BSEE and MSEE from Stanford University, 1974.
MBA from University of Portland, 1979.
Thirty years experience as an engineer, manager, author and
entrepreneur for products that have sold more than USD$1
Billion.
Education
Director of Engineering,
PowerWAN, Inc., Oregon Design Center
VC funded start up developing products for Internet access over
AC power lines
Director of Engineering,
NatSteel Electronics, Hillsboro Operations
New Product Introduction plus redesign of existing products
after the NEC factory was sold to NatSteel
Group Manager,
NEC America, Oregon Plant, for Value Added Engineering
Brought newly developed electronic products into mass production
at NEC Oregon Plant
Group Manager,
NEC America, Telephone Transmission Development Division
Manager for development of new fiber optic digital telephone
products.
Senior Design Engineer & Project
Leader,
NEC America, Oregon Design Center
Led the development of fiber optic digital telephone
transmission products
Principal Engineer in Tektronix Laboratories developing
ultra-high speed optical input oscilloscopes
Product Engineering Manager with Tektronix Hybrid Circuits
Manufacturing
Program Manager for the microcircuits for Tektronix’ hugely
successful 2465 Portable Oscilloscope
Process Development Engineer for new high frequency bipolar IC
processes
Product Support Engineer with Tektronix IC Manufacturing
Division
IC Designer with Tektronix Laboratories for high-speed A/D
converters
Previous Experience
9/15/2007: OctoberBest 2007 Conference Presentation:
Choosing and Implementing the Correct USB Connectivity
(.PPT, 83kB).
Presenting USB basics from users point of view, the various USB
standards & variants and the pathways to implement USB as part
of new product development.
10/15/2006: OctoberBest2006 Conference Presentation:
Using the
Servenger Programmable Analog Module (.PPT, 4.7MB). Simplify your
analog design cycles, adapt your design using software tools
instead of a soldering iron, and add new features & capabilities
to your product after the circuit board is finished.
Recent
Seminar and Conference Presentations