James Nemeth
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David Whitworth
Jim is an amazing CAD designer. He is well organized, fast, and the most accurate deisgner I have worked with in 25+ years. He always meets deadlines, no matter how crazy the time limits. He plans ahead to optimize designs and avoid wasted rework time. He is also a pleasure to work with, personally.
John Kerr
Jim was a valuable resource as our on-site Mentor Graphics resource. He was always available to answer questions, and was happy to help us customize the systems to our needs. Jim and I worked together extensively to streamline the board design process at Motorola. He had an idea, and approached me about it. Having worked with Jim in the past I trusted his opinion and decided to pilot the process on my next project. Using the tools already built-in to Mentor Graphics we managed to reduce the design cycle by about 50%, with the emphasis on savings in early floor planning and routing. There were few bumps, but Jim was right there to help us work through them. Once the other teams in our area saw how well it was going, they also got on board. We ultimately presented the case study at the 2004 Mentor Graphics User to User conference. Jim's approach is measured, calm, and positive. He thinks through issues well and does not force his own opinion. I'm happy to have worked with Jim and hope to do so again at some point.
David Whitworth
Jim is an amazing CAD designer. He is well organized, fast, and the most accurate deisgner I have worked with in 25+ years. He always meets deadlines, no matter how crazy the time limits. He plans ahead to optimize designs and avoid wasted rework time. He is also a pleasure to work with, personally.
John Kerr
Jim was a valuable resource as our on-site Mentor Graphics resource. He was always available to answer questions, and was happy to help us customize the systems to our needs. Jim and I worked together extensively to streamline the board design process at Motorola. He had an idea, and approached me about it. Having worked with Jim in the past I trusted his opinion and decided to pilot the process on my next project. Using the tools already built-in to Mentor Graphics we managed to reduce the design cycle by about 50%, with the emphasis on savings in early floor planning and routing. There were few bumps, but Jim was right there to help us work through them. Once the other teams in our area saw how well it was going, they also got on board. We ultimately presented the case study at the 2004 Mentor Graphics User to User conference. Jim's approach is measured, calm, and positive. He thinks through issues well and does not force his own opinion. I'm happy to have worked with Jim and hope to do so again at some point.
David Whitworth
Jim is an amazing CAD designer. He is well organized, fast, and the most accurate deisgner I have worked with in 25+ years. He always meets deadlines, no matter how crazy the time limits. He plans ahead to optimize designs and avoid wasted rework time. He is also a pleasure to work with, personally.
John Kerr
Jim was a valuable resource as our on-site Mentor Graphics resource. He was always available to answer questions, and was happy to help us customize the systems to our needs. Jim and I worked together extensively to streamline the board design process at Motorola. He had an idea, and approached me about it. Having worked with Jim in the past I trusted his opinion and decided to pilot the process on my next project. Using the tools already built-in to Mentor Graphics we managed to reduce the design cycle by about 50%, with the emphasis on savings in early floor planning and routing. There were few bumps, but Jim was right there to help us work through them. Once the other teams in our area saw how well it was going, they also got on board. We ultimately presented the case study at the 2004 Mentor Graphics User to User conference. Jim's approach is measured, calm, and positive. He thinks through issues well and does not force his own opinion. I'm happy to have worked with Jim and hope to do so again at some point.
David Whitworth
Jim is an amazing CAD designer. He is well organized, fast, and the most accurate deisgner I have worked with in 25+ years. He always meets deadlines, no matter how crazy the time limits. He plans ahead to optimize designs and avoid wasted rework time. He is also a pleasure to work with, personally.
John Kerr
Jim was a valuable resource as our on-site Mentor Graphics resource. He was always available to answer questions, and was happy to help us customize the systems to our needs. Jim and I worked together extensively to streamline the board design process at Motorola. He had an idea, and approached me about it. Having worked with Jim in the past I trusted his opinion and decided to pilot the process on my next project. Using the tools already built-in to Mentor Graphics we managed to reduce the design cycle by about 50%, with the emphasis on savings in early floor planning and routing. There were few bumps, but Jim was right there to help us work through them. Once the other teams in our area saw how well it was going, they also got on board. We ultimately presented the case study at the 2004 Mentor Graphics User to User conference. Jim's approach is measured, calm, and positive. He thinks through issues well and does not force his own opinion. I'm happy to have worked with Jim and hope to do so again at some point.
