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    Rodney L. Maxwell    
         
     Engineering, Project Management and Marketing
 
   
Education:   BS, Electronic Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, CA
Additional courses in C++ programming software language

 
 
   
Major Skills:   ASIC Marketing • ASIC Design Methodology • Project Management • Sales Support • Product Presentations• Product Demonstrations

MARKETING

• Developed recommended ASIC design flow for ASIC vendors that incorporated ECAD vendors design tools.

• Developed and presented VHDL and logic synthesis product overviews to ASIC vendors.

• Wrote and edited articles for a newsletter targeted to ASIC Vendors.

SALES SUPPORT

• Implemented major account support plan for customers using CAD layout and routing software.

• Reviewed procurement specifications and made recommendations.

• Trained customers how to use front-end design tools (e.g., Design Architect, System-1076) for system and ASIC design.

• Co-developed training for ASIC vendor tool integration into an ECAD framework.

MANAGEMENT

• Managed full custom chip design project that was successfully completed on schedule.

• Decreased ASIC Vendor design kit testing time 42% while reducing staff by 66%.

ENGINEERING

• Developed ASIC peripheral chip to support a bipolar microprocessor.

• Successfully completed fault simulation of full custom chip that resulted in 100% fault coverage.

 

   
Professional Experiences:       Market Development Manager, SciTech News 9/91 - present

Product Marketing Engineer, Mentor Graphics Corp. 2/89 - 8/91

Sr. Applications Engineer, Cadnetix 6/85 - 1/89

Sr. Staff Engineer, Ampex Corp. 9/83 - 5/85

Staff Engineer, Mohawk Data Sciences 2/83 - 8/83

Sr. Design Engineer, Fairchild Semiconductor 8/80 - 1/83