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C.V.'s of the Principal ComSysDes Consultants |
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Jose Alvarellos,
Terry Fernandes,
Christopher Jay,
George Dutkovsky,
Jose (Jr.) Alvarellos,
Ahmad Marashi,
John Moore,
David Fettig
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Jose Alvarellos: Principal Engineer and ComSysDes co-founder.
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Systems Architect and experienced technical leader. Created and sustained development organizations, 30+ years experience. Ample experience in all areas of product development of the telecom and datacom markets, from conception to launch into Manufacturing. In addition to the electrical development, the hands-on experience includes packaging, agency approval, document control, customer trial, statistical Manufacturing processes, etc. Ten+ years directing development of telecom products including T1 multiplexers and wireless telephony. Highly energetic individual, enjoys engagement with start-ups or very dynamic environments in the development and manufacture of products for the telecom/datacom industry.
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Career Highlights
Extensive experience in:
* Systems Design - digital, analog, telecommunications, data communications.
* Mixed Technologies - video, RF, DSP, analog and digital; system thermal and mechanical issues.
* Strong in Fundamental Engineering, well rounded in support of Physical and Biological sciences.
* Manufacturing Support: - Documentation Control, Test Engineering
* Schedule Generation - systematic approach for reliable schedules.
* Communications - with customers and marketing department.
* International - complex business negotiations
* Creation of development environments from ground up
* Agency approvals - UL, TUV, FCC, design for approval
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Positions Held
Principal Engineer and General Manager: 1999-present: ComSysDes LLC (Fremont, CA)
Consulting Engineering company specialized in computer and communication business.
Assisted client companies in system and hardware design. Coordinated and directed a team of
independent professionals in several engineering disciplines. Contributed and personally
performed detail design of numerous cards and sub-systems. Consulted in system topics ranging
from cooling and chassis design to foreign telecom agency compliance testing.
Director of Hardware Development, Engineering Services & Customer Support: 1994-1998 Diva Communications (Oakland, CA):
Pioneer company in the Wireless Local Loop business. Contributed to the architecture and personally designed several key system cards. Built, organized and
managed the H/W Development and Engineering Services groups. Managed the UL, FCC and TUV product approvals. Created the Test Engineering group and did its
successful spin off to a new Manufacturing facility. Contributed to the successful first international
product deployment in the field.
Director of Product Development: 1987-1993 Telco Systems (Fremont, CA). Responsible for the system architecture and subsequent development of the first CCITT/CEPT E1 PCM multiplexer developed in the company. Run for two years most of the Engineering department (H/W Development, Document Control, Component Engineering, Agency Approvals, Mechanical Design, Sustaining Engineering and Firmware Development). Streamlined the development process by choice of development tools, some developed in-house. Responsible for the system architecture and the subsequent development of a new product line. Evaluated partnerships with foreign companies and acquisition of technologies. Direct responsible for the successful integration of a new product line acquired from outside the company. Trained in "Time to Market" and Crosby's "Total Quality Management" methodologies.
Other Relevant Experience: Held senior positions doing electrical development, architecture or Systems Engineering at the following companies: N.E.C. America, Transmission Development Division (San Jose, CA), Telestream Corporation (Mountain View, CA), Avatar Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, CA), Packet Technologies Inc. (Cupertino, CA),
Information Solutions Inc. (San Jose, CA), Hasler Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina),
Amatrix Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
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Education
- University of Buenos Aires: Electromechanical/Electronic Engineer (equivalent to MSEE).
- Many specific technical and management courses completed, foreign and domestic, before and after graduation for various employers.
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Personal Data
- Married, father of four children (three already graduated from college); Argentine citizen, permanent US resident in Fremont, California
- Other languages: Spanish (native language), Italian (read, speak), Portuguese (read, speak).
- Enjoy skiing, jogging and reading.
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Terry Fernandes: Sr. Design Engineer and ComSysDes co-founder.
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Versatile designer and hands-on manager, 15+ years of experience. Very well rounded experience in all facets of the hardware development process: design, implementation, agency approval tests, manufacturing launch and support, testing, sustaining. Familiarity with real world product issues acquired in supporting field installations and maintenance. Very good experience in hardware / software integration. Successful hands-on manager, team member or sole contributor as the project needs may dictate.
