Membership
The Consultants Network encourages all interested
parties to attend its meetings, including those
who are not (or not yet) IEEE members. Consultants
Network membership is free of charge and open to
all meeting attendees.
Members may list their names, brief descriptions,
and links to their Web sites below. Officers are
listed below by position followed by other members
listed alphabetically by last name.
To add, modify, or remove a listing, please contact the
group's webmaster.
IEEE Central Texas Consultants Network
Members
| Chairman: |
| Luis Basto |
SoC, DSP and VLSI chip design,
specializing in the area of Design for
Testability. |
| Vice
Chairman/Treasurer: |
| Jody Everett |
SoC, DSP and VLSI chip
design/verification/emulation, specializing
in the field of digital audio integrated
circuits. Past Chairman of IEEE CTCN. |
| Secretary: |
| Bill Martino |
Semiconductor memory design specialist
with over 42 years of experience designing
circuits, leading projects, and managing
departments. Direct experience includes
SRAMs, DRAMs, and MRAMs. Past Chairman of
IEEE CTCN. |
| Program
Manager/Membership Chair: |
| Open |
| Webmaster: |
| Open |
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Member At Large: |
| Sergio Liberman |
SoC, DSP and VLSI system and chip
architecture, digital audio system design
for consumer, professional and automotive
applications. |
| Member At Large: |
Kai Wong
QSC Consulting
|
technology product & international
business development, esp. in electronics
and semiconductors; President of QSC
Consulting. Past Chairman of IEEE CTCN. |
| Members: |
| Name |
Background, Interests and Specialties |
| Bob Ascott |
management, marketing, leadership, Lotus
Notes, personnel, strategic planning,
facilitation |
| T. Scott Atkinson |
telecommunications, networks, recovery,
switches, vulnerabilities, planning,
capacity, business |
| Bob Baker |
Veteran of Austin's high-tech electronics
manufacturing industry performing in process
engineering, engineering management, project
management, and business management roles.
Experience with telecommunications, energy,
aerospace & defense, semiconductor, and
computer products. Currently pursuing
Business Process Improvement projects. |
| Dave Baron |
Electromagnetic Field Safety: EMF
Measurements (DC – 40 GHz), Training,
Standards Compliance, Workplace Evaluation,
Employee Awareness, Hazard Analysis, RF
Safety Programs. |
| Richard S. Bean |
software, Unix, RTOS, firmware,
microcontrollers, documentation, SEI_CMM,
reliability, communication |
| Gregory E. Beers |
R&D, technology, circuits,
applications, testing |
| Barry Z. Biglari |
Design, specification, implementation,
integration and documentation of building
systems |
| Robert Bonsen |
antennas, compliance, EMF, measurements,
simulation, radio frequency, R&D,
telecommunications |
| Jim Brakefield |
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| F.W. Breyfogle |
Six Sigma, SPC, DOE, MVT, reliability,
capability, improvements, re-engineering |
Andrew Cahoon
Clarum
Group |
Entrepreneur with process improvement
skills, background in high tech
(Microprocessor design, SOC design, VLSI CAD
Software, Supercomputer Design) |
John Carlsen
Syncopated
Systems |
system architecture, application software,
cross-platform software dev't, in-circuit
emulators, instruments, controls,
interfaces, line & portable/battery
power systems, PCBs, PLD design/prog'g/test,
computer multimedia/video games, databases,
data comm., tech. & Web pub's |
| Owen R. Coon |
specification, design, implementation,
integration, testing, Vxworks, custom
kernel, X-Windows, Unix, VMS, Visual C++,
Gnu C++, C, assembly, Java, Fortran, PPC,
X86, 8085, 8051, M680xx, Mil-Std 1750, PCI,
FPGA, Mil-Std 1553, VME |
| Jim Crutcher |
data communications, telecommunications,
software, distributed systems, network
management |
| Adrian B. Early |
signal processing, communications,
instrumentation, device, circuit, system |
| O.M. Friedrich |
electrical, electronics, optical, lasers,
RF, microwave, analog, digital,
instrumentation, R&D |
| Edward Gordon |
Edward Gordon has been in the software
industry for 35 years, dealing with
development lifecycle issues and technology
transfer for companies such as Burroughs,
Racal, Wang Labs, AT&T Bell Labs, Eaton
Semiconductor, General Dynamics, SAIC and
the Pentagon. He has migrated from Assembler
