DAN WOODS

Longmont, CO ***** 303-***-**** addl26@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-woods-msee/

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL TEAM BUILDER DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION TEST AND VALIDATION PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULES AND BUDGET

• Technical leader with vision, strong management and customer communication skills o Extensive industry experience in IT and semiconductor product development o Core Team Leader, managed cross-functionally, R&D, HW, SW, Test, Quality, Reliability and NPI o Program management, completion on-time and on-budget using MS Project, JIRA, Agile tools o Product management, technical marketing and requirements definition in private and public sectors

• Key Accomplishments

o Led the development of two types of petabyte data center storage devices, from R&D to production o Directed, built and managed internal and external teams, including contract manufacturing o Technical Program Manager delivering data storage arrays, HDDs and ASICs into high volume o Produced industry-leading architectural publications, patents and winning business proposals PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MICRON Technology, Data Storage, Longmont, CO 2019 – present Engineering Program Manager

Develop Cloud based SSDs for enterprise data center application utilizing SSDs.

• Validation systems lead program management, responsible for firmware testing, sustaining SATA / SAS products.

• Manage team performing engineering evaluations, planning, completion and technical analysis.

• Cross-functional team representation in validation, interaction with product and customer management.

• Use of JIRA, Agile and MS Office tools to manage timely delivery of new firmware. SEAGATE, Data Storage, Longmont, CO 2016 – 2018

Engineering Technical Program Manager

Developed Cloud based PB-capacity chassis for enterprise data center application, utilizing high-capacity HDDs, SSDs, electronics, and FW on time and on budget.

• Core Team Leader product development (electrical, mechanical, firmware, test, quality, reliability, NPI).

• Led customer interlock and program presentations with status of key deliverables and budgets.

• Navigated the PLC development process, using Agile and JIRA tools, BOMs, delivering on budget and on schedule.

• Managed cross-functional groups, including Asia Operations Teams, for product development and delivery. WESTERN DIGITAL (Formerly HGST), Data Storage, Colorado Springs, CO 2014 – 2016 Engineering Technical Program Manager

Developed Cloud based 4.7 PB rack-based storage for enterprise data center application, utilizing high-capacity HDDs, SSDs, electronics, and FW; met customer requirements and launched completed product into factory production.

• Managed engineering development, cost center, Core Team and Technical Contract Manufacturing Leads.

• Launched new erasure coding data architecture, from inception to volume production, for worldwide availability.

• Implemented disciplined PLC development process using Agile and JIRA, delivering on budget and on schedule.

• Directed development, test, SOW, BOM, NPI, WWN HDD identification, VPD, security encryption, quality and reliability cross-functionally across a diverse organization, successfully driving processes to completion. DAN WOODS addl26@r.postjobfree.com PAGE TWO

ORACLE (Formerly Sun Microsystems), Data Storage, Louisville, CO 2007 – 2014 Test Engineering Senior Manager

Directed development of multiple generations of dynamic and static tape head testers using high frequency H/W electronics, magnetics, S/W, new test standards, processes for test / quality / reliability, and latest FPGA technologies.

• Created unique component test methodologies, running and debugging test scripts, for Cloud-based tape drives.

• Assembled test lab H/W and S/W internal architectures, using Agile, critical for custom specialized test systems.

• Customer interface, developed specifications, SOW, validation, FMEA protocol, Six Sigma tools including DMAIC.

• Led staff, cross-functional groups, managed cost center budget, NPI with both local and overseas suppliers. LSI LOGIC CORPORATION, Semiconductor, Fort Collins, CO 2005 – 2007 Product Development Director

Guided organization formation and staffing, including very senior architectural positions, program management, and test lab verification to create new VLSI SoC microprocessor read channel electronics.

• Executed development, established management, employee / consultant responsibilities, built a 40-person group.

• Provided training for data storage read channels contracting world-class consultants and personally conducting magnetic recording training for over 100 employees.

• Managed cutting edge signal processing research at Carnegie Mellon, Semiconductor Research Corporation, and Rensselear Polytechnic.

MAXTOR CORPORATION, (Merged with Seagate), Data Storage, Longmont, CO 2004 – 2005 Program Manager, Director

Held overall management responsibility for hard disk drive program, including engineering development, factory compliance, material component readiness, test validation process, quality, reliability and a multi-million-dollar budget.

• Launched a new 3.5” SATA HDD program NPI from inception to factory production, delivering on time, on budget.

• Headed specialty branding of HDDs for NAS and digital entertainment customers, coordinating new feature evaluations, allowing penetration into new market spaces, and increasing the company revenue base.

• Presented technical marketing information for customer design-ins at NetApp and EMC, leading to design wins. INPHASE TECHNOLOGIES, Data Storage, Longmont, CO 2001 – 2004 Channel Integration Manager, Principal Engineer

Served as Read / Write lead for a new laser holographic data storage device in start-up company. Worked as both manager and individual contributor to integrate an imaging system into drive test platform.

