Jack Braden, P.E. Email & Phone Number

United States

Atlanta, Georgia

• Intel Corporation acquired Altera Corporation on December 28, 2015 and will continue to operate within Intel as a separate business unit.• Senior Staff Technical Specialist for the Power Products Business Unit. Provide pre and post-sales technical support.• Meet with customers to cultivate design opportunities by demonstrating Intel's technology and addressing technical obstacles.• Troubleshoot power supply circuits and assist with component selection• Perform power supply design, simulation and testing.• Perform schematic and board layout reviews.• Modify and deliver evaluation boards to meet customer’s requirements.• Provide competitive updates to field sales and help develop impeding strategies.• Provide technical training for customers, field sales, distributors and sales partners.• Write application notes and technical papers for Intel's power management products.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Altera Corporation was acquired by Intel Corporation on December 28, 2015 and will continue to operate within Intel as a separate business unit.• Field applications engineer for the Enpirion power management products. Provide pre and post-sales technical support.• Meet with customers to cultivate design opportunities by demonstrating Altera’s technology and addressing obstacles.• Troubleshoot power supply circuits and assist with component selection• Perform schematic and board layout reviews.• Modify and deliver evaluation boards to meet customer’s requirements.• Provide competitive updates to field sales and help develop impeding strategies.• Provide technical training for customers, field sales, distributors and sales partners.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Pre and post-sales technical support for Exar's line-up of power management and interface products.• Design complete power management and interface solutions for customers and provide schematics, bill-of-materials, expected performance and layout guidelines. • Review customer's designs and provide feedback and recommendations.• Provide feedback to marketing for new product ideas.• Provide technical training for customers, distributors and sales partners.• Generate application notes, design solutions and technical articles.

Suwanee, Georgia

• Responsible for power management and mixed-signal platform development and chip set assessment for next generation GSM and UMTS “smart” cell phones.• Conducted technical training seminars on analog, audio and mixed-signal circuits

Marietta, Georgia

• Provided technical leadership for a group of engineers and technicians for several military SBIR research programs.• Designed and developed systems containing LNAs, PAs, frequency synthesizers, PLLs, mixers, control electronics, microcontrollers, DSPs, RF feed networks, power dividers, phase shifters, and wide-band antenna elements and arrays. • Identified and evaluated new and emerging technologies.• Identified potential commercial applications for newly developed technologies and products.• Developed program schedules, determined manpower loading and allocated tasks.• Prepared technical reports, test procedures and quality assurance plans.• Prepared and presented program reviews for key military sponsors.• Presented corporate technical overviews for commercial ventures.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Telcom Semiconductor from 5/2000 to 1/2001 (then acquired by Microchip).• Worked on many lines of analog and power circuits such as Operational Amplifiers, Comparators, Voltage Detectors, Temperature Sensors, Power MOSFET Drivers, Fan Controllers, A/D Converters, Linear and Switching Regulators, Charge Pumps, PWM Controllers and Battery Chargers, • Worked with sales, marketing and product marketing managers in the development of Design Objective Specifications and data sheets.• Researched competitor’s products, defined new products and created product development roadmaps.• Worked with test engineering to develop production test procedures and programs. • Generated training material for FAEs, sales engineers, distributors and reps.• Produced application notes and educational material and provided technical support for customers.

Alpharetta, Georgia

• Worked on the design and development of various consumer marine electronic devices such as depth sounders, fishfinders, GPS receivers, VHF marine band radios and underwater camera systems sold under the brand names of Humminbird, Cetrek, Zercom and Fisheye.• Worked on obtaining CE EMC certification for products marketed and sold in the European community. • Worked with manufacturing in the development of production test procedures.• Evaluated competitor’s products.• Developed user’s manuals and provided customer technical support.

Suwanee, Georgia

• Designed, developed and tested various audio, power management, analog and digital circuitry and custom ASICs for use in dual mode (CDMA/FDMA) cellular telephones.• Performed audio and acoustical testing and developed production test procedures for dual mode (CDMA/FDMA) cellular telephones.

Norcross, Georgia

• Designed, developed and tested various electronic circuits, custom ASICs and hybrids used to control microwave ferrite devices such as phase shifters and circulators for use in military, commercial and scientific satellites, radars and multi-beam antennas.• Headed up various study programs. • Performed FMECAs, Radiation, Part Stress, Reliability, and Worst-Case Analyses. • Prepared Acceptance Test Procedures, Source Control Drawings, Design Reviews, Proposals, Status Reports, Schedules, Cost To Completes and Rough Order of Magnitudes.• Designed and tested various electronic circuits used to control microwave ferrite phase shifters in high-precision antenna arrays for use in military radars and multi-beam antennas.• Developed software used in the control of microwave ferrite devices for use in military and commercial satellite systems.

Master Of Science In Applied Physics, Applied Physics, Electromagnetics, Antennae, Analog Circuits, Acoustics

Activities and Societies: Briaerean Co-Op Honor Society Studied Applied Physics with a concentration around electrical engineering.

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, President and Treasurer of the Tau Alpha Pi.