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Career Highlights
Extensive experience in:
* Systems Design - telecommunications, data communications and digital.
* Mixed Technologies - DSP, analog and digital.
* Manufacturing Support: - Test Engineering
* Field support - national and international customers
* Agency approval testing - UL, TUV, FCC, thermal
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Positions Held
Manager, RSC Hardware Development, 1994-1999; DIVA Communications, Oakland, CA:
- Team member responsible for the design and development of the Radio Switch Controller (RSC), a subsystem serving as the Controller/Central Office Interface of the DIVA 2000 Wireless Local Loop.
- Personally designed and developed various adapter cards that allowed third party VME [Motorola, PRI, etc.] cards to conform to the RSC proprietary functional specs, as well as Central Office Equipment standards.
- Responsible for the development and tracking of project schedules and coordinating with Engineering to staff and status projects.
- Responsible for conducting pre-compliance FCC type tests, and obtained UL/TUV and FCC approvals.
- Supported field trials of the DIVA 2000 System in Xinjiang, China.
- Supported the transfer to Manufacturing in the building and testing of various Cards.
- Designed the RSC Backplanes and two 68302 based cards (a TMS320C50 based Voice Processing Card and an Basic Rate ISDN card).
- Managed and technically contributed to the development of a MC68360 based E1 Interface Card and the PCB design of various other cards.
- Developed Manufacturing Test Procedures for all RSC Cards.
Member of the Technical Staff, 1993-1994; Andrew VSAT Systems, Fremont, CA
- Designed a synchronous data interface based on the MC68302 processor for the SWAN system, a TDMA Satellite Wide Area Network.
- Implemented all the necessary hardware to meet RS232, RS449, and V.35 specifications.
- Assisted in the final hardware and software development for a 9600 baud fax modem interface.
- Designed and implemented digital filters for a voice processing card based on the TMS320C25 Digital Signal Processor.
Digital Hardware/Firmware Engineer, 1989 - 1993, ISS Engineering Inc., Palo Alto, CA
- Team member that developed the PageSat 200, a DSP based FDM-FM satellite data and audio receiver.
- Wrote and supported software, initially developed by Consultants, for both the TMS320C25 DSP and 8051 Processors.
- Responsible for final DSP software debug and qualification for a Group2 AM weather FAX modulator and demodulator.
- Developed the hardware and 8051 controller firmware for the UDI-200, a V.29/V.27 satellite data interface.
- Assisted in the DSP software development and code optimization for a Single Side Band transmitter and receiver.
- Designed: FIR and IIR digital filter, using ASPI's digial filter design package; designed phase-locked loops, VCOs and mixers; and automatic gain control routines.
- Modified 8051 code to program new PLL synthesizer devices, and to meet new product specifications and enhancements.
- Designed digital circuitry supporting the TMS320C25 and 8051 processors.
Electronics Engineer, 1986 - 1989, CXR Telcom (formerly Anderson-Jacobson), San Jose, CA
- Designed and developed various modem products for domestic and European markets.
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Education
- Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA June 1986.
- Associate Of Science, Engineering Technology, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA June 1984.
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Personal Data
- Married, father of one boy; US citizen; born in Kenya, resident in San Bruno, California.
- Other languages: Swahili (read, speak).
- Enjoy running, outdoors and reading.
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Christopher Jay: Associated Member of ComSysDes through
his own firm, Essex Technology.
Extensive experience in consulting/contracting, with emphasis on development, testing
and demo systems for semiconductor manufacturers. In addition to his ample design experience, Chris' company provides
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Vast experience in digital and analog hardware design. Microprocessor and microcontroller embedded
systems plus firmware development. PLD, CPLD and FPGA designs using VHDL/Verilog or schematic design entry.
XILINX, ALTERA, CYPRESS. Extensive experience in taking a system designs from conception through schematic
capture to printed circuit board layout, and ultimately manufacture. Experience in multilayer design and
surface mount. Managerial experience in applications for FPGA's and microcontroller peripheral support
devices. Managed teams of designers and consultants and subcontract assembly facilities on VLSI's embedded
vROM test system and PLX’s reference design kits. Responsible for setting up lines of credit with U.S. and
overseas suppliers, manufacturers and banks.
