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Expert in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC): Design, Analysis, Testing, Troubleshooting, Consult & Training
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert's competency lies in all forms of product design related to electromagnetic compatibility. This includes both conducted and radiated emissions plus immunity for North America, European and world-wide regulatory approvals. He specializes in providing design and layout review of any type of printed circuit board from the schematic level (review and analysis), design/layout, and through production, including system level design, integration and certification. This is achieved with consulting services. In addition, many training courses are provided, all with a focus on fundamental concepts for those entering the field of EMC or as a refresher course for senior engineers. If a product fails any EMI, ESD or immunity test, the consultant provides professional testing and troubleshooting services from the component/silicon level through I/O and chassis design. Cost effective solutions are identified and implemented. For companies that require CE approval on industrial products that cannot be taken to an EMC test facility, in situ testing using the Technical Construction File route is easily adopted. Examples of products with extensive expertise include testing and certification of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: San Jose, California;
San Francisco, California;
Sacramento, California;
Oakland, California;
Stockton, California;
Fremont, California;
Modesto, California;
Salinas, California;
Santa Rosa, California;
and Hayward, California.
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1979
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BS
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Electronic Engineering
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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1979
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BS
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Computer Science
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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1983
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MS
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Engineering Management
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Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
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1991 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Principal Consultant/Owner
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The principal consultant and owner is responsible for all aspects of the company's operation.
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1988 to 1991
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MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
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Sr. Regulatory Compliance Engineer
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He was responsible for all regulatory compliance on systems; product safety and electromagnetic compatibility. Responsible for the design of printed circuit boards and systems architecture.
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1987 to 1988
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Alcatel Information Systems, Inc.
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Staff Engineer - Regulatory Compliance
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He was responsible for the management of regulatory compliance approvals as well as design engineering. He designed and installed an EMC test laboratory and provided legacy engineering services to numerous product lines.
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1985 to 1987
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Corvus Systems, Inc.
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Senior Regulatory Compliance Engineer
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He was responsible for product safety and electromagnetic compatibility on local area network systems and workstations.
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1980 to 1985
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Zilog, Inc.
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Manager - Product Evaluation and Testing
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He was responsible for quality assurance, regulatory compliance, product engineering, documentation control and manufacturing engineering of all corporate products.
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Associations/Societies
IEEE Affiliations and Societies:
Senior member;
IEEE Board of Directors (2009-2010);
Division VI Director of the IEEE;
Past Board Member of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMCS);
Founder and First President of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES);
Board Member and Co-Founder of the IEEE Systems Council;
Past Member of the IEEE Press Board;
Past Member of the IEEE Technical Activities Board.
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Licenses/Certifications
EIT
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Awards/Recognition
IEEE EMC Society-Honorary Life Member;
Laurence G. Cummings for outstanding service to the IEEE EMC Society;
Technical Achievement for outstanding EMC education;
Past Distinguished Lecturer
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Publications and Patents Summary
Numerous technical papers presented at IEEE International Symposiums on EMC plus one paper published in the Transactions of the IEEE EMC Society; Author - Four text books on EMC with eight translations in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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He provides expert design analysis for printed circuit boards from the schematic level through production related to signal integrity and the development of unintentional EMI to achieve FCC and CE approvals. In addition, consulting services include full system integration of sub-assemblies.
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He provides expert testing and troubleshooting assistance to achieve EMC. If a product fails compliance certification, he works with design engineers and/or the test laboratories to identify problem areas and implement cost effective solutions.
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He is an assessed EMC test laboratory for companies that require in situ testing to achieve CE compliance to the EMC Directive, with a focus on semiconductor manufacturing equipment using the Technical File route.
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He provides professional training seminars on a variety of EMC topics worldwide. All courses are either one or two days in length and can be tailored to the end user. All seminars are taught privately in-house.
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Taiwan
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He provided extensive design, testing and analysis on automotive products to achieve rigid EMC requirements, mainly at the printed circuit board level. In addition, training on how to achieve EMC was performed.
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2002 to 2005
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China
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He provided extensive consulting services in the design of high-end telecommunication equipment. Services include the design and layout on printed circuit boards, power delivery systems, packaging, and EMI testing. In addition, training on how to achieve EMC was performed.
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Malaysia
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He provided design reviews and analysis on high-end test instrumentation and telecommunication products. He teaches professionally for CPD Advancement Centre, a training company giving multiple public seminars several times a year.
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Singapore
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He provided design reviews and analysis on various information technology equipment and systems. He teaches professionally for EEM Advancement Centre Pte Ltd., a training company giving multiple public seminars several times a year.
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2005 to 2005
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Germany
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He provided design reviews and analysis on semiconductor products to help the client company achieve EMC. In addition, training on how to achieve EMC was performed.
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As a member of the Board of Directors of both the IEEE and the IEEE EMC Society, he keeps abreast of current trends, rules, regulations, requirements, and technology related to the field of EMC. Research is frequently conducted to examine unique and unusual aspects of EMC and design engineering. Numerous technical papers have been authored published at international EMC conferences.
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Training/Seminars
Numerous seminars related to the field of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Most popular courses are "Printed Circuit Board Design for Signal Integrity and EMC Compliance", "Grounding, Shielding and Filtering for Low-Noise System Level Reduction", "Testing for EMC Compliance", and "System Level Design for EMC Compliance". All courses are provided in-house. Custom courses are available on request.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He procures test instrumentation as required for in situ EMC testing and certification. Teaming opportunity have been established with other professional consultants to provide optimal consulting services including product safety approval associated with Hazard Based Safety Engineering principles.
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Other Skills and Services
(1) He has expertise in printed circuit board design and layout for signal integrity and electromagnetic compatibility. This includes schematic review and analysis all the way through product release. (2) He provides engineering services related to designing systems to meet regulatory compliance, and provides services for companies without compliance engineers or extensive knowledge of EMC. (3) He provides testing and troubleshooting expertise to ensure products achieve EMC, either in-house or at a commercial test laboratory. (4) He provides in situ testing and certification of industrial products for use in Europe (CE approval), namely semiconductor manufacturing equipment. (5) He conducts training courses world wide on a variety of EMC topics, all in-house on different aspects of EMC.
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