- Maintained firmware control of PAM4 DSP transmitters.- Implemented self amplitude-calibration procedure in firmware for differential drivers.- Designed and implemented method for designing PAM4 DSP ASIC TX equalizers for amplitude, phase, eye linearity and TDECQ, using various optimization techniques.

- Maintained firmware control of PAM4 DSP transmitters.- Implemented self amplitude-calibration procedure in firmware for differential drivers.- Designed and implemented method for designing PAM4 DSP ASIC TX equalizers for amplitude, phase, eye linearity and TDECQ, using various optimization techniques.

- Contribute to the Transponder Abstraction Interface (TAI) for disaggregated whitebox packet transponders, and implement TAI drivers for line-side modules.- Designed and implemented method for designing TX equalizers for coherent DSP ASICs using constrained weighted least-squares optimization techniques.- Increased bandwidth density of transceiver channel through design of maximally-flat additive bandpass filters to convolve with equalizers to enhance specific spectrum ranges.- Architect security method for enabling transceiver features using public key cryptography.- Characterized, designed and implemented control of a Mach-Zehnder based RX VOA.

- Contribute to the Transponder Abstraction Interface (TAI) for disaggregated whitebox packet transponders, and implement TAI drivers for line-side modules.

- Support customers worldwide on hardware and software issues regarding interfacing, control, optimization and integration of coherent transceivers in network systems.- Developed and implemented a low-cost method for measuring I and Q skew at picosecond resolution for ACO transceivers. Deployed method at production facility.- Developed wavelet based approach to practically measure the S21 response of a system in an optimal manner.

- Extract cryptographic keys from electronic devices through power usage analysis.- Design and implement in MATLAB, signal processing techniques, including Wavelet based de-noising and de-trending, to find small correlated power consumption from large electronic devices such as general purpose microprocessors and SOCs.- Perform and mentor power analysis on devices to find cryptographic security issues.- Submitted two countermeasure patents for secure microprocessor design and usage.

- Present power analysis and countermeasure results to industry at security conferences.- Design and implement various cryptographic applications for analysis, including Linux, Windows Mobile and Android programs.- Research and specify hardware for high-performance analysis.- Train customers on how to use Cryptography Research’s power analysis system.

- Principal Investigator (PI) for IRAD project using adaptive optics, optimization techniques, and signal analysis to investigate methods for sensing atmospheric turbulence with significant reductions in size weight and power (SWaP).- Developed and proved in MATLAB an algorithm for imaging faint objects hidden in high-noise and cluttered environments.- Designed, managed and integrated a remote center to control and monitor a mobile high-powered laser defense system.- Implemented in DSPs, leading edge object-tracking and centroiding algorithms.- Developed in MATLAB, sensitive noise analysis techniques for focal plane arrays.- Integrated a gimbal system for tracking fast moving objects.- Analyzed, researched and provided electronic systems solutions for various optical based pointing/tracking/correcting/monitoring systems.- Designed and implemented in DSPs a self-referencing interferometer (SRI) based adaptive optics algorithm. - Awarded jointly a patent on the algorithm implementation.- Managed optical/software/algorithm design team to design and implement indirect wave front sensing test bed.

- Director of central applications, field applications, and manual development for DSP and FPGA based embedded processing boards.- Managed application engineers to provide support, application NRE work, and system design for customers.- Proposed, defined and launched issue tracking system to monitor support inquiries.- Proposed, defined and launched SVN source control system for engineering products, applications, manuals and marketing literature.- Implemented quarterly objectives system for applications engineers.- Implemented in DSPs, an adaptive optics algorithm. Worked with FPGA contractor to develop Fiber Channel interface to high-speed camera.- Designed and implemented multiple DSP based IO frameworks for customers.

- Managed the DSP integration of a flow cytometry system and coordinated multiple tasks including manufacturing forecasting, custom cPCI backplane design and verification, production procedure development and testing and DSP IO framework development.

- Managed the electronics architecture of an extended scene adaptive optics project.--- Worked with optics engineers to define system requirements. Studied family of proposed algorithms to determine processing load, and implemented timing analysis to determine processor requirements.--- Tasked detailed timing analysis to engineer, and coordinated a team session of three engineers to define IO framework ISRs and routines.- Implemented DSP libraries to interface to cameras and other DSPs.- Designed and implemented in C++, self-referencing interferometer (SRI) adaptive optics algorithm. Implemented DSP based high speed version on embedded processing board.- Implemented GNU debugger (GDB) server in C++ and SystemC for a custom processor.- Designed and implemented self-synchronizing and tracking socket based communication protocol in QNX to track data burst drifts from a LADAR system to a Kalman filter.- Designed and implemented 10 kfps micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) deformable mirror (DM) Shack–Hartmann adaptive optics algorithm on an embedded processing board.--- Implemented a MATLAB/MEX interface library to control and analyze the AO system.

- Trained on TigerSHARC, SHARC, Blackfin, ADSP-219x and ADSP-218x DSPs.- Presented ADI technology to customers and specified DSPs for their systems.- Resolved customer issues with DSP architecture and development tools.- Coordinated relationships between customers, product line and third parties.- Qualified customer requirements for future DSP technology to product line.- Developed and presented a 1-day TigerSHARC workshop to customers every quarter.- Built and maintained TigerSHARC database for FAEs and product line engineers.- Presented basic wavelet theory and JPEG2000 standard to worldwide FAEs.- Presented paper “Implementing approximating math routines for digital signal processing,” at ADI’s Digital Design Workshop (DDWS) 2003.- Designed and implemented approximating math routines used in VisualAudio DSP.- Designed and implemented biquad filters used in the VisualAudio DSP.- Designed and implemented specific DSP projects for customers.- Developed a wavelet based dynamic interpolator on the ADSP-21161N for a customer. Used the engine for an example in VisualDSP.- Developed a convolutional reverb on the ADSP-TS201 EZ-KIT for 2003 AES conference demo. Used the demo as an example in VisualDSP.

- Proposed, designed, and simulated a modified quasi-Newton optimization algorithm in MATLAB to align micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors for optical transport.--- Trained and managed a firmware engineer to implement the algorithm.- Designed and implemented listed features on an embedded processing board.--- An autonomous detection and notification system for reporting events and faults to a facility manager through a proprietary communication link.--- Diagnostic and reporting routines for power regulators, mirror controllers, and mirror performance.--- Tracking and compensating for mirror position sensor drifts.- Assisted in porting firmware from a single to dual DSP architecture.- Worked with the hardware department to define future DSP requirements.- Designed and implemented an efficient and robust TCP/IP socket class in C++ for high throughput TL1 communications between C++ and Java applications.