Neil Allison Email & Phone Number

Canterbury, New Zealand

Christchurch

• Electronic product design and manufacturing consulting engineering services.Hi-tech & Industrial Product Development
• Electronics Design for Trimble Catalyst Digital Antennas www.geospatial.trimble.com/DA2 and DA1
• Digital, power supply and PCB design for product with Xilinx Zynq SoC
• GPS receiver R&D evaluation PCBA design, assemble and test
• Design and manufacture of own brand multi-output lead-acid battery chargers
• UL Listing, Follow Up Service Procedure and audits for industrial battery chargers

• Contract project manager and component engineer within a multi-discipline team designing a very high efficiency telecom switch mode rectifier.
• Documented product specifications and requirements
• Managed new part introduction, the BOM and product cost projections
• Arranged and tracked purchasing of materials
• Tracked issues and minutes of weekly project meetings
• Developed and maintained Excel based project timeline (Gantt Chart)

• Proto Electronics Ltd designs and manufactures indoor and outdoor digital, wireless controlled scoreboards, and industrial test instruments for the power systems industry. Proto also offers electronic design and.
• Product design for a battery powered industrial test meter - Define product specifications and obtain client sign off - Select enclosure, control panel layout and design mechanical solution - Electronic design.
• Manufacturing Engineering - Design and commission embedded controller for soldering machine - Document BOMs, assembly specifications and fixtures - Assemble and test scoreboards - Create computer drawings and make cut.
• Development Testing - Software and functional testing scoreboards against specification and sport rules

• Honorary Treasurer and Club Executive Committee member
• Monthly and Annual Financials reporting
• Budgets, planning and cost reviews
• Answering member sales and fee queries
• Website support team
• Support for major external audit to satisfy community funding providers

• Assisted my wife who worked as an English Teacher in this Chinese College in Jurong, approximately 300km west of Shanghai.
• Developed basic Chinese (Mandarin) language skills
• Immersed in Chinese Culture for everyday and business arrangements
• Arranged all local and domestic travel for family
• Attended electronics trade shows in Suzhou and Shanghai
• Home / correspondence school supervisor for son

• Design team member for GeoExplorer 2005 Series rugged PDA with high accuracy GPS
• Developed manufacturing test specifications
• Developed and verified manufacturing tests for audio sub-system
• Prototype design verification testing
• BOM maintenanceProject Manager for RoHS Compliance
• Plan product design revisions for use of RoHS compliant parts and processes

Designed a 1400W switch mode rectifier and associated DC Power System for the telecommunications industry

Designed electrical and electronic systems for the Stirling Cycle WhisperGen™ Personal Power Station

Design team for switch mode rectifiers and DC power systems for the telecommunications industry. Arranged Power Electronics Seminars led by Rudy Severns and Ed Bloom for NZ industryTechnical Writer for ISO9002 quality systems.

B.E. (Hons), Electrical And Electronic Engineering

Activities and Societies: Smallbore Target Shooting

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