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Seasoned Engineering Professional, with a broad range of design experience and accomplishments in the area of RF and microwave hardware development, for both commercial and military communications markets. Experience includes, advanced hardware design/development, in both IR&D, and product environments, CAD analysis, extensive customer interface for product design and applications. Areas of specialty include High Power Amplifiers, N-way combining structures, and wide-dynamic-range receiver components, Bi-Directional repeaters, Tx/Rx switching. Managerial experience includes and a variety of supervisory and leadership roles, requiring negotiating and presentation skills at the engineering and corporate levels. Budgetary responsibilities have included those at the product-line, departmental, and corporate level.Specialties: ** Broadband LNA design from 10 MHz TO 18 GHz using bipolar, GaAs FET’S, Si-MOS & pHEMPT devices** Device characterization - manual and semi-automated load-pull**Large signal analysis & simulation in ADS & MWO Platforms**Both 2.5 AND 3D simulation of planar, multilayer structures, packaging concepts, parasitics, wirebonds, etc.**Specific techniques for PA design include::- Feedback: resistive, reactive & active types- Broadband ferrite-loaded structures- High power N-way structures

Listed skills include Device Characterization, Rf, Semiconductors, Electronics, and 16 others.