Tom Eberle Email & Phone Number

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

At reef, we're sparking a revolution in the way consumers think about plant medicine through the marriage of automated indoor grow technology and human-centered design.Our flagship product, the HomeGrow, is returning flower to the people with an AI-optimized ecosystem that integrates into any modern living space.Because home is where yougrow.

Arnold, Maryland, US

Professor of Electronics teaching transfer students engineering principals in electronic design.

• Agricultural data analytics company helping farmers optimize production and increase profits by delivering actionable intelligence to better manage farm operations. Venture member at AccelerateDC.
• Graduate of DC Innovation Corps (DC I-Corps) establishing Lean Startup product market fit after conducting over 50 customer interviews in 7-week period, leading to creation of minimal viable product (MVP).
• Built UAV with near infrared (NIR) sensor, developed mission planning and acquisition workflow for agricultural survey capability. Demonstrated UAV at Mid-Atlantic Precision Ag Equipment Conference.
• Created normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) imagery to identify stress in crop fields. Worked closely with farmers/crop consultants to correlate imagery to identify real world problems.

Annapolis, Maryland, US

I serve as a civilian volunteer sailing coach for the Offshore Sail Training Squadron. OSTS is one of the premier summer training programs for Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy. The Midshipmen receive training in ocean sailing, seamanship, navigation, leadership, and teamwork. During the summer, OSTS sends the sail training craft, Navy 44s, to various.

• Providing business and technical consulting services to a variety of industries.
• Spotkick – Identified trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements. Located and proposed potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and.
• Loginsoft – Provided Druapl CMS expertise to leading IT Services Company meeting with customer to understand problems and issues of business process portal. Developed Drupal upgrade plan including more robust work flow.
• Avid Golf – Provided Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and e-commerce expertise for website launch.

• Managed all aspects of company from strategic business planning to day to day program and business management. Worked closely with clients to translate their strategic business objectives into strategic technical.
• Led business development initiatives resulting in successful company growth over 8 years.- Created a successful business based on product performance and demonstrated ROI.- Doubled annual sales the first 3 years.
• Successfully managed programs/project from start to finish.- Conducted requirements gathering with clients to determine technical scope.- Translated project requirements to statement of work, deliverables, time-line.
• Developed new products to continue company’s competitive edge.- Followed and interpreted industry business trends to stay ahead of clients needs.- Translated business trends into new products synergistic with existing.

• Led all product management and marketing functions including competitive analysis and product positioning, pricing strategies, and strategic planning for new product introduction. Established vertical marketing.
• Developed a competitive analysis matrix outlining key technologies and their attributes.
• Authored customer success stories highlighting the significant advantages of our products over competitors.
• Created product overviews, investor business overviews (angel and venture capital investors), and company backgrounder documents.
• Designed and launched company website emphasizing expert knowledge in design verification, product capabilities, technical white papers, and customer success stories.

Beaverton, Oregon, US

• Developed and executed worldwide marketing programs for leading edge production probe cards serving the high volume semiconductor industry. Accelerate adoption of new technology through strategic evaluations with key.
• Successfully established and managed customer relationships in Europe, North America, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan, acting as factory liaison, resolving technical issues, and gathering customer requirements.
• Managed key customer evaluation programs including project scheduling, resource planning, schedule recovery, problem resolution, status reporting, and customer site installation and evaluation.
• Established and led industry partnerships with equipment suppliers to evaluate and cross train field application engineers in use of our technology ahead of customer evaluations and adoption.
• Created a business development kit which outlined: the market segment opportunity, core benefit proposition, differentiated position, competitive “sell against”, cost of ownership, ideal customer profile, and case.
• Managed financial budgets for marketing programs primarily focused on outbound marketing activities including: trade show support, data sheets, application notes, technical briefs, and advertising.

Developed and executed marketing plan for two new electronic design automation products. Launched companies first electronic design collaboration product. Integrated new design creation product into product marketing plan. Identified messaging and value proposition for design collaboration product integrated with our B to B e-commerce strategy through.

Wilsonville, OR, US

• Provided technical direction and vision for the design-for-test (DFT) product line by analyzing industry trends, customer feedback, and existing company capabilities. Forged strategic partnerships with key customers.
• Led marketing, research, and engineering campaign to introduce the industries first system-on-chip test solution. Performed market research and customer interviews to determine product requirements and specification..
• Led $1.6 million European Union ESPRIT contract proposal collaborating with Universite de Grenoble. Created a technology extraction plan to benefit existing products, led European engineering and marketing teams to a.
• Generated market awareness by establishing self as industry expert through active participant in two International standards organizations (Virtual Socket Interface Alliance, IEEE P1500 Embedded Core Test Working.
• Chaired and coordinated technical sessions at leading industry workshops and conferences. Made presentations of Mentor Graphics approach at leading workshops devoted to system-on-chip test technology.
• Contributed in meeting 124% of targeted product line 1998 revenue goal.

• Developed and lead a new technology group focused on designing testability into all levels of electronic systems. Secured funding through IR&D, company R&D, and on-going company programs. Created alliance partnerships.
• Established and led advanced technology insertion group. Staffed and managed engineering group focused on design-for-test technology and its application to IC's, printed circuit boards, and systems. Successfully built.
• Created an in-house design automation tool to rapidly design self-testable IC's and printed circuit boards. Provided a 4x reduction in design cycle time and reduced system integration and debug time by 30%..
• Became an acknowledged company expert in design for test technology. Established and organized Lockheed Martin’s first annual testability conference. Provided training and consulting on IC, printed circuit board, and.
• Principal investigator for Air Force R&D program to explore concepts for evaluating system diagnostics. Led proposal with team member's Research Triangle Institute and Duke University to win $700k dollar Rome Labs.

• Hardware development engineering for IBM product line of host based graphic workstations (IBM 5080). This included the development of several ASIC designs in the back-end drawing engine and frame buffer control.
• Design of video RAM controller ASIC (6k gates, CMOS) for high-speed frame buffer. Responsible for all phases of development including design capture, test vector generation, design verification and simulation, floor.
• Design of pixel memory controller and pixel data manipulator ASIC’s (~3k gate each). Responsible for all phases of development including design capture, test vector generation, design verification and simulation, floor.
• ASIC design verification of pixel multiplexor and windowing look-up table ASIC’s. Responsible for test vector generation, design verification and simulation, floor planning, timing analysis, fault simulation, and.
• Board level design of a graphics accelerator card for IBM RS/6000 workstation.Responsibilities included functional definition, DFT and manufacturability, part’s placement, board level simulation strategies.
• Product Engineering support. Responsibilities included transitioning new designs from design verification phase to manufacturing verification phase. Involved investigation into design related problems found in.

• Test equipment development and support.
• Design of memory expansion card for 8088 microprocessor based test stand.
• Supported microwave assembly test stand diagnostics. Responsible for design, test, and integration of test stand software to control IEEE-488 bus measurement equipment. Software documentation was required.

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bs Eet, Electrical Engineering Technology

Msee, Computer Architecture