Jeff Child
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Stacy Mannik
I had the pleasure of working with Jeff for almost ten years and throughout our entire work history he maintained a magazine at the top of it's field. He's one of the most well respected editors in the industry and his passion to see his magazine succeed is refreshing.
Mark Shapiro
Jeff knows his stuff and is one of the top respected editors in the trade technology space. Not only is he very professional to work with, he is a nice guy who always takes the time to smile whether doing a phone call or meeting in person.
Stacy Mannik
I had the pleasure of working with Jeff for almost ten years and throughout our entire work history he maintained a magazine at the top of it's field. He's one of the most well respected editors in the industry and his passion to see his magazine succeed is refreshing.
Mark Shapiro
Jeff knows his stuff and is one of the top respected editors in the trade technology space. Not only is he very professional to work with, he is a nice guy who always takes the time to smile whether doing a phone call or meeting in person.
Stacy Mannik
I had the pleasure of working with Jeff for almost ten years and throughout our entire work history he maintained a magazine at the top of it's field. He's one of the most well respected editors in the industry and his passion to see his magazine succeed is refreshing.
Mark Shapiro
Jeff knows his stuff and is one of the top respected editors in the trade technology space. Not only is he very professional to work with, he is a nice guy who always takes the time to smile whether doing a phone call or meeting in person.
Stacy Mannik
I had the pleasure of working with Jeff for almost ten years and throughout our entire work history he maintained a magazine at the top of it's field. He's one of the most well respected editors in the industry and his passion to see his magazine succeed is refreshing.
Mark Shapiro
Jeff knows his stuff and is one of the top respected editors in the trade technology space. Not only is he very professional to work with, he is a nice guy who always takes the time to smile whether doing a phone call or meeting in person.
Experience
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All About Circuits
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United States
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Technology, Information and Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editor In Chief
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Mar 2022 - Present
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Circuit Cellar - Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design
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United States
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Technology, Information and Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editor In Chief
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Jun 2017 - Mar 2022
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Editor In Chief
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Apr 2005 - Jun 2017
Responsible for leadership of all aspects of COTS Journal: the premiere media source covering technology and products for designing embedded computers and electronics into military systems. Primary writer, editor and solicitor of all magazine articles, news and other content. Managed contributing editors—both staff and freelance. Led creation of annual editorial calendar topics for the magazine. Cultivated focus on technology information tailored to an engineering audience as part of strategy to remain distinct from COTS Journal’s less technical competitors. Also worked in other RTC Media activities including writing vendor whitepapers, moderating panels and keynoting, assisting event managers and assisting sales and marketing. Show less
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Senior Editor
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Oct 2002 - Mar 2005
Wrote and edited articles on a wide variety of embedded computing and electronics topics including bus/board architectures, storage systems, processors, real-time operating systems, rad-hard ICs and more. Participated with team to craft editorial calendar topics for both magazines. Worked on special projects for the magazines and the company ranging from posters to special supplements to marketing material. Wrote and edited articles on a wide variety of embedded computing and electronics topics including bus/board architectures, storage systems, processors, real-time operating systems, rad-hard ICs and more. Participated with team to craft editorial calendar topics for both magazines. Worked on special projects for the magazines and the company ranging from posters to special supplements to marketing material.
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UBM Tech
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United Kingdom
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Information Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Section Editor
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Jun 2000 - Oct 2001
Part of the “In Focus” team, the contributed design article section on EE Times. Working with other editors, managed the processing of 5 to 10 articles and their artwork per week. Directly involved in soliciting, editing, and writing overviews for sections in topics such as DSP, voice-processing, serial interfaces, DRAMs and single-board computers. Took part in the news coverage for EE Times for a number of industry events such as the Embedded Systems Conference shows, including some front page lead features. Participated on roundtable discussion panels for CMP/EE Times embedded market research presentations at ESC Spring 2001, and ESC Fall, 2000. Other news topics I wrote on at EE Times included real-time Java, real-time Linux, and Voice over IP Show less
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Penton
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Information Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Technical Editor
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1998 - 2000
Senior Technical Editor ( 1999-2000 ) Embedded Systems Development magazine. Responsible for half of the total writing and editing tasks for this start-up publication. Areas of coverage included embedded hardware, telecom trends, boards and buses, microcontrollers, embedded processors, FPGAs, DRAMs and flash memories. Technology Editor ( Feb 1998 to July 1999 ) Electronic Design magazine. Responsible for editorial coverage of technology, design trends, and products in the computer systems area. Computer systems encompassed such topics as disk drive interfaces, single-board computers, parallel and serial bus architectures, switch-fabric technologies, and image processing systems. Show less
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PennWell
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Editor
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1990 - 1997
Associate Editor (1990 to '91) , Senior Editor (1992 to 1997) Computer Design magazine. Wrote technical articles on a wide variety of electronics topics, including microprocessors, DSPs, bus architectures, single-board computers, real-time operating systems, neural networks, DRAMs, SRAMs, EPROMs, flash, microcontrollers, analog components, communications technology, networks and embedded systems. Chaired PennWell's RISC Processors conference. Handled complete project responsibility of the Buyer's Guide. Participated on industry panels at various conferences. Show less
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ADAC Corp.
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Woburn, MA
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Draftsman, Junior Designer
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Apr 1984 - May 1989
Began as a co-op position (through Northeastern Univ.) and developed into full time. Responsible for documenting engineering change orders, maintaining parts database, drafting schematics, and assembly diagrams. Promoted to Junior Designer, adding printed circuit board layout to my duties. Began as a co-op position (through Northeastern Univ.) and developed into full time. Responsible for documenting engineering change orders, maintaining parts database, drafting schematics, and assembly diagrams. Promoted to Junior Designer, adding printed circuit board layout to my duties.
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Wang Laboratories
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Tewksbury, MA
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Quality Assurance Auditor
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Jan 1983 - Mar 1983
A co-op job through Northeastern University's co-operative education program. Responsible for inspection and doing functional testing on computer products prior to shipping. A co-op job through Northeastern University's co-operative education program. Responsible for inspection and doing functional testing on computer products prior to shipping.
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Education
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Merrimack College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science -
Northeastern University
Courses toward Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering