Technical specialist with over forty years of industrial experience. Major strengths in computer architecture, computer-aided-engineering and design, electronics and software engineering.
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
2013 – Present Computer-Lifeline, Plano, Texas
Owner operator Contracting and Consulting business dealing in Analog/Mixed-Signal design and design methodologies; core competencies: EDA tool and methodology development and support, Cadence EDA tools, Mixed-Signal/Analog/Digital design, Design Verification, AMS Designer, VerilogA modelling, Linux IT support
Applications Specialist Responsible for EDA design methodology and support for analog mixed-signal applications in the Mixed-Signal/ASP and Embedded groups; previously supported analog/mixed-signal and digital activities in the Analog Business Unit; also focal point for Customer Owned Tooling and sub-contractor design activities with TI
Manager, Design Methodology Responsible for EDA design methodology, Broadband Silicon Technology Center; support for analog, digital and mixed-signal design flows used in broadband silicon chip design; group planning, scheduling, budgeting, and supervision (6 engineers); additional responsibilities: Hard IP integration, external development interface, corporate EDA Steering team
Applications Specialist Responsible for EDA design methodology and support for analog mixed-signal applications in Storage Products Group; coordinating common tool flow between Dallas and California SPG sites
Manager, CAD/CAE Engineering Responsible for custom IC layout; CAD tool support; HPUX system administration; custom tool development (using Mentor AMPLE language and C programming); group scheduling and supervision (3 designers and 1 technician); additional responsibilities: corporate CAE committee, division Network Design committee, USEDA business practices workgroup, Chairman Mentor User's Group IC SIG
1986 - 1991 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Senior Engineering Consultant, Dallas, Texas Responsible for technical support to sales organization of CAD/CAM applications on DEC products; customer presentations, demo development, system configurations
Manager, System Simulation Support, Maynard, Massachusetts Responsible for corporate design support group including development and support of simulation libraries, system and logic design services, and CAE tool training; group planning, revenue forecasting, budgeting, and supervision (30 engineers)
Manager, CAD Development Responsible for development/support of CAD tools for gate array and standard cell design, utilizing TEGAS, SILOS, HILO2, CADISYS, CAL-MP, and GUARDS on DEC VAX systems; group planning, scheduling, budgeting, and supervision (15 engineers)
Manager, CAD Workstation Development Responsible for development and support of gate array and standard cell libraries on MENTOR, DAISY, CASE TECHNOLOGY, CAE, and VALID; group planning, scheduling, budgeting, and supervision (5 engineers); additional responsibilities: Technical Training Manager, responsible for training and training development for gate array/standard cell design activities; Product Marketing Engineer, customer contacts, quoting, and support for gate array/standard cell customers
1973 - 1984 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC.
Manager, Engineering & Manufacturing Systems, Dallas, Texas Branch Manager, responsible for CAD/CAM system developments of inhouse systems for Semiconductor development/production and printed wiring board development; supervising 30 engineers and programmers
Manager, Small Business Systems Product Engineering, College Station, Texas Responsible for factory and field support sustaining activates for Floppy Disk products and OPTI 900 Intelligent Terminal products; supervising 15 engineers
Manager, Design Automation Development, Austin, Texas Responsible for defining design automation programs for implementation in the Computer Systems Division; supervising 5 engineers; additional responsibilities: Program Manager of new computer products and peripherals
Manager, Interactive Graphic System Development, Dallas, Texas Responsible for development and construction of customized Interactive Graphics System for inhouse IC and PWB design usage; additional responsibilities: design engineer on initial IGS system, designing peripheral controllers
1969 - 1973 BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INC., Naperville, Illinois
Member of Technical Staff Responsible for circuit/logic design on Electronic Switching Systems test systems; emphasis in interface design of peripherals for minicomputers
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1993 – 1998 RICHLAND COLLEGE Dallas, Texas
Instructor, teaching UNIX Operating System course; C Programming course
1995 – 1996 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Denton, Texas
Adjunct Professor, teaching course in Control Systems
1989 - 1990 NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE Salem, New Hampshire
Adjunct Professor, teaching course in Computer Architecture
1983 - 1984 RICHLAND COLLEGE Dallas, Texas
Instructor, teaching course in Electronic Circuits
1980 - 1982 TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY College Station, Texas
Adjunct Professor, teaching course in Computer Architecture
EDUCATION
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Master of Science, 1971, Major: Electrical Engineering. Completed through part-time study while working at Bell Telephone Laboratories; Master's project on Field Effect Transistors.
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Science, 1969, Major: Electrical Engineering Ranked in upper quarter of class. Earned 50% of expenses on co-operative education program. Chosen to Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS company training Diversity Training, ISO 9000, Models For Management, Situational Leadership, Managing Stress, Building Team Effectiveness, Interpersonal Communications, Own Your Own Time, Juran Quality Training, Ethics at TI, ESD Compliance, Presentation Skills, Import/Export Compliance, Preventing Workplace Harassment
PUBLICATIONS
“Characterizing Digital Interconnect For A ‘Big A, Little D’, Mixed-Signal Design, CDNLive, 2005 "Software Tools", IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 34, Number 1, January 1997 "Software Applications", IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 33, Number 1, January 1996 "A System Simulation Environment within Digital", ICCD, 1989 "ECAD Wild Hare Program", Digital Equipment Corporation, 1989 "LES System Simulation Process", IDECUS, 1988 "CAX, Computer-Aided-Everything", Digital Equipment Corporation, 1987 "Training Manual, Highland 2 Design System", UTC/Mostek, 1984 "Texas Instruments Boolean System Description Orientation Seminar", TI/IDA, 1979 "TI Multi-terminal Interactive Graphic System", TI-MIX III, 1973 "A Computer Network for Peripheral Time Sharing", COMPCON 73, 1973 "Computer Simulation of Series-Shunt Transformer Application in 1A Processor Receive Bus", BTL MM72-5322-7, 1972 "Interfacing the TelTerm CRT Display Terminal to the PDP-8 Computer", BTL MM71-5322-3, 1971 "Switched - Pattern Alphanumeric Character Generation Technique For CRT Display", BTL MM70-5722-3, 1970