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Career Highlights Extensive experience in: * Electrical Design with mixed technologies - RF, DSP,
analog and digital. * Test and demo boards for the semiconductor industry. *
PCB Design in various systems and tools, * Far East Manufacturing and testing for small and medium volumes
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Positions Held
Working in a consulting-contracting basis at Essex Technology from February
91 to present time. Associated in ComSysDes venture
since August 2000. The following are a sample of the numerous projects handled in Consulting / Contracting
roles, in some cases concurently. The jobs usually included total responsibility for the design and production.
September 2001 to present. Manufactured PLX reference design kits. PCI 9052, PCI 9030, CPCI 9054 and
CPCI 9030. The project included the creation of bill of materials, setting up approved vendor lists, purchasing
components, printed circuit boards, kiting out each product and transferring it to manufacture. Managed and
supervised the assembly, manufacture, test and delivery of each product. Designed controlled impedance
test boards for Vaishli’s bluetooth chip, 2.4GHz radio interface. Also, supervised the design of 12 GHz controlled
impedance printed circuit board test fixture for Core Innovation. June 2000 – September 2001. Designed
and manufactured a test system for Nesflash’s FLASH memory devices. The design consisted of a mix of digital and
analog hardware, microcontroller, CPLD and analog programmable power supplies. Created schematic design, transferred
to netlist and created printed circuit board layout. Generated gerber plots and contracted out p.c.b. manufacture.
Purchased components, and subcontracted out assembly of five test systems. May 1999 – June 2000. Designed
and manufactured prototype development boards for Lucent Technology’s OR3L FPGA. Designed JTAG interface to Lucent’s
download module for FPGA configuration and readback. Designed and manufactured Triscend’s development board for the
E5 configurable system on chip. Also, helped to design Triscend’s A7 32 bit ARM RISC processor development board.
Entered the designs as a schematic and created the netlist. Imported the netlist to create a six layer printed
circuit board for the A7, and a four layer board for the E5 chip. Transferred the gerber files to printed circuit
board manufacture. September 1998 - May 1999. Worked with Triscend on "in house" HDL design entry and
synthesis tools for their FPGA and embedded controller chip. Wrote test programs to functionally test the embedded
8052 microcontroller. Designed and manufactured a test/emulator board for the E5 configurable system on chip. Wrote
applications notes on how to design I2C and SPI interface protocols into the Triscend E5 chip.
November 1997 – August 1998. Designed a reprogrammable MCU Emulator system for Teragen Corporation.
The design used two Xilinx XC4085XL devices programmed to control data path logic to and from banks of SRAMs.
The design also incorporated FLASH based CPLD's to perform DMA activities. Data and executable files were
downloaded/uploaded through a microcontroller interface to and from a graphical user interface running in an IBM PC.
Schematic system level design done in OrCAD, Synplicity VHDL synthesis and Xilinx Alliance tools used for FPGA design
and synthesis and routing tools, assembly language used for the development of microcontroller firmware. I supervised
p.c.b layout of an eight layer board which was subcontracted out of house. Created gerbers and transferred the design
to manufacture.
September 1997 – November 1997. Designed PCI interface system in a laser control application
for Lasertronics. The design consisted of a PLX PCI bridge 9050 chip and an Altera EPLD EPM9480, to interface to MAXIM A/D
and D/A and OP-AMPS to drive the laser and receive x, y, position and velocity information. My main task was to design the
system hardware, prototype and test the analog circuitry and supervise p.c.b. layout to a finished product.
September 1997. Development of PCI interface system for Philips semiconductors' PZ960 CPLD (Cool runner).
Created a schematic design and printed circuit board layout. Transferred the gerber files to manufacture of a four
layer PCI form factor printed circuit board.
March 1996 - September 1997. An eighteen month contract with
Hewlett-Packard on the development and testing of a Motorola M68331 embedded control system for interface to a GPS engine
for the generation of a one pps for precise timing control. Synthesised VHDL design entry into CPLD devices to lock
instruments under test to the house standard 10MHz, at one pulse per second.
January 1992 - March 1996. Designed and manufactured VLSI Technology's amorphous silicon link(anti-fuse) test
system to support their embedded vROM technology. Performed all the digital and analog circuit design. Also, as principal
designer I also managed software consultants, mechanical engineers, printed circuit board designers and assembly operators
to carry the project through. In addition set up distributors for supply of hardware material and components. This project
has been going off and on for about four years, as specifications and linking algorithms have been developed.
