John ‘Bud’ Bohannan III

Fountain Valley, CA. ****8 - 714-***-**** - ac3xxn@r.postjobfree.com

Engineer/Technician with extensive experience in the Audio Industry. Deeply involved in concept development/invention, design, prototyping and productizing many leading audio products and devices currently in use in televisions, audio/video receivers, mobile devices and more. Now an Independent Contractor and Consultant.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INDEPENDENT CONTRATOR AND CONSULTANT, FV, CA. 2016 – Present

Engineer/Technician

Electronic, Mechanical, Assembly, Design and Prototype of various electronic designs.

Design, bread board and test circuits

Experience in use of a variety of test equipment

Ability to repair circuit boards both analog and digital

Soldering Skills in both SMT and thru hole

Read Schematics and drawings

Follow Test procedures and document results

Experienced with Microsoft Office

DTS INC., Calabasas, CA 1994 – 2016

Senior Electronics Engineer

From 1994 to 2013, employed by SRS Labs, which was acquired by DTS, Inc. Key member of the SRS engineering and R&D team that concepted, invented, designed and developed SRS, SRS3D, TruBass, Focus, MDA, SRS Klayman Speakers and TruSurround. While at DTS, worked on the design and development of the HeadphoneX, DTSX and NeuralX.

Designed, managed the buildout and maintained the operational status of four engineering research and development lab facilities

Designed and built demonstration displays for major trade shows including the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), IBC, and more.

Design, bread board and test circuits

Experience in use of a variety of test equipment

Ability to repair circuit boards both analog and digital

Soldering Skills in both SMT and thru hole

Read Schematics and drawings

Follow Test procedures and document result

Experienced with Microsoft Office

HUGHES AIRCRAFT, Costa Mesa, CA 1982 – 1994

Development Engineer

Engineering development of military and commercial audio and avionics systems, including the Navy Secured Voice System and the Boeing 747-400 entertainment system. From 1990 to 1994 worked exclusively on the DTS product line.

Designed, built and evaluated prototype systems

Key member of the engineering team that invented the first SRS, SRS3d, Orb speakers and Voice Intelligibility Processor

Design, bread board and test circuits

Experience in use of a variety of test equipment

Ability to repair circuit boards both analog and digital

Soldering Skills in both SMT and thru hole

MSI DATA CORPRATION, Costa Mesa, CA 1980 – 1982

Senior Lead Technician

Supported engineers and led a team of more than 20 technicians and assemblers in the development, implementation and productization of bar code technology.

Provided management direction and leadership to the Field Service Repair Depot

Performed tests and made repairs to the component level

Experience in use of a variety of test equipment

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Avionics Technician

Provided system level repair and maintenance for avionics for navigation and audio communication systems for CH-46 and CH-53 helicopters.

Performed testing and repairs to the component level

EDUCATION

Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, Ca.

Associate in Arts, Electronics Technology Certification

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Audio Precision from System 1, 2722 to 585

OrCAD

Audio Mulch

Smmart7

Audio Audition

Agile Scrum Master 2014

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