Experience

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  RFMD

  • United States
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Group Lead

    • Jan 2014 - Present

  • Reference Design Staff Engineer

    • Nov 2011 - Dec 2013

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  SPX Communication Technology

  • Raleigh, NC

  • Engineering and Product Manager / Site Leader

    • Jun 2009 - Jul 2011
    • Raleigh, NC

    R & D Engineering and Product Development Manager / Site Leader for a new long range GSM / CDMA antenna system. Managed successful field trials in India and the US. Secured first multi site monitoring and control system for initial testing and commercial deployment.

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  Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

  • Japan
  • Telecommunications
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • RF Technology Manager

    • 2006 - 2008

    Led a group of senior RF / Antenna Engineers to solve RF / Over- the -Air (OTA) issues and develop future technologies to improve hardware performance. Coordinated international design methods and best practices to accelerate US product introductions to less than one year.

  • Hardware Development Manager

    • 2003 - 2006

    Managed a diverse design team of four Technical Managers and 60+ RF, Antenna, Mechanical, Acoustic, Opto, ATE, and Baseband Engineers to develop several new phones per year. This team delivered the first SEMC RTP design to surpass the 30 million unit mark and consistently led the company for lowest return rates.

  • RF Technical Manager

    • 2000 - 2003

    Supervised all RF design activities from concept study through production test. Facilitated the transition from TDMA to GSM technologies in less than one year with extensive equipment upgrades and the successful introduction of modular based transceiver designs.

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  Ericsson

  • RTP, NC

  • RF Development Engineer

    • 1991 - 2000
    • RTP, NC

    Member of the first TDMA design team and responsible for I/Q modulators, receivers, RF buffers and crystal oscillators. Designed SEMC's first discrete TDMA VCTCXO for a 50% cost savings and 25% size reduction.