October 1993 - September 1994. Wrote a VHDL description of an enhanced version of the NEC7210 GPIB 488
Talker/Listener/Controller chip to be synthesized into a Xilinx 4010 series FPGA the project included the writing of
command files for simulation. Used Exemplar Logic and Model Technology tools.
May 1993 - September 1993. Designed and manufactured AT&T's ORCA FPGA evaluation system and download module.
March 1993 - March 1994. Completed a system level design of an embedded Intel 386EX M.C.U., based controller
system for automatic CD ROM duplication. Designed the complete system from initial specifications through to production. The
system is currently working at Microtech Conversion Systems in Belmont. February 1991 - February 1993. Worked
with Exemplar Logic on their VHDL synthesis program in the early 90's. Developed test cases to evaluate the synthesis tools,
wrote a number of applications for testing and evaluation and synthesis into FPGA devices. Wrote test benches and command
files, using Model Technologies simulation tools to evaluate results on P.C. and Sun Workstation. Tools used: XILINX
Foundation VHDL/Verilog synthesis tools, functional simulator, back annotation and timing simulation. Exemplar Logic's
synthesis tools into FPGA, Model Technologies simulation tools. Cypress WARP VHDL design entry and simulation for Cypress
CPLD's. Viewlogic schematic capture, Viewsim, Viewave, OrCAD Express capture and synthesis, OrCAD p.c.b., LAYOUT PLUS.
Synplicity Synthesis tools. AHDL (Altera) design entry and simulation. Data I/O ECS schematic capture. PALASM, CUPL.
Microcontroller (Intel 8051 8052, Philips XA51, Motorola 6805, 6807, 68HC11, Zilog Z80) ‘C’, Assembler and simulation tools.
Used Multisim simulation tools for analog circuit simulation. Other Relevant Experience: References and public
samples of work available upon request for:
WSI. (Applications Manager: January 1989 - February 1991); AMD/MMI (Applications Manager: January 1987 - January 1989);
MMI (Applications Engineer: May 1986 - January 87); MMI U.K. (Field Applications Engineer. May 1983 - May 1986); Consultant
Systems Designers U.K. (March 1982 - May 1983); Fairchild U.K. (Applications engineer. January 1980 - March 1982);
Linotype U.K. (Design Engineer. October 1978 - January 1980);
Texas Instruments U.K. (Logic Designer. June 1977 - October 1978).
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Education
- BSc(hons) Electronic Engineering. Essex University U.K. June 77.
- Numerous specific courses on theory, software and hardware tools, as
independent consultant or as part of employer sponsored education.
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George Dutkovsky: Mechanical and electro-mechanical design and drafting for the electronics industry.
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Mechanical design of chassis and enclosures, detail parts design, machine
design, fabrication drawings, sheet metal design, casting design, parts drawings, large assembly drawings, isometric
drawings, electrical schematics. Experience in design for Central Office equipment standards.
Specialist in the use of AutoCAD tools (Mechanical Desktop, AutoCad Inventor, etc.)
Design for agency approval (UL, TUV, FCC, etc.)
Design and drafting for networking and telecommunication devices. Cable and connector drawings.
Interfacing with PCB Design. Faceplate design. Supported ComSysDes LLC development of airflow
measurement methods and technologies. Dedicated full time professional, attention to detail,
works well in multi-disciplinary environments.
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Career Highlights Experience in mechanical design tools:
· AutoCAD – Expert level – 17-year experience, currently used
· Mechanical Desktop – Expert level – 14-year experience, currently used
· Autodesk Inventor – Senior level –4-year experience, currently used
· Language skills: Polish (fluent, full knowledge), Russian (conversational, advanced)
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Positions Held
Sr. Mechanical Consultant: 1999-present: ComSysDes LLC (Fremont, CA). Associated in
ComSysDes venture since August 2000.
Mechanical Consulting Service: 8/1997-8/1999 (Emeryville, CA)
Performed design and calculations for valve and pipe fittings in oil and gas industry.
Responsibility for the implementation of customer design requirements.
Released drawings and documentation for prototype fabrication and followed up to prototype approval
Sr. Mechanical Engineer 7/1990-7/1996: Grove Valve & Regulator Co (Emeryville, CA)
Design sheet metal chassis, boards and faceplates for the telecom industry following standards for
Central Office environment.
