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. By the early sixteenth Century, canaries became prized as pets in the European word, 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, reliable information systems to a broad range of industries, mining included. 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 work 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.
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).
Hugh Flye provides hardware and software application support. Hugh brings over a decade of experience in product applications and technical support. He has worked for several major datalogger manufacturers, consulting with clients and end-users in choosing the proper equipment and providing support for their various projects and data collection/monitoring studies, in hundreds of industries, worldwide.
Raymond Griggs assembles, tests and repairs systems and components as an electronic technician. Ray has over a decade of experience with electronics and mechanical engineering including work in television and radio production, multimedia, and electronics assembly and repair.
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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