5106 Palomino Ln, Garland, TX 75043
Business Development – Technical Sales – Field Applications Engineer
SUMMARY:
9 Years Manufacturing & Statistical Process Control (Lean Six Sigma)
9 Years Sales & Sales Engineering Support (Field Applications Engineer)
5 Years Engineering Design & New Product Introduction
4 Years Test, Automation, and Statistical Analysis
3 Years Research & Development
2 Years Marketing & Product Management
I’m a manager and engineer with experience in sales, marketing, technical research, marketing research, electronic and mechanical design, testing, and manufacturing. I recently finished my MBA and am interesting in returning to a career in Business Development, Sales, or Field Applications Engineering. I love working with customers!
For over 30 years, I have delivered data-driven processes and products that are accurate, precise, and robust for my clients, bringing technology and methodologies to small, medium, and large companies. I have made innovation affordable, understandable, and profitable. I am now ready to make a transition in my career to apply my technical and business knowledge to an organization wishing to find integrative solutions to scaling up their business.
For over 30 years, I have created data-driven processes that are accurate, precise, and robust for my clients, bringing technology, methodologies, and automation to small and medium-sized companies that have traditionally only been available to large-budget corporations. I make process innovation affordable, understandable, and profitable.
EXPERIENCE
Microwave/Analog Electrical / Manufacturing Engineering Consultant
2007 – Present
SVTronics (Dallas Contract Manufacturer): Developed and built factory automation to improve process throughput and yields. Analyzed and improved measurement and analytic techniques for assessing the validity of inventory work-in-process for several product lines using Lean/Six Sigma, DOE, and Kaizen Blitz techniques. Documented processes (Assembly instruction, PFMEA, PERT, Value Stream Mapping, Process Control Plan, Manloading analysis, Cpk Analysis, Control Charts). Implemented Visual Factory techniques, streamlined process flows, and consolidated database to a central location for rapid routine analyses. Designed manufacturing process for General Electric product.
- Successfully implemented and improved process for assembling and testing an oil sensor used for monitoring fluid levels in locomotives. Revised and automated processes for five-fold throughput improvement, decreasing failure rate from 40% to less than 5%, and improved measurement variation by a factor of 8.
- Wrote software for troubleshooting and benchmarking test equipment, eliminating months of costly meeting time between representatives of various companies..
- Defined test KPIs to allow client to evaluate progress in over a dozen processes on manufacturing lines.
Texas Instruments, Inc.: Gathered and analyzed data regarding RFIC developed for smart radio applications. Worked with a team to implement RF and analog hardware. Trained technicians how to troubleshoot RF/analog and digital circuitry. Developed information and material flow infrastructure with our contract manufacturers. Developed a laboratory for testing initial rollout of IC. Designed and built ad hoc circuits needed for RF matching and for fixing various digital communication bus problems.
- Successfully troubleshot and tested a testchip at frequencies that were previously unachievable for this RFIC (245 MS/s).
- Wrote software for benchmarking test equipment and for manufacturing as needed that improved line speed by 20%.
- Incorporated contract manufacturers to decrease the cost of testing, saving 30% cost of engineering labor.
Nokia, Inc.: Support effort for type-approval for Nokia’s GSM cellular base stations. Evaluate ATE software and hardware for GSM base station testing. Write routines for semi-automation of these tests (VB6 and VB.net). Perform uncertainty calculations to determine statistical error in measurement routines. Performed gauge R&R studies to ensure uniformity of ATE fixtures. Wrote standard work documentation for uniformity in testing procedures.
- Used statistical methods to find issues with measurement processes for strategic planning which would allow Nokia to increase ATE throughput by over 60%.
- Wrote calibration software that allowed Nokia to save $250,000 on buying complex equipment that would perform the same function.
- Introduced documentation such as PFMEAs, Run Charts, and Process Control Plans to measurement effort so that malfunctioning equipment could be detected and reliability of equipment could be ensured on measurement line.