Mechanical Designer 1/1998-3/1990 – Geo M. Martin (Emeryville, CA)
Developed layout and drawings of machine components, both mechanical and electrical.
Prepared documentation for new products, details, assembly drawings.
Mechanical Designer 9/1983-12/1987 - Advanced Products Industry (Mountain View, CA)
Performed a wide variety of mechanical tests, measurements and calculations. Environment
was Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services.
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Education
- · Mechanical Engineering degree (Polytechnic College, Warsaw, Poland)
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Affiliations
- · Autodesk VIP member since May 1998
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Personal Data
- · Married, one child
- · Volunteer in community educational activities
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Jose Alvarellos Jr.: Specialist in Physical Systems, Software Engineer
and ComSysDes co-founder.
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Specialist in Computer Simulations, Physical Systems analysis and Thermal Simulations. Instrumental in providing ComSysDes with the scientific depth required by the complex nowadays communication systems. Bridged the gap between Engineering and pure Science in the practical hi-tech applications.
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Positions Held
Software Engineer, Space Systems Loral, Palo Alto, CA.:
* Implementation and design of an Analysis and Planning software for satellite operations. Duties include programming in FORTRAN for the mathematical/algorithmic parts of the program (orbital determination, orbital propagation, thruster firing sequences, etc.) and C++ for the GUI part of the software.
Research Assistant, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA. Worked in various basic science research projects: Computer simulation of solar plasma. Writing, debugging and optimizing the FORTRAN code, running the simulations and interpreting the resulting data. 2) Assistant to the Planetary Rings Node at NASA Ames (http://ringside.arc.nasa.gov). 3) Study of stability of distant natural satellites of Jovian planets/Celestial Mechanics (this research led into M.S. thesis).
Part Time Faculty Instructor, San Jose State University (Physics Department). Various duties, among them: 1) Teaching of lower division undergraduate physics laboratories. 2) Taught a calculus-based physics lecture in the Fall semester 1996.
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Awards
- Certificate of Achievement at NASA Ames Space Science Division.
- Student winner of the annual Division of Dynamical Astronomy student thesis contest (gave a talk at the 1996 Division of Dynamical Astronomys 1996 Washington D.C. meeting).
- Several published papers in the topics of orbital dynamics
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Education
- Master of Science, Physics (Concentration in Computational Physics), San Jose State University, August 1996.
- Bachelor of Arts, Physical Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, May 1993.
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Personal Data
- Amateur astronomer.
- Enjoy soccer, computing, swimming, skiing, photography, playing the guitar and reading.
- Other languages: Very fluent in Spanish (native speaker). Read, write and speak Russian.
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Ahmad Marashi: Product Testing Group Manager.
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Ahmad Marashi joined ComsysDes in January 2002 to manage the Product Testing Group. Prior to joining ComsysDes, Ahmad Marashi served as System Test Verification manager at Lucent Technologies from December 1998 to December 2001, Project lead at Diva communication from December 1995 to December 1998 and PQA Project lead at ROLM PBX system from June 1987 to December 1995. Ahmad Marashi received BSEE & MSEE degree (in Digital signal processing & Filter Design) from State University of Long Beach, California. His experience during these years is as follows
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Career Highlights
Extensive hands-on experience in:
* Communication Protocols: AMPS, TDMA, T1, E1, SS7 signaling, Call processing, Digital signal processing.
* Instruments: Ameritec Bulk generator, Hammer, Catapult, HP 8595A Spectrum Analyzer, SAGE.
* Languages: ”C”, SQA,
* Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, X.25, Routers
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Positions Held
Lucent Technologies (Milpitas, CA):
- Managed application and system verification test groups on different releases for Call Application Unified voice messaging projects.
- Managed for supporting the field and development groups to analyze and reproduce the customer problem that occurred in the field.
- Managed and supported the corporate voice mail system.
- Managed the remote PQA group in Bangalore (India) site and he was responsible for disassembling and moving two entire Lucent PQA labs to Bangalore (India).
