Gary Strunk Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Customer Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of support for TI DLP Cinema(R) and ProVenue/3-chip Products.• Currently supporting DLP Cinema(R) projector manufacturers and industry (ISDCF, DCI, and various studios and production companies) in design, debug, and use of the Texas Instruments DLP Cinema(R) Series 2 (and Series 1) solution (Integrated Cinema Processor / "ICP"​, "Enigma" Link Decryptor, DC2K, DC4K, etc.). • Responsible for on-site factory support of complex TI ICP design involving FPGAs and Embedded Software at contract manufacturer and end customer factories. • Responsible for working with NIST NVLAP-approved laboratory and security consultant to maintain FIPS 140-2 Level 3 compliance for new Link Decryptor hardware and software releases. • Responsible for on-site (in-theater) customer support /in-depth debug of issues involving the Series 2 cinema systems.

Austin, Texas Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Customer Technical Lead, responsible for all aspects of design-to-manufacturing for Wireless USB Ultra-Wideband products• Responsible for training; schedule management; design; schematic and PCB layout review; board bring-up; manufacturing test design, implementation, and support; product certification; and bug resolution.• Supported FCC Part 15, Subsection F (UWB) Modular, and Certified Wireless USB Certifications on-site and online for customer and reference design products.• Complete end-product Manufacturing Test and Calibration Support, including on-site training, test line verification, manufacturing line test implementation, specification and requirements definition, test time reduction, and ODM quality audits.• Worked with 3rd-parties and competitors to foster broad interoperability.• Collaborated with marketing, sales, and customers to develop and prototype new product ideas, including combination wired and wireless USB hard disk, docking station, and others.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Supported customers and field engineers with Symbian audio and multimedia issues.• Documented software changes to run Symbian on a new chip with stacked DDR. • Wrote “DSP Component Test Framework” test cases to support engineering team tests for simultaneous use of various multimedia codecs (MP3 + MPEG4 + PCM).• Created and presented training on basic software architecture, roadmap, and a Video Teleconference use case to field engineers in France.• Assisted various teams with Linux issues, and other tasks.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Full design-to-manufacturing support of ADSL CPE solutions.• Core Team Lead for Integrated VoIP, WLAN, ADSL, & Ethernet Linux-based router.• Primary technical customer interface responsible for all aspects of customer design-to-manufacturing, including customer technical communications, training, schematic and layout design review, on-site debug and development support.• Authored, assembled, and published Hardware Development Kits and other collateral.• Group Local Linux Expert -- Modified Linux drivers to meet customer requirements for LED and Ethernet switch. Mentored Post Sales Support team on Linux build environment, tools, and features. Created VMware images for support team use.• Front line technical interface for customer line-down situations.• Automated test systems involving scripting, relays, off-the-shelf hardware, and other equipment to automate power cycling tests, critical component qualification, and life testing on the DSL platforms.

• Supported system emulation, verification and debug testing for Digital Network Processor, enabling pre-silicion verification of new chip and system designs. • Wrote test cases for 10/100 Ethernet MAC, UART, Buffer Manager, and HDLC Ports.• Testing of TI and other ADSL products – developed a Perl script used to format test data. • Developed throughput test procedure for DSL modems.

• Yield Improvement work for 27 Port Ethernet Switch. • Use of TI V-Series VLSI testers for data collection and test program verification.• PERL and SAS scripts to analyze BIST fail data; used for root cause determination• Merlin/Knights layout tools used to provide map for failure analysis lab.• Test program revisions and offloads to assembly site assisted in improving final test yield.

• IEEE 802.3 compliance testing of 8 Port 10-BASE-T PHY; worked with engineering and customers to identify compliance and performance issues that affected the final design.• Edited test suites and created test diagrams for new tests, improving future test coverage.• Generated compliance and competitive analysis test reports used by marketing and sales to show product quality and conformance.

• Worked with engineers to optimize, simulate, and debug spread spectrum clock generator. • Migrated spread spectrum digital network from PSpice to Verilog-XL. • Analyzed Verilog data using Matlab and MathCad; verified and improved performance. • Contributed to technical reports on the product used in customer presentations.• Generated and analyzed Mount/Bond diagrams, Leadframe modeling for new packages, general qualification and packaging support.

Desktop computing and server support for internal banking systems - Built and upgraded desktop and servers PCs. - Installed and configured Novel Netware and Microsoft Windows on new systems. - Installed and configured Token Ring network. - Managed customer support requests. - Configured, installed, and repaired remote and network printers. - Managed IT storage facility and spare parts. - Installed IBM 3270 Mainframe adapters and configured software clients.