I am an accomplished engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in design and development of devices and systems. I have worked in all levels of hardware design, testing and development from front end detector to head/media to read/write channel to overall system architecture. I am experienced in all phases of product introduction from feasibility to formal testing and product development to manufacturing and customer support. I am skilful in detail failure analysis, environmental influences, performance drifts and yield improvements. I have worked in teams ranging from 2 people to over 30 people, acting as an individual contributor to technical leader to supervisorSpecialties: Data storage system design and developmentSystem architecture, specifications and standards Recording head/media/channel design and evaluation