Engineer Design

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

** ***** ** *********** ***********, technical communications, marketing,

sales and sales training. My marketing experience has included identifying

untapped market segments and defining new semiconductor device families to

address those markets. My communications experience has included writing

technical feature articles, conference papers, product data sheets and

roadmaps, application notes, web page content, online help, work project

proposals, press releases, technical training materials, and presenting to

potential and actual customers. My instructional design experience ranges

from systematic design tutorials to clear, concise ways to present

abstract, technical value. My personality type is a Myers-Briggs ENTP.

WORK EXPERIENCE

June 2007 - Present Qspeed Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA

Technical Marketing Manager

Working with C-level management to define new semiconductor device

families. Creating and presenting training materials to sales people and

FAEs. Exploring and evaluating tangential niche markets with regard to how

they might best be penetrated. Occasionally visiting potential customers

in the U.S. and Asia. Wrote several application notes and technical

articles for tier-one trade journals (one article got over a dozen reader

responses requesting samples of Qspeed parts). Wrote and presented

conference papers for PET 2007, APEC 2008 and DPF 08. Acting as an

applications engineer, I helped create a hardware reference design. I have

also acted as a reliability engineer, helping to verify that new products

are mass-producible.

2002 - 2007 Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA

Technical Marketing Engineer

Wrote 40+ technical articles for trade journals. One article was the most

read piece on Power Management Design Line, in 2006. Wrote and presented

10 conference papers at venues such as APEC 2006 and 2007, PET 2006, DPF

'06 and PPDC '05. Created training materials for sales people, field

engineers and live customer seminars. Wrote and/or edited numerous

technical documents and application notes. Edited and revised the help

system for a suite of power supply, design software tools, at two of its

major revisions. Pitched to potential investors.

2001 - 2002 Jennings & Associates, Carlsbad, CA Account

Executive/Technical Writer

Wrote technical feature articles, press announcements and technical manuals

for state-of-the-art, high-tech companies in the electrical power

industries, while I waited for my position at Astec to open back up.

Managed multiple accounts while meeting numerous, tight deadlines.

2000 - 2001 Astec America, Carlsbad, CA

Program Engineer

As technical support for a regional sales team, helped clients customize

Astec power supplies to work within products and applications that ranged

from supercomputers to bio-medical LASERs.

1998 - 2000 Delta Products Corporation, Austin, TX

Design Engineer

Managed power supply development for Dell Computer personal and business

PCs, network server and workstation product lines. Helped grow account

from 43 to 135 million USD/year.

1996-1998 C&D Technologies, Inc., Tucson, AZ

Associate Design Engineer

Designed telecommunications power supplies, and released them to mass

production. Completed three design projects in two years. Supervised

design evaluation testing and circuit revision. Specified new components

and coordinated all parts procurement with pre-production and initial

manufacturing schedules. Wrote service manuals and data sheets for all

new designs.

1995-1996 Allied Signal Corporation, Tucson, AZ Test

Engineer

Tested, troubleshot, and characterized new aviation electronics hardware

and software.

Actively participated on and lead numerous KAIZEN (radical continuous

improvement) teams.

1993-1995 Burr-Brown Corporation, Tucson, AZ

Technical Writer/Editor

Created troubleshooting and repair flowcharts, checklists and work

instructions. Wrote clear and concise detailed procedures for preventive

maintenance and repair tasks performed on semiconductor fabrication

equipment. Maintained and improved rapport with client technicians.

. Effectively & efficiently lead and facilitated task team meetings and

brain storming sessions.

. Successfully planned, managed and implemented two high-visibility wafer

fab projects.

. Defined & created user-friendly documentation formats, including check

lists and flowcharts.

1990-1993 Lambda Electronics, Tucson, AZ Associate

Design Engineer

Helped develop new switching power supply designs. Created circuit

diagrams, mechanical drawings and documentation using CAD software and MS

Office programs. Tested and evaluated all electrical and thermal

performance parameters. Recorded, summarized and analyzed test results.

Troubleshot, repaired and modified prototype circuits. Coordinated new

component procurement to correspond with pilot production and initial

manufacturing schedules.

. Combined stress chart & Engineering BOM to make project spreadsheets

more useful.

. Laid out electrical circuit diagrams to follow a natural operational

flow, for better usability.

. Wrote clear and concise theories of operation-as training aids-for

production test technicians.

. Successfully facilitated Task Force team meetings & projects (one team

won a Nat'l contest).

1981-86 Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

Adjunct Faculty

. Taught the following courses:

. ETR100: Electronic Fundamentals; AC & DC theory, including reactive

component behavior.

. ETR105: Active device theory and behavior, and standard circuit

configuration operation.

. Planned & organized the topics covered, and the depth of coverage, for

the above courses.

. Wrote the class syllabus and thirteen examinations for each course.

. Assisted students in conducting hands on experiments in the school's

Electronics Laboratory.

SOFT WARE LITERACY APPENDIX

. Proficient with Microsoft Office: WORD, Excel, Access, Power Point,

Outlook, Visio & Project.

. Familiar with RoboHelp X5, Captivate, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and Paint

Shop Pro Photo.

EDUCATION & SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Pima College, Tucson AZ Computer Science AAS, Database Creation &

Management (1992-1996)

ABC Technical Trade School, Tucson AZ Certified Electronics Technician

(1978-1979)

16 classroom hours in "Instructional Design for Online and Blended

Learning" (Learning Peaks, LLC)

40 classroom hours in "Power Electronics Design" (E/J Bloom and

Associates Inc. Educational Division)

80 classroom hours in "Power Supply Design Methods & Practices" (Delta

Electronics in-house Program)

40 classroom hours in "Meeting Facilitator Training" (Ernst & Young's

Empowered Work-force Program)

50 classroom hours in "Empowering the Workforce" (Development Dimensions

International's Program)

Toastmasters International, 19 years and current

. Certified to train club officers by Toastmasters Intl. (have

conducted state-wide officer training sessions)

. Speech contest competition (took second place in a city-wide humorous

speech contest in 1996).

. Was voted "Toastmaster of the Year 1994" by peers from within a

company-wide group at Burr-Brown.

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