Bio

Accomplished technology leader with a strong, multi-disciplined approach to problem solving. Demonstrated track record of innovative thinking with 15 patents and many industry firsts in areas of embedded computing, networking, hardware design, and software architecture. Enjoys encouraging teams in achieving the impossible with commitment, collaboration, and a sense of humor. Accomplishments: ✔ Architected and led development of design automation tools to shorten embedded computer board development cycle from months to hours ✔ Championed development of new-to-the-world 100Gbps Ethernet backplane technology to address emerging market need ✔ Drove the standardization of world’s only interoperable 40Gbps Ethernet backplane specification to address 1B+ market opportunity ✔ Developed new methods for application performance prediction on multicore processors to facilitate customer interactions and guide design decisions ✔ Broad hardware and software development portfolio ✔ Extensive relationships: embedded, telecommunications, supplier & industry standards organizations ✔ Widely published author and accomplished technical conference speaker Expertise: ✔ Recognized industry subject matter expert: CompactPCI, ComExpress, AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA ✔ Formal and informal technology and design team leadership ✔ Electronics Industry Technology Trends ✔ Simulation and Performance Modeling ✔ Hardware Engineering ✔ Software Engineering ✔ Computer Systems Architecture ✔ High Speed Digital Design ✔ Signal Integrity Analysis ✔ Industry Standards Organizations ✔ C++, PERL, SQL, VHDL ✔ Cadence Design Tools