Performed all aspects of system design and project management for major development projects from initial requirements to production support. Supported key customers and programs to retain good relations and future orders.· Managed development of ATE systems and products from initial marketing discussions through design, manufacturing, integration, verification, delivery and customer support.· Supported program manager and investigated recurring system malfunctions on site for customer in Costa Rica. Revealed root cause and coordinated corrective action, reducing recurring annual repair cost by $88,000.· Generated SOW and Managed outside vendors in development of key system technology including Control Panels, power delivery products, and instrument driver development work. Cut cost of these components by 30%.· Designed & validated eCASS ATE system including 1GHz RF Switch, 1MHz LF Switch, and 20A Power Switch, w/FPGA based PXI interface, custom PXI chassis & blind-mate power supply· Designed novel vertically integrated ATE Burn-In test system including electrical & control interfaces utilizing high-speed serial data interfaces.

(Acquired by EADS North America in 2005.)Performed all aspects of system design and project management for major development projects from initial requirements to production support. Optimized ISO 9001 processes to minimize waste and accelerate project approvals. Supported key customers and programs to retain good relations and future orders. · Teamed with a key group of colleagues to aggressively pursue and win major test system programs in strategic market sector. This high availability systems business accounted for 30% of company sales over a five year period.· Provided design and project management for series of GaAsFET power sequencer/burn-in controller systems for satellite application, which resulted in five rounds of significant follow-on business.· Developed system specification documents from marketing concepts (for catalog products) and from customer requirements (for custom solutions).· Designed system Control Panels to safely convert 200KW of 480VAC into 13K Amps of 12V power. Successful 1st pass certification to safety, ergonomics, and voltage sag requirements.· Conducted CE testing for products, achieving full compliance for EMI emissions and susceptibility (EN61326) and safety (EN61010-1).

Provided team leadership and project management function for engineering group responsible for product development from initial requirements through production support. · Conceptualized new test equipment products with Sales and Marketing Department, arriving at feature sets that were marketable, yet with feasible costs for development and production.· Developed source instruments in MA-Module footprint including Wideband Amplifier, AM/SCM modulator products for ARB applications. Includes FPGA control, offset adjust, Pi gain adjust, and self-test (BIT) ADC. · Achieved industry highest bandwidth performance for ATE switching products including Cross-point Matrix modules - LXI Instrument platform. Used Sonnet simulation for > 3X bandwidth than earlier generations.· Developed POL dc-dc converter (VRM9.1 drop-in replacement) with wide Vout range and precision current monitoring. Successfully extended product application range of Burn-In Test platform.· Developed Optical Power Detector modules for Semiconductor Laser Burn-In systems. Included temperature stabilized trans-impedance amplifier, optical attenuators and diffusers· Achieved 1st Pass success for five custom ASIC designs including VXI Interface, DWG Pattern Generator. Drop-in solutions lowered NRE costs and eliminated support issues of discrete designs· Debugged digital and analog breadboards and prototypes containing from 100 to 800 components.