Seeking a challenging, hands-on position as a product or group manager in a growth-oriented, innovative environment that is developing world-class customer focused products.

Experience

Creative Cruising Concepts / BlurbBits and Captain of SV Billabong

• Planned, outfitted and completed a six year, 33,000 mile sailing adventure (6000 hours at sea) including a 24-day non-stop passage across the South Pacific (svbillabong.blogspot.com).

• Utilized social media to increase effectiveness and efficiency as both a consumer and publisher using limited resources (communication and unique data requirements). See bit.ly/sailsocial.
• Envisioned and developed multiple websites, blogs and utilities to provide resources and details to help educate fellow sailors/adventurers.
  - BlurbBits (blurbbits.blogspot.com) is a set of utilities that allows users to blog, map, and share photos using email. BlurbBits combines industry leading functionality and APIs (Blogger, Google Maps, Picasa, Flickr, YouTube, etc) to provide a flexible environment with full-featured results through low bandwidth communication platforms (adaptable to mobile devices).
  - Creative-cruising.com documents the technical details of my sailing experience and answers questions about what really works (and doesn't) in very remote locations so that a couple on their own sailboat can survive, communicate, and feel at ease for extended periods without any “modern” support facilities (grocery stores, mechanics, phones or internet).
• Provided offshore outfitting consulting services and technical support for troubleshooting of on-board systems. Adapted satellite photos and Google Earth to facilitate navigation while sailing in remote, uncharted, or miss-charted areas. Distributed resulting chartlets utilizing GPS tracks and waypoints to replace non-existent or outdated cruising guides. Developed data backup strategies to enable recovery of critical on-board computer systems without access to any remote support.

Senior Engineering Manager                                                                              Aug 1999 – Nov 2003
Innoveda / Mentor Graphics
Innoveda acquired Transcendent Design and was later acquired by Mentor Graphics

• Led the successful development of an integrated electro-mechanical design automation suite, TransDesign, which was adopted by Ford Motor Company, Jaguar, Aston Martin and their respective OEM suppliers as their principal automotive electrical systems design tool.
• Team lead and key developer of TransAct (physical schematic generation), which synthesizes correct by construction physical schematics using logical schematics and a physical wiring topology, including adaptive physical change management. Led project from conception through innovation, design, engineering, and QA to deliver production software ahead of schedule, exceeding design goals and customer expectations.
• Primary developer of TransHarness, a wire harness design tool that automatically generates connector face views and filters option/variants, to facilitate multi-level physical harness design from a harness schematic and physical wiring topology. Met with key players, from design engineers to manufacturing plant team leads (on site), and delivered a fully functional prototype in one month to meet a critical Ford supplier adaptation milestone.

VP of Engineering Services and Co-Founder                                                     Jan 1998 – Aug 1999
Transcendent Design Technology
Formed during the merger of Viewlogic and Synopsys

• Managed consulting services, customer support, and engineering services, including quality assurance, documentation, and system administration with limited resources.
• Utilized Viewscript and custom APIs to create a flexible, rapid prototype environment for solution architects. Resulting solutions often became core product features and functionality.
• Principal architect of TransAct. Collaborated face-to-face with key customers and early TransDesign adopters to understand key usage models and translate requirements into actionable specifications. TransAct automates the time consuming and error prone process of manually generating physical schematics for design reviews, simulation, and service manuals.

Signal Integrity Group Manager                                                                        Mar 1992 – Jan 1998
Quad Design Technology / Viewlogic Systems Inc
Viewlogic acquired Quad Design (1993)

• Prioritized software development to deliver XTK, the industry leading high-speed signal integrity and crosstalk analysis software, with a small team of four engineers. XTK was adopted as the primary signal integrity analysis tool at Intel, HP, Compact, Digital, Dell, EMC and Sun Micro.
• Principal developer responsible for XTK. Developed key driver algorithms for non-linear rise time controlled devices including support for simultaneous switching output (SSO) current effects.
• Collaborated with core Intel technologists to deliver enhanced XTK algorithms and functionality to support the next generation Merced Multi-Chip Module (MCM) microprocessors in three months. Intel recommended XTK as the signal integrity and SSO noise analysis suite for OEMs developing systems incorporating the Merced microprocessor.
• Balanced core products with advance development projects for DARPA, leading a team of four PhD-level engineers. Quiet (EMI analysis), Quiet Expert (Rules based EMI expert system) and AC/Grade (Ground plane analysis) all evolved into commercial products.

Member of Technical Staff                                                                                  Nov 1990 – Mar 1992
Quad Design Technology

• Automated the process of extracting SPICE results into XTK driver models, dramatically increasing end user acceptance by allowing enhanced device models to be developed in-house.
• Provided in-depth technical support and developed/delivered training classes to customers and application engineers using Quad Design’s timing, signal integrity, and crosstalk analysis software.
• Identified key issues and tracked bug/enhancement requests through engineering development and tested resulting products for quality assurance/acceptance.

CAE Library Group Member                                                                                  Jul 1989 - Oct 1990
Data General

• Streamlined library development process for timing and signal integrity tools. Interfaced with engineering groups and software tool vendors to resolve issues and ensure full project support.

Education

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

• BSEE 1985-1989 Crew Team (two years) - Lightweight Eight - Bronze Medal at National Championships