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Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Small Home Based Fine Art & Antiques Business. Mainly Internet driven.Purchase and Sale of Fine Art, Antique Pottery and Antique Furniture.Auction House recognition at NC, VA, MA and NY locations.Highlight: This was a great home business to start when my Twins were still very young.I am able to spend plenty of quality time with them and I'll always have these fond memories to look back at.I am now looking for employment in the RF, Microwave and Cellular Semiconductor Industry and will add my entrepreneurial spirit to my qualifications.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Reporting to the VP of Corporate Sales, responsible for overall account development and sales revenue growth in Asia Pacific (APAC: mainly China, Taiwan, S.Korea, Japan and India,) for the Product Group, which include the following Business Units: Wireless Connectivity (WLAN, WiMax), Aerospace and Defense, Broadband Consumer (Head-End to Set Top Box), Wireless Infrastructure (BTS TX and RX), and Standard Products. Exceeded revenue and order targets, growing overall APAC Business from $35M to $90M in 2 years. Directed all Sales Managers in APAC, and worked with Resellers; set sales quotas, quarterly and annually with Team.Set up, developed and directed all Sales and Product Trainings for both our Direct and Reseller Teams.Overall responsibility for the APAC Sales Forecast and Benchmark Plan; reported to GM and VP level Monthly and Quarterly Business Reports including sales revenue updates, product updates and highlights.Managed all Key Business directly, including Wireless Infrastructure OEMs, Wireless Connectivity OEMs and Channel Partners.Developed sales and marketing benchmark plans, product strategies, worked with Business Unit Staff to develop product specifications, proposals, and product presentations, as well as sales/business presentations targeting our APAC Region.Engaged and supported sales process for key business including but not limited to Motorola Infrastructure, Huawei and ZTE Wireless Infrastructure, Samsung Infrastructure, Sony, Mitsubishi, Uniden, Mediatek, and many others.Assisted in the development of channel strategy in Taiwan for Key Wireless Connectivity business (working with ODMs Foxconn and Gemtek).Interacted with Product Management from each Business Unit to drive customer requirements into future products and development of product roadmaps.Worked with Corporate Communications Team on Marketing Flyers and Tech Show materials; attended appropriate Tech Shows and Symposiums.Key wins in China, Taiwan, S. Korea, Japan and India.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

New Product Line just initiated at RFMD: Reporting to the Product Line GM, responsible for the overall account and sales development for the product line in the Asia Pacific Territory; deployment of initial GaN HEMT Technology Power Products into territory.Developed Sales and Marketing Benchmark Business Plans.Responsible for the Monthly Sales Forecast and Quarterly Business Review highlights.Managed Direct Sales and 2 Resellers for IPL in Asia Pacific; performed reseller reviews and sales/product trainings quarterly.Developed sales and product presentations for APAC; trained Teams Quarterly.Managed Key Business directly; including ZTE, NEC, Samsung, MTI, Motorola and others.Enabled first GaN HEMT power amplifiers designed into Wireless Basestation Repeater Proto Builds for a Japanese Customer.Grew product sales in territory from approximately $1M to $18M in just over 2 years.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Responsible for overall account growth and sales in the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast regions.Commercial and some military subcons included: BAE (Manpack chemical sensor application) and Motorola Government and Public Safety Products Group (Portable Radio apps; several); Motorola Satellite Phone; Iridium Phone Business. Key Handset and Wireless Infrastructure accounts: Motorola, Nokia Networks, Siemens Handsets, NEC Handsets, Samsung Handsets, and others.Developed sales plans, forecast plan for regions.Managed and trained Manufacturers Representatives in regions; set sales revenue and Key Account growth goals.Worked very closely with our Corporate Applications Engineering personnel to help secure new business.Grew business 30-35% year over year.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Responsible for providing customers with RF technical product support at the RF system and component level. Performed circuit design of RF amplifiers, direct modulators, and power amplifiers for RF applications. Worked with Design Engineers during IC development and supporting customers during design cycles and into production. Create and update product data sheets to include RF parameters, schematics, tunings, and application information. Participated with new standard and custom RFIC product development efforts. Performed testing and debugging of product evaluation boards and components, making improvements as required.Worked with Regional Sales Managers as the technical support for mainly Domestic Handset Accounts: Motorola, NEC, Siemens, Sanyo, and others.Designed CDMA/AMPS and GSM Handset Power Amplifier Reference Designs. Key design wins: Handset CDMA/AMPS PA and GSM PA for Motorola, PA for FRS Radios for Motorola.Worked with Motorola Ft.Worth, TX on a Direct Modulator Reference Design for Motorola CDMA Infrastructure; Motorola continued to use this same design for several years.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for the design and development of transmitter modules for Broadband Analog and Digital Microwave Radios; overall module design included synthesizers, down converters, IF Log Amps, Multipliers, and Modulators.Applications for the Microwave Radios included VanPack Radios for Television Broadcast, FLR/FLH Fixed Radios, and DR Plus Digital Radios.Developed complete specifications for all power supply boards and power amplifiers for the system transmitters.Established vendor relationships for timely/low cost part deliveries for TX designs.Provided technical support to customer and field applications personnel for broadband radio systems.

Greater Boston Area

Responsibilities included assisting in the design, development, assembling and testing of microwave components such as broadband switches, active attenuators, mixers, switch limiters, and active filters, in an engineering lab environment.Participated in a design task force team for various Government microwave subsystems; projects included integrated microwave assemblies for the ASPJ Project and a very broadband switch coupler for the QRC P31 Program.All Products were in hermetic packages and met MIL-STD-202 in testing methods and environmental screening.Participated in all Source Inspections on the above products and subsystems with sub-cons Northrup, Westinghouse, Loral and others.Participated as part of engineering support personnel to provide technical assistance to testers and technicians on device testing procedures, test equipment set-ups for evaluating microwave devices in high power RF Switch Limiters, Phase Shifters, and Broadband Switches.