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`Professional Experience
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`Summary
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`20+ years’ experience in broadband wired and wireless communications.
`Recognized industry expert in all aspects of Ethernet LANs, including system hardware/software
`definition, architecture and implementation issues and tradeoffs for NIC, repeater, bridge, switch
`and router devices.
`Intimately familiar with 802.3 standards issues for 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, 1Gb/s and 10 Gb/s.
`Familiarity with wireless networks including 802.11 and BLE, network protocols (TCP/IP, SNMP),
`L2-L4 switching, deep packet/statefull inspection, management agents, MIBs, and VLAN
`tagging/administration.
`Understanding of software issues including embedded RTOS, drivers and upper layer protocols.
`Familiar with mainstream microprocessors, PC buses, and high speed I/O.
`Proven expertise in specifying, architecting, and delivering complex communication SoCs
`including running multidisciplinary teams.
`Expertise in semiconductor development, fabrication and manufacturing processes.
`Proven track record in identifying new markets and products, establishing key customer and co-
`development relationships, and executing complex engineering and marketing launch plans.
`Over 40 US Patents granted in the area of LAN communications and related technology.
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`Sep ’12 – Present Smartbotics, Inc. – CTO and Co-Founder of start-up company focused on wireless and smart
`phone app technology that can be applied to home and commercial automation products.
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`Nov ’02 – Present Network Generation LLC – Founder of consultancy focused on communications system and
`semiconductor businesses, primarily assisting start-up companies and VCs. Services include
`engineering/strategic marketing development/evaluation, architectural design/review, due-
`diligence, customer validation, engineering analysis, patent protection, etc..
`Past customers include AMD, Azanda Networks (acquired by Cortina), Broadcom, Broadway
`Networks (acquired by Finisar), Enphase Energy, Falchion Enteprises, Fulcrum Microsystems
`(acquired by Intel), FireEar, Halo Electronics, Intel, Sandburst (acquired by Broadcom), Terari
`(acquired by LSI), Teranetics (acquired by PLX Technology), Wilson Sonsini, etc. Currently
`assisting several start-ups in areas such as electric vehicles, green technologies, and
`commercial and residential lighting, automation, monitoring and control.
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`Apr ‘98 – Nov ‘02: Broadcom Corp., San Jose, CA. Director Business Development. Responsible for identification
`of new and emerging markets in broadband communications, focused on LAN, WAN and
`wireless opportunities. Led technical due-diligence teams on a number of prospective and
`completed acquisitions and investments including Maverick Networks (L2/L3 Stackable
`Switches), BlueSteel Networks (Security Processors), SiByte (MIPS Processors), Newport
`Communications (SONet PHYs and Framers), TiMetra Networks (Switch Fabric). Used as
`corporate resource to help drive converging broadband semiconductor opportunities.
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`Director – LAN Switching Technology. Responsible for SOHO/ROBO-switch initial feature set,
`architecture definition, and delivery of early family of devices and support collateral. By year end
`’02, multiple devices in family shipped over 200 million ports of 10/100/1G Ethernet and
`accounted for a revenue base in excess of $50M annually.
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`Apr ’97 – Apr –‘98: Bay Networks Inc., Santa Clara, CA. Director, Switch Architecture and Strategy, Multi-LAN
`Switching Business Unit. Responsible for definition and execution of next generation modular
`switch products, for heterogeneous enterprise LANs (ATM, Ethernet and Token Ring). Primary
`business unit engineering interface to customers, sales force, other Bay business units, and Bay
`Architecture Labs (BAL).
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` Mar ‘88 - Apr ‘97: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. AMD Fellow (March ‘93), Architecture and
`Advanced Development group. Responsible for identification and evaluation of new
`technologies for future high volume connectivity market place. Develop architectural definition
`and feasibility analysis for silicon and system implementations. Identify and champion product
`and technology concepts and promote adoption by appropriate business units. Technical focal
`point for 802.3 Standards and related developments such as 100BASE-T (Chaired Link
`Signaling Sub-Group), Full Duplex/Flow Control, Switched Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet.
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`Manager - System Engineering & Network Development. Identification and definition of new
`products, primarily for the Ethernet market place. Planned and executed a variety of projects for
`chip and system level products. Responsibilities included identifying key technology and market
`trends, assessing business opportunity, and defining cost effective products. Manager of a team
`of 10-15 engineers, responsible for support of existing and development of new chip and system
`level products. Significant customer interaction, including detailed negotiations for joint
`development projects with key strategic customers. Represented AMD at IEEE 802.3 throughout
`multiple standards developments. Program Manager for initial 10BASE-T/Ethernet products in
`the Repeater, NIC and Switch markets.
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`Oct. ‘82 - Mar. ‘88: G.P.Elliott Electronic Systems Ltd., Merton, London, U.K.. Development Engineer/Project
`Manager. Design and development of fault tolerant computer and communications equipment
`for high reliability control and shutdown systems deployed in hazardous environments.
`Developed 802.4 based Token Bus network. 2 year secondment to G.E. (Charlottesville, VA), to
`develop fault tolerant “intelligent I/O” industrial control network.
