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 OBJECTIVES |
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am looking for a new and different challenge that will captivate my
technical
skills as well as my personality and make best use of them to allow me
to bring
out all my capabilities. |
| PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY |
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A challenge
driven,
achievement oriented and efficient
senior electronics engineering staff / project manager with over 20
years of
experience in the electronics industry. |
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Knowledge of
processes
from design through to prototyping,
testing, and manufacturing. |
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Skilled
in designing electronic circuits, schematic entry, laying out Printed
Circuit Boards,
sending out for prototypes fabrication, purchasing components based on
a Bill Of
Material, assembling one of, troubleshooting, testing and getting all
documentations done with detailed attention to get the product ready
for
manufacturing release. |
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Designed
GUIs using html, Perl CGI, within Linux using VMWare. Revamped VB
interfaces
with C-Sharp designs. Have developed firmware for small
microcontrollers and
PALs. |
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Worked on
various projects
in the telecommunication and
industrial control systems. |
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Tried
starting up my own
company by making LED based
products. |
| EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE |
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Clear-Com – Alameda, CA - www.clearcom.com
Design/Test
and Integration/Applications Engineer
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2005 to Present
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Industrial Intercom systems for broadcast, live performances, air
traffic control, public safety, etc.
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My
latest work experience as Applications Engineer for a few years now with Clear-Com - I
have had the chance and pleasure to have worked for the
following customers: Cirque du Soleil, Disney and
Universal Studios; NASA; Canadian Space Agency in
Montreal; AUTEC US Navy; Buenos Ares Hippodrome;
Chilean Congress; NPR News Radio and TV Studios; Brazilian’s
Senate, Congress and TV Globo, Boeing
contractor; Associated Press, US Army
contractors, as well as Universities A/V departments, and more.
Commissioning
new systems or helping with issues onsite and remotely as well as
participating in trade shows.
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My experience
as Test and Integration Engineer in Cambridge, UK, for 7 months I performed
systems regression testing especially of new designs based on VoIP. From documentation, testing to issues reports. |
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Revamped
VB interfaces by creating new ones in C-Sharp. Implemented GUIs using
html and
Perl that runs applications in Linux from any PC.
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My experience
as Design Engineer, I hands
on implemented and responsible for the re-design effort for 10 of the
company’s
30 products. Used Orcad Capture for schematic entry, PADS for PCB
layout and
AutoCAD for assembly drawings. Worked with PCB designers, electrical
and mechanical
engineers. 2 years project.
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Met
the goals to make the products RoHS compliant, in line with the new
look and
feel, and delivered to manufacturing with an overall saving off the
cost of the
previous products. |
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Responsible
for interacting with UL and other accredited test labs to get 30
products
certified for the US
and International markets for safety and EMC requirements.
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Independent Contractor – San Francisco, CA
Hardware and Software Development Engineer
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2003 - 2005
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Provided contractual work to a few companies. These
efforts were to try keeping FunLED's going.
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World
Energy Labs:
Performed complete regression tests on their hand
held state of the art battery testers. Methodically tested the
hardware, firmware and software tool. Came up with a lengthy list of
bugs, problems and recommendations. Presented a thorough analysis of my
findings. |
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Power-Products, Inc.:
Re-designed electronic circuitries, PCBs, to system
built for their battery test equipment and chargers. Came up with new
designs and personally implemented the first articles. Brought
up to speed the manufacturing side. Created the web Site. |
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EDGE
Innovation: Lead the
electrical efforts, and supervised five technicians, for the Universal
Studio
new
ride “Revenge of the Mummy” robots. |
Fun LED's/LEDINNO – San Francisco, CA - www.ledinno.com
Project
Manager /
Hard and Soft Development / Principal Financier
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2001 – 2004
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Electronically controlled LED lighted products.
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Managed the
product and
the enterprise from
engineering to administration, manufacturing, accounting, distribution
and
representation. This was my startup company. Ran out of capital. |
GBase
Communications – Walnut Creek, CA
Product
Verification and Qualification Engineer |
2002 – 2003 |
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3G
CDMA 2000 1X base station equipment and PDSN solution.
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Tested,
analyzed and benchmarked hardware and software for a 3G CDMA base
station.
Involved hands on in the creation of PCB hardware and firmware
integration and
testing. |
Atmel Corporation – Berkeley, CA
- www.atmel.com
Hardware
Engineer |
1999 – 2002 |
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Single GSM chip set solution.