to C, C++ and UML, specializing in
UNIX/LINUX and CORBA portability issues. He
has worked with the IEEE-USA in lobbying
Congress for funds for research, and is now
a Senior Member of the IEEE. He worked with
the Boston CN in the late 80s. |
| John Griessen |
FPGA, IC logic design, layout, mechanisms,
3-D concept models, metal fab., machining,
multiprocessor networked systems and
programs for automation |
| John Hoffner |
energy engineering, renewable energy,
solar electric, wind and energy conservation
analysis |
| M.C. Huffstutler |
physics, life sciences,
electrical/mechanical engineering,
marketing, planning, operations,
communications |
| Robert (Bob) D. Hunter, P.E. |
standards and certification, management
and training in regulatory compliance,
specializing in product safety, EMC,
laboratory accreditation, expert witness in
product safety |
| Lester Johnson |
Computer hardware design engineering of
systems and peripherals including chip
design, regulatory compliance, cost
reduction, test and reliability. |
| Dale
Jarmush |
project assessment, engineering, PCB
design, materials procurement,
manufacturing, distribution |
Curt
Karnstedt
IC Fusion |
analog mixed-signal IC design, analog
signal processing, data converters,
amplifiers, voltage references, and system
level modeling and design |
| Bill
Kelley |
database, SQL, Internet, Web, Perl, C,
C++, Oracle, Informix, Datablade |
| D.G. Kilpatrick |
telemedicine, power, HVAC, NFPA, UL, TX,
expert witness, acceptance, tests, spec's,
design, EMC, FCC |
| Yue Kuo |
40 years (20 years in IBM, Silicon Valley, etc. and 20 years endowed professor) IC and TFT production and R&D experience on Processes, Materials, Devices, Thin Films, Plasma Processes; expert witness, consultant, and program reviewer for international companies; numerous solid state awards; work important impact to industry. |
| J.J. Mercier |
commercial, industrial, institutional
lighting & power, traffic signals
design, roadway illumination |
| T.E. Ortman |
semiconductor, CAD, manufacturing,
mechanical, packaging, drafting, design |
| Heinrich Otters |
antennas, RF, telecomm, tnstrumentation,
microcontrollers, software, translations |
| Subhankar Ray |
wireless Web, GSM, GPRS, Palm OS, Windows
CE, EPOC, LINUX, H.323, TCP/IP |
| Kenny Rice |
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| L.O. Richardson |
analog, FPGA, DSP, FEA, digital, thermal,
stress, HV |
| Michael Robertson |
AC & DC Power electronics, SMPS,
inverters, motor drives, all topolgies, low
voltage to 1500VDC, AC 250VA to 450kVA, EMI
compliance/certification |
| George Romaniuk |
embedded systems with Linux, OMAP,
PowerPC, DSP, hardware software integration,
from specification to production |
| Dr. Robert B. Rowen, Ph.D. |
management consulting services, business
process analysis & re-engineering,
workshop facilitation, Mind Map training |
| Daniel Sangines |
Power distribution/Telecommunications |
| J.R. Satterwhite |
analog, digital, LF-antennas, GPS, LF-RF,
software, microcontrollers, systems, LF-RFID |
| R.B. Schroer |
air traffic management, aerospace
GN&C, radar, comm., airborne/ground
systems H/W-S/W,
requirements/studies/analyses, technical
writing |
| Bryan James Smith |
power electronics design & prototype,
magnetics design & prototype,
pre-comliance design review, PCB design |
| Robert (Bob) Spiegel |
design, development, instrumentation,
controls, automation, management,
conservation, Web sites |
| Joe Sypniewski |
wireless, digital, DSP, IP, software,
communications, instrumentation, simulation |
Larry Thomas
ePrognostic Systems
TechniMagic
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| Bill Thorpe |
electronic, manufacturing, semiconductors,
quality, reliability, failure analysis,
training |
| Brian
Trotter |
Patent strategy, portfolio analysis and analytics, IP consulting.
Registered Patent Agent with 20+ yrs in mixed-signal IC design. |
| Jim
Trulove |
wireless LAN design, data networking
design, voice over IP (VoIP) networking,
business development and product marketing |
| Chris
Walton |
Over ten years experience supporting
developers of databases, protocol stacks,
UNIX kernels, network processors and packet
voice technology |
| Darrell
R. Word
D.R. Word Associates
|
R&D, analog, digital, control, DSP,
RF, EMF, telecommunications,
microcontrollers, geophysics |
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