Experience

PixelPlex

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  PIXELPLEX is a San Diego-based firm specializing in Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, Stop-Motion and 3D Animation. Whether you're looking to stylize your corporate video, polish your latest TV spot, or add VFX to your indie film, PixelPlex can help you realize your creative vision. PIXELPLEX is a San Diego-based firm specializing in Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, Stop-Motion and 3D Animation. Whether you're looking to stylize your corporate video, polish your latest TV spot, or add VFX to your indie film, PixelPlex can help you realize your creative vision.



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2011

  Electrical Engineering Dept. Electrical Engineering Dept.



MaxLinear

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2003 - Jul 2010

  MAXLINEAR is a provider of highly integrated radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor SoC solutions for broadband communications applications offering high levels of performance, small silicon die-size, and low power consumption. MAXLINEAR is a provider of highly integrated radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor SoC solutions for broadband communications applications offering high levels of performance, small silicon die-size, and low power consumption.



Silicon Wave Inc

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Member of Technical Staff, RFIC Design

  • Sep 1998 - Aug 2003

  Analog / RF IC design for Bluetooth and cable tuner products. Block designs include LNA, mixers, IF output drivers, variable-gain amplifiers, polyphase filters, LO drivers, op amps, gain control circuits, 3-bit flash ADC, 32-kHz relaxation oscillator. Extensive layout and test experience. Project lead in charge of several cable tuner tapeouts. Mentor for summer interns. Analog / RF IC design for Bluetooth and cable tuner products. Block designs include LNA, mixers, IF output drivers, variable-gain amplifiers, polyphase filters, LO drivers, op amps, gain control circuits, 3-bit flash ADC, 32-kHz relaxation oscillator. Extensive layout and test experience. Project lead in charge of several cable tuner tapeouts. Mentor for summer interns.



Rockwell Semiconductor Systems

• United States
• Semiconductors

• Summer Intern, RFIC Design

  • Jul 1997 - Sep 1997

  Worked in a team of seven to design a dual-mode, direct-conversion transceiver for GSM / DCS1800 in 0.5-um CMOS. Designed SSB mixers and drivers for offset I/Q LO generation. Presented design reviews and maintained engineering documentation. Worked in a team of seven to design a dual-mode, direct-conversion transceiver for GSM / DCS1800 in 0.5-um CMOS. Designed SSB mixers and drivers for offset I/Q LO generation. Presented design reviews and maintained engineering documentation.



NASA Ames Research Center

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern, Hardware Engineer

  • Jun 1996 - Sep 1996

  Engineering support for space-flight hardware. Duties included modifying the EPROM control program for the Standard Interface Glove Box, debugging / modifying a test fixture for electronic flight hardware, performing environmental stress screening tests, and generating engineering documentation. Engineering support for space-flight hardware. Duties included modifying the EPROM control program for the Standard Interface Glove Box, debugging / modifying a test fixture for electronic flight hardware, performing environmental stress screening tests, and generating engineering documentation.



Cornell NanoScale Facility

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Research Assistant

  • Jun 1995 - Aug 1995

  Developed processing steps, processed photo masks, fabricated heterojuncion n-i-n diodes, and tested I-V characteristics to determine the conduction band discontinuity between InGaP and GaAs. Used thermionic emission theory to characterize the quantum well depth of an Al-free, high-speed MODFET under development in Professor Lester Eastman’s group. Developed processing steps, processed photo masks, fabricated heterojuncion n-i-n diodes, and tested I-V characteristics to determine the conduction band discontinuity between InGaP and GaAs. Used thermionic emission theory to characterize the quantum well depth of an Al-free, high-speed MODFET under development in Professor Lester Eastman’s group.



Neutrogena

• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Summer Research Assistant

  • Jun 1993 - Aug 1993

  Chemistry lab assistant in Research and Development. Chemistry lab assistant in Research and Development.