Engineer Design

Pat Gorman

**** **** **** ***** . ********, FL **811

Res. 863-***-**** . Cell 863-***-**** . *******@********.**.***

Engineering Manager /Electronics Design Engineer

Experienced engineering manager with a history of successful product

designs manufactured in volume production. Experienced in all aspects of

product design and development including product definition and

specification, system design, detailed circuit design and documentation,

supervision of circuit board layout, supervision of software development

and mechanical designs, custom protocol definitions, product verification

and validation, manufacturing start up, beta trials, and customer support

for technical issues.

Management Skills and Experience Summary

. Manage a team of design and product support engineers & technicians.

Working manager still doing some technical design work. Also currently

responsible for Test Engineering department.

. Manage numerous simultaneous projects for new product designs, product

improvements, cost reductions, and resolution of customer problems.

. Coordinate new product teams that include Engineering, Quality, Sales,

and Operations.

. Manage contract services for electronic design, circuit board layout,

software development, failure analysis, environmental testing,

electrical safety review, and PA DSS & PCI DSS reviews for credit card

system.

. Oversee all regulatory approvals including UL, FCC Part 68, FCC Part

15 (EMC), and CE mark.

. Coordinate company patent activity.

. Defined, designed, and managed product development/release for new

vending industry products that helped redefine our company and

establish new product markets.

. Researched and selected credit card processor for credit card reader

project for the vending industry. Negotiated rates & special

considerations for micro-payment vending application.

. History of developing & promoting employees, avoiding & resolving

conflicts, promoting good work habits, administering discipline when

needed, and rewarding/praising good work.

. Self-motivated, good communication skills, man of integrity, and works

with passion!

Technical Skills and Experience Summary

. Designs include a broad mix of analog, digital, and microcontroller

circuits.

. Analog designs with op amps, active filters, LDO regulators, switching

regulators, opto couplers, analog switches, and level converters.

Designs include application of analog ICs and discrete component

analog designs.

. Application of embedded cellular voice & data modems, ISM band radios,

and dial-up modems.

. Spice circuit analysis.

. PCAD schematic capture and circuit board layout review.

. Programming experience in Basic, C, and assembly language. Some

limited experience with SQL.

. Technical writing for product specifications, user manuals, and test

specifications.

. Technical training on new products for technical support department,

production repair department, and for customers.

Sample of Designs:

. Two credit card readers for vending applications based on ARM and

Atmel AVR microcontrollers .

. Remote monitor for vending application including ultra-low power

design, TI MSP430 uC with additional external SRAM, dial-up modem and

cellular communication options, RS 485 LAN for multiple monitor

capability, wireless option for LAN, temperature probe, RS232 DEX

interface, optically coupled MDB serial interface to read machine

data, expansion serial ports, various status indicators, and on board

power supply including buck mode dc/dc converter.

. Audio board with passband filters, transmit & receive analog muxes,

and switched gain control.

. Low power payphone console with smartcard/chipcard reader, credit card

reader designed with low cost comparator & op amp, LCD display,

extended keypad, audio amplifiers, and discrete design, low power,

boost mode power supply.

. Battery backup for cellular payphone including temperature compensated

lead-acid battery charger with current limiter, thermal shutoff for

charger, override for thermal shutoff, low voltage shutoff, and power

fail detector.

. Low power electronic coin acceptor.

. Microprocessor controlled low speed modem for an electronic AC power

meter.

. Residential and business telephones with electronic speech circuits,

auto-dialers, electronic ringers, hold circuit, speakerphone,

intercom, and volume control. Acoustic design and testing.

Employment History

. Protel, Inc. - Lakeland, FL 1989 - Present

Engineering Section Manager

. Northern Telecom - Nashville, TN 1987 - 1989

Senior Design Engineer

. Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Raleigh, NC 1986

Senior Design Engineer

. ITT Telecommunications - Raleigh, NC 1983 - 1986

Senior Design Engineer

. ITT Telecommunications - Corinth, MS 1979 - 1983

Design Engineer, then Project Lead Engineer

Education: Mississippi State University - 1978 BSEE GPA 3.6/4.0

US Patents

5,687,830 Item discrimination apparatus and method

5,568,854 Coin discrimination method

4,497,980 Handsfree circuit for telephone instrument

Other: Member of NAMA Technical Working Group (vending industry standards

committee)

Interests: Studying and teaching the Bible, enjoying family time, playing

soccer, climbing, and kayaking.

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