Les Howell Email and Phone Number

Life changes: I now seek employment as a trainer or in test development in the semiconductor industry. I no longer can travel by air, so I require work local to the Orange County California area. Previously a Test Development Consultant with Van Limburg Engineering Inc.Senior Test Applications with Teradyne. Range of electronics: pico amps, Gigahertz, nano-volts, video, RADAR and Communications RF analysis and design.Range of programming skills:C, C++, assembly code (8080, z80, 68xx, 68xxx, some others), PASCAL, FORTRAN, BASIC, some Visual BASIC for Applications, PROLOG and limited CLISP. Some exposure to APL, RPG2, RS1, etc.Technologies: WLAN, Cell Phone, Image Capture, Production Correlation of test programs, Memory test, Analog Test, Mixed Signal Test, Microprocessor test, and Digital test.Special Skills: Converters for program languages, data conversion, program generators and program language manipulation.Excellent trainer and mentor for Test engineers.Specialties: I manage test projects, develop test software and test development tools. I like tackling difficult tasks, RF problems, correlation issues, complex design issues, and realtime programming, which give me a chance to stretch. I also enjoy sharing my skills, teaching, mentoring and developing new talent. . I developed a project management style that was adopted by several Teradyne Applications Group personnel, who later received many customer letters of appreciation.