Jim Shima has a BSEE and MSEE, specializing in signal and image processing from the University of Florida.

He has been a signal processing practitioner, HW designer, and algorithm developer for over 30 years - leveraging DSP on everything from missile tracking to hearing aids.

He has developed several innovations in the field and even designed and implemented one of the first software-defined radios back in 1993.

Jim has held positions at TI, Qualcomm, Symmetricom, Ball Aerospace, and Trimble.

He is currently a technical fellow at BAE Systems, leading efforts on RF signal processing with AI, adaptive beamforming, and digital communications.

In his free time, Jim has also developed several real-time audio signal processing solutions vetted by Skywalker Sound and has even collaborated with legendary sound designer Ben Burtt on an audio-based physics engine for real-time sound effects synthesis.