Les Hammer is Complete Test’s Vice President of Engineering. His responsibilities include investigation and writing of contract proposals, development of software and firmware for functional test systems and other existing products.
Les is an expert in waveform generation, precision measurements and switches. He is experienced in Statistical Quality Control charts, driver development, web development and user interfaces, using a variety of computer languages including Rocky Mountain BASIC, Visual C++, Visual BASIC, HP/Agilent VEE and NI LabVIEW. Les has consistently delivered improvements in speed and functionality for test systems, including a 10-fold increase in speed for the Agilent Digital I/O instrument driver. He has extended functionality and/or improved speed for old instruments to maintain market share while new products were under development. Les is experienced in training other people to develop test software and has developed modules that speed customer development of their own software. Les received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and worked for HP/Agilent for 25 years. He received a patent, No. 6,351,779, for increasing the IEEE-1394 (Firewire) driver speed by up to 500% for register based VXI instruments.
Les is also an Adjuct Instructor at the
Colorado School of Mines
where he teaches the Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory I Experiments class.
Les grew up in Menasha, Wisconsin (30 miles south of Green Bay), where he learned to take on responsibilities on his paper route. Customers would set their clocks by his consistent delivery time. He earned his way through college by working in a paper mill during the summer months. Let Les and Complete Test deliver for you when it looks like you will be put through the mill.