DIVA Communications (Oakland, CA):
Worked on product testing and software quality assurance of the Diva 2000, a complex end-to-end Wireless Local Loop system for voice, fax and data:
- Responsible for testing, fault-isolation, and debugging problems at the module, component and a system level comprising RSC (Radio/Switch controller), MBS (Modular Base Station), SMS (System Management Software), SLSU (Single Line Subscriber Unit), MLSU (Multiple Line Subscriber Unit) and third party equipment such as: DLC, Telco E1 back-haul.
- Involved in maximum call capacity testing of the system (Voice, Fax, Data) using Automated test tools.
- Performed RF testing using HP 8595A spectrum analyzer, telephone parameter testing using Ameritec AM8E call analyzer and TIMS tool.
- Wrote the Procomm scripts and QuickLink for Data and Fax automation testing.
- Provided remote and on-site technical support to field teams at China Xingjang Province and Kazakhstan.
Siemens ROLM Communications
- Responsible for development of test plans and methodologies for pricing, quoting, and configuration Windows-based GUI Off-Line Tools for the Siemens PBX.
- Wrote scripts for Off-Line tools using SQA.
- Project lead for Digital and analog trunk on ROLM and Siemens PBX systems.
- Project lead VRU (Voice Response Unit) interfacing with IBM host, CallPath and ROLM Phone Mail and Automatic call distribution.
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Education
- BSEE, State University of Long Beach, California.
- MSEE (in Digital signal processing & Filter Design) from State University of Long Beach, California.
- Other Training and Achievements: ROLM CBX 9751 Maintenance, VRU (Voice Response Unit),
ISDN and T1 Carrier Seminar, Signaling System #7, Catapult, Hammer, Voice over IP class, Management courses.
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Personal Data
- Other languages: Fluent in Farsi (native language), fairly fluent in Turkish.
- Personal Data: US citizen, team player, flexible.
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John Moore: Director of Business Development.
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John Moore joined ComsysDes in 2006 with the mission
to bring the company to a new level of business and service. John brings to the table his unusual
blend of engineering and business background. While working from his own company, Montara Sales, he accepted
the responsibility of Director of Business Development at our company.
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Career Highlights
- John Moore spent 10 years working at equipment manufactures in the Silicon Valley, California, including pioneers such
as Brocade and David Systems, as an Electronics Hardware Engineer. He then went on to obtain his Masters in Business
Administration from the University of Rochester with an emphasis on Marketing and Finance.
- As an electrical engineer John has led the successful development of several data communications products.
His recent work has been in business development and includes the sales and marketing of engineering services.
- Past successes have included sales, promotion, and support of capital equipment, patented processes,
and software. John has worked in several industries including those involving semiconductor manufacture,
consumer electronics, information technology datacenter, nutritional supplement, and plastics.
- Since the year 2001, John has been engaged full-time in technical marketing as a sales representative.
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Education
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Oakland University, Michigan.
- Masters in Business Administration from the University of Rochester
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Personal Data
John lives with his wife in North Carolina, near Research Triangle Park, in Southwestern Wake County. Outside of
work, John enjoys equestrian sports, volleyball, rollerblading, mountain biking, and biographical studies.
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David Fettig: R.F. Engineering
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More than 20 years experience as a Development Engineer and Project Engineer in Wireless Communication.
Performed detailed circuit design of RF, Analog, and PLD’s digital circuits using VHDL. Experienced
with system characterization and optimization, design verification and validation. Actively involved
in the full design cycle from initial concept to the formal document release to manufacturing. Detail
oriented and enthusiastic to learn new skills.
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Tools and Resources on R.F. Development
- VHDL Logic Design targeting Altera and Xilinx
- Visual Basic Programming
- FPGA, EPLD, and CPLD Design and Simulation
- AutoCAD LT2000i and Visio
- Schematic capture using Orcad, and PADS PowerLogic
- Microsoft Project
- Database management using Agile and Relex
- Analog circuit simulation using MicroSim PSpice
- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- RF circuit simulation using Eagleware Genesys
- Manual and computer-based Smith Charts (impedance matching, etc.)
- Linux and C language enthusiast
- Experienced with most types of digital, analog, microwave and telecommunications
test equipment, including logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers,
digital and analog oscilloscopes, power meters, noise figure meters, signal generators,
multipath fading simulator, and BER and PER Data Transmission Test Sets
- Familiar with multiple microprocessors (Microchip 16F877 PIC Processor, Intel -
AMD 80C196, Motorola 68HC11, etc.)
