About Canary Systems
The Canary?
The ever popular canary found it's origins in the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa. The Romans named these islands the "Dog" islands due to the natives breeding of an exceptionally large type of dog, "canary" is a variation of "canis", the latin word for dog. The small yellow-green songbird native to the islands became known as the "canary" and by the early sixteenth Century, became prized as pets in the European world, particularly the adult males, for their near constant melodious song.
With the Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century the thirst for coal to fuel the generation of power became acute. Coal mining became widespread, mining accidents, usually due to explosions of methane gas emitted by the coal, also became commonplace. The canary was found to be highly sensitive to the odorless, colorless gas, and when they stopped singing or collapsed, miners knew it was time to vacate the area.
Why Are We?
Canary Systems was formed in 1997 to likewise provide cost-effective and reliable information systems that are designed to help our clients better understand the risk factors along with short and long-term performance of their projects. We work in a broad range of industries including mining, geotechnical engineering, structural, environmental, meteorological, industrial and others. We utilize state-of-the-art technology, both hardware and software, and have years of experience with all types of applications. This spans the breadth of system architecture, hardware and software development, database development, and instrumentation. See Projects for a sampling of projects we have been involved with.
Who Are We?
Alex Neuwirt, the founder and President of the company, has over 20 years of hardware and software development experience in the field of data acquisition and control. He has developed in whole or part many types of hardware and software products for use in the field of data acquisition, including dataloggers, signal conditioning products for numerous types of instruments with a specialty in vibrating wire instrumentation, and software such as our MultiLogger software. His areas of expertise also include system integration and communications, whether wired or wireless, and includes RS-232, RS-422/485, SPI, PakBus, MODBUS, TCP/IP, CDMA/GSM/GPRS and LAN/WAN/Internet topologies and deployments.
Fred Bailey, Vice-President of the company, has over 26 years of Electrical Engineering experience ranging from aerospace, telecommunications, power supply design, and instrumentation for a variety of industries. His specialty is microcontroller applications and communication circuits. He has developed numerous products for the company including our VW Comm Module, MicroMux as well as numerous enhancements to our systems and wireless products.
Dmitry Shapovalov, Chief Software Technology Officer of the company, has been developing complex database systems for over 15 years. His specialties include Microsoft, Oracle, Interbase and Firebird SQL Servers, COM/DCOM development, ActiveX development, and .NET Web Service technologies.
Paul Breneman has over 20 years of software design experience, particularly in the area of remote communication and control. His experience spans various communication protocols including direct serial, modem, Internet client/server systems using Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP as well as database development with InterBase SQL Server (NT).
Denis Gerasimov. Denis Gerasimov has over 15 years experience developing software in a variety of languages and platforms including extensive experience with SQL database platforms including Firebird
Kieran Keefe. Kieran Keefe has close to 10 years experience working with computer systems in various IT related support roles. His extensive experience with computers, networking and database systems is put to good use providing support to our costumers using our database and web products such as MLDBConsole, Insite and MLWeb
Frank Mogavero applies his background and interest in computer systems, networking, programming, wireless technologies, metrology and instrumentation as a project manager. This involves all aspects of implementation for our systems and software including developing specifications, design documents, coordination with production, testing, installation, commissioning, training and support.
Wendy Anderson brings over 2 decades experience in all aspects of the assembly, testing, calibration, production and support for electronic products. She is certified in numerous assembly and quality programs including IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A- 610, IPC/WHMA-A-620 and ISO 9001:2008. Her many years of experience and expert work is put to good use manufacturing, testing and supporting the electronic products that we offer.
Svend-Erik Filby provides marketing, web design and graphic design services. Svend has been working in technology and marketing for over 20 years. Some of Svend's clients & projects have included the US Olympics, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Champion Sports Clothes, New England Digital, Merrill Hiking Boots, Burton Snow Boards, and many more.
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