Carol Cox Keate, CID+

j1pxx7@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Offering my strong design and project management skills for a painless PCB design experience

SUMMARY

CID and CID+ IPC certifications

Designed first production microvia board for Enterprise Servers

Designed an innovative wireless test card with Test group to provide major cost savings during ICT

Expert in Cadence Allegro software to produce high quality, low cost printed circuit boards

Expertise in all phases of design from component selection through fabrication and sustaining engineering

Sharp learning curve for bring up of new applications/revisions of software

Strong project and time management skills lead to success in meeting or exceeding tight program schedules

Experience in licensing and management of software

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Cadence Allegro PCB software versions 14 through 16, Concept HDL/Orcad schematic capture,

Librarian, Specctra autorouting, SpectraQuest SI

Mentor DxDesigner, Expedition

AutoCAD mechanical

DFM tools: Adiva, Valor, CAM350

Programming experience: Perl, Java, C++, SQL

Microsoft Office applications

Adobe Photoshop

Experienced working with Windows, Unix, Linux, and MAC environments

EXPERIENCE

ionDesign, Inc. , Austin, TX

Providing ECAD Design services to Dell, Inc.

Ione Jones Community Library, Jonestown, TX

Chairman for the Library Advisory Board, 2010

Providing computer and network support

Assisting with fund raising, donation expenditure, and library functions

Dell, Inc, Round Rock, TX

PCB Designer, CID+ Sr. Analyst, 2002 – 2010

• Design high speed, highly constrained boards for the Enterprise Server organization for Intel and AMD processors used on PowerEdge Server and Storage products

• Experience in designing all types of printed circuit boards, from peripherals through planars. Technology examples: Gen2 PCIe, DDR3, SATA, SAS, iSCSI, RF, VR

• Consult with engineers (Electrical, Signal Integrity, and Mechanical) to discuss and interpret design concepts, and determine requirements of detailed working drawings.

Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, and tolerances.

• Supervise and coordinate work activities of workers engaged in drafting, designing layouts, assembling, and testing printed circuit boards

• Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry and printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.

• Customization of Cadence Allegro interface though Cadence SKILL language and PERL scripts

• Building Safety Coordinator for Dell Emergency Responder Team

• Certificate of Excellence Dell, Inc, for outstanding performance

• Customization of Cadence Allegro interface though Cadence SKILL language and PERL scripts

Tyco Printed Circuit Group, Round Rock, TX

PCB Designer, 2000 - 2002

• Design high speed, highly constrained boards for the telecommunication and medical industries

• Developed and implemented a design archive system for the Round Rock and New Jersey design teams

• Developed a number of process control documents used by Tyco/Tycom design groups worldwide

Motorola/Metrowerks, Austin, TX 1984-2000

Metrowerks ECAD Design 1998-2000

• Build custom CAE symbols and PCB footprints for Cadence Allegro software Implemented custom software interface for Cadence Concept CAE

• Managed licensing of CAD software

• Input schematics for high-speed development systems

• Development of high speed, low impedance printed circuit boards (memory, CPU, MCORE processor evaluation boards)

• Bring up and troubleshoot boards utilizing lab tools (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, soldering skills)

• Co-ordinate with Product Engineering to meet Manufacturing and Test specifications

• Develop and implement processes and scripts to reduce cycle time

• Managed hardware lab (+$500,000 budget) for MCORE system engineering

Engineering Technician 1994-1998

• DSP Failure Analysis lab-developed wet and dry etch processes, modified silicon through manipulation with SEM, TEM, and YAG Laser

• Develop and troubleshoot microprocessor evaluation platforms

• Managed hardware lab (+$200,000 budget) for product group

Manufacturing Technician 1984-1994

• Set up and monitor wafer fabrication lines for NMOS, CMOS (MOS3, MOS8)

• APRDL (Advanced Product and Research Lab), Diffusion Process Technician

• Certified in all photo and diffusion operations

EDUCATION

Colorado Technical University

GPA 3.98

Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering, Minor: Network Management

Austin Community College

A.A.S., Engineering Technology

AFFILIATIONS

IPC Designers Council member

Chairman of the Jonestown Library Advisory Board

Austin Four Wheelers Offroad club

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