About me !   A multidisciplinary  GEEK !

-- ELECTRICS --


Already at 14 years old, electricity was intriguing,
something that can power things like light bulbs, Heaters and power tools but you don’t see and smell !

At 17, I was making repairs and upgrading my father machine shop old equipment wiring.

At 18, I built my own integrated amplifier (Heathkit) ,
crossover and speakers with Electrovoice drivers.




-- CINEMAS --


Not long after,
I was a projectionist in local and Montreal cinemas learning 35mm, 70mm projection
and Theater Dolby stereo sound systems.



-- SOUND RECORDING --

At University of Waterloo Ont.
I learned sound and recording engineering at the campus studio.
After University, I was a recording engineer at "Montreal Sound",
and right away, I had my head inside
the Harrison 24B console and MCI 24 track machine for basic repairs.

I became known to be the geek around town
and started my own company designing recording studios  
and got in  cover pages and articles in the most respected magazines.
I was also a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) .




-- SCUBA --

Watching Jacques Cousteau on TV  gave me the  dream to explore underwater  secrets.
I became later  a PADI Master Scuba diver for 30 years exploring
the reck of Empress of Ireland ,
Caymans Islands caves, the Belize Blue Hole, under the ice
and the most remote  underwater places on the planet.

Like the Star Trek expression:  <To boldly go where no man as gone before>.
I then developed my own 12 tissues diving decompression simulator utility on PC. (Intel-486). 

-- SO MANY BOOKS -- 

What saved me from many life curve balls is that I was a serious Self learner at a very young age ,
and everything I know was by my own research ,
books, and experiments and not really from my parents or university classes. 




-- AVIATION  --       

20 years later I added another field of interest:
Aviation !

I got my private Pilot licence in 1992, with night VFR, IFR,
and floats ratings for single engine Aircraft
Cessna 172/185/206.


8 years at CAE on 6 DOF Motion system for  Level-D Flull flight simulator (FFS) and security systems,
and the past 19 years at Bombardier Business Aircraft on the Challenger 650 and Global 7500 programs
was a great learning experience in the aviation industry.

From Cabin Management System (CMS) , Aircraft Power distribution ,
Certification, and the past 10 years as Connectivity Sr. Specialist
I worked with the most demanding Private Aircraft owner/operators.

On those projects my reward was not the pay check,
but rather the smile and handshakes from those VIP customers.

-- C O N N E C T I V I T Y --

Over the years, I spent many hours on research about the best
solution to be connected on the ground and in the air.

With my background in electronics, VBA programing, connectivity,
I developed a router algorithm that enable seamless switching
from one internet source to another and even combining them
for increased bandwidth using a combination of technics,
and all this from a single WiFi access point making things much user friendly for the user.

This became US/CAN Patent US20210082289 , PCT: WO2019157601A1.




-- RV's --

During vacations RVing, and visiting different parts of the Quebec , Ontario regions,
and the east coast of the US.
I noticed the missing link in connectivity, specially full time RV owners
and on-the-road self entrepreneurs.
We all know that RV park WiFi is a joke and Starlink may not be the best solution !

I have also studied RV and camper-van AC, DC, Solar, Electrical systems
with associated components.
ie: Bat. chargers, B2B, Solar panels, MPPT controllers, LifePo4 Lith.
batteries, BMS, Inverters, and everything about safety .

I decided to offer cost effective solutions as a consultant for DIY RV projects and others.

My goal is to educate and explain what the books don’t tell you ! 
 
Here we go !

As always,
Be healthy, drive safe,  Fly safe , be the light ,

DAN