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Cambridge, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

At Astera Labs, we have a vision to be the trusted partners to distribute data in intelligent systems. We develop purpose-built connectivity solutions to remove performance bottlenecks in compute-intensive workloads such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company’s product portfolio includes system-aware semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), boards, and services to enable robust PCIe connectivity.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Provided support to leading customers in the optical networking market segment. Key end equipment’s include optical coherent modems @ 400G/800G, optical modules (SFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP), ROADMs, WSS, ITLA, OTDR. Drove product definitions for analog components such as precision operational amplifiers, precision current/voltage DACs/ADCs, analog switches, logarithmic and switched gain transimpedance amplifiers, and purpose built level translation.

Eastern Canada

Led during industry shift to 12G SDI products through meaningful contributions to product definitions of LMH1218, LMH1219, LMH1297 and subsequent devices. Through discussions with all broadcast video customers in eastern Canada, tradeoffs for key device metrics such as cable reach, power consumption and package size were outlined culminating in successful world-wide adoption of TI’s 12G SDI portfolio. In addition, I helped our customers design, prototype, and troubleshoot their products while building collaborative relationships. (Customers include: Evertz, Imagine Communications, Miranda/Grass Valley, Matrox, Embrionix, Ross Video, & Christie Digital).Strong proficiency in signal integrity, specifically as it relates to 12G NRZ unbalanced signals, power electronics, interface technologies, and many other analog/mixed-signal IC's.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Drove key product adoptions in mobile power and backlighting. Focused on end-to-end product definition, design-in and technical support. Identified key customer needs surrounding efficiency, light output, and functional dimming that led to adoption in the Z10 smartphone and future iterations.

Toronto

Responsible for all applications support in the Toronto market. Also responsible for sales/distribution activity during first half of tenure.• Led development of distribution training format that was adopted in other North American markets• Presented as a key technical contributor at major distribution events (ArrowFest, X-Fest, etc)• Provided customer-facing design support: schematic/layout review, engineering trade-off discussions, etc.• Prepared technology demos for key customers across the breadth of NSC’s product portfolio (Power, SDI, Ethernet, etc).• Participated in recruiting sales support• Provided feedback to product lines regarding technology gaps, product improvements, and competitive landscape.

Sunnyvale, California

My responsibilities required me to focus on customer support, which included developing an interface board that allows customers to easily connect to and analyze the performance of our products. During the course of my duties I was required to:• Architect and design a high-speed data capture board• Perform schematic capture and PCB layout• Interface a USB 2.0 microcontroller to a Virtex 4 FPGA and DDR2 SDRAM• USB firmware/software development• System management and power supply design• Write data analysis software that integrates MatLAB into a Visual Basic program and store captured data in a Microsoft Access 2000 compatible database using ADO and the Microsoft Jet engine.• Project management of engineering team to ensure timely completion of milestones.My responsibilities also included:• Mentoring junior engineers/technician• Leading recruitment search for new interns/technicians/engineers• Performing customer specific testing and debug• Designing DUT replacement boards that allow our customers to evaluate Maxim’s products on a competitor’s PCB footprint.

Sunnyvale, California

My responsibilities as a Systems Developer included developing reference designs (IOS, schematic capture, BOM, PCB layout, prototype assembly/test and debug, firmware, software, final-test) for high-volume manufacturing using the following types of ICs:• High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters and Digital-to-Analog Converters• Analog/Digital Audio Amplifiers and CODEC’s for notebook/portable market• Linear/Switching power converters for microprocessor power management• Video cross point switches for the European STB market• USB interface products, SMBus temperature sensors, RF power detectorsMy responsibilities also included:• Developing software• Instructor for High-Speed Data Converter class (ADC/DAC with speeds in excess of 20Msps)• Mentoring junior engineers and participating in recruiting• Typically managed well over a dozen projects at a time

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Technologist, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Dean's List - 1998

Technologist Of Electrical Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering