Eyeplane - A startup designing Broadcast quality LCD monitors May 2008 to June 2008 : Eyeplane I was presented with an opportunity to join a start-up to develop a new system for use in the High Definition sector of the broadcast industry.  This opportunity was only available as an employee so I ceased acting as a consultant for this period.  Under the marketing guidance of the owner I put together a System Design based on his stringent requirements.  I then pulled together a team consisting of a mechanical design company, electronic hardware engineer, PC based software development engineer, and a Xilinx VHDL specialist to implement the system. All of this team were working remotely from one another so we put in place a system of regular conference calls and also set up a WIKI to allow the easy exchange of information. Being determined to start working in a disciplined manner from the very beginning we also put in place a “light” version control system for all elements of the development. With this team in place it was then possible to create a full, underpinned project plan with a supporting work breakdown structure. Using the work breakdown structure I then created a full estimate of the project development costs required to get the system to the point where it met the marketing requirements as specified. At this point information became available to me regarding the company which meant that I could not continue with this project for both professional and personal reasons. Footer Text: Lorem ipsum dolor Eyeplane .. I made this contact through a convoluted set of circumstances.  It ended up with me joining this startup as Director of Engineering and I used my extensive set of contacts to get the design underway. It all went wrong when the bills were not getting paid by the owner. Some good things came out of it, but financially for me it was a disaster. Some hard lessons have been learnt. Copyright Steelbadger Consulting Limited 2005 - 2010 Last update : 13th November 2010 Click Image to see Specification excerpt Click to View Website designed and implemented by Steelbadger Consulting Ltd Made with Xara Web Designer