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Cypress, California, US

• Responsible for FPGA design of video processors handling a high number of 4K video streams for video aggregation, scaling, overlay, mixing, and delivery over 100Gbit Ethernet to monitors within stadium, governmental.
• Designed modules for a large scale video processor allowing for up to 72 4K video stream inputs of SDI/HDMI/Display-Port video drawn on to an 80Mega-pixel canvas for processing and display.
• Integrated Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE) solution into video processing product for delivery of aggregated high speed video channels over 100Gbit Ethernet
• Integrated Professional Media over Ethernet (SMPTE 2110) solution into video processing product for delivery of aggregated high speed video channels over 100Gbit Ethernet.
• Developed/integrated multiple video processing units such as: deinterlacer, color space converter, chroma converter, gamma correction, color correction, genlock, HDR processing, SDI, HDMI, Display-Port. Cores all.
• Developed processing blocks for interfacing to Altera Avalon streaming bus, Xilinx AXI streaming/control bus

Poway, California, US

* Designed and maintained codecs for wireless video systems. Developed an FPGA based H264 video decoder. Integrated Mpeg2/H264 decoders into wireless product. Supported, optimized, and enhanced Mpeg2/H264 encoders developed while at Duma Video. Created complete decoding solution in Altera FPGA by integrating an on-chip NIOS processor, DDR3 memory.

* Leadership - As a part owner and executive, I forged business relationships and executed roadmap decisions, license agreements, and customer support solutions. I facilitated open communications between sales and marketing, engineering, and manufacturing team members and made sure each person had the guidance and tools needed to be successful. * Technical.

Poway, California, US

* Created diagnostics and calibration SOC solutions for large scale unix based automatic test equipment with 1024 test pins. Success in this position required comprehensive understanding of the large scale tester, solid understanding of schematic design, layout, analog and digital tools, component specifications, c-coding, Verilog, perl scripts, Clearcase.

Initiated my career designing ruggedized handheld wireless computers. Designed minor functional blocks including power supply circuitry and LCD display driver. Helped in diagnostic of RF faults and interference. In charge of researching and selecting electrical components for new computer architectures. Assisted in pinpointing fault areas of the laptops by.

Masters, Electrical Engineering

Bachelors, Electrical Engineering