Hi, and thanks for stopping by my website. I'm a senior printed circuit designer with over 25 years of experience and a passion for doing quality Printed Circuit Board design. That's why when I decided to "strike out on my own", nearly a decade ago, I chose to focus on doing PCB design on-site. I just feel that there's no better way to do a high quality design than when you have the ability to directly interact with all of the principles, in real time. 

It's really a pretty simple business model, "do the work on-site and get it done right, the first time". And, since I do all the work myself, I never have to worry about quality control.

I am available for assignments in the greater Austin (TX) area, as well as throughout the continental US and Canada. I come equipped with my own hardware and access to the OrCAD schematic capture and Cadence/Allegro design packages.

Because of my rather unique mobility (see my home/office, below), I am open to considering all projects and potential opportunities, regardless of size or location (some restrictions apply, of course).

I am currently reviewing projects and entertaining assignments for the second half of 2014. I'm willing consider all opportunities, contract or direct, on-site or remote. So, have a look over my resume' (below) and let me know if I can be of assistance with your upcoming Printed Circuit Design requirements,

whatever and wherever they might be.

Thanks, once again, for stoppin' by.

Cliff Rose

CLIFTON C. ROSE

crosey1@yahoo.com

(512)990-5524

Summary:

Senior Printed Circuit Designer with a reputation for attention to detail and a passion for quality. A results driven professional with a history of success and innovation in the design of printed circuits, utilizing the Cadence/Allegro toolset. A dedicated, disciplined, solid performer that can hit the ground running.

Professional Experience:

Printed Circuit Design Contractor/Consultant                                              May 2005 To Present

Provided on-site design and vendor liaison services to established top tier local and international OEMs, including LSI, BreakingPoint Systems, Genband, Analog Devices, Polycom, HP, Dell, Fusion-io and Cisco Systems.

• Affected a variety of high density, highly constrained board designs, utilizing Cadence/Allegro version 16.6, in support of the development of Fusion-io’s next generation application accelerators (PCIe based nand flash drives).

• Worked directly with client’s electrical, manufacturing and test engineers on a variety of designs, including Genband’s G2 and BreakingPoint’s 1 GIG and 10 GIG network-testing platforms.

• Managed the efforts of additional off-site contractors, providing verification of their conformance to customer procedures and current industry standards

CELESTICA, INC.                                                                                                    2002 To 2005

Sr. Printed Circuit Designer

Selected to represent the Global Design Services group for this tier one CM in the Austin market and provide PCB design services for such strategic customers as Agere Systems (LSI), 3M and Sun Micro.

• Provided Celestica’s Austin customers with PCB design services, which exceeded their expectations and won new customers, without either direct supervision, or Sales support.

• Led a team, comprised of both Agere (LSI) and Celestica staff, in the design of a highly complex and heavily constrained, 28 layer, APP550 Network Processor development board, including 11 high-speed (DDR) memory interfaces. Effected the management of global resources to successfully meet an extremely aggressive, yet “mission critical” program schedule.

• Collaborated with 3M staff and EMI consultants to find imaginative solutions to optimize space utilization and significantly reduce emissions, resulting in the achievement of a previously unattainable product certification level.

GENERAL BANDWIDTH, INC.                                                                              2000 To 2002

Sr. Printed Circuit Designer

Responsible for the design of a wide variety of highly complex, multi-layer, printed circuits and the generation and verification of all associated documentation and deliverables.

• Provided consistent, high quality printed circuit board designs, in support of  the development of  General Bandwidths’ world class G6 voice and data gateway. Constantly met, or exceeded, program schedule requirements.

• Generated baseline specifications for the development of all component symbols, resulting in increased efficiency and a consistently high level of manufacturability.

• Collaborated with the Engineering, Manufacturing and Test groups to develop a design process that was consistent, repeatable and verifiable enough to be ISO/TL9001 compliant, yet flexible enough to allow for quick-turn engineering “what if” prototypes.

DII TECHNOLOGIES, INC.                                                                                     1999 to 2000

Design Manager

Responsible for the management of all design center personnel, as well as, support of the sales and manufacturing teams.

• Directed an effort to develop closer working relationship between design, manufacturing and assembly organizations. Resulted in improved intra-departmental communication and reduced product realization cycle times.

• Established designer independent standards for content and structure of deliverables. Increased consistency provided for higher product quality and customer satisfaction.

PRAEGITZER DESIGN, INC.                                                                                    1998 to 1999

Operations Manager

Responsible for of all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the design center, including scheduling and resource management for both local, and inter-office, design efforts.

• Revitalized the struggling Austin operation. Ultimately developing one of the most productive “small offices” within the organization.

• Selected to serve on the corporate ISO9001 Corrective Action Review Board. Recognized, at the corporate level, for commitment to continuous quality improvement.

COMPUROUTE, INC.                                                                                                1997 to 1998

PCB Design Consultant

Designed a variety of high speed, DUT interface boards for use in ATE industry applications.

• Provided staff training and mentoring in the use of the Cadence/Allegro toolset.

• Selected to develop and implement an ISO9001 compliant quality management system.

TERADYNE, INC.                                                                                                       1996 to 1997

PCB Design Consultant

Responsible for several high-speed, digital designs, on Cadence/Allegro, for use in Teradyne’s J972 component tester.

• Selected to co-manage a team of eight designers on a large, high visibility, “mission critical” program, with an extremely compressed schedule, which was delivered on-time, without defects.

TANDEM COMPUTERS, INC./Austin, TX                                                               1990 to 1996

Sr. PCB Designer/Technical Lead/Design Manager

§         Responsible for the design and verification of multiple high-density PCBs for Tandem’s high-end, fault tolerant computers, utilizing the Cadence/Allegro tool suite.

• Championed and integrated the company’s first CAM tool (ADI/Pro Circuit Builder), yielding savings exceeding the tool cost on the first design through the process.

E-SYSTEMS/Melpar Divison/Falls Church, VA                                                           1987 to 1990

Sr. PCB Designer

• Affected a variety of analog and digital PCB designs, to current IPC, DOD, and corporate standards, using Cadence/Allegro and ADI/Pro Circuit Builder.

Education:

ISSA (International Sports Sciences Assoc.) / Certified Fitness Trainer

Northern Virginia Community College / Engineering Design Graphics

Broadway High School / Broadway, VA

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