Education

• BSEE The Ohio State University

Recognition

• Patents:
  • Wide-swath printing with multiple printheads
  • Start up algorithm for thermal ink-jet pens
  • Drop size detect circuit
  • Hybrid sample rate servo motor controller
  • Apparatus and method for pen-lift system

Interests / Obsessions

• My Family, technology, and local beer

Favorite Quote

• “The times they are a-changin’.“

– Bob Dylan

Expertise

• Digital design
• Design for high volume production
• PCB Architecture and design
• FPGA, Verilog, digital simulation
• Firmware/Software/Mechanical/Electrical integration
• RFI, ESD
• High speed digital bus design PCIe, DRAM, “”fiberoptic, USB, LVDS, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, JTAG
• Power supply specifications and design
• DC to DC converters
• Electro-mechanical design
• Motor system design: DC, Stepper, Servo motors
• Failure analysis and yield improvement
• Embedded Microprocessors
• Printer design
• TIJ print technology
• Battery charging and discharging circuit design

Experience

• Master Engineer at HP
• Senior EE on first HP TIJ FAX and first HP TIJ Copier
• Lead engineer/architect for first TIJ large format printer
• My printers were produced in large volume (more than 100k/month)
• Lead ASIC bring-up taskforces at HP
• Totus Power electric vehicle battery control circuit design