Key Personnel

Axiom Technology employs engineering, technical, and support staff. Axiom's two Principals are:

Donald C. Burgy, CPE, Principal Scientist

Mr. Burgy is a Principal Scientist with over 25 years experience in man-machine systems design and analysis, information processing, human performance evaluation, and computer applications. He has managed and participated in 26 control room upgrade projects, including conducting reviews of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and computer workstations for power plants, and developing human factors standards and guidelines to support new DCS designs. He has managed research projects for the Electric Power Research Institute. He has conducted audits and training for utilities to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in control room design and procedures upgrade. He has provided management support to nuclear, fossil plants and satellite control centers during concept planning, design development and construction phases.

Mr. Burgy has also provided project management support for the Intelsat Global Service's satellite control center design project and its disaster recovery facility. This support has included integrated workstation design, Human-Computer Interface guidelines, and architectural and engineering design and construction document preparation. Mr. Burgy holds a master's degree in applied-experimental psychology from The Catholic University of America and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Swarthmore College.

Harry D. Eckart, Principal Construction Manager

Mr. Eckart is a Principal Construction Manager with over 30 years experience in program management, construction management, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and design implementation. He has managed construction projects such as hospitals, pharmaceutical facilities, office buildings, schools, universities, teleports, data centers and high rise condominiums. He has frequently been a team leader on projects taking them from the owner’s conceptual stage through construction completion.

As a Project Manager, he provides the owner with pre-construction services including budgeting, value engineering, system and control selection, space allocation, conceptual mechanical/electrical design, building configuration, permitting and other pre-construction services. During the project construction, he provides the client with progress reporting, cost analysis reporting, budget control and contractor management. Contractors are held accountable for work quality and performance, which assures the client that the project is done to specifications, code and their satisfaction. Mr. Eckart holds a Bachelor’s degree in Construction from Thomas Edison State College and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Temple University along with an A/S in Engineering degree from Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, and an A/S degree in Business from Pierce College.

Lothar R. Schroeder, Ph.D., CPE, Principal Engineer

Dr. Schroeder is a Principal Human Factors Engineer with over 25 years experience in instrumentation and controls enhancement projects, performance modeling and human error reduction, and the integration of advanced technologies into mission critical facilities and control rooms. He has developed human factors standards for equipment design and upgrade and customized human factors and safety programs to meet government and industry requirements. He has provided the technical lead on numerous human factors engineering and ergonomics projects for commercial and government clients. He has managed all human factors and architectural support services for PP&L's Montour controls upgrade project, and assisted WorldSpace in developing its regional operations center consoles and layouts. Recently he has assisted the Intelsat Global Service Corporation in identifying requirements and providing office space planning for their Business Continuity program.

Dr. Schroeder holds bachelor degrees in general engineering and psychology from the University of Illinois and a doctorate in experimental psychology from Lehigh University. He has developed and taught courses in applied psychology and human factors engineering for over 29 years. He is past President of the Chesapeake Chapter of the Human Factors Society.