SUMMARY:

• Principal Engineer and Product Development Professional with extensive experience in the electronic industry focused on Regulatory Compliance, Testing and Certification worldwide.
• Diverse industry product development and project management expertise spanning Information Technology, Wireless and Wireline equipment. Background includes positions both at large global corporations and start - up companies.
• Knowledgeable in EMC mitigation techniques for analog and digital design
• Design strategy for the wireless applications for domestic and international markets
• Development and maintenance of company Quality System
• One of the founders and leading member of the BPL/PLC industry standards initiative that resulted in the creation under IEEE umbrella of the family of the BPL and PLC standards
• Member of the various IEEE-SA Standard Development Working Groups including Power Line Communication Standard Development Committee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Newton, MA

Manager III

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspects of regulatory compliance, homologation and standardization activities worldwide for all Confidential Smart Grid Communication (IoT) and Metrology platforms
• Collaborated with Regulatory Bodies and testing labs, developed the plans for EMC, safety and environmental evaluation and certification
• Managed evaluation and testing of the platforms wireless communication subsystems, including antennas, and cellular carriers certification
• Evaluated and prepared submissions for the trade compliance agencies responsible for Compliance department planning, budget and staff
• Established company Quality System for the ISO 9001 certification
• Chair of the IEEE Standard development WG:
• IEEE WG P1909.1 Recommendations for Testing and Installation Requirements for Smart Grid Communication Equipment
• IEEE Standard for Powerline Communication Equipment: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Requirements, Testing and Measurements Methods

Confidential, Wilmington, MA

Principal Compliance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created the regulatory strategy for US and worldwide acceptance of the magnetic field wireless data transmission products in the band below 30 MHz, based on Aura's family of the highly integrated semiconductor devices
• As a member of the European Communication Committee Expert Team, initiated and led the Compliance Study for the new Regulations for low power magnetic field radio communications applications in the frequency band below 30 MH
• Provided design review, pre-compliance testing, troubleshooting and certification for various wireless data transmission systems in the frequency band below 30 MHz
• Partnered with customer base to cover all regulatory and compliance matters
• Responsible and performed the DVT testing of all Aura's design semiconductor devices as well as reference design applications
• Organized and maintained the EMI pre-compliance test laboratory

Confidential, Boxborough, MA

Principal Compliance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• In three months, successfully solved all product compliance issues (EMC, Safety, Telecom and NEBS) in start - up company environment
• Homologated company VPN IP switches for domestic and international market
• Key responsibilities: design review for compliance for subassemblies and final products, certification of several networks interfaces, such as: T1, E1, T3, E3 OC-3, POS, Fast Internet, Gigabit Internet, pre-compliance EMC evaluation and testing, NEBS testing, compliance support for sales, marketing and manufacturing.

Confidential, Andover, MA

Principal Compliance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Scope of responsibilities: EMI/EMC, Telecommunications, Safety and Environmental (NEBS) Testing and Certification of the Audio Teleconferencing T1/E1 ISDN Equipment for 40 companies globally
• Performed engineering review, pre-compliance testing and trouble-shooting for all new products, compliance analysis for new components and subsystems, organization and management the EMI testing facility, international marketing and sales technical support

Confidential, Boxborough, MA

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all testing and evaluation activities for the RFID Wireless Data Communication Systems in 2.4 GHz band, which was include EMI, EMC and Safety certification globally
• Provided engineering review of the development products to perform recommendation for compliance and identify all required system tests and evaluation
• Provided technical and regulatory support for sales and marketing
• Participated directly and was a major contributor in the US and European regulatory and standards development group for RFID spread spectrum devices.

Confidential, Boxborough, MA

EMC Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for conducting EMI, Bellcore and type approval testing, debugging and evaluation for a wide range of the information technology, industrial, medical, wireless and wireline telecommunication equipment.
• This requires a working knowledge of EMC and Telecom regulations in the U.S.A., Europe, Japan and worldwide.

Confidential, Worcester, MA

Engineering Technician

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included both testing and troubleshooting of the electronic systems, mainly utilized in the PCB and semiconductor industries