Computer / electronics consultant
with extensive technical background as an electronic / computer engineer.
Twenty one years in the computer / electronics field, eleven years as an
electronic engineer,
seven years in
project management,
and five years as a
corporate executive.
Twenty year history with projects at IBM (T.J. Watson Research, Boca Raton, RTP, Guadalajara).
Recent experience managing short term, fast paced, projects as well as long term, multi-year, endeavors
(tracking, projections, Gantt charts, etc. done through "Microsoft Project" and other custom tools). Experienced with managing and
participating in projects spread over wide geographic areas and time zones. Pioneer in the use of Internet and intranet to share and archive project
information. Comfortable with HTML / Web development, Microsoft Office Suite, administration of domains, etc. Currently running
small server farm of corporate and Internet servers.
Employment:
Nov. 1996 to present (overview)
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
President of Engineering;
client consulting and management of
Adapticom Engineering Team.
General Consultant Activities
Provided extensive analysis of secruity features and liabilities in current and future FPGA technologies. Duties
included lieterature revue, meetings with vendors, reports, etc.
Designed IP Video Surveillance system for small business owners needing to actively monitor multiple sites in real-time for loss prevention and security. Completed roll-out into fast food restaurant chain.
Net2Phone Related Activities
Responsible for new product development in the
VoIP
internet appliance market segment, including electrical
design, PCB design, package design, BOM management and cost reduction, and procurement of contract manufacturers.
As a corporate officer and head of the Adapticom engineering group, had responsibility for all new product development,
including electrical design, PCB design, package design, BOM management, cost reduction, procurement of contract manufacturers, etc.
Managed
staff of
engineers, manufacturing and accounting personnel.
Brought the Net2Phone
"Yap Jack Plus"
VoIP
"dial up" product from design concept all the way to volume manufacturing.
Responsible for initial component selection and costing to bring product to proper pricing threshold. Managed continuing effort to optimize BOM and
reduce costs. Prepared RFQ packages and managed communications with tier I and tier II contract manufacturers. Procured Part 15 and Part 68 product
certifications.
Coordinated team comprised of individuals in US, France, Spain, & Taiwan. Created custom web-based documentation archival system.
Utilized "Microsoft Project" to manage scheduling
dates, manpower, material procurement, manufacturing, and other
gating factors.
Resolved manufacturing problems for the
Aplio Pro
broadband VoIP product.
Also included: Attendance at trade shows and evaluation of telephony products,
interfacing with Net2Phone business development personnel and Net2Phone business partners to develop plans for fast paced
VoIP cable telephony projects and trials and the
management of Adapticom engineering team, providing Net2Phone with
documentation
and explanations of telephony
standards and protocols
,
along with general industry
references.
IBM Related Activities
Managed the engineering and remanufacture of IBM Pcycler Version 2.4a for IBM RTP, IBM Guadalajara, and IBM Global Services. Provided rapid turn
around of units to enable IBM manufacturing to make quarterly goals.
Managed multiple Server rework projects for CSC IBM RTP.
Managed engineering and manufacture of HiPot HPFI-12 Fail Inducer.
Development and support
for
"Realtime Trace Tools"
for IBM RTP Server Performance Analysis.
- Planning and executing the technical tasks associated with developing "first of" hardware.
- Navigating the "political trends" within IBM, over a multi-year period, and surmounting the problems associated with a complex and expensive project such as RTS.
- Scheduling the hardware deliverables for the project to coincide with the latest processor technology.
- Scheduling and managing the actual collection of data to match the availability of various sever "test beds" as they evolved through the
Server Performance Lab.
Management featured the judicial use of outside vendors and contractors to balance the work load, along with maintaining a consistently
positive relationship with IBM management, and the use of various project management tools
such as "Microsoft Project" to track the progress of the individual tasks and their gating factors.
Mar. 2003 to Present
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Principal Engineer;
management of
Adapticom Engineering Team.
Provided consultant services
involving analysis of Actel, Altera & Xilinx FPGA security vulnerabilities (bitstream security & encryption, configuration corruption,
data separation, TMR, microprobing, Focused ION Beam workstations, Electron Beam Testers, decapping, power analysis,
Lithium Niobate, data remanence, SEU & SEL, etc.).
Currently providing clients with
new product development expertise.
Jun. 2001 to Feb. 2003
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Principal Engineer;
management of
Adapticom Engineering Team.
VoIP designs
utilizing a wide variety of components and technologies.
Provided Net2Phone Inc. with
new product development expertise including:
initial electrical design,
raw PCB layout and fabrication,
prototype builds,
mechanical design,
Bill of Materials (BOM) costing / cost reduction, and
certifications (Part 15, Part 68, etc.) - mitigation work. Responsible for all hardware engineering involved in bringing to market Net2Phone's recent
product, the
Yap Jack Plus .
Feb. 1995 to Dec. 1996
IBM Corp., Dept. 2S9, Server Performance Analysis,
Research Triangle Park, NC.
Project Manager / Design Engineer, responsible for
promoting, managing, and developing
custom
"deep trace"
performance tools,
sub-system, module, and gate level design
of real time
high speed (166 MHz)
digital systems utilizing Actel and Xilinx
Field Programmable Gate Arrays
,
Verilog, Vhdl, Synopsys, ModelSim, Synplicity, and Viewlogic schematic capture. Conducted
Verilog/VHDL
benchmarking on
Actel
&
Xilinx
FPGAs; managed Risc 6000 AIX server farm. IBM Manager:
William D. Hall