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`Sep. ‘81 - Oct. ‘82: Babcock-Bristol Ltd., Croydon, Surrey, U.K.. Systems Engineer. Hardware and software design
`for real time process control and data acquisition systems for power station, boiler control and
`water treatment plant.
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`Sep. ‘75 - Aug. ‘81: Foxboro Yoxall Ltd., Redhill, Surrey, U.K.. Student Engineer/Service Engineer. Design of
`process control instrumentation equipment. Basic electrical, electronic, pneumatic and
`mechanical engineering design. 4 year sponsored degree program.
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`Education:
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`Miscellaneous:
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`1977-1981: Kingston Polytechnic, Kingston, Surrey, UK.
`BSc (Hons) Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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`Executive and/or Advisory Board affiliations: Dhaani Systems, Formative Ventures, Falchion
`Enterprises, Fulcrum Microsystems, Pond Ventures, Smartbotics, WANdisco.
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`Publications & Papers:
`Fault Tolerant Control Systems, 16th Annual International Programmable Controllers Conference & Exposition, April
`7-9, 1987, Detroit, Michigan.
`10BASE-T in the Office, Wescon, November 19-21, 1991, San Francisco, California.
`Integrating Managed Hub and File Server Technologies, Silicon Valley Networking Conference, April 27-29 1992,
`Santa Clara, California.
`Lo Standard 10BASE-T nei PC - ELECTRONICA OGGI (Italy), July 1992 (translated from “10BASE-T in the Office”).
`802.3/Ethernet - The Handbook of International Connectivity Standards (Chapter 11), Edited by Gary R. McClain,
`Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold (1992), ISBN 0-442-30851-5.
`The Standards Jigsaw - How the IEEE Pieces fit the Puzzle, LANFair, October 21, 1993, Denver, Colorado.
`Accelerating Ethernet: Options and Implications, WinHEC 94, February 23, 1994, San Francisco, California;
`WinHEC 94 Asia, June 30, 1994, Taipei, Taiwan.
`The IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet Standards - Encyclopedia of Telecommunications (Volume 9), Editor-in-Chief Fritz E.
`Froehlich, Co-Editor Allen Kent, Published by Marcel Dekker (1995), ISBN 0-8247-2902.
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`Ethernet Upgrade Options, WinHEC ‘95, March 20, 1995, San Francisco, California; WinHEC 95 Asia, May 23,
`1995, Taipei, Taiwan.
`Accelerating Ethernet: Options and Implications, Northcon/95, October 11, 1995, Portland, Oregon.
`Fast Ethernet Gets Plug-and-Play, Wescon/95, November 7, 1995, San Francisco, California.
`Fast Ethernet Alternatives for Client-Server Computing, Wescon/95, November 7, 1995, San Francisco, California.
`Gigabit Ethernet – Migrating to High Bandwidth LANs, Jayant Kadambi, Ian Crayford, Mohan Kalkunte, Published by
`Prentice Hall (1998), ISBN 0-13-913286.
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`Patents:
`47 US Patents granted (and foreign equivalents), several applications in prosecution.
`US Patent: 5,164,960
`Issued: Feb 15, 1990 Medium Attachment Unit for Use With Twisted Pair Local Area
`Network
`Automatic Polarity Detection and Correction Method and Apparatus
`Employing Linkpulses
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`US Patent: 5,257,287
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`Issued: Oct 26, 1993
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`US Patent: 5,305,321
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`US Patent: 5,327,465
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`US Patent: 5,404,544
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`US Patent: 5,414,694
`US Patent: 5,432,775
`US Patent: 5,467,369
`US Patent: 5,539,737
`US Patent: 5,550,803
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`US Patent: 5,581,559
`US Patent: 5,592,486
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`US Patent: 5,610,903
`US Patent: 5,640,393
`US Patent: 5,654,985
`US Patent: 5,673,254
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`US Patent: 5,754,525
`US Patent: 5,850,515
`US Patent: 5,859,837
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`US Patent: 5,890,100
`US Patent: 5,940,392
`US Patent: 5,943,206
`US Patent: 5,978,853
`US Patent: 6,016,308
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`US Patent: 6,078,627
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`US Patent: 6,084,878
`US Patent: 6,091,348
`US Patent: 6,122,669
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`US Patent: 6,128,654
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`US Patent: 6,151,316
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`US Patent: 6,167,054
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`US Patent: 6,192,028
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`US Patent: 6,255,969
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`US Patent: 6,269,098
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`Issued: Apr 19, 1994
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`Issued: Jul 5, 1994
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`Issued: Apr 4, 1995
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`Issued: Dec 3, 1996
`Issued: Jan 7, 1997
