7 November 2005 Resume -- Chuck Hastings cwh2@earthlink.net
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Creative, adaptable technically-oriented marketing manager/specialist, with strong writing and public-speaking skills and versatile technical background. Proven ability at presenting complex devices and systems in a down-to-earth way; at innovative new-product definition, strategic forecasts, and market research; and at computer hardware development and R&D. Seasoned in semiconductor, computer systems, telecommunications, and aerospace businesses. Recent experience in writing manuals for GHz-range automatic test equipment (ATE) firms, and research reports on CMOS fabrication and circuit technology. Three degrees: Physics, Math, Marketing.
Proficient logic designer and microcoder. Recent study of C, Verilog, VLSI design, EDA, test engineering, verification, video engineering, computer security, and semiconductor processing. Some exposure to UNIX and Linux.
Experienced in writing technical and marketing collaterals, business plans, proposals, technical and market research reports, patent disclosures, and articles; have used FrameMaker and PageMaker desktop-publishing software, Visio, RoboHELP, and several word processors including LyX (for LaTeX), Nvu (for HTML text), and Microsoft Word.
A careful and sharp-eyed proofreader and editor. Adept at using Firefox and Google to find things out.
Effective at recruiting, managing, and developing professionals.
Language background in Spanish, German, Japanese.
Expertise in VLSI FPGAs, fixed logic, FIFO memories, PLDs, ASICs, interface, and microprocessors. Have achieved major increases in product-line market share.
Two novels published, and another one completed and being readied for publication.
QuickSilver Technology -- Seattle, WA and San Jose, CA.
2/2002 to 4/2002.
Single-chip multicomputer systems.
Member of the Technical Staff.
Prepared documentation on the architecture
of the on-chip communications network, comprising
one very large datasheet and including a separate
major section for each distinct type of microprocessor
or other active entity. (Some of this was during a
second assignment as a contractor to QuickSilver.)
Transmeta Corporation -- Santa Clara, CA.
4/2001 to 10/2001.
Microprocessors which emulate the Intel x86
microprocessor series, but require far less power
and dissipate far less heat.
MTS/Engineering Writer.
Prepared internal reference material describing complex features of
Transmeta's 'Crusoe' microprocessors, for the use of software
engineers preparing the 'code-morphing' software. This material
comprised five chapters. Also put together the outline for this
microprogramming manual, and negotiated its acceptance by
Transmeta's development engineers.
inSilicon Corporation -- San Jose, CA. 12/2000-3/2001.
Semiconductor intellectual property -- cores -- written in the Verilog hardware design language.
Documentation Engineer.
Prepared documentation on test procedures for inSilicon JAVA-accelerator core.
TriStrata Inc. -- Redwood Shores, CA. 7/2000 to 12/2000.
Computer-security hardware-software systems.
Technical Writer.
Prepared tutorial and collateral documentation on TriStrata's
complex software, including webhelp. Tested new features, and
obtained screenshots to go along with the text describing them.
Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc. -- Camas,
WA.
1991-93.
Broad-line supplier of integrated circuits, selling in North
America, Europe, and Japan.
Marketing Manager, FIFO and Specialty Memory.
Defined marketing strategy and new products, and handled
applications engineering, for First-In, First-Out (FIFO) specialty-
memory product line. Market research. Wrote technical articles;
presented them as conference papers.
Computer Circuit Laboratories, Inc. -- Spokane,
WA.
1988.
Technology development and licensing, of unique
bipolar-integrated-circuit design approach.
Marketing and Applications Manager.
Handled all marketing; also, technical recruiting. Wrote technical and marcomm material promoting company's licensable
technology. Implemented multipronged
direct-mail advertising campaign to attract customers. Presented seminars. Found the
company an engineering director and a CAD manager.
Fairchild Semiconductor -- Puyallup,
WA.
1985-87.
New startup division of major broad-line worldwide integrated-circuit
supplier.
Senior Staff Applications Engineer.
New-product planning, applications engineering, and technical
support for medium- and large-scale-integration
emitter-coupled-logic products and proposed CMOS specialty-memory
products. Supervised applications laboratory.
Monolithic Memories Inc. -- Santa Clara,
CA.
1980-85.
Major broad-line worldwide integrated-circuit supplier.
Product Planning and Applications Manager for Logic.
Managed group performing new-product planning, applications
engineering, and technical support for arithmetic, interface, FIFO,
and memory-related products. Established and supervised
applications laboratory.