Curriculum Vitae
SUMMARY
Charles Guerin, FRAes
Over the last 33 years, I’ve had the privilege to work with truly amazing teams designing and managing the development of over a hundred commercial software and electronic products for organizations such as Kodak, Fuji, Korg, Mindjet, AutoCAD and Canadian National Defence
As President and CEO of OBDS, I’ve been responsible for overseeing the company’s growth into a world class aviation service organization, used in over 1100 business and commercial flight operations, aircraft manufacturers and maintenance organizations.
Our staff is unmatched in their responsiveness, reliability, friendliness, timeliness and attention to detail. Our customer support is legendary.
Five (5) US Software Patent filings.
SPECIALTIES
Software architecture, business strategy, managing software development, development of new technologies, technology patents, low-cost outsourcing management.
BACKGROUND IN
EXPERIENCE
On Board Data Systems (OBDS)
01 / 2009 - Present
CEO
On-Board Data Systems produces the world's most advanced Electronic Flight Bags and is expert in the field of Electronic Checklists.
As CEO, my task is to lead the company to become the world leader in paperless software solutions for the aviation industry.
Charles Guerin Management Inc
06 / 2007 - Present
Software Architect
Software solutions and patentable technology design.
I and A Research Inc
10 / 1987 - Present
Founder
I and A Research develops business software applications for companies around the world. The company is best known for the product JCVGantt (sold to Mindjet in 2008) as well as a series of integration technologies used by Mindjet, Project Kickstart, Divorce Mapping, Strength Mapper, and many Fortune 100 companies.
I and A Research also has:
Lookout Learning Inc
2005 - 2012
Architect / Chief Scientist
Architected and designed a system for teachers to completely manage and present curriculum materials, assessments and homework assignments for K-12 schools using Smart Boards. The system saves each teacher 4 hours a week by automatically grading exams, and reducing time spent drawing on chalkboards to a minimum. The 4 New York State schools using it have produced demonstrable improvements in student engagement and overall grades.
Siberlink Inc
01 / 1999 - 11 / 1999
Vice President
Managed 69 developers in Eastern Europe remotely to coordinate 13 software development projects to customers around the world. Notable products included UniLotto lottery gaming servers, A Visa credit card gateway, a security system for protecting server farms from being hacked and the Siberlink Electronic Resume and Skill finding management system.
Independent Film Composer
1994 - 1996
Composer
Scored the European feature film, "L'Univers de Courtemanche" and "Adventures of Buzz Cheeply" for Hanna Barbera
EDUCATION
McGill University
1980 - 1982
Jazz Piano Major
INTERESTS
electronic product design, new management and product development techniques, flying, music and tennis.
ASSOCIATIONS
NBAA Member, Kiva Investor, Hudson Music Club, Business Aviation Network, CBAA Member.
PATENTS
System and method for configuring an application via a visual map interface
Filed , 03 / 2010
US Patent: 20100070891 · Inventors: Charles Guerin
The present invention provides a system and method for configuring an application via a visual map interface. The method involves providing a visual map into which a user can enter configuration data for the application. The visual map includes predefined topics that correspond to configurable portions of the application, and the user enters the configuration data as subtopics to the predefined topics. The predefined topics may be defined by a programmer or system administrator for the configurable application. When the configurable application requests the configuration data, the applicable data entered into the subtopics is sent to the configurable application.
System and method for asynchronous tracking and quantifying of printing events
Issued , 10 / 2006
US Patent: 7130070 · Inventors: Charles Guerin
A two-phase asynchronous print tracking system and method is described. The separation of detection of print activity and billing of print activity is accomplished by means of a quota-based message queue. Print jobs sent by a user are allowed to print without interruption until a quota number of print jobs for which no billing information has been entered are reached. When the quota is exceeded, the user may not continue until appropriate billing information is entered.
System for modeling and simulating emotion states
Issued , 02 / 2002
US Patent: 2003/0028,383 · Inventors: Charles Guerin
The present invention, in its broadest expression, includes (a) the Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) table of emotions that makes it possible (b) to convert emotion terms to their respective PAD values, (c) a formula for working back from any specific set of PAD values to derive a single emotion term that best fits that particular combination of PAD values, (d) a formula for calculating the distance between a preselected set of PAD values and the closest emotion term that matches those PAD values, (e) a method for calculating the average emotional response of a group to any situation or stimulus, thereby permitting the derivation of a single emotion term that best represents the average emotional experience of the group. (f), a generic procedure for deriving emotion terms from multidimensional statistical models. The present invention finds use as an emotion simulator, particularly in the field of closed and open loop systems, such as a heating system, in order to represent how the system is performing.
SUMMARY
Charles Guerin, FRAes
Over the last 33 years, I’ve had the privilege to work with truly amazing teams designing and managing the development of over a hundred commercial software and electronic products for organizations such as Kodak, Fuji, Korg, Mindjet, AutoCAD and Canadian National Defence
As President and CEO of OBDS, I’ve been responsible for overseeing the company’s growth into a world class aviation service organization, used in over 1100 business and commercial flight operations, aircraft manufacturers and maintenance organizations.