Keithley Instruments, Inc.: Wrote software applications for customers of Keithley instruments (Visual Studio). Provided technical support for the marketing and sales effort of RF Spectrum Analyzers and Signal Generators and software that produced and analyzed WLAN, WiMax, 802.11 a,b,g signals. Provided answers to customers using Keithley’s RF measurement product line. Solved customers’ challenges regarding RF and DC measurements. Focused on solar energy applications, communicating sales and research information with marketing effort. Examined instrument capability for measuring I-V measurements of semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells, modules, and panels for use in manufacturing, research, and installation applications. Examined effects on panel performance in the event cells were damaged or shaded. Automated transfer of an Oracle knowledge database to HTML.
- Developed research software (VB6) to measure Seebeck effect in semiconductor research applications
- Identified and developed relationships with MIMO and beamforming research leaders in academia in US universities.
- Completed database transfer from Oracle to Wiki in six weeks. Project originally appeared to be a 6 month effort. Reduced required effort by 70% using innovative automation techniques implemented using VB in this project.
Celerity, Inc.: Developed manufacturing software (VB.NET) to improve product yield for liquid flow controllers (LFCs) used in semiconductor manufacturing applications. Performed EMI and thermal analysis of LFCs as necessary to improve their specified performance. As a manager, organized software and hardware development efforts of three engineers and two technicians. Addressed customer and marketing issues as required. Perform statistical Cp, Cpk, and other KPI (key performance indicator) studies pertaining to the production line capacity and LFC specifications. Authored documents which would make our processes conform with good manufacturing practices. Instituted lean manufacturing principles on production lines.
- Improved product throughput from 5 per week to 40 per week through modifying automation hardware and software.
- Developed RF techniques and hardware for matching ultrasonic sensor crystals using scattering parameters.
Senior RF/Analog Engineering Manager
EF Johnson/ McDonald Technologies, Inc.
2004 – 2007
Designed measurement systems used in wireless and microwave applications, specifically for CDMA, TDMA, GPS, PCS, and AMPS technologies measuring specifications such as IP3, 1dB compression, ACPR, crest factor, EVM, S-parameters, power. Trained engineers regarding RF electronics and measurement theory and design. Answered technical questions concerning R&S’ spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, RF generators, and RF power meters. Sole US technical field support for Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).
- Designed, wrote, and documented several automation software applications for microwave instrumentation.
- Produced RF Fundamentals Seminar and VNA Fundamentals Seminar DVD video presentations for US customers, sales force, and field applications engineers.
Senior Applications Engineer
Rohde & Schwarz / Tektronix, Inc.
2000 – 2004
Designed measurement systems used in wireless and microwave applications, specifically for CDMA, TDMA, GPS, PCS, and AMPS technologies measuring specifications such as IP3, 1dB compression, ACPR, crest factor, EVM, S-parameters, power. Trained engineers regarding RF electronics and measurement theory and design. Answered technical
questions concerning R&S’ spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, RF generators, and RF power meters. Sole US technical field support for Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).
• Designed, wrote, and documented several automation software applications for microwave instrumentation.
• Produced RF Fundamentals Seminar and VNA Fundamentals Seminar DVD video presentations for US customers, sales force, and field applications engineers.
questions concerning R&S’ spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, RF generators, and RF power meters. Sole US technical field support for Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).
• Designed, wrote, and documented several automation software applications for microwave instrumentation.
• Produced RF Fundamentals Seminar and VNA Fundamentals Seminar DVD video presentations for US customers, sales force, and field applications engineers.
Technical Account Manager/Applications Engineer
Anritsu Company
1998 – 2000
Designed measurement systems used in wireless and microwave applications, specifically for CDMA, TDMA, GPS, PCS, and AMPS technologies measuring specifications such as IP3, 1dB compression, ACPR, crest factor, EVM, S-parameters, power. Conducted technical presentations to engineers. Worked with ATE customers involved in programming Anritsu’s instruments. Particular emphasis was in tower site maintenance inspection operations (cable sweeping).
