Jeff Munch個(gè)人自述

In summary, I have over 20 years of experience in the field of electronics. During my career, I have been employed as a technician, developed software, designed hardware, designed systems marketed products, managed engineering teams and managed a design center. My breadth of experience provides a significant amount of knowledge into the product development process. My experience with small nimble companies and with Motorola make me uniquely qualified to bring MCG a combination of the entrepreneurial spirit of a small company combined with the processes and procedures of a large company - the best of both worlds.

I have consistently demonstrated a customer first mentality. I have been told that I have more visibility with the sales force and customers than any other engineering manager does.

10/97 - 6/02 Director of Engineering and Site Manager - Motorola Computer Group
Motorola Computer Group purchased Pro-Log in November of 1997. As a result, I was given responsibility for managing the design center. Reported to Vice President of Engineering

· Responsible for managing a remote design center of 50 employees
· Worked closely with Tempe based personnel in the transition of product from Monterey to Tempe.
· Maintained high level of visibility with MCG's sales force.

4/95 Vice President of Engineering - Pro-Log
Promoted to Vice President of Engineering by the board of directors reporting to the CEO.

· Developed the concept of combining PCI and Eurocard together as a method to extend the STD Bus. This concept was later expanded by the industry and is know known as CompactPCI. Participated in the effort to make this a PICMG standard.
· Chaired the CompactPCI Hot Swap sub-committee. This group wrote, tested, and released the HotSwap specification within 16 months. Other trade organizations have been working on this type of problem for years.
· As a member of the senior staff of Pro-Log attended off-site long rang planing meetings.
· Providing technical direction for all of Pro-Log's product lines.
· Reduced product development time by implementing a blitz kreig style development philosophy.
· Continuously improve my technical and management skills through seminars, reading, and training.

7/91 Director of Engineering - Pro-Log
Promoted to Director of Engineering reporting to the CEO.

· Directed an engineering department consisting of 10 engineers, and 5 engineering support personnel; responsible for 1M annual budget. Reported to the CEO.
· Headed a cost reduction committee that resulted in annual savings of $311,000.00 in 1994. Reduced the cost of two targeted products by 32% and 27% respectively.
· Responsible for the development of a line of "AT" compatible products that represented 70% of Pro-Log sales in 1995.
· Actively involved in hardware and software development at Pro-Log. This includes development of custom cards for key accounts as well as software support.
· Assigned as the inside contact for two of Pro-Log's key accounts, including Pro-Log's largest customer.

5/90 Engineering Manager - Pro-Log
The Vice-President of Engineering resigned. I was moved to an engineering management position to manage the group that previously reported to the VP of Engineering. I reported to the CEO.

· Reorganized department, invested in more productive tools, eliminated unnecessary positions at the same time increased the department's output.
· Responsible for technical direction of Pro-Log. The organization had a very conservative engineering department. As a result the product line was skimpy and outdated. I was tasked with increasing the breadth of the product line and positioning Pro-Log as a technological leader.
· Provided technical support for a list of "hot prospects" that required technical handholding. Actively involved with our customer's implementation of Pro-Log products.
· Focused design team on development of software to make products easier to use.

3/90 Senior Design Engineer - Pro-Log
The board ousted the CEO of Pro-Log. His replacement (Rich McClellan) brought a senior marketing person with him. I was asked to move back to an engineering role.

· Designed: modem card, PAMUX interface, Optically isolated input card, 68030 CPU card, AD interface card, G.E. Genius interface card, G.E. 90-30 interface card, and a counter timer card.
· Played an active role in supporting Pro-Log's customers

11/89 Product Marketing Manager - Pro-Log
Moved to a marketing role to help provide guidance for a line of network interface products. Attended trade shows, created data sheets and user's manuals. Spent one week out of the month visiting customers and sales force.

4/88 Design Engineer

· Brought on as an employee of Pro-Log to design a line of network products. Used my expertise in local area networking to develop products that introduced networking to our industrial-computing customers.
· Designed a line of STD bus based local area network interfaces based on ARCnet and Ethernet standards.
· Actively involved in the standardization of ARCnet. Participated in the ARCnet trade association.
· Developed software that allowed remote control of computers over a network.
· Spent time in the field helping customers apply Pro-Log's products.

10/84 - 4/88 Systems Engineer - Contemporary Control Systems
As a System Engineer with the manufacturer of STD bus boards, my primary assignment was the development of industrial control systