systems and components thru Diesel engine fuel system and exhaust emission reduction devices.

1993-1997	VICE PRESIDENT The ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Group Universal Propulsion Co. Inc. Phoenix, AZ.
	Introduced Safety Restraint Products to the company. Invented key inflatable restraints systems: such as the "Inflatabelt" and "Smartbelt" plus the associated Tribrid and Direct Thermal Inflators plus firing systems. Applied these to automotive as well as commercial and military arenas

1987-1993	VICE PRESIDENT, ENGINEERING & RESEARCH Universal Propulsion Co. Inc. Phoenix, AZ.
	Reorganized and modernized: Research, Engineering and Test activities. Built the TIS and EIS computer networks for proposal and project tracking, including budget, cost-to-date, estimates-to-complete, etc. thereby significantly improving responsiveness and reducing costs.

1985-1987	GENERAL MANAGER & ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING Flow Products Div., Tylan Corp., Carson, CA
	Hired to reorganize the engineering department. But drafted by the restructure team. Co-authored the restructure plan. Appointed General Manager by the team and bank agent. Restructured: Technical and Manufacturing staff, procedures and facilities. Cut delivery time from 22 to 3 weeks. Reduced rejects from 14% to 1.5% and Increased gross profit 18%.

1984-1985	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & ENGINEERING Source Technology Corp., San Francisco, CA
	Co-developed the first, flat cathode ray tube "one inch thick". Co-authored the market plan that enabled second round new capital to be secured to assist in continuing the program.

1976-1984

EXECUTIVE CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION Ctr. The Bendix Corporation, Southfield, Michigan

Prepared a successful business plan that secured finding from the CEO for a New Product Development Center. Demonstrated & patented: Active Acoustic Sound Cancellation, Electronic injection of liquid propane, multiple emission control devices plus novel medical instruments. EXECUTIVE CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DIESEL ENGINE CONTROLS Created the key technical concept that enabled "Electronic Fuel Injection" of diesel engines. Prepared the strategic marketing plan, secured internal & outside corporate funding ($20 M) for the startup. This successful effort created a new, 150 person, Bendix division, which I headed and a product so successful that it is still currently in world wide production after 20 plus years. DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, BENDIX RESEARCH LABORATORIES Head of Applied Mechanics Department. Lead a team of eighty. Generated a multi vehicle concept demonstration, patenting a new supercharger, analyzed the business & prepared the market plan. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, AIR CUSHION RESTRAINTS Allied Signal Corporation. Mt. Clemens, Ml Patented 26 key automotive air bag restraint systems inventions. Developed a computer model for analysis of both air bag and seat belt occupant protection systems. Lead a full engineering and test team for the development of automotive restraint systems, installing a HYGE test sled. Prepared and made numerous restraint system presentations re., design and production to automotive industry technical groups and management including CEO's of both Ford and GM.

1964-1969	DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH Space Ordnance Systems Corporation, Sherman Oaks, CA
	Directed a team of 35 engineers and designers, Established, a New Product Development Center. Conceived numerous new ordnance products including: gas generators, thrusters, EMI immune ordnance and originated the "Laser Powered, Fiber Optic Ordnance system."

1958-1964

RESEARCH ENGINEER, NASA, at Both the Langley Research and Johnson Space Flight Centers

Emphasis on: propellant production, ignition and initiator design, nozzle design and internal ballistics. Conceived, fabricated and successfully tested the "Tycho" the highest propellant mass fraction rocket built at that time, also: involved in the design of the, Single Bridge Apollo Standard Initiator, "The worlds most reliable ordnance device" standardized for use on all NASA spacecraft. Plus a very wide variety of ordnance systems.

AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS, etc.

Bendix Distinguished Achievement, Outstanding Management Performance. Engineering Society of Detroit. Society of Automotive Engineers. Recipient of the "IR 100 Award" for creating the "Macro" Pak Laser. NASA Meritorious Performance Award. B.S.M.E. University of Florida, 1958