- Expanded regional market by 300%.
- Taught seminars on the use of RF measurement and on general RF theory and design.
Analog/RF Electrical Engineer
Colorado Medtec
1992 – 1994
Designed electronic devices used for patient surgery in compliance with FDA and URL requirements. Designed analog signal processing circuits, motor controllers, and power supplies. Designed electronic devices used for critical patient care and surgery. Designed devices used in medical laboratories. Designed breathing monitor (lung plethsmograph) for use with a gastrointestinal tube feeding regulator. Designed the power train for a hydro-dissection unit to be used for endoscopic appendectomy surgical operation. Performed final manufacturing design of gastrointestinal feeding tube bolus detector. Examined patents for technical integrity, particularly where bio-magnetics were involved. Designed front-end detector, switched capacitor filtering circuit, switch-mode power supply, and synchronous detector circuit for handheld blood glucose meter.
- Designed handheld medical devices, breathing monitors, and power train for hydro-dissection unit.
- Managed engineering duties as needed on $10 million septicemia detector project.
- Designed front-end detector and switched capacitor filter for handheld blood glucose meter.
Field Applications / Microwave Design Engineer
Motorola – Semiconductor Products
1990 – 1992
Worked face-to-face with customers to solve their design problems. Designed switching power supplies, frequency synthesizers, motor controllers, and other analog and RF circuits. Lectured at seminars concerning switching power supplies (buck, boost, buck-boost, and flyback), RF circuits, power electronics, small signal electronics and frequency synthesizers. Authored magazine articles which publicized Motorola products. Performed experiments for development of Motorola’s first lateral MOSFET 850 MHz amplifier module.
- Performed load-pull experiments for development of Motorola’s first lateral MOSFET amplifier module.
- Shortened manufacturing cycle time for Motorola’s broadband modems by 25%.
- Redesigned heat-cycling testing board which saved 50% of cost for performing burn-in tests on amplifiers. Programmed PLC – based ATE systems for reliability studies.
Other Organizations:
Parker College
Tycho Technologies
Litton Amecom
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Research Engineer
RF/Microwave/Radar Engineer/Manager
Electronic Warfare Engineer (Classified)
American Society of Quality (ASQ)
Motorola University
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
M.B.A. with High Honors
M.S. Telecommunications
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Allen Community Outreach
Tiger Tooth Technologies
Conceptual Selling
Strategic Selling
Human Health Studies
University of Texas
University of Colorado
Georgia Institute of Technology
pro bono Consulting for Supply Chain Management, Lean Processes, and Automation
Engineering and Management Consulting
Miller Heiman Associates
Miller Heiman Associates
Parker University
MBA Focus Areas:
Project Management in Engineering and Operations
Risk Analysis
Operations Management
Marketing Research
Supply Chain Management
Entrepreneurship
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Business Strategy & Sales Management
Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Honor Society)
SOFTWARE
MiniTab, Visual BASIC (VB6), VB.NET, Visual Studio, LabView, FORTRAN, C++, Minitab, SPSS, Access, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, Project, Visio).
PUBLICATIONS
ACCESS Magazine and Master’s Thesis: “Whither the Wireless Modem: Technology for the 1990’s”
QST Magazine: “An Inexpensive DTMF Remote Controller for Your Home”
Jrnl. Of Manipulative and Physical Therapy “Accuracy and Precision in Experimental Research”
Perceptual Motor Skills: “A Force/Displacement Analysis of Muscle Testing”
International Journal of Neuroscience. “The Clinical Utility of Force/Displacement Analysis of Muscle Testing in Applied Kinesiology”
Rohde & Schwarz English Technical Editor: “Fundamentals of Spectrum Analysis”
Aug 1990
Nov 1992
Sept 1996
Oct 2000
Oct 2001
June 2003
OTHER
English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate)
Available for travel 100%
Full or Part time availability
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