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California, United States

Chandler, AZ, US

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Generalist FAE currently supporting key suppliers such as Microchip and ON Semiconductor. Previously also supported Texas Instruments and Marvell
• Work closely with Avnet sales and manufacturer representatives to drive demand creation strategy at all accounts with focus on driving higher design win numbers.
• Develop deeper relationships with key decision makers within focus accounts. Be a trusted adviser. Participate in design reviews and influence wider adoption of products from Avnet’s supplier portfolio.
• Develop and deliver product training to customers and Avnet sales team to keep them informed on new technologies and solutions.

San Jose, CA, US

• Developed and maintained strong technical relationships with key influencers and decision makers. Managed all technical engagements and escalations with the appropriate Xilinx factory resources as required.
• Worked closely with customer system architects and engineering teams during the architectural and product definition phase to understand requirements and challenges and propose technical solutions positioned around.
• Differentiated Xilinx solutions from competition by preparing and presenting customized hardware and software demos, targeted technical training and presentations to customer engineering and executive teams including.
• Debug customer designs and identify software and/or hardware issues through simulation and on-site analysis of typical FPGA design issues.
• As the processor and connectivity Subject Matter Expert (SME), engaged with regional FAEs to support all Zynq (ARM SoC), Microblaze and PCI Express design opportunities and drove wide adoption of the Zynq platform.
• Convert existing designs to Xilinx target device.

• As the technical owner, drove Altera’s demand creation strategy in major networking companies including Cisco, Juniper and Extreme Networks.
• Uncovering and targeting appropriate opportunities
• Being the technical account owner to align the key influencers in the customer’s technical staff
• Presenting capabilities of Altera’s whole product portfolio and performing demonstrations of feasibility studies and proofs of concept in customer meetings and seminars
• Orchestrating Altera’s technical resources as appropriate for the customer engagement
• Creating technical proposals based on product portfolio knowledge, customer requirements and input from the team to formulate Altera’s value proposition

US

• As a Xilinx dedicated FAE, worked with a broad base of channel customers in a wide range of applications. Engaged with customers in the pre-sale phase to understand their requirements and provided recommendation on.
• Developed several pieces of RTL designs across multiple applications and provided to customers as a starting point.
• Successfully designed-in multiple PowerPC based Virtex2PRO FPGAs by developing embedded systems training and delivering them to customers during on-site and interactive sessions.
• Assisted customers with complex design issues such as timing closure, floor-planning, and embedded design.

• Designed line cards and control boards for the COBAnet flagship products for the remote access platforms
• Worked closely with Software Development team during board bring up and debug.
• Coordinated with CAD team and Operations group to resolve design, CAD layout, parts and manufacturing issues.
• Successfully completed various designs based on the Motorola MPC860 PowerPC Microprocessors, FPGAs and CPLDs.

• Designed various PowerPC based control and Line cards for the next generation access products.
• Worked closely with Software team during board bring up, test and product release phases.
• Developed functional and test specifications.
• Participated in design reviews and provided feedback on potential issues.