• Acted as Program Manager & Engineering Program Manager for the Micro-Server (aka Ethernet • Drive) Hard Disk Drive & Storage Sub-System including, but not limited to: ASIC development Firmware development Software development (Linux based) Interface module Hardware Development Interface module Software Development Shock & Vibration, EMI, and Thermal testing Manufacturing Manufacturing Test PCB & PCBA development PCBA test development Quality Assurance Performance Engineering Failure Analysis Customer Support Technical Sales Support Business Development• Managed over 100 people (at various points in the project) – both contractors and employees• Managed relationships with silicon vendor, technology partners, and PCB/PCBA manufacturers• Partnered with Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Public Relations, and Legal departments to deliver an industry unique product• Coordinated technology announcement, pre-product existing customer announcement, press release, and product demonstration at a major developer’s conference• Report directly to VP - Cheif Architect, General Manager of Business Unit, and CTO• Provided executive updates as required to Executive Management Team• Filed over 15 patent applications & invention disclosures• Developed and maintained relationships with key business partners

• Acted as Engineering Program Manager for Hard Disk Controller SoC – Managed a group of ASIC, FPGA, and Firmware support engineers• Led architecture team for new SoC design• Led architecture team for new sub-system design• Selected vendor for key partnership – this involves detailed testing, design, and partnership management• Manage vendor and supplier relationships – Statement of work development, schedule development, IP integration, and 3-way vendor/supplier management

• Assisted VP - Chief Architect in discovering and evaluating technologies within the company• Made recommendations based on industry trends matched with storage technologies to CTO• Initiated Datacenter, Software, Firmware, and SoC architecture for Micro-Server• Proposed requirements, schedule, and resource for Micro-Server project• Developed relationships and evaluated key IP technology partners for SoC development

• Reviewed and revised digital design• Implemented and revised VHDL Xilinx design for various subsystems• Architected boot procedure, software update process, and power saving modes• Implemented low level drivers to functionally test hardware using Xilinx tool chain • Implemented Linux drivers to implement hardware features on final system

• Co-developed 8 patent applications regarding storage and security• Transferred patent ownership to HGST upon purchase agreement

• Developed Business Plan to develop a low cost IPTV system• Negotiated Intellectual Property transfer from BOCS to BTS• Raised over $500K for development costs• Transitioned Software Development Team from BOCS to BTS• Managed Engineering organization from inception to production• Managed multiple consultants for PCBA development, PCBA assembly, Industrial design, and Industrial design manufacturing• Budgeted all engineering costs, including consultants and payroll• Led team to Consumer Electronics Product Definition• Cost reduced hardware design to meet business requirements, which included re-architecting several functional blocks• Developed and performed functional tests on pre-production and production units• Performed failure analysis and corrected all non-functional boards• Performed all FCC compliance test design, testing, and board design modifications

• Developed PC-based IPTV prototype, with one other engineer, which demonstrated a whole home IPTV system distributed over a coaxial system – This led to over $2 million in funding• Selected processor used in IPTV system• Architected IPTV system – from block diagrams to final schematics• Modified Linux Kernel drivers to work with cost reduced hardware• Wrote firmware for RF remote control communication

• Designed (using Verilog), functionally verified, performed real-time analysis, and performed system testing on digital block of custom analog chip to control HDD servo, spin motor control, and a variety of peripherals (e.g. I2C and SPI interfaces)• Supported firmware engineers on usage of HDC and motor control chips• Analyzed system timings of problematic signals that are propagated through multiple chips• Designed Power Management system for entire drive (HDC, Read Channel, Preamp, I2C serial EEPROM, and SPI serial flash) in a “storage element” architecture – sleep current that was in single digit micro amps - resulted in patent• Created and tested AHB to peripheral bus bridge tied into legacy peripheral blocks• Created and tested interrupt controller for ARM based HDC

• Worked with fellow employees to design and develop NeuroShell Trader, an Artificial Intelligence based Technical Analysis tool for analyzing and predicting financial markets, utilizing primarily Visual Basic and C in a Windows environment using object oriented techniques whenever possible• Co-wrote and updated help files that accompany NeuroShell Trader using RoboHelp• Programmed interfaces to third party applications including quote.com, eSignal, TradeStation (using EasyLanguage®), DialData, and Prophet.net• Researched and implemented new programming techniques when necessary (e.g. dynamically loading and unloading DLLs and using memory maps to pass data between applications)• Negotiated and managed several consulting contracts - including developing design specifications, programming, and testing• Developed custom program per design specifications for Disneyland Paris to store hotel customer information in a set of Access databases, which was then used to forecast future customer visits using Neural Networks• Developed custom programs per design specifications for AIT to manipulate custom data, preprocessed for Neural Network financial market predictions• Developed custom data manipulation programs for Ward Systems Group, Inc. to increase efficiency• Started and maintained financial books for company – including entity change• Managed relationship with sister company to sell and market product with mutual benefits• Wrote articles for trade magazines to help promote and explain product• Provided second level technical support to over 1000 customers

• Assisted Organizing “Innovative Technologies” Conference – Organized audience, speakers and material for conference on emerging technologies• Developed and implemented several custom applications for Andersen employees to use internally using Visual Basic and a custom database methodology• Performed audit of a program being developed for the State of Illinois to manage their welfare program – analyzed a third company’s design, approach, code, user interface, and remote database efficiency• Programmed UNIX scripts – maintained and updated legacy code to backup and restore databases for Bell Atlantic

• Wrote and debugged 68HC11 assembly code to control and test servo and spindle motor operations for hard disk drives• Designed and edited schematics pertaining to new developments in servo and spindle motor control of hard disk drives• Analyzed and identified problems in digital and analog circuits for future use in hard disk drives• Evaluated possible schemes for future use in controlling servo operations in hard disk drives

• Headed Control and Data Handling team to design a micro-controller system (using 68HC11) to control a Space Shuttle Payload

• Designed and modified actuator for hard disk drives using Automatix (CADD)• Designed and modified schematics using PCAD (Schematic and PCB design system)• Participated in the assembly of the actuator assembly