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California, United States

Cupertino, California

Cupertino, Ca

Pre- and post-silicon CPU Design Verification manager for A* mobile processors, used in iPhone and iPad. Previously Program Manager for CPUs and related custom IP.

Santa Clara, Ca

Program managed the UltraSPARC T2 CPU and follow-ons. Responsibilities include driving technical aspects of silicon and package design, silicon bringup, interface to multiple system Product Teams, process gatekeeping, foundry interface, managing budget.

Sunnyvale, Ca

Managed physical design group for this ASIC startup, which brings customers’ designs to silicon. Responsible for DFT insertion, floorplanning, place and route, IP integration, timing closure, physical verification, tapeout to foundry. Interacted with customers on a daily basis.

San Jose, Ca

Managed Electrical, Mechanical and Diagnostic development for 16U rack-mounted Content Services System. Managed hardware lab and Engineering Change Order activity. Had close interaction with Software Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing and vendors. First-generation product shipped when company lost venture funding and liquidated.

Mountain View, Ca And Menlo Park, Ca

Senior HW Engineering Manager. Project Manager for SunBlade 1000 workstations. With staff of System Architect, Program Manager and System Integration Engineers, managed the productization including Mechanical Design, Electrical Design, SW, Diagnostics, Marketing, Operations, Customer Service, Product Qualification and Technical Publications. Owned budget, schedule and material allocation.System Engineering Manager for SparcCenter 2000E and SparcServer1000E servers, including design and… Show more Senior HW Engineering Manager. Project Manager for SunBlade 1000 workstations. With staff of System Architect, Program Manager and System Integration Engineers, managed the productization including Mechanical Design, Electrical Design, SW, Diagnostics, Marketing, Operations, Customer Service, Product Qualification and Technical Publications. Owned budget, schedule and material allocation.System Engineering Manager for SparcCenter 2000E and SparcServer1000E servers, including design and testing of processor modules, peripheral devices, expansion cards and mechanical enhancements.ASIC Manager for SC2000 and SS1000 servers. Managed team of ASIC design, CAD and verification engineers. NPI Program Manger for Linlithgow, Scotland factory. Responsible for all engineering aspects of first New Product Introduction to Sun’s new Scotland Plant.Lead ASIC Design Engineer. Led team of engineers implementing the memory subsystem for Sun4/600 server. Designed Memory Controller ASIC, companion multiplexer ASIC, and controller ASIC for Floating Point Accelerator board. Show less

Cupertino, Ca

Designed memory controller ASIC and I/O controller.

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering And Mathematics

Electrical Engineering