Positions Held
Sr. Development Engineer, Setcom Corporation, Mountain View, CA, 2005-2008:
Architected, designed, and fully developed two wireless communication systems for public safety
applications. Technology is based on the 900 MHz ISM band. Products have been selling very
successfully for more than two years.
· Created an automated test fixture employing Visual Basic.
· Supervised all PCB layouts and selected contract manufacturers for Computer Assisted Manufacturing.
· Organized RF lab and purchased test equipment and supplies .
· Updated department tools to include Orcad schematic capture, Xilinx and Altera logic design utilizing
VHDL, and MicroSim and Pspice simulation.
· Initiated ECO and Revision Tracking document control procedures for this company.
Sr. Development Engineer, Aether Wire & Location Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, 2004-2005:
Developed circuitries for Ultra Wide Band data transceivers for location awareness applications.
Designed LNA amplifiers, variable gain amplifiers, and current-mode electromagnetic transmit and
receive antennas. Performed ranging/position awareness accuracy measurements, and evaluated mesh
network topology performance.
Development Engineer, Proxim Corporation, (formerly Glenayre/Western Multiplex), Milpitas, CA,
1991-2002:
Directly responsible for new product development, including project management for multiple radio
families and ancillary equipment. Was directly responsible for OEM product validation, and FCC
EMI/EMC product compliance.
· Designed 16QAM phase coherent modulator and demodulator cards for the 4T6 Monitored Hot Standby radio.
· Designed MHS Protection Switches, 3 different models. Contained 2.4GHz/5.8 GHz RF assembly with
switched RF ports, buffered telecom data ports with redundant switching logic.
· Co-architected the original Lynx Spread Spectrum ISM/UNII T1 Microwave Radio.
· Co-developed a differentially coherent TDD fractional T1 Spread Spectrum radio based on the
Intersil PRISM HFA3824 DSSS Baseband Processor.
· Authored an extensive DQV manual, (Design Qualification and Verification), that became the basis
for all new WAN products at Proxim to ensure design integrity.
· Designed and constructed an ATE test fixture with a Visual Basic GUI interface for the
manufacturing department, thereby reducing test times. This allowed the operator to be a tester
rather than a technician resulting in reduced labor costs and adding consistency to the test process.
· Designed VHDL code for an Altera EPLD within the above ATE test fixture.
· Key proponent of Design for Manufacturabity, Design for Testability, and In-Circuit Testing.
· Determined MTBF values using Telcordia (Bellcore), and transferring Agile data to Relex.
Identified components requiring derating in increase MTBF values.
· Supervised FCC new product testing at local compliance labs for radiated and conducted EMI
emissions. Made circuit and mechanical design changes in order to pass.
· Occasional field travel to customer sites to verify and resolve technical issues.
Design Engineer, Cylink Corporation (later acquired by SafeNet), Belcamp MD,
1988-1991:
Developed a 900 MHz ISM spread spectrum radio modem utilizing a matched correlator, active and
passive Nyquist LP filters, and a Stanford Telecom FEC Viterbi Decoder. Designed RF circuitries
including LNA amplifiers, GaAs FET PA Amps with gate bias sequencer, PLL frequency synthesizers,
TDD antenna TR switch, and indoor antenna design.
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Accomplishments and Carrer Highlights
- Chaired New Product Proposal meetings, as well as managed weekly progress meetings with engineering teams.
- Supervised standard functional, and environmental testing of prototypes and pilot runs.
- Designed combinatorial and sequential logic utilizing the VHDL development language,
targeting Altera and Xilinx FPGA, EPLD, and CPLD devices applied to RF projects.
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Education
- Bachelor of Science degree, San Jose State University, August 1996.
- Certificate in C Language Programming, 23 units, UCSC Extension.
- Award in TCP/IP and Internetworking, 12 units, UCSC Extension.
- Sabbatical year in 2003 to expand knowledge on several technical disciplines
- Altera VHDL seminar, and Digital Design Using VHDL, UCSC Extension.
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Personal Data
- Amateur Radio Operator since age 13, Amateur Extra Class License, N6VM.
- First Class Radio Telephone License, since age 19.
- Private Pilot - Single Engine Land – Passed FAA Instrument Rating (IFR) knowledge test
(written) with 90%.
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