2. EDUCATION AND
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
MS, Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M
BS, Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University
Registered Professional Engineer
3. OVERVIEW OF E XPERIENCE
20 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – 1992 TO 2012
2011 – 2012 VP of Operations, Metrum Technologies
2009 – 2011 Director of Marketing, Murata Electronics
2006 – 2009 Technology Manager, Nokia Siemens Networks
1998 – 2006 Senior Research Manager, Nokia
1996 – 1998 Senior Hardware Designer, Raytheon
1992 – 1996 Captain, U.S. Army Signal Corps
4. P UBLICATIONS
Book Chapter
OFDM Wireless LANs: A Theoretical and Practical Guide. Sams Publishing, 2002
Selected Papers
Rapid Scheduling of Efficient FPGA Architectures for Next-Generation HSDPA Wireless
System Using Precision C Synthesizer, IEEE International Workshop on Rapid Systems
Prototyping (June 2003)
Scalable FPGA Architectures for LMMSE-based SIMO Chip Equalizer in HSDPA
Downlink, IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (November
2003)
Compact Hardware Accelerator for Functional Verification and Rapid Prototyping of 4G
Wireless Communication Systems, IEEE the 38th Asilomar Conference on Signals,
Systems and Computers (November 2004)
Untimed-C based SoC Architecture Design Space Exploration for 3G and Beyond
Wireless Systems, Design and Verification Conference (February 2005)
5. CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS 1992 - 1996
LEADER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING, DISCIPLINE, AND WELFARE OF 46 SOLDIERS IN A
TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS UNIT
Achieved a 100% communications readiness
rate while providing critical radio links in one
of the largest Army communication networks
in support of a 70,000+ soldier Corps
6. SENIOR HARDWARE DESIGNER, RAYTHEON 1996 - 1998
LEAD HARDWARE DESIGNER FOR THE DESIGN AND TESTING OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR A
PROPRIETARY DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM
• Developed and maintained VHDL code for a signal-processing
design utilizing FPGAs, and successfully verified and tested
board design prior to system integration
• Developed the software (Korn Shell) for controlling the
versioning of factory test-equipment software
7. SENIOR RESEARCH MANAGER, NOKIA 1998 - 2006
SENIOR RESEARCHER AND PROJECT MANAGER IN THE AREA OF PHYSICAL-LAYER HARDWARE
ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR VARIOUS WIRELESS STANDARDS
• Proposed and managed an annual project portfolio in excess of
$1.5 million establishing the rapid-prototyping center of
excellence for Nokia Research Center
• Led the architecture and implementation of a complete HSDPA
physical-layer design following a rapid-prototype methodology
• Designed, implemented, and demonstrated the world’s first
end-to-end HSDPA system
• Designed, implemented, and demonstrated Nokia’s first IEEE
802.11a 5GHz prototype system supporting a peak data-rate of
54 Mbps
• Led the L1 research on various wireless standards including
IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.16e, 3GPP(HSDPA), LTE, and UWB
8. SENIOR RESEARCH MANAGER, NOKIA 1998 - 2006
• Demonstrated and presented the world’s first end-to-end
HSDPA system at Mobile World Congress in 2003
establishing Nokia’s leadership in the 3G infrastructure
market
• Developed and presented 7 global HSDPA demonstrations
for Nokia customers including AT&T, T-Mobile, Orange,
Vodafone, and NTT DOCOMO driving Nokia’s leadership in
the nascent 3G market
• Nokia Experience Center in Helsinki
• Nokia Mobile Experience Center in North America
• Nokia garnered 50% of the HSDPA contracts in 2004 and
2005 as a result of this joint marketing
9. TECHNOLOGY MANAGER, NSN 2006 - 2009
DROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BASEBAND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE NOKIA
SIEMENS NETWORK (NSN) BASESTATIONS
• Collaborated with customers, academia, and technology
suppliers of next-generation signal processors in the wireless
market
• Drove and managed strategic partnerships with key U.S.
universities to foster the development of new wireless
technologies for future NSN businesses
• Developed and demonstrated NSN’s first HSDPA femtocell
access point establishing NSN’s leadership in the femtocell
market
• Developed the architecture for a femtocell baseband/MAC
SoC and implemented a femtocell CPE on new multicore
DSP and FPGA platforms
10. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, MURATA 2009 - 2011
DROVE THE WIRELESS MODULE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SMART ENERGY/AMI MARKET COVERING
ZIGBEE, WIFI, BLUETOOTH, AND CUSTOM SOLUTIONS.
Worked with Murata customers to define a wireless
module for the smart energy market
Drove the engineering development of an Ember-
based ZigBee module for the smart energy/Advanced
Meter Infrastructure market
Launched two ZigBee-based modules and developed
all marketing material including presentations, product
briefs, press releases, website, etc.
11. VP OF OPERATIONS, METRUM TECHNOLOGIES 2011 - 2012
C ELLULAR - BASED , WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND ENDPOINT AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES
FOR ENERGY / UTILITY A DVANCED M ETER I NFRASTRUCTURE “AMI” A ND S MART G RID
A PPLICATIONS
• Supervised a record three-fold increase in year-
over-year AMI sales volume
• Drove the FCC, ZigBee, and Sprint certifications
of Metrum AMI endpoint products
• Drove the joint marketing with Verizon and Sprint
on AMI opportunities
12. SUMMARY
Wireless professional with 20 years of experience covering
research, design, marketing/sales, business development, and
operations
Developed and marketed a broad portfolio of leading-edge
wireless technologies
Broad wireless background working with both standardized and
proprietary systems
Proven leader with management experience in both R&D and
operations
