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Boulder, CO, US

Boulder, Colorado, US

My role was expanded to include strategy and product roadmap development based on what was accomplished in the Director role. I was increasingly involved in product positioning and planning of the FreeWave ecosystem. I was part of performing due diligence on a strategic acquisition, as well as system integration work with our lead customers. During this.

Boulder, Colorado, US

I was hired to help rejuvenate and re-shape a lagging engineering team that hadn’t shipped a new product in over 3 years. In the first 6 months, the team was re-formed to get the proper skillsets in place to meet the roadmap, as FreeWave was pivoting into an IIoT systems/solutions provider. We released an updated version of our custom Linux OS, 3 updated.

Sanford, Florida, US

Promoted to take over management of all firmware resources and part of QA because those functions were struggling to meet deadlines and release cadences. Re-organized the team around a product-focused vision, and actively worked to harmonize disparate development environments and code bases to maximize re-use and cross-training of Derive’s product.

Sanford, Florida, US

I was the first hire for Derive's new Colorado location. As the only employee on the Front Range, I was tasked with interviewing/growing our leadership team, and assisting with the build-out of our office location. I led the electrical, mechanical, and RF design and development of Derive's "VQ" platform. The device is a telematics-style OBD2 dongle w/.

Dallas, TX, US

Lead embedded engineer working on high-end automotive exterior lighting systems including AFL/ADB headlights, welcome lighting, and animated turn. Defined and supported the TPS92661, the industry's first integrated high-brightness LED matrix manager for automotive headlight systems. Support all power electronics IC development with MCU interfaces and.

Dallas, TX, US

Architect and develop intelligent, integrated lighting solutions based on Texas Instruments' broad portfolio of MCU/DSP, power management, and lighting power products. Intelligent lighting includes sensor-based designs, wired and wireless control and telemetry communications channels, and automated lighting systems.

Embedded systems engineer for National's Solid State Lighting group. Architecting and developing LED drivers and ballasts to enable next generation smart lighting platforms. Smart platforms are sensor-based, programmable, and able to integrate communications infrastructure as required by the installation/architecture.

Responsible for the vast majority of systems level development within my group supporting approximately 45 engineers worldwide with hardware. Involved in all aspects of systems development from initial requirements, architecture, schematic capture, layout, manufacturing, turn-on, and development support. Systems range from internal IC evaluation kits to.

Principal hardware engineer for AI-driven robotic proof-of-concept. Involved from concept/architecture through turn-on. Dealt with all aspects of the robot's hardware including sensors, processing, communication, motors/actuators, and chassis/mechanicals. Aided in development of robotic firmware/middleware in both C and assembly. Helped develop signal.

Responsible for customer support of National's Geode x86 SoCs. Duties included review of customer schematics and layouts, troubleshooting customer platforms at both the hardware, BIOS, and software levels, and producing required test collaterals and documentation.

Responsible for hardware design and test for National's Geode x86 SoCs. Motherboard design and bringup, and embedded system design and bringup, including BIOS and software. Worked on National's Comdex hardware concept platforms, and worked the show. Concept products shown included the WebPAD (precursor to tablet PCs) and the "Origami" personal communicator.

US

Cyrix's x86 SoC business was purchased by National Semiconductor shortly after I joined the company.