John Parham Email & Phone Number

Neenah, Wi, Us

* Designed Automated Testers for consumer and medical PCBAs and assemblies.* Designed updated Test Fixtures for existing testers.* Developed functional test plans, specifications and requirements.* Designed custom PCB Assemblies.* Used ORCAD/Cadence for hardware design.* Developed test code in PTE/C++, LabVIEW and TestStand.* Managed outside venders and suppliers.* Installed test solutions and trained operators.

* Revised design to 40KW three phase power inverter controller.* On team to develop power inverter/three phase motor controller.* Wrote hardware/software development guides.* Wrote engineering and production test plans.* Designed and implemented board level and end-of-line test equipment.* Worked with hardware, software, mechanical and production to solve issues.* Trained technicians to test, troubleshoot and repair products.

Falls Church, Va, Us

* Department of Defense Secret clearance level* Designed a Backplane for a VME multi-card chassis.* Managed Layout and production of specialized Mil-spec threat capture card.* Upgraded an existing product adding audio and video interfaces.* Developed test environment for multi FPGA PowerPC embedded platform.* Developed VHDL code for Actel Fusion based liquid flow rate sensor data acquisition board with analog front end.* Lead engineer on a threat tracking / countermeasure management system.

* Project Lead for designing a CMOS digital camera.* Sole design engineer for hardware design and development.* Developing procedures and systems for creating engineering documentation.* Writing Engineering and Manufacturing Product Specifications, Test Plans and Procedures.* Developed assembly code for PIC controllers.* Developing VHDL code for Xilinx CPLDs.* Captured Schematics for multiple products using OrCAD Capture 10.0.* Laid out and fabricated dual sided boards for prototype testing using OrCAD Layout.* Working with parts vendors, outside contractors and manufactures to develop products.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

* Started a group to specialize in integrating cameras into phones. Wrote component specifications and test procedures. Worked with vendors to initiate production testing, reliability tests and component qualifications.* Designed video section on a VGA video / GPS 3G accessory.* Designed the base band section of a GSM tri-band cell phone.* Worked with outside vendors to design custom ICs, flex cables and PCBs..* Traveled to China and Scotland for production and vendor support.* Brought two products through ESD from layout to product shipping.* Integrated multidisciplinary teams. Coordinated software, mechanical, electrical, layout, production and postproduction teams to support products from design to production.

* Sole design engineer on a PA-RISC based portable UNIX workstation in notebook form factor with notebook features like card bus slots, PCI bridge, IRDA port and multimedia. Responsible for all system documentation, specifications, BOMs and test procedures.* On the design team for the PEM, a portable port docking station / port replicator / battery charger that supports additional hard drives, batteries, hot docking and a PCI expansion slot..* Designed a PCI based video/multimedia card for a Sun UltraSpark UNIX based notebook that supports video capture, NTSC/PAL outputs and 3D graphics.* Worked with consultants to provide various peripherals such as cache cards, memory cards, custom internal keyboards and audio cards.* Developed programmable logic devices using the Altera development system.* Developed firmware for several microcontrollers to control various power management features.

Us

Advanced Portables* Work with an Asian co-developer to produce the Z-Note GT, a pentium based notebook computer.* Responsible for system upgrades to a 133MHz pentium processor, increased LCD sizes and improvements to the built in audio, video and MPEG subsystems.* Provide postproduction and customer support.* Troubleshoot problems found in both the main unit and accessories.* Work with manufacturer to pass international regulatory testing.* Write technical documentation, BOMs and parts specifications.Mobile Systems* Member of the hardware design teem for CruisePAD development, world’s first wireless interactive display. Responsible for design, schematic capture, writing specifications, board layout, system testing, debugging, environmental testing, BOM creation, manufacturing setup and testing, interacted with marketing for product definition, technical support and customer feedback. Worked with wireless LAN suppliers to specify the custom radio and design antenna. Named on four patents.* System design engineer for development of an Access Point (wireless to wired LAN bridge). Analyzed performance differences between various microprocessors and wired LAN products for proper selection.* Hardware team lead for CruisePAD upgrades with more powerful processor and pen systems. Investigated current technology for component selection and analyzed cost of feature implementation.* Developed Proof-of-Concept designs for possible future projects including voice recognition and virtual headsets.* Established procedures for component and driver testing and verification.

* Project Manager for the development of the D575 notebook computer. Responsible for design, schematic capture, BOM creation, testing, interfacing with board layout and BIOS (AMI) contractors.* One of two engineers that developed the D-1050 notebook computer. Responsible for design, schematic capture, BOM creation, testing, interfacing with board layout and BIOS (Phoenix) contractors.* Member of the design team of the DTR-1, the world’s smallest Windows compatible 486SLC handheld computer. Specialized in the pen interface and was the technical interface for the manufacturer (IBM). Assisted in the design and construction of the in-circuit functional production test equipment. Held training sessions for the production technicians and manufacturing engineers.* Designed the pen interface for the DTR-2 handheld computer.* Worked in a team of four during the development of DTR-3, a handheld 486DX computer with internal hard drive and PCMCIA slots.

Auerbach, Bavaria, De

* Designed general and customer specific electroluminescent flat panel display systems.* Worked with sales at trade shows and provided on site customer support.* Responsible for schematic capture and writing technical specifications.* Assisted with the design and construction of manufacturing and test equipment.* Main interface between production and engineering.* Test, repair and evaluate products.* Worked with sales at trade shows and provided on site customer support.* Worked in surface mount production environment.

Arlington, Texas, Us

* Test and repair game systems* Certified to operate all flat rides in park.* Lead on Skywhirl, Amera-go-round and Rue Le Dodge* Drove Trollies and Train* Polished a lot of brass