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Designed
Printed Circuit
Boards with OrCad used to test a
GSM ASIC chip. Manufactured, assembled, debugged and tested digital and
RF
prototype platforms. |
Algorex, Inc. – San Francisco, CA
Test Engineer |
1997 – 1999 |
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Software design services to wireless equipment manufacturers. Sold to
National Semiconductor.
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Prepared,
tested, debugged and delivered an Acceptance Test Plan for a TDMA
cellular
phone protocol software stack. Traveled to Japan
(headquarter and client’s office) for eight months until final delivery. |
Aval Communication, Inc. - Walnut
Creek, CA
Design
Engineer/
Material Manager / Employee #1 |
1994 – 1997 |
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Wireless systems. Company went bankrupt.
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Hands
on development of multi-carrier power amplifiers. Buyer and liaison
with
Contract Manufacturers for systems build, from components level to
final
assembly. |
Teknekron Com. Systems -
Berkeley, CA
Staff Engineer |
1993 – 1994 |
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System
design services to large wireless OEMs. Manager asked me to
join Aval communication.
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Tested,
debugged and repaired TDMA wireless phone hardware prototype platforms.
Implemented ECO. Performed functionality testing with a multitude of
lab
equipment. |
Turbo Instruments, Inc. - Orinda,
CA
Operation
Engineer |
1989 – 1993 |
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Electromagnetic
flow meters. Friend engineer asked me to join Teknekron.
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Assisted
customers and distributors to choose, install, troubleshoot, repair and
maintain electromagnetic flow meters. Managed the manufacturing of the
electronic elements. Traveled
to Cologne,
Germany
(headquarter) for
six
months for training and products testing. |
Ondyne Onduleur - Arpajon, France
Design
Engineer |
1987 – 1988 |
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Uninterrupted
Power Supplies. Moved to USA.
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Involved
with the creation of hardware prototype control cards. Assisted hands
on, to
the component level, with the design and realization of electronic
circuits. |
French Military – France
Sergeant /
Telecommunication Service Center Manager |
1984 – 1987 |
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French Army.
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Managed
a three-man transceiver maintenance lab. Supported direct link from
high
command to the field. Maintained, repaired, tested and installed
communication
systems. |
| TECHNICAL SUMMARY |
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| SYSTEMS |
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| My
latest work experience as Applications Engineer for a few years now with Clear-Com - I
have had the chance and pleasure to have set equipment onsite and trained the
following high profile customers: Cirque du Soleil, Disney and
Universal Studios; NASA; Canadian Space Agency in
Montreal; AUTEC US Navy; Buenos Ares Hippodrome;
Chilean Congress; NPR News Radio and TV Studios; Brazilian’s
Senate, Congress and TV Globo, Boeing
contractor; Associated Press, US Army
contractors, as well as Universities A/V departments, and more.
Commissioning
new systems or helping with issues onsite and remotely as well as
participating in trade shows. |
| HARDWARE |
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| Designed
analog and digital circuitries. Generated schematics, created layout
and
manufactured printed circuit boards. Used many electronic laboratories
test
equipment. Accomplished at testing, debugging and repairing.
Manufactured
electronic systems with contract manufacturers. |
| SOFTWARE |
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| Work
on embedded platforms using C and assembly. Developed, debugged,
maintained and
benchmarked protocol software in C. Designed simulation applications
using
Matlab, Simulink and C language. Used Tcl and Tk to create graphic user
interfaces. Currently
using C-Sharp. |
| WEB DESIGN |
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| PATENTS
AND PUBLICATIONS |
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2001 -
Submitted and was
granted the Trademark “Fun Badges” from USPTO. |
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1993 -
Disclosed an
“autonomous power meter reader
system”
to the Commissioner of USPTO. |
| EDUCATION |
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1988 -
B.T.S., Electronics
Engineering. 2 years program - Tech Institute - Paris, France |
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1984 -
B.E.P.,
Electronics, Technician Diploma -
E.N.T.S.O.A. - Issoire, France |
| Continuing
Education |
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2000 - High
speed Printed
Circuit Board design and
simulation tools Courses - UC Berkeley |
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2000 - Orcad
Schematic
Entry and Printed Circuit
Board
Layout Courses - Cadence - Santa Clara, CA |
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1998 - MATLAB
and SIMULINK
Courses - The Math Works,
inc. -
Natick, MA |
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1997 -
Computer
Programming Using "C" - UC Berkeley |
| OTHER
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Languages:
Fluent in English and French and currently studying Spanish.
Hobbies: Travelling, Playing guitar, Cooking.
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