Our staff is unmatched in their responsiveness, reliability, friendliness, timeliness and attention to detail. Our customer support is legendary.
Five (5) US Software Patent filings.
SPECIALTIES
Software architecture, business strategy, managing software development, development of new technologies, technology patents, low-cost outsourcing management.
BACKGROUND IN
- Software Development
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Start-ups
- Software Architecture
- Entrepreneurship
- E-commerce
- Management Consulting
- Product Development
- Management
- Aviation
- Integration
- SaaS
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Cloud Computing
- Outsourcing
- Product Management
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Human Factors Engineering
- International Business
- Competitive Analysis
- Consulting
- Mobile Applications
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Commercial Aviation
- Business Intelligence
- Product Marketing
- Aerospace
EXPERIENCE
On Board Data Systems (OBDS)
01 / 2009 - Present
CEO
On-Board Data Systems produces the world's most advanced Electronic Flight Bags and is expert in the field of Electronic Checklists.
As CEO, my task is to lead the company to become the world leader in paperless software solutions for the aviation industry.
Charles Guerin Management Inc
06 / 2007 - Present
Software Architect
Software solutions and patentable technology design.
I and A Research Inc
10 / 1987 - Present
Founder
I and A Research develops business software applications for companies around the world. The company is best known for the product JCVGantt (sold to Mindjet in 2008) as well as a series of integration technologies used by Mindjet, Project Kickstart, Divorce Mapping, Strength Mapper, and many Fortune 100 companies.
I and A Research also has:
- Produced factory management systems for controlling humidity, temperature and ozone level in large industrial cooling facilities.
- Developed the world's fastest photo subset searching algorithm used by Kodak, NATO and Canadian Armed Forces.
- Designed the Kodak Catalog CD format.
- Developed Fuji Web Broker technology.
- Designed Sepialine printer monitoring technology.
- Developed Color Printer drivers for Canon Color Copiers.
Lookout Learning Inc
2005 - 2012
Architect / Chief Scientist
Architected and designed a system for teachers to completely manage and present curriculum materials, assessments and homework assignments for K-12 schools using Smart Boards. The system saves each teacher 4 hours a week by automatically grading exams, and reducing time spent drawing on chalkboards to a minimum. The 4 New York State schools using it have produced demonstrable improvements in student engagement and overall grades.
Siberlink Inc
01 / 1999 - 11 / 1999
Vice President
Managed 69 developers in Eastern Europe remotely to coordinate 13 software development projects to customers around the world. Notable products included UniLotto lottery gaming servers, A Visa credit card gateway, a security system for protecting server farms from being hacked and the Siberlink Electronic Resume and Skill finding management system.
Independent Film Composer
1994 - 1996
Composer
Scored the European feature film, "L'Univers de Courtemanche" and "Adventures of Buzz Cheeply" for Hanna Barbera
EDUCATION
McGill University
1980 - 1982
Jazz Piano Major
INTERESTS
electronic product design, new management and product development techniques, flying, music and tennis.
ASSOCIATIONS
NBAA Member, Kiva Investor, Hudson Music Club, Business Aviation Network, CBAA Member.
PATENTS
System and method for configuring an application via a visual map interface
Filed , 03 / 2010
US Patent: 20100070891 · Inventors: Charles Guerin
The present invention provides a system and method for configuring an application via a visual map interface. The method involves providing a visual map into which a user can enter configuration data for the application. The visual map includes predefined topics that correspond to configurable portions of the application, and the user enters the configuration data as subtopics to the predefined topics. The predefined topics may be defined by a programmer or system administrator for the configurable application. When the configurable application requests the configuration data, the applicable data entered into the subtopics is sent to the configurable application.
System and method for asynchronous tracking and quantifying of printing events
Issued , 10 / 2006
US Patent: 7130070 · Inventors: Charles Guerin
A two-phase asynchronous print tracking system and method is described. The separation of detection of print activity and billing of print activity is accomplished by means of a quota-based message queue. Print jobs sent by a user are allowed to print without interruption until a quota number of print jobs for which no billing information has been entered are reached. When the quota is exceeded, the user may not continue until appropriate billing information is entered.
System for modeling and simulating emotion states
Issued , 02 / 2002
US Patent: 2003/0028,383 · Inventors: Charles Guerin
The present invention, in its broadest expression, includes (a) the Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance (PAD) table of emotions that makes it possible (b) to convert emotion terms to their respective PAD values, (c) a formula for working back from any specific set of PAD values to derive a single emotion term that best fits that particular combination of PAD values, (d) a formula for calculating the distance between a preselected set of PAD values and the closest emotion term that matches those PAD values, (e) a method for calculating the average emotional response of a group to any situation or stimulus, thereby permitting the derivation of a single emotion term that best represents the average emotional experience of the group. (f), a generic procedure for deriving emotion terms from multidimensional statistical models. The present invention finds use as an emotion simulator, particularly in the field of closed and open loop systems, such as a heating system, in order to represent how the system is performing.