Entrepreneur, Technologist, Applied Physicist with strong history of creating successful organizations and recently a novelist.
Hold over 90 patents both domestically and internationally in some of the most widely used everyday products. Considered ‘Father’ of Monolithic Switch Technology utilized globally in products such as microwave ovens, telephones, mobile phones, cash registers and more. Conceived and developed the first machine to print bar codes and the first portable bar code scanner. Recipient of Special Congressional Recognition Award.Founder and member of executive leadership of 5 companies; 4 were acquired or taken public. Raised over $175MM in capital to date for various companies. Currently, Founder and Managing Partner of Th Entrepreneur, Technologist, Applied Physicist with strong history of creating successful organizations and recently a novelist.
Hold over 90 patents both domestically and internationally in some of the most widely used everyday products. Considered ‘Father’ of Monolithic Switch Technology utilized globally in products such as microwave ovens, telephones, mobile phones, cash registers and more. Conceived and developed the first machine to print bar codes and the first portable bar code scanner. Recipient of Special Congressional Recognition Award.Founder and member of executive leadership of 5 companies; 4 were acquired or taken public. Raised over $175MM in capital to date for various companies. Currently, Founder and Managing Partner of The Windessa Group (formerly RTS Research), a firm that provides Product Development, Technical Consulting and Intellectual Property (IP) services to Fortune 500 firms, high-growth start-ups and non-profit organizations. Clients include Citigroup, Bell Telephone Company (now AT&T), ITT Corporation, Nextek Power Systems, Nocopi Technologies, Levelwing Media and the American Museum of Natural History.

Publications as a Novelist
Deceit and other Conveniences (windessapress.com or deceitandotherconveniences.com)
The Windesss Press
A mystery surrounding a Wall Street deal and an unexpected attraction between two unlikely protagonists is the basis for this contemporary American drama. Garrett Carlssen is an entrepreneur from a small town in Pennsylvania, who with his difficult and brilliant partner, Jersey Smart, has built a growing technology business. They need big money to continue growing the company. Enter, a Wall Street Banker, Anne Mills, who grew up in the same town as Garrett Carlssen, but in a different social stratum. She, and her Company, can supply the funds the company requires. The goals of each of these three people are very different and therein lay the seeds of conflict. Wall Street culture, ethics, and methods, along with the psychology of human behavior are the fabric of “Deceit and other Conveniences.”
The Odyssey od Ellie May Winston (windessapress.com)
Due this summer
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