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Federal Way, Washington, United States

Santa Clara, California, United States

Manage Power and Analog business development activities for the Automotive, Industrial, and Multi-Market (AIM) business unit. Identify and define new technology platform needs, create supporting business case materials and forecasts, and develop and maintain marketing collateral for both existing and upcoming technology platforms.

San Jose, Ca

Maxim Integrated acquired Volterra Semiconductor Oct 1, 2013. Responsible for global IC Design activities in Maxim's Cloud & Data Center (Enterprise Server) Business Unit and later Solar Business.

Fremont, Ca

Lead global development team activities in Volterra's Notebook PC division and later Server and Storage division, the company's largest market segment. Manage a staff of up to 40 in IC Design, Test, Systems Engineering, and Program Management.

San Jose, Ca

Manage design teams responsible for development of traditional analog Power Managment Controllers, Monolithic POLs, and Digital Power Controllers for both Catalog Sales and the Communications market segment.

Responsible for launching a new Development Center, from initial site planning to ongoing operations and strategic planning. Interview and hire various multidisciplinary Engineers including Design, Layout, Test, Product, and Applications. Assemble and submit operational and capital budget proposals. Work with Marketing to develop business strategies and product roadmaps for the Integrated Product Solutions segment, and maintain customer relationships.Staffed the development center to thirteen Engineers in a highly competitive market. Conducted feasibility studies and supported the Technology Platform team in defining new fab process requirements. Developed test structures for the new process and designed portions of a micro-PMU for the portable consumer market. Other team accomplishments include start of a DVS family of products, a 20% die size reduction of the ADP2105 and conversion of the ADP1653 to a new test platform resulting in a 60% reduction in production test costs.

Lead a team of circuit designers, guide layout teams, generate die size estimates, and support Test Engineering. Active in helping to define new process technology requirements. Supervisor to multiple student employees. Mentor students on software tools, circuit design, and characterization techniques. Train development community on FMEA requirements for Automotive TS16949 Certification process.Lead Designer of multiple custom Mixed-Signal System on a Chip (SoC) devices. • Power Management and Audio Pre-Amp for On*Star systems. • Anti-Lock Brake (ABS) Power Control Unit for Korean-based manufacturers. • MEMS Pre-Driver for TI’s DLP systems. • Integrated Power Management and Motor Controller for Color Ink-Jet Printers. • Anti-Lock Brake (ABS) and Traction Control System (TCS) for German-based manufacturers. - Supervisory IC for Voltage Level Fault Detection - Wheel Speed Sensor • Six-Channel Active and Passive Automotive Dashboard Driver

Disposition material, develop process and equipment specifications, maintain and improve multiprobe yields, maintain equipment and preventative maintenance schedules, correlate process concerns to equipment operation, and supervise a team of R&M technicians.

Emba, Executive Mba Program

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Delta Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi, MSC Casino