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`Ethernet Media Access Controller With External Address Detection
`Interface and Associated Method
`Method and Apparatus for Squelch Circuit In Network
`Communication
`System for Periodically Transmitting Signals To/From Sleeping
`Node Identifying Its Existence to a Network and Awakening the
`Sleeping Node Responding to a Received Instruction
`Address Tracking Over Repeater Based Networks
`Issued: May 9, 1995
`Auto-Negotiation System for a Communications Network
`Issued: Jul 11, 1995
`Issued: Nov 14, 1995 AUI to Twisted Pair Loopback
`Issued: Jul 23, 1996
`Programmable Disrupt of Multicast Packets for Secure Networks
`Issued: Aug 27, 1996 Method and System for Increasing Network Information Carried in
`a Data Packet Via Packet Tagging
`Inverse Packet Disrupt for Secure Networks
`A System and Method for Efficiently Monitoring Information in a
`Network Having a Plurality of Repeaters
`Issued: Mar 11, 1997 Auto-Negotiation System for a Communications Network
`Issued: Jun 17, 1997 Multiple Address Security Architecture
`Issued: Aug 5, 1997
`Address Tracking Over Repeater Based Networks
`Issued: Sep 30, 1997 Enhancements to 802.3 Media Access Control and Associated
`Signaling Schemes for Ethernet Switching
`Issued: May 19, 1998 Programmable Delay of Disrupt for Secure Networks
`Issued: Dec 15, 1998
`Intrusion Control in Repeater Based Networks
`Issued: Jan 12, 1999
`Flow Control Method and Apparatus for Ethernet Packet Switched
`Hub
`Issued: Mar 30, 1999 Chip Temperature Monitor Using Delay Lines
`Issued: Aug 17, 1999 Programmable Address Mapping Matrix for Secure Networks
`Issued: Aug 24, 1999 Chip Temperature Protection Using Delay Lines
`Issued: Nov 2, 1999
`Address Administration for 100BASE-T PHY Devices
`Issued: Jan 18, 2000 Method and System for Increasing Network Information Carried in
`a Data Packet via Packet Tagging
`Issued: Jun 20, 2000 Circuit and Method for Multilevel Signal Decoding, Descrambling,
`and Error Detection
`External Rules Checker Interface
`Issued: Jul 4, 2000
`Circuit and Method for on-the-fly Bit Detection and Substitution
`Issued: Jul 18, 2000
`Issued: Sep 19, 2000 Method and Apparatus for Auto-incrementing Through Table and
`Updating Single Register in Memory
`Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Multiple Copies by
`Replicating Data Identifiers
`Issued: Nov 21, 2000 Apparatus and Method for Synthesizing Management Packets for
`Transmission Between a Network Switch and a Host Controller
`Issued: Dec 26, 2000 Method and Apparatus Providing Programmable Thresholds for
`Full-Duplex Flow Control in a Network Switch
`Issued: Feb 20, 2001 Method and Apparatus Providing Programmable Thresholds for
`Half-Duplex Flow Control in a Network Switch
`Circuit and Method for High Speed Bit Stream Capture Using a
`Digital Delay Line
`Method and Apparatus for Scaling Number of Virtual LANs in a
`Switch Using an Indexing Scheme
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`Issued: Oct 3, 2000
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`Issued: Jul 3, 2001
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`Issued: Jul 31, 2001
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`US Patent 6,487,212
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`US Patent 6, 556.589
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`US Patent 6,704,296
`US Patent 6,885,657
`US Patent 6,970,419
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`US Patent 6,970,420
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`US Patent 6,973,031
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`US Patent 6,977,892
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`US Patent 7,457,857
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`US Patent 7,936,744
`US Patent 8,051,160
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`US Patent 8,619,758
`US Patent 9,019,957
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`Issued: Dec 6, 2005
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`Issued: Nov 26, 2002 Queuing Structure and Method for Prioritization of Frames in a
`Network Switch
`Issued: Apr 29, 2003 Network Transceiver for Steering Network Data to Selected Paths
`Based on Determined Link Speed
`Optimized MII for 802.3u (100BASE-T) Fast Ethernet PHYs
`Issued: Mar 9, 2004
`Issued: Apr 26, 2005 Network Telephony System
`Issued: Nov 29, 2005 Method and Apparatus for Preserving Frame Ordering Across
`Aggregated Links Between Source and Destination Nodes
`Issued: Nov 29, 2005 Method and Apparatus for Preserving Frame Ordering Across
`Aggregated Links Supporting a Plurality of Quality of Service
`Levels
`Method and Apparatus for Preserving Frame Ordering Across
`Aggregated Links Supporting a Plurality of Quality of Transmission
`Rates
`Issued: Dec 20, 2005 Method and Apparatus for Preserving Flow Order Across Links of a
`Multi Link Trunk
`Issued: Nov 25, 2008 Method and Apparatus for a Network Hub to Diagnose Network
`Operation and Broadcast Information to a Remote Host or
`Monitoring Device
`Network Telephony System
`Method and Apparatus for a Network Hub to Diagnose Network
`Operation and Broadcast Information to a Remote Host or
`Monitoring Device
`Issued: Dec 31, 2013 Network Telephony System
`Issued: Apr 28, 2015 Network Telephony System
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`Issued: May 3, 2011
`Issued: Nov 1, 2011
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