Experience
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Qualcomm
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Applications Engineer
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Aug 2013 - Present
Provide support for Engineering and CAD tools, processes, training and automation requirements. Responsible for teaching training classes, working with engineering to solve tool problems and creation of custom automation. Provide support for Engineering and CAD tools, processes, training and automation requirements. Responsible for teaching training classes, working with engineering to solve tool problems and creation of custom automation.
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ARRIS
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Computer Aided Design Engineer
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Jul 2009 - Aug 2013
Perform board layout of broadband circuit designs and support Engineers and Designers with use of Mentor Graphics schematic capture and PCB layout tools. Highlights include on-time completion of multiple high density, wireless telephony modems and video gateway products. Perform DDR timing analysis on selected projects and perform power plane, voltage drop analysis on most designs. Review layouts for potential ESD, EMI and UL issues. Perform board layout of broadband circuit designs and support Engineers and Designers with use of Mentor Graphics schematic capture and PCB layout tools. Highlights include on-time completion of multiple high density, wireless telephony modems and video gateway products. Perform DDR timing analysis on selected projects and perform power plane, voltage drop analysis on most designs. Review layouts for potential ESD, EMI and UL issues.
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Sony Ericsson
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Spain
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Building Materials
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EDA Applications Engineer
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May 2008 - Oct 2008
Performed Mentor Graphics tool and process support and worked with the SEMC Global Team to develop and implement engineering process changes. Highlights include update of the EDA Library specification in support of a new tool and process flow and the design of the local support web page. Performed Mentor Graphics tool and process support and worked with the SEMC Global Team to develop and implement engineering process changes. Highlights include update of the EDA Library specification in support of a new tool and process flow and the design of the local support web page.
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EDA Tool and Process Consultant
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Aug 2007 - Apr 2008
Performed Mentor Graphics tool and process tactical support. Developed and implemented global strategic initiatives that included assessing potential process improvements, evaluating and deploying new tools and features, implementing a design reuse methodology and deploying a global simulation environment. Developed and documented both the EMC simulation and Signal Integrity analysis flows for Design Engineers. Performed Mentor Graphics tool and process tactical support. Developed and implemented global strategic initiatives that included assessing potential process improvements, evaluating and deploying new tools and features, implementing a design reuse methodology and deploying a global simulation environment. Developed and documented both the EMC simulation and Signal Integrity analysis flows for Design Engineers.
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AcAe LLC
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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High-Speed PCB Designer
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Jun 2007 - Jul 2007
Performed layout of two controller designs with Expedition and CES that included a DDR memory section. Placed, routed and tuned the design to meet the strict DDR constraints. Re-used the fully routed DDR section in the first design for the second design, saving at least two weeks from the overall schedule. Performed layout of two controller designs with Expedition and CES that included a DDR memory section. Placed, routed and tuned the design to meet the strict DDR constraints. Re-used the fully routed DDR section in the first design for the second design, saving at least two weeks from the overall schedule.
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Mentor Graphics
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Canada
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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QA Engineer / Consultant / Applications Engineer
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Jul 1990 - May 2007
Quality Assurance Engineer, System Design Division - Developed Project Plan, Test Schedule and Test Plan for the qualification of Mentor Graphics software within the Customer’s Engineering Design environment. Executed multiple passes of the Test Plan to validate each release which expedited customer acceptance and deployment of the software and increased revenue to Mentor Graphics. Project Manager / Senior Consultant, Mentor Consulting Division - Managed Projects within Mentor Consulting Division's High Performance Systems business group focusing on driving $2M in revenue, $3M in new orders while reducing costs. Responsibilities included business development and project management. Senior Applications Engineer - Responsible for the support and technical sales of engineering software including board, hybrid and MCM design, signal integrity, thermal analysis, and manufacturing analysis. Support included demonstrations, presentation and “hands-on” activity with the customer. Show less
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Education
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1978 - 1981
San Jose State University
Electrical Engineering -
1976 - 1978
West Valley College
Electrical Engineering
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