Combining the latest research and newest standards (e.g. LTE/5G (3GPP), 802.11xx (WiFi), mmWave, PON, and Qi/A4WP/Wireless Power) to create Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks and products that enable new applications and revenue streams.

» Formulated global corporate next generation access strategies with a worldwide cross-functional team» Served as ITU and BBF standards delegate/author; Prepared and presented technical presentations to international standards body» Evaluated emerging silicon technology on a continual basis to scale development and determine market readiness; evaluated new optic technologies in collaboration with Bell Labs researchers» Co-authored next generation NGPON-2 ITU G.989.3 (40 Gbps access) standard» FPGA 10G optical burst mode recovery; Defined, designed, and evaluated new PHY technologies with FPGA prototypes to ensure adherence to PSD and standards requirements.

Lead embedded software and ASIC/FPGA teams that developed new generations of passive fiber optical (PON) access products» Directed development and introduction of new fiber-based access technologies for tier 1 customers and key markets, including development of Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and Central Office (CO) equipment» Led key elements of Access R&D programs, including ASIC/FPGA and embedded software development of the high-speed internet GPON access platform» Part of core team that drove growth of small, local team of GPON access platform engineers into a team spanning three continents» Interfaced with standards, manufacturing, suppliers, product support, product testing, systems engineering, and end users with a silicon and system focus.» Daily activities included scheduling, schedule tracking, design analysis and design selection, BOM analysis, mentoring, team building, and recruiting» Responsible for hiring and growing teams in India and China

» Responsible for large, high-speed dense FPGA/ASIC/SoC development, design, verification, implementation, integration, and testing» Led SoC team for next generation access platform, which consisted of network/user (CO/CPE) Ethernet terminations, optics (GPON), service handling (packet processing), and QoS (traffic management)» Embedded processor subsystem development » Selected next gen silicon technologies considering system BW requirements, state of technology, and future pricing/market trends» Recruited and mentored personnel

» Designed complex high speed digital systems using latest FPGA technology; These systems consisted of large FPGA fabrics for implementing datapath/control (high speed datapath, SERDES and memory technologies) and embedded processors for real time protocol processing and bandwidth management» Used embedded processor(s) to implement Dynamic Bandwidth Agorithm(s) (DBA) for PON access system; the DBA allocated user Bandwidth based on customer demands» Used FPGA fabric to implement traffic management functions such as policing, rate liming, and scheduling (WRR, WFQ, SP)

» Designed high quality, redundant Stratum 3E synchronization sub-system for digital cross-connect» Designed high speed shelf and rack optical/electrical interconnects

» Supported manufacturing operations by troubleshooting manufacturing faults found during the production process» Performed product acceptance testing (UL, EMI, EMC) for wideband cross-connects and T1 repeaters» Redesigned T1 repeater for cost reduction; performed schematic capture and testing of product

» Worked as field service engineer turning-up and testing Telecom gear» Worked in tier 1 central offices (COs) testing broadband cross connects for telecommunication customers» Tested access network that spanned multiple counties in South Central Rural KY, which consisted of SONET OC3/12 TM/ADMs and DLCs