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CYNTHIA J ARMSTRONG
Profile
Team-oriented, highly organized Electrical Engineer with over twenty six years experience designing, developing and
testing computer hardware.
Skills
Hardware design using Cadence Design Entry HDL,
Design Entry CIS, System Architect, and PCB Designer;
Assembly, C, PERL
Project management
Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Accomplishments
Project Coordination
Reviewed designs and provided feedback for multiple OpenPOWER partners
Guided vendor design activity
Professional Experience
Card Enablement Review Coordinator
September 2014 to Current
International Business Machines Corporation - Austin, Texas
Created and implemented review process for external partner designs that use IBM's POWER* architecture.
Provided documentation for external use, driving consistency in shared information, and working directly with
external partners to facilitate their design work.
Card Design technical lead
September 2005 to September 2014
International Business Machines - Austin, TX
Performed board layout and wiring studies, collaborating with Signal Integrity and Power teams to determine type
of PCB and layers required.
Collaborated with system Mechanical and Thermal teams in finding ways to fit and cool all required components
Managed communication with vendor partners to disseminate design and process requirements
Drove module pinouts for an I/O and a memory controller module for system wireability.
Card Design Team Lead
September 1996 to September 2005
International Business Machines - Austin, TX
Led team which designed boards for the the P655 and P650 systems.
Created a process for functional application testing of revisions of components on shipping products
Devised Microsoft Project generic schedules for low, medium, and high complexity boards, including all the tasks
required throughout the entire design process
Bring-up lead for the RS/6000 7025 F50 and 7026 H50/H70 processor cards.
Performed extensive failure analysis using oscilloscopes and internal debug tools on the H70 processor cards
Lab and equipment manager for F50 and H50/H70 system bring-up and debug activities; responsibilities also
included intern and contractor resource management.
IBM Directory and Security Services* LAN system test developer
March 1995 to September 1996
International Business Machines - Austin, TX
Wrote new and modified existing REXX scripts to test a variety of command line functions in two FVT (Functional
1712 Gracy Farms Lane, Austin TX 78758
Home: (512) 835-8374 - cindybert@gmail.com
Verification Test) areas
Manufacturing Test Engineering and Early Manufacturing Involvement
September 1989 to March 1995
International Business Machines - Austin, TX
Technical interface between RISC System/6000 designers and manufacturing test engineers.
Managed two manufacturing data collection networks (AIX/DOS) and the software controlling testers on the
networks (C/Pascal).
Developed functional tests for RISC System/6000 CPU planars, as well as IBM PS/2 and PS/1 planars.
Education and Training
Bachelor of Science : Electrical Engineering, August 1989
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX, USA
IBM Education: 760+ hours including Agile Education, PERL Programming, Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPC 604
Hardware Architecture, OS/2 LAN Administration, AIX System Administration, Korn, C, and Bourne Shell programming,
AIX Internals Overview, Neural Networks, Writing AIX Device Drivers, C++
Affiliations
Tau Beta Pi
Eta Kappa Nu
Additional Information
Co-authored patent for "Method and Tool for Computer Bus Fault Isolation and Recovery Design Verification".
Published three IBM internal technical reports and one invention disclosure.
Received several IBM management appreciation awards for various activities.
Skills
Highly organized
Process Oriented
Problem solver
References
References available upon request

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CYNTHIA J ARMSTRONG Resume 1

  • 1. CYNTHIA J ARMSTRONG Profile Team-oriented, highly organized Electrical Engineer with over twenty six years experience designing, developing and testing computer hardware. Skills Hardware design using Cadence Design Entry HDL, Design Entry CIS, System Architect, and PCB Designer; Assembly, C, PERL Project management Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Accomplishments Project Coordination Reviewed designs and provided feedback for multiple OpenPOWER partners Guided vendor design activity Professional Experience Card Enablement Review Coordinator September 2014 to Current International Business Machines Corporation - Austin, Texas Created and implemented review process for external partner designs that use IBM's POWER* architecture. Provided documentation for external use, driving consistency in shared information, and working directly with external partners to facilitate their design work. Card Design technical lead September 2005 to September 2014 International Business Machines - Austin, TX Performed board layout and wiring studies, collaborating with Signal Integrity and Power teams to determine type of PCB and layers required. Collaborated with system Mechanical and Thermal teams in finding ways to fit and cool all required components Managed communication with vendor partners to disseminate design and process requirements Drove module pinouts for an I/O and a memory controller module for system wireability. Card Design Team Lead September 1996 to September 2005 International Business Machines - Austin, TX Led team which designed boards for the the P655 and P650 systems. Created a process for functional application testing of revisions of components on shipping products Devised Microsoft Project generic schedules for low, medium, and high complexity boards, including all the tasks required throughout the entire design process Bring-up lead for the RS/6000 7025 F50 and 7026 H50/H70 processor cards. Performed extensive failure analysis using oscilloscopes and internal debug tools on the H70 processor cards Lab and equipment manager for F50 and H50/H70 system bring-up and debug activities; responsibilities also included intern and contractor resource management. IBM Directory and Security Services* LAN system test developer March 1995 to September 1996 International Business Machines - Austin, TX Wrote new and modified existing REXX scripts to test a variety of command line functions in two FVT (Functional 1712 Gracy Farms Lane, Austin TX 78758 Home: (512) 835-8374 - cindybert@gmail.com
  • 2. Verification Test) areas Manufacturing Test Engineering and Early Manufacturing Involvement September 1989 to March 1995 International Business Machines - Austin, TX Technical interface between RISC System/6000 designers and manufacturing test engineers. Managed two manufacturing data collection networks (AIX/DOS) and the software controlling testers on the networks (C/Pascal). Developed functional tests for RISC System/6000 CPU planars, as well as IBM PS/2 and PS/1 planars. Education and Training Bachelor of Science : Electrical Engineering, August 1989 Texas A&M University - College Station, TX, USA IBM Education: 760+ hours including Agile Education, PERL Programming, Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPC 604 Hardware Architecture, OS/2 LAN Administration, AIX System Administration, Korn, C, and Bourne Shell programming, AIX Internals Overview, Neural Networks, Writing AIX Device Drivers, C++ Affiliations Tau Beta Pi Eta Kappa Nu Additional Information Co-authored patent for "Method and Tool for Computer Bus Fault Isolation and Recovery Design Verification". Published three IBM internal technical reports and one invention disclosure. Received several IBM management appreciation awards for various activities. Skills Highly organized Process Oriented Problem solver References References available upon request