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PGM Diversified Industries was founded in 1985 to provide consulting services to the legal profession and assist industry in applying innovative ideas that emanate from the academic community.

This work draws heavily from its solid engineering base and skills in engineering and physics, advanced automation sensors, software engineering, control systems, multimedia computers and electrical, electromechanical, and electronic technologies.

The firm's founders all participate in the work for its clients with practical, real-world experience. Their skills integrate a variety of technical disciplines. With strong ties to both the industrial and academic communities, the firm's managers and engineers draw upon ideas evolving from university laboratories, conferences, and industrial developments.

Management Bios
Mark Podany
President
Mr. Podanyreceived his undergraduate degree in physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He has worked at CWRU as a staff engineer in the Electrical Engineering department doing near millimeter wave atmospheric propagation research. Mr. Podany also worked at the former NASA-Lewis Research Center as part of team developing terahertz high frequency electron tubes. A signficant portion of his work has involved computerized data acquisition and sensor development in harsh environments. A holder of one Canadian and two US patents involving industrial sensor and control systems Mr. Podany also is heavily involved with the development of 4D based systems for data acquisition and calibration applications on the Macintosh™ platform. His experience also encompasses lasers and optical systems, high voltage electrical systems, biomedical diagnostics, and computer networking. He is also the primary forensic engineer specializing in power systems, grounding, electrical contact and equipment failures.
James M. Galm, Ph.D., P.E.
CEO
Dr. Galm received his undergraduate and graduates degrees in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio. Dr. Galm is a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio who has experience in embedded microcontrollers, analog and digital signal processing, software system design, and power electronics. Dr. Galm has Canadian and US patents involving sensor technology with applications to the automotive industry.
Francis L Merat, Ph.D., P.E.
Treasurer and Vice President, Advanced Engineering
Dr. Merat received his undergraduate and graduates degrees in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio. Dr. Merat is currently an Associate Professor and the interim Chairman of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Merat is a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He has extensive experience in embedded microcontrollers, analog and digital signal processing, software system design, motion control and power electronics, automatic control system analysis and design, stochastic process analysis and real-time computation. His broad technical background includes antennas and radio wave propagation, RF circuit design, lasers and optics, robotics and computer vision, projection reconstruction imaging, intelligent systems, applied electromagnetics and system simulation.
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PGM Diversified Industries, Inc.
6514 Alexandria Dr.
Parma Hts., Ohio, USA
44130-2850
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