http://www.marcato.org/luke/resume/ (Last Modified: 14 February 2008) Luke C Raymond 1747 Conrad Circle, Carrollton, Texas 75007 OBJECTIVE To obtain an analog or mixed-signal design engineer position. EDUCATION University of Texas at Dallas Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.) - Major: Circuits and Systems GPA: 3.8/4.0 Expected graduation date: May 2009 Course Highlights: - CMOS Analog Electronics - VLSI - Advanced Digital Logic - Pulse and Digital Circuits - Communication Circuits University of Idaho Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (B.S.Comp.E.) - Major: Computer Engineering - Minor: Computer Science - University Honors Program Certificate Graduated: May 2001 GPA: 3.86/4.0 Course Highlights: - Digital Systems Engineering - Microcontrollers - Control Systems, Digital Filtering - Computer Architecture - Electronics I and II - Software Engineering, Operating Systems PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Dallas Semiconductor/Maxim Integrated Products Dallas, Texas August 2001 - present Title: Design Engineer Working with Dallas Semiconductor/Maxim's mixed signal design group, using the in-house CMOS process. Focusing on TCXO design, real-time clocks and SCSI terminators. Primary designer of the DS3231 (including DS3232/DS3234/DS32x35) product line, a range of 32kHz TCXOs with real time clock and integrated crystal. Marcato Design February 1996 - present Self employed, providing a variety of design, publishing and photographic services through both Internet and traditional mediums, including music notation layout and publishing. Use Adobe software packages and Passport Encore, as well as being fluent in HTML and JavaScript. Incorporate knowledge of Perl and C++ to write CGI programs. Some past projects include web site planning, design and coding, and publishing two music books: 'Top Shelf Recorder' and 'His Reign Shall Never End.' Sound, Production and Lighting (formerly SUB Systems) University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho January 1998 - May 2001 Title: Sound Technician Provided sound reinforcement for concerts, lectures and conferences in the North-West. Trained on a variety of sound, lighting, video and 35mm projector systems. Trained new employees on 35mm projector system and large format front of house and monitor sound consoles. ASUI Productions University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho August 1999 - December 2000 Title: Productions Chair Hired and managed a board of ten members to provide programming and entertainment for students at the University of Idaho. Planned concerts, lectures and films, and oversaw promotion and event advertising. Dallas Semiconductor Dallas, Texas May 2000 - August 2000 Title: Mixed-Signal Design Intern Worked with Dallas Semiconductor's mixed signal group, simulating and refining a 12-bit ADC and modelling crystal oscillators using Matlab. Researched the use of MOSFETs as varactors for oscillator tuning applications. Sakeji School Ikelenge, North Western Province, Zambia May 1999 - June 1999 Title: Teaching Assistant Taught Computing and Physical Education part-time to children aged 6 - 12 years at Sakeji School. Designed a small local area computer network for the school's new administration building. Assisted with updating Sakeji's accounting system and porting to a different operating system to ensure Year 2000 compliancy and ease of use. Knight Piesold Denver, Colorado May 1998 - August 1998 Title: Systems Administrator Worked on a team of three systems administrators, providing computer support for a team of about one hundred engineers. This involved both hardware and software installation and upgrading on a variety of Intel based machines. Maintained Windows 3.11, Windows 95, and Windows NT clients running on both a Novell 4.11 and NT networking system. Performed upgrade and maintenance operations on the TP (twisted pair) and Coax (BNC) dual speed switched ethernet network. Personally organized the porting of mail systems from UNIX to LINUX. COMPUTER SKILLS - Cadence tools, circuit design with Analog Artist, Hspice, verilog and Matlab simulation. - VHDL and verilog programming, simulation and FPGA implementation. - Ten years experience with C and C++, including use with CGI programming. - Tutored students with C++ and on many popular applications packages. - Familiarity with PERL, SKILL, BASIC and MIPS assembly programming. - Self taught HTML, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets and XML. - Competence using Macintosh OS 6.0 to 10.5, MS-DOS 6.2, Windows 3.11/ 95/98/NT/XP, and UNIX (SOLARIS, LINUX and HP/UX). - Extensive experience with Adobe PageMaker, FrameMaker Photoshop. ACADEMIC PROJECTS High Speed Linear Interpolator - Designed, simulated and generated layout for a high speed linear interpolator using a 130 nm process. (VLSI, Spring 2008) VHDL Control Unit Design - Designed a respiratory flow meter and implemented using FPGAs coded with VHDL. Worked with a group to set specifications and delegate work. (Digital Systems Engineering, Spring 2000) Computer Architecture CPU Design - Designed and built a multi-cycle integer CPU in hardware description language (HDL). Simulated each design stage using VERILOG. (Computer Architecture, Fall 1999) Software Engineering Methodology - Implemented a simple programming task in a group setting using correct software engineering process. Created specifications and design documents. Coded the design. Fully tested the code, both statically and dynamically and then performed maintenance operations on the design. (Software Engineering, Fall 1999) HONORS/ACTIVITIES - Passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination. (April 2001) - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) member (Spring 1998 - present) - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. (Spring 2000) - Golden Key National Honor Society member (Fall 1999 - May 2001) - Associated Students of the University of Idaho (ASUI) Film Chair (September 1999 - December 2000) - Campus Crusade organization team (September 1998 - May 2001) - K. McDaniel Engineering Award Recipient (Fall 1998 - Spring 2000) INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE United States, New Zealand and British citizen. - Born and lived eight years in New Zealand. - Lived in an expatriate community, Malawi (five years). - Lived in urban Harare, Zimbabwe (two years). - Attended Kenyan boarding school (three years). - Lived in rural Zambia (three years). - Completed Bachelor degree at the University of Idaho, USA.