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More than 30 years of experience in the Semiconductors industry. Worked for High-Tech companies like Philips, NXP, ST-Ericsson, and Dream Chip Technologies, playing a central role in the Semiconductor product development and applications of low-power products.Major achievements: USB audio chips for USB speakers (Philips Semiconductors), MP3 decoding chips with embedded Micro controller and Audio Processor (Philips Semiconductors), Power Management products for Mobile Phones (NXP and ST-Ericsson) and the development of two highly secured dual interface Smart Card IC’s (NXP). Worked mainly as Technical lead, architect or project manager in a cross functional team of technical experts, handling all aspects from product requirements to mass production.Specialties:- HW Architecture / Design partitioning / Work breakdown / Definition of tasks - Requirements management / Specification writing - Project management / Definition of Milestones and Deliverables/ Scheduling of tasks- Risk Analysis & Risk Management / Defining priorities - Setup project team and communication structure - Steering a multi-site, multi culture and multi-discipline team Technical expertise:- IC product design, verification and validation (including Printed Circuit Board & Package design) - IC product characterization & testing (including design for test)- IC product qualification & product release (ESD, lifetime tests)- System architecture of portable multi-media players, Power architecture of mobile phones.- ARM-based System-On-Chip designs (SoC). - Power Management design techniques.- Power Management chips, power supplies, power supply monitors, battery charging. - Standards: Universal Serial Bus (USB), Audio Device Class, Near Field Communication (NFC).- CMOS Analog and Mixed Signal design using automated Verilog-AMS test benches.