John Willig Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, US

Morrisville, NC, US

• Led System and High End Server Development following the acquisition of the business from IBM and migrated current-gen systems over to Lenovo. Contributed to the Think Server High End, Intel based Server development.
• Assumed vacant role on the Signal Integrity team to run simulations on pre-design set-up and board layouts. Prepared the team and ensured PCB materials were available, allowing for an early indication of final design.
• Utilized expertise to serve as an active member of the PCI-SIG Electrical, Card Electro-Mechanical (CEM), and other workgroups as well as the USB-IF, SNIA, Gen-Z, and CXL standards organizations.
• Developed automated validation procedure to cut down time for slot validation.
• Member of the core development team for the SR950 Server that shipped ahead of schedule.
• Helped to debug and resolve field issues to minimize customer outages.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Developed System x High End Server served as member of System x High End, Intel based Server development team as subsystem owner of PCIe Gen3 and PCH (Platform Controller Hub). Owned and architected the ML2 Network.
• Served as a Member of the core development team for the x3750 M4 Server that was recognized with the iF Product Design Award in 2013.
• Applied for and received 2 patents for the ML2 interface design.
• Solved Critical SI (Signal Integrity) issue in PCIe Gen3 design that allowed product to ship without errors or performance limitations.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Member of System x High End Server Product Engineering Team providing level 3 support to customers and working directly with development to resolve field issues. Owned and Maintained support for x3850 M2/x3950 M2.
• Member of core development and Product Engineering teams for the IBM x3850 X5/x3950 X5 server, IBM's largest Intel based server scaling up to 8 CPU sockets (128 threads), and over 2TB of memory. Shipping this met one.
• Developed tools and documentation to minimize part replacement and reduce warranty cost.
• Reviewed and validated component updates and substitutions to prevent shipping holdups and reduce costs.
• Documented and reviewed issues, workarounds, and fixes for posting on the support web site.

Amherst, New York, US

• Served as member of System x High End, Intel based Server development team as PCB Card Lead for Memory Card. Worked as FPGA logic designer for system debug, power distribution, and system scaling communication.
• Member of core development team for the IBM x3850 M2/x3950 M2 server which shipped on schedule and under budget. This server exceeded $1 Billion in revenues for IBM since launch and is an Intel based server scaling up.

Amherst, New York, US

• Served as a member of the PowerPC processor validation team, performing bring-up, testing, and characterization of PowerPC 970FX, GX, MP, and SP processors for IBM's server group and OEM customers. Helped develop.
• Helped to find and debug problems found in bring-up of MareNostrum at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center using a remote connection, saving IBM the cost of sending people overseas to investigate the problems.
• Completed Altair OEM project on time despite system instability and sorting issues.

Configured and maintained the systems used by county employees, including server hardware required to maintain the online databases and network storage. Debugged and repaired all problems related to the Bibb County Network System. Helped design and setup a near county-wide wireless network system to provide network access to departments too far outside the.

Reston, VA, US

Updated existing programs using Visual C++ to function under newer operating systems. Maintained office computer functionality and built new systems to meet project demands. Designed and tested a TPS program for RADCOM using LabView. Provided network administration in the absence of the network administrator. Completed drawings and schematics for designed.

Designed and tested a TPS program for the B52 Bomber using ATLAS. Prepared, tracked, and analyzed data to monitor the progress of the project. Documented results and filed reports for manager review.