Mr. Hauck has been an electronics design engineer for over 15 years, specializing in hardware and embedded firmware. His experience spans every aspect of electronic hardware from embedded microcontroller- and DSP-based systems to microwave and optical sensor design. Doug has been involved in all aspects of product development including research and development, manufacturing, test and measurement, applications, human factors, and marketing. Most of his activity of late has been in the optimization of solar power utilization and brushless DC motor control.

Mr. Hauck is presently president of Amber Waves, Inc., a company devoted to providing local electronic design and manufacturing solutions. He received his BSEE from North Dakota State University in 1993.

He started his career in the embedded systems area working at Phoenix International in Fargo, ND, designing ruggedized electronic controllers and sensors for the off-highway vehicle industry. After two years of product engineering, Mr. Hauck was chosen as the Lead Engineer for a new Applied Research and Development division at Phoenix International. While there he worked on such systems as a fiber optic based seed counter, a Doppler-effect ground speed sensor, and a short range altimeter for non-contact distance measuring. He jointly holds five patents with the team he led.

Mr. Hauck briefly returned to NDSU to work on a masters degree where he refined the design of a pulsed-Doppler blood flow sensor for NASA to study the effects of microgravity on the cardiovascular system. He also worked on an ultra low-power wireless personal area networking scheme for Rockwell-Collins.

After grad school Mr. Hauck joined the Internet startup BeAtHome where he designed the hardware for the two-time Consumer Electronics Show winning BeAtHome security and home automation system. He has since co-founded Amber Waves, Inc., where he designs full time while overseeing day-to-day activities of a manufacturing company.

Mr. Fandrich received a degree in electrical engineering from NDSU in 2009. Thomas is currently the lead engineer on several challenging projects, specializing in digital signal processing.