JC Heater

JC Heater has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Currently, they are working as an FPGA Engineer at Aitech Systems since June 2021. Prior to this, they founded and served as the Proprietor of Qualegy Energy Systems, where they focused on Altium design and capture of autonomous robotic controllers and LED beacon projects.

JC Heater also worked as an Electrical Engineer at Cubic Corporation from April 2017 to January 2020. They briefly worked as a Hardware Engineer at Brain Corporation from January 2017 to May 2017.

In terms of entrepreneurship, JC Heater founded Alphadactyl.com from October 2002 to December 2004, where they served as the Founder. They also founded Progyr, where they worked as an Inventor from 2007 to 2009. In this role, they developed a therapy tracker platform and performed real-time analysis of motion and recovery progress using the Kalman filter envelope comparator.

During their time at Romcor Design from June 1980 to March 2002, JC Heater served as a Partner. They were involved in designing and coding custom dataflow SoC using Verilog HDL for Xilinx FPGA. They also supported hardware definition for a startup called Bricken Technology.

JC Heater has also contributed to the community as a Sustainability Consultant at the City of Cupertino from November 1987 to July 1992. They gave classes and supported the adoption of home composting and yard waste recycling.

Furthermore, JC Heater has a background in product development. They founded Dynamals, Inc. and served as the President from June 1984 to July 1990. In this role, they invented and brought to market the original Triboelectric Purring Cats plush toys.

Lastly, JC Heater has experience in aviation. They worked as a Glider Tow Pilot and Sailplane Pilot at Sky Sailing Airport from June 1986 to July 1989, holding commercial pilot licenses and endorsements.

Overall, JC Heater's work experience showcases their expertise in FPGA engineering, entrepreneurship, electrical engineering, product development, sustainability consulting, and aviation.

JC Heater completed their Bachelor's Degree in BSEE/MSEE through the Hughes Aircraft Fellowship program at Stanford University from 1974 to 1976. Prior to that, they pursued Electronic Music studies at Pomona College from 1974 to 1975. JC also earned a BA in Management-Engineering with a focus on Economics and Physics from Claremont McKenna College from 1971 to 1974. In addition to their formal education, JC Heater obtained certifications in Entrepreneurship from Guy Kawasaki on LinkedIn in October 2016 and as a Commercial Pilot from the Federal Aviation Administration in May 1984.