About Us

Exality Corporation (originally Counterpoint Systems, Inc.) was formed by Gerrit Barrere, PE for the purpose of doing business as a design engineering consultant.

EDUCATION:

BSEE (Magna Cum Laude) 1979, University of Washington

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2/92 to present: Consulting Engineer

6/84 to 1/92: Siemens Ultrasound Inc., Staff Design Engineer

2/82 to 6/84: Data I/O Corporation, Senior Design Engineer

2/80 to 2/82: Boeing Engineering and Construction, Design Engineer

HONORS AND CREDENTIALS:

  • Professional Engineer registered in Washington state, #0029830

  • Co-inventor, patent number 7,220,239: "Catheter With Multiple Ultrasound Radiating Members"

  • Co-inventor, patent number 5,477,858: "Ultrasound Blood Flow/Tissue Imaging System"

  • Co-inventor, patent number 5,715,518: "Adaptive Wave Form Matching For Use in Transmitter Identification"

  • Co-inventor, patent number 5,819,171: "Automatic Forced Call Disruption for Use With Wireless Telephone Systems"

  • Co-inventor, patent applied for: "System and Method for Locating Reference Waveforms for Use In Wireless Telephone Identification"

  • Member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa

  • Academic scholarship from Institute of All Electrical Engineers, 1977-78

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    "I started learning the joys and pitfalls of engineering at an early age, when I took my dad's HO gauge train engine apart and couldn't get it back together. It was clear as I grew up that math and electrical engineering were in my future. I've always had a wide curiosity for other things too, though, including the arts and humanities. I enjoy people and "play well with others". I like variety too, and consulting has been perfect for that. I love to come into a problem situation, define it, and fix it. Engineers live from problem to problem, and I thrive on that."


    CONTACT

    Exality Corporation
    (temporary address)
    161 SW 185th St.
    Normandy Park, WA, USA
    98166-3912     		206-276-3019 (cell)
    815-550-8580 (fax)