• Innovated a satellite communications technology, successfully decoding holographic 2-D optical signals.

• Led team effort pushing the boundaries of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and error correction capability (ECC).

• Authored a proposal, presented and won $5.7M DoC - National Institute of Standards and Technology - Advanced Technology Program contract, “Technologies for Advanced Holographic Data Storage”.

• Coordinated DoC NIST ATP contract implementation with InPhase, Displaytech, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of California at San Diego, while serving as Program Manager and reporting status to the US Department of Commerce.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (Formerly Silicon Systems) VLSI Semiconductor, Longmont and Colorado Springs, CO Senior Manager Built 10 person Systems Applications Engineering Team, Test Development, R&D Microprocessor controller and read channel based SoC designs Program Manager DoD, Aerospace, Secret Clearance

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES, VLSI Semiconductor, Data Storage, Longmont, CO Senior Manager, System Test and Validation, Data Storage LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Semiconductor, Data Storage, Boulder, CO Sales Field Applications Engineer, Customer Read Channel Customer Support DAN WOODS addl26@r.postjobfree.com PAGE THREE

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (Formerly Conner Peripherals), Data Storage, Longmont, CO Disk Drive Component Integration Engineer, HDD Development STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Data Storage, Louisville, CO Disk Drive Development Engineer, HDD Development

BOEING, Aerospace, Seattle, WA and Colorado Springs, CO (NORAD / Cheyenne Mtn. Complex) Mission Analysis Engineer, Aerospace, Secret Clearance EDUCATION

Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Ongoing professional education of 10 engineering / management courses including the University of Colorado. ADDENDUM

PUBLICATIONS PRESENTED

− “Holographic System Productization is Happening Today to meet the Data Storage Needs of Tomorrow”, CMRR

(Center for Magnetic Recording Research) at University of California, San Diego, invited seminar, June 4, 2002.

− “Improved Disk Drives Through the Computational Power of DSP”, Data Storage Magazine, cover article, September 2000.

− “Enabling Higher TPI and Better Drive Performance with DSP”, IIST invited seminar: Keeping Areal Density on Track, July 2000.

− “What Does an Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineer, or Computer Scientist Do in Data Storage”, invited seminar at the University of Colorado, Feb. 2000.

− “Chip on Loadbeam Technology Facilitates Higher Data Rates and Drive Capacities”, Data Storage Magazine, cover article, June 1999.

− “Read / Write Chip Design and Signal Processing”, invited seminar at the University of Colorado, Feb 18, 1999.

− "Comparison and Optimization of Digital Read Channels Using Actual Data", IEEE Twenty-seventh Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 1993.

− "A Maximum Likelihood Peak Detecting Channel," IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 27, no. 6, Nov. 1991.

− "A Soft Decision Detection Method for Run-Length Limited Recording Channels," IEEE Twenty-fourth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 1990. PATENTS

− US Patent # 7,116,626, 10/3/06, “Micro-positioning Movement of Holographic Data Storage System Components”.

− US Patent # 6,747,827, 6/8/04, “Error Correction Codes Applied Variably by Disk, Zone, Track, Sector, or Content”.

− US Patent # 6,501,607, 12/31/02, “Channel quality monitor (CQM) for digital peak detection (DPD)”.

− US Patent # 6,177,890, 1/23/01, “Technique for Increasing Information Density in Data Storage by Utilizing a High-Efficiency Encoding Scheme”.

AWARDS AND NOTABLE ITEMS

− US Citizen, held Secret clearance and NATO clearance.

− Wrote proposal and won a $5.7M Federal Department of Commerce NIST ATP contract “Technologies for Advanced Holographic Data Storage”; Served as the Grant / Contract Program Manager.

− Worked as a defense contractor at NORAD AFB (satellite), Peterson AFB, SAC AFB, McCord AFB, Naval Weapons Center (RF systems), and working sea trips on Dock Landing ship (LSD) and Fast Frigate Navy ships.

− Invited to chair the Channels Session at The Magnetic Recording Conference (TMRC), Pittsburgh 2006.

Organized technical paper selection, peer reviews and presentations.

− Texas Instruments: Senior Member Technical Staff, President’s Check, Team Player, 2 Silicon Quill Awards, StorageTek: Technical Excellence Award.

− Founding Board Member on the University of Colorado Center for Information Storage (CCIS), served on the Board of Directors for the National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC) representing Texas Instruments and Conner Peripherals; developed technical standards for NSIC collaborative research.

− Senior Member IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

− Eagle Scout; Scout Cubmaster (4 years), currently Scoutmaster (14 years), Silver Beaver, Woodbadge

2010 National Jamboree, Fort AP Hill, Virginia, Longs Peak Council 1st Assistant Scoutmaster.

Founded Boy Scout Troop 565 in 2004, since then, 28 boys have earned Eagle Scout.

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