R&D manager and engineer with wide breadth of experience including international projects and teams. Leader of projects spanning locations in North America, India, China, Europe. Circuit board designer and manager , including photonics components and subsystems. Embedded software development and environment manager approx. 14 years. Digital ASIC designer and manager including tools technology prove-in, System level hardware integration and customer field support manager approx. 3 years. Have managed third party development projects in these areas as well as process development and improvement. Also manager of thermal analysis/ mechanical design for approx. 1.5 years.Specialties: Ethernet and Storage Network projectsR&D project leadershipASICs, FPGAs, PhotonicsDesign technology Applicationsproduct margin & cost improvementcross-organization teams & effortsSupplier relationshipsEmbedded systems, Manufacturing yield improvementcross-discipline and cross-functional teamshardware and software project leadershipthermal and mechanical project leadership