Justin Gregg Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Co

As the first board member after the original company founder, I took initiative to modernize all aspects of Acroname's corporate governance. I am overseeing fiscal and corporate governance while:- Expanding board membership to include outside experts in diverse fields; - Developing advisors to the board to groom prospective board members;- Formalizing employee shareholder policies.

Boulder, Co

As the CEO and Principle Engineer at Acroname, a company that provides custom engineered products and innovative, emerging technologies, I oversee all aspects of the product development cycle. From conceptualization, through architecting, designing, manufacturing, testing, product delivery and customer support, I ensure that our technology is the fulcrum on which companies and entrepreneurs build products and achieve success. In my three years at Acroname I have: - Pioneer new product development efforts, working with current and prospective customers on new product lines; - Launched six new products in the past year alone; - Developed a board of advisors to help direct the company to sustainable growth; - Lead rebranding efforts and development of a user-friendly online store.With over 20 years in technology fields, 30+ patents and experience growing and leading teams at both Samsung and Apple, I’m excited to drive Acroname to help other companies build the products of their dreams with our technology. And, when I am not negotiating complex corporate equity deals or developing and implementing new technologies, I enjoy making LEDs flash.

Boulder, Co

- Lead efforts at new product line definition based on multiple customer and channel inputs- Directly managed engineering team and customer interactions on contract engineering developments- Engaged new contract manufacturers on new product developments- Improved product life cycle (PLC) methodologies- Lead negotiations with key customers- Coordinated manufacturing, testing and delivery- Organized and conducted hardware and software design reviews- Initiated effort for corporate stock action and employee buy-out

San Jose, Ca

Research and development of mobile device prototypes enabling user-experience designer to demonstrate and iterate on new technologies for mobile device interaction.- Active development on Android (Java) platforms interfacing to custom accessory hardware using ADB and A-ADK via USB.- Architected draft public APIs to improve developer access and involvement with Samsung platforms.- Collaborated with user experience designers to implement novel mobile device interaction paradigms with concerns for state-of-the-art technology, security, power consumption and DFM.- Developed internal tools for collaboration, recruiting and patent process tracking.

Responsible for new product introduction and sustaining engineering of RF system integration, RF calibration algorithms, power control algorithms, RF ATE software, mass production RF calibration and testing in iPods, iPhones, iPads and Macs.Managed the RF tools group through the development and shipment of iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G-S, iPod Touch (1st, 2nd and 3rd generation), iPod Nano 5th generation, iPad, and several unreleased portable and desktop products.Drove resource and capital expenditure planning for R&D and manufacturing.Responsible for design validation systems, calibration and power control algorithms and manufacturing testing of WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, GSM, WCDMA (UMTS) and Nike+.Grew the RF tools group from 2 to 20 engineers in 2 years.Presented concise, high-level technical summaries to executive review boards.Collaborated with internal RF hardware design, system validation, diagnostics software, customer software, manufacturing operations, and business operations teams.Implemented software version control (Perforce) and automated build process following continuous integration paradigm.Initiated use of bug tracking and weekly bug reviewsArchitected and implemented automated software and system regression tests.Active contributor to C and Objective-C code bases.Architected and wrote proof-of-concept code to transition codebase from a single-threaded, Windows-only application to a multithreaded, cross-platform application.Wrote and maintained best practices coding specification.Algorithm development and optimization for minimizing code and measurement execution timeData analysis using high-dimension modeling representation, principle component analysis and Gaussian processes.C, C++, PERL, VHDL, MATLAB, LaTeX, SQL, Objective-C; MacOSX, UNIX/Linux, Windows; CMU, CMW, CBT, LitePoint IQflex/IQview, IQnxn, Anritsu 8860, Agilent 8960/5515C, EXT, VNAs, VSAs, spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes and logic analyzers, GPIB, RS-232, USB

Implemented new multi-tone based audio test solution on three existing iPod products substantially decreasing test time and equipment costs.Implemented audio test solutions on two new iPods at three contract manufacturers.Assisted in design reviews to improve iPod and iPhone audio quality.Completed a rewrite of the audio test solution to support the first iPhone.Provided technical and economic evaluation of multiple 3rd party acoustic test systems.Developed and implemented a completely custom, low-cost acoustic test and tuning solution for the first iPhone including isolation box design, fixture design, equipment selection and software development.Acoustic test system and code is still in use and supported by dedicated teams.Worked closely with external vendors and contract manufactures to support final assembly and test of the first iPhone.Participated in acoustic design and 3GPP certification of first iPhone.Provided demos, data and technical analysis for executive review. Developed and implemented a passive antenna test solution that is still in use.Advised a group of test engineers on audio and acoustic test.Advised on design of production test data collection and analysis system.Authored and co-authored 17 patents.

Design, initiation and development of procedures for a test engineering database system to efficiently manage reliability tests and results. Oversaw design phase development of database interface. Seeded database with test results from previous programs for future comparison and learning. Evaluated, redesigned and implemented the production audio quality system for current and new products. Completed a major rework of production audio test system code base for use in a secondary failure analysis screening.

Designed and implemented last minute hardware bug fixes to autonomous robotic vehicles. Collaborated on low-level software and firmware reworks for various robotic platform infrastructures. Advised on various grant proposals for research funding from DoD and HSA.

Researched novel techniques and tool development for the analysis and mitigation of soft error rate in advanced sub-65nm microprocessor logic circuits. Funded by research into new pedagogical techniques for the advancement of electrical engineering education in secondary schools. Coordinated the introduction of industry inspired courses scaffolding from local secondary schools through community college and university using remote computing facilities to prepare students for careers in engineering. Designed and implemented a new linux-based 20-node compute cluster with 3 architectures for the CSU VLSI lab with a budget of ~$30,000. Managed a small team of researchers and teachers to facilitate the future tool development.

Advised on intellectual property lawsuits ranging from speculative engagements to multi-million dollar on-going legal engagements for several subsidiary companies. Executed evaluation and speculative development of new radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, authentication and cryptography systems (AES, DES, PKI w/ CRL, RSA, EC) using biometric sensor techniques, and unique electromechanical, logical and physical access control systems. Performed analysis of analog radio (MF/HF/VHF/UHF) discrete and IC circuits including op-amp design, microprocessor systems, digital signal processors (DSP), analog modulation of digital data, and switched capacitor filters. Directed engineering aspects of high-level technology investment/management decisions.

Design for manufacturing (DFM), design for yield (DFY) research and experimentation for microprocessors. Performed digital and analog circuit design, algorithm design, schematic capture, silicon level layout (90nm technology node), simulation and verification on a 64-bit microprocessor (Itanium2) in conjunction with current research and M.S. thesis work in the system VLSI technology group. Work included schematic capture and layout using proprietary and industry tools, SPICE, LVS, DRC, ERC, parasitic extraction and verification.

Ms, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Thesis: A Low Cost Individual-Well Adaptive Body Bias (IWABB) Scheme for Leakage Power Reduction, Performance Enhancement.

Bs, Engineering Physics

Activities and Societies: SPSSenior thesis project: "Quantitative Measurement of Temperature Effects of High-Energy Particles on Thin Films"