Experience

Linearizer Technoogy Inc.
• Business Consulting and Services
• Manufacturing Engineer

  • 2006 - Present


iTerra Communications

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design/Integration Engineer

  • 2002 - 2006

  -Set up the New Jersey (Hillsboro and Somerset) office/lab in addition to coordinating 2 engineers, 4 assemblers, and 1 technician -Improved grossmargins within the first 12 months using Lean Manufacturing techniques, both in the layout of the line and flow of the product -Coupled 12.5GB/s GaAs and InPMMIC's/RFIC's with low cost QFN packaging and designed all fixtures for quick turn-around prototyping -Designed/layout P.C.B.'s and assembled test fixtures to characterize 12.5GB/s MMIC'sand Hybrid chip and wire assemblies -Worked closely with Quality Assurance to document techniquesused to become ISO 9001 qualified in March 2005 -Designed and coordinated manufacture of 16 mm-squared SMT package for products working up to 20 GHz (i.e. NRZ, RZ, and Duo-Binary components)



JDS Uniphase

• Manager of Project Engineering

  • 1999 - 2002

  -Managed Manufacturing Engineering Department comprisedof Manufacturing Engineers and Technicians to bring online a $1,000,000 Pick and Place line for chip and wire hybrid assembly -Worked closely with Manufacturer of Pick and Place and Epoxy Dispense equipment to place die as small as 6 mil-squared and generate 5 mil diameter epoxy dots within 1 mil accuracy -Coordinated transfer of designs from R&D to production -Consulted with R&D toimprove the manufacturability of designs -Developed and implemented improved assembly procedures -Documented manufacturing processes for ISO 9001 certification (2001)



Veritech Microwave, Inc.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• RF Design Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer

  • 1992 - 1999

  -Promoted to Lead of Manufacturing Engineering Department for Pilot Product line -Managed the documentation department consisting of two draftsmen and coordinated the ECO and ECN processes -Designed and built 3KHz -> 10GHz O/E receiver which used single mode PM fiber (VMOEC-101) (1994) -Designed and built 300W S-band RF Amplifier for medical applications (1992) -Promoted to Lead of Manufacturing Engineering Department for Pilot Product line -Managed the documentation department consisting of two draftsmen and coordinated the ECO and ECN processes -Designed and built 3KHz -> 10GHz O/E receiver which used single mode PM fiber (VMOEC-101) (1994) -Designed and built 300W S-band RF Amplifier for medical applications (1992)



Microwave Semiconductor Corp.

• RF Design Engineer

  • 1983 - 1992

  -Responsibilities included: Spec-Reviews, Production Design Reviews (PDRs), RF Device Characterization, RF Layout (Electrical and Mechanical), Specify material required and ordered, Scheduling, Assembly documentation, BB assembly and test, Prototype assembly and test, Pre-production Supervision, Production Transfer packages -Experience with Class A, AB, and C amplifier operation with frequencies from 600 MHz to 3.1 GHz, CW and pulsed radar amplifiers from 100mW to 50KW racks that were combined to levels of >100KW



Laser Diode Labs

• Associate Engineer

  • 1978 - 1983

  -Responsible for the coordination of the laser test/characterization lab for product conformance and R&D product testing -Engineering support for standard product line. Maintained and designed test fixtures for production. Transferred to R&D to assist with device testing, characterization, and fiber optic design -Responsible for the coordination of the laser test/characterization lab for product conformance and R&D product testing -Engineering support for standard product line. Maintained and designed test fixtures for production. Transferred to R&D to assist with device testing, characterization, and fiber optic design