Ruben Engineering

Mr. Ruben is a seasoned New Product development professional with decades of experience defining, designing, and bringing to market innovative electronics-based products in over a dozen application areas. In the early '70s, as co-founder of Data Terminal Systems (DTS), Mr. Ruben was the lead technologist responsible for the creation of the "Standal... one" Electronic Cash Register and the modern Electronic Point of Sale (POS) industry. Prior to DTS, Mr. Ruben invented a key precision battery-charging technology that enabled the prerequisite Uninterruptible Power Supply technology required by the POS application. In the late '60s, as a senior staff member of the then nascent Digital Equipment Corporation, Mr. Ruben developed the first high-resolution computer graphics display system. In the mid 70's, as co-founder of Micro Computer Laboratories, Mr. Ruben pioneered the modern Firmware Development System concept for Rockwell International's PPS microcomputer families (the "Assemulator"). Later, at Oasys, Inc., Mr. Ruben led a team of professionals in the creation of one of the first integrated Engineering tools software distribution companies (later sold to SB's own Greenhills Software). Since then, as the president and chief engineer of Ruben Engineering Corporation, Mr. Ruben has assisted a select group of clients in developing innovative technology applicable to Fiber Optic Gyroscopes, LAN interfaces of many flavors, military Satellite Systems, Audio and Manufacturing Test Systems, miniaturized Lithium Ion Battery power packs, an innovative Light Pen interface for the Apple Computer, POS interface technology for IBM 4683 Series Cash Registers, and many others. Mr. Ruben recently assisted a client miniaturize and modernize their Spectrographic and Analytic instrument product families. Currently, Mr. Ruben is co-leading an effort to introduce advanced kW scale Li-Ion automotive batteries and their associated electronic Battery Management Units into Military avionics applications. This is believed to be one of the ...Read More