Experience

Nottingham Spirk
• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Vice President of IoT Development

  • Jan 2023 - Present


AVID Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Jan 2023

  Responsible for all aspects of the business including financial management, monitoring engineering and PCB CAD group performance, customer conflict resolution, legal department collaboration, presenting to Avnet executive board, and closing sales opportunities. • Responsible for revenue derived from engineering and cad design services, and Avnet standard products• Optimized internal Avnet processes to maximize customer satisfaction and project execution efficiency• Consistently met or overachieved quarterly key performance indicators for the business• Led integration efforts into Avnet corporate while promoting hardware engineering portion of the Avnet design ecosystem• Established a fun work culture that promoted collaboration and customer success Show less

• Director of Engineering

  • May 2019 - Feb 2020

  Led engineering department in all aspects including hiring, establishing strategic design architectures to maximize design reuse, communizing on development tools, group budgeting, customer interfacing, project monitoring, defining group performance goals, and closing sales opportunities. • Established remote engineering design center in Guadalajara, Mexico• Accountable for engineering department (3 design centers) revenue and profit goals achievement• Evangelized on behalf of the engineering team within Avnet and external customers Show less

• Engineering Design Services Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2020

• Senior Design Engineer/Project Manager

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2016

  Lead designer for hardware and software products including research efforts focused on RF communications, FPGAs, mitigating and resolving EMC compliance challenges, and led high speed design reviews and simulations.Sample Projects:FPGA: Central communication controller for missile system, Complex High Speed printing system, DMA based MMU with external processor, ATM communication, Optically coupled secure communication device, Optical inspection equipment with jitter tolerant vendor-independent PLLEmbedded: Low power portable designs, Multiple processor and DSP based video processing, Video processing set top box, SIG compliant PCI Express cardsRF: Signal strength based tracking device, wireless voting system, remote monitoring of automotive sensorsSoftware: Data acquisition system, embedded controller for ATM/POS product, military truck sensor monitoringTechnologies:RF: Unlicensed ISM bands (WiFi, Bluetooth, 915 MHz, etc.), Cellular, Licensed bands, antenna selection and matching optimizationFPGA: Xilinx, Altera, 3rd party core integration, transceivers, high speed DDR memory, hard and soft processors Simulation: High speed PCB simulations included DDR and SerDes channelsSoftware: VHDL, MATLAB, C/C++, PythonPCB: Emissions / susceptibility optimization, Establishing layout rules, Placement studies Compliance / Certifications: Mitigated EMC risks through pre-compliance efforts and design implementation, led formal compliance efforts (FCC, CE, PTCRB, PCIe, USB, UL, etc.) Show less



Accelent Systems, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development

• Senior Design Engineer

  • 2001 - 2003

  Developed hardware/software portions of mobile handheld devices including web tablets, smart phones, and PDA reference designs. RF Systems: Bluetooth, 802.11b, GSM/GPRS, CDMA, antennas. PCB Implementation: Implemented aggressive layout strategies including 0201 passives, .5mm ball pitch, blind and buried vias, 400 MHz processors, 133 MHz buses, 0.8 logic voltages, applied high speed board layout techniques Digital Systems: Processors (Intel PXA250 / SA1110, TI 1510 OMAP), CPLD/FPGA, SDRAM, Flash Memory, Display Controllers, STN or TFT LCD displays, Audio CODECs, Touch Controllers, USB/UART/IRDA, Ethernet, PCMCIA/Compact Flash, SD/SDIO/MMC Power supplies: DC/DC buck/boost converters, sequencing, battery charging/switchover circuitry, Li-Ion/NiCd chargers Software: VHDL (including simulation), C, C++, Assembly Show less



Diebold

• Germany
• Individual and Family Services

• Senior Design Engineer

  • 1996 - 2001

  Responsible for design, testing, manufacturability, problem resolution, and cost reduction considerations. Provided mathematical modeling and general electronics related expertise including new technologies and electronics architecture development for future products. ● Developed SMT cost reduced circuit board with sensor signal conditioning, motor/solenoid control, and printhead management ● Designed and simulated VHDL FPGA logic ● Contributed to a mathematical algorithm for sensor calibration and condition recognition ● Mathematically modeled DC permanent magnet and brushless motor operation Show less

• Co-Op Engineer

  • Jul 1993 - Jun 1994

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