Leandro G. Barajas, Ph.D., PMP - US Citizen L.G.Barajas@ieee.org - www.LeandroBarajas.com - (248) 705-8192 - 332 Cedar Trail Ln, Harvest, AL 35749 QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Highly creative, effective and accomplished expert in manufacturing processes, robotics and automation with multi-disciplinary experience in R&D, systems integration & technology management at a global scale for product, service & manufacturing applications. Broad applied expertise in project management, global collaboration, external leveraging, intellectual property management, technology planning, innovation forecasting & road mapping as well as technology transfer. Results-driven leader with an outstanding implementation track record of data-mining based forecasting techniques and real-time decision support systems that deliver sustainable value to organizations. AWARDS, HONORS, AND DISTINCTIONS Distinguished with over 40 corporate, academic and professional awards including: 4 "Boss" Kettering Awards (GM's top technical honor), 3 McCuen Awards (GM R&D’s top honor), Chairman Honors Award (GM’s top corporate honor), GM R&D "Spark Plug" Award, Elected IEEE Senior Member, NSF GOALI Award, NSERC Collaborative Research Grant, SME OYME Award, IEEE Robotics & Automation Early Career Award, Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Award for Excellence in Tech. Transfer for R2, NASA Exceptional Space Act Award for R2, and NASA JSC’s Exceptional Software Award for Robonaut 2 (R2) PUBLICATIONS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RECORD Authored over 50 technical publications and 50 Records of Invention (ROI)/Invention Disclosures that in turn have been translated into over 30 patents & patent applications, 7 Defensive Publications, and 9 Trade Secrets. EDUCATION 2000- 2003 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA, USA Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical & Computer Engineering 1999-2000 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA, USA Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical & Computer Engineering - Major in Control Systems & DSP; Minor in Mathematics 1991-1996 UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS (UDFJC), Bogotá, Colombia Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering - Major in Telecommunications & Control Systems; (Valedictorian) 1990-1991 MILITARY SERVICE, COLOMBIAN ARMY Special Operations, Bogotá, Colombia Reserve 2nd Lieutenant. Ranked 2nd, with Honors, in class of 400 INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE GENERAL MOTORS, GM R&D, MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY 2008-Present Staff Researcher. Advanced Robotics Group. Responsible for managing and leading the global design and development of GM’s cross-platform framework for automotive assembly robot command and control and its standard interfaces. This framework encompasses robot vision, robot & automation control, high-level intelligent & flexible perception, human-robot interaction & learning, and highly flexible & dexterous robots/end-effectors. Scope of contributions for selected projects: - Obtained funding, directed & conducted research project in collaboration with NASA Johnson Space Center and HRL Labs on Imitation Learning for Intelligent and Dexterous Assembly Robots. Supported platforms include several industrial & research robots (FANUC, KUKA, Motoman, R17, Meka) as well as the NASA-GM 42-DOF/+350-sensor humanoid robot Robonaut 2 (R2) - Obtained funding & co-directed research on Collaborative, Human-Focused, Assistive Robotics For Manufacturing (CHARM) in a large multi-institutional agreement (British Columbia, Laval & McGill) jointly sponsored by GM and the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada - Directed & conducted research project in collaboration with Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU, Korea) on Structured Light 3D-Vision-Based Automotive Sub-Assembly Automation - Directed & conducted collaborative research project on Interaction and Learning for Autonomous Assembly Robots with the Georgia Institute of Technology - Directed research project on Virtual Workspace Generation for Industrial Robots via 3D Measurements from stereo and time-of-fight (TOF) cameras - Directed research project on the development of an Automated Real-Time Workspace Calibration of Monocular, Stereo, and 3D-TOF Cameras from static and dynamic viewpoints - Directed & conducted research project on Dexterous Robotic Grasping Methods for Automotive Parts 2007-2008 Senior Plant Engineer. Rotational assignment at the Orion (MI) General Assembly Plant. Technically lead the development and pilot deployment of a wide set of Real-Time Data-Driven Decision Support Tools for Automotive General Assembly. This initial deployment realized a 9% body shop throughput improvement; currently this system is being rolled out globally across all GM Manuf. plants 2006-2007 Senior Manufacturing Engineer. Rotational assignment at GM Manufacturing Engineering, Controls, Conveyors, Robotics & Welding Division. Technically lead, designed, developed and piloted GM’s Next Generation Global Plant Floor Systems Architecture, Data Collection & Control Protocols. Estimated benefits of this system deployment include several months of launch time reduction and the elimination of most system maintenance costs 2003-2006 Senior Research Engineer. Plant Floor Systems & Controls Group. Pioneered advanced Diagnostics, Prognostics & Health Management for Manufacturing Operations in GM obtaining significant savings in maintenance costs per year ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE 1999-2003 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA. Graduate Research Assistant 2001 Summer SIEMENS DEMATIC ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS, Software Developer (Internship) 1997-1999 SCADA TECHNICAL CONSULTANT for British Petroleum, Texaco, Halliburton, & Ecopetrol 1997 LOGIC SUPPORT, Bogotá, Colombia, R&D Engineer 1996-1999 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM, Bogotá/Caño Limón, Colombia. R&D Engineer LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS 2009 PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, Newtown Square, PA, USA Project Manager Professional (PMP) Certification, PMP No. 1275782, 06/23/2009 2007-2008 UNITED STATES FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA), Pontiac, MI, USA Private Pilot License - Aircraft Single Engine Land (PP-ASEL), High-Perf. Endorsement 1998 COLOMBIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Bogotá, Colombia Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, Registration No. CN206-29343 TECHNICAL SKILLS Engineering Matlab/Simulink, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS), ROS, Minitab, MathCAD, Maple, Mathematica, QFD Capture, DExpert, LabVIEW, NI-DAQ, and WEKA CAD/CAE Polyworks, Meshlab, Blender, AT-3D, Open CASCADE, AutoCAD, PSpice, OrCAD & Eagle Programming Microsoft .NET (C#, VB, C++), VBA, Java, JavaScript, Python, PHP, C++, C, Dynamic C, SQL, XML, HTML, UML, Fortran, Perl, Delphi, Pascal, Arduino, AutoHotkey & assembler Comp. Vision OpenCV, Matlab IP/IA, MVTech Halcon, Cognex VisionPro, Labview NI Vision/IMAQ Telecomms DSS/CCR, XML, TCP/IP, UDP, SOAP; IEEE 802.x: WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee & WiMax Applications Microsoft: Access, Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), Project, Visio; SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle; Exceed, Lotus Notes, EndNote, ProCite, Adobe Acrobat, & LaTex Platforms Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/CE/NT/9x/3.x, Ubuntu/Suse/Red Hat Linux, DOS, OS/2 and RTOS Affiliations IEEE, AUVSI, SME, SAE, PMI, SIAM, Sigma Xi, SHPE, AOPA, FIRST Robotics Languages Fluent English and Spanish, basic German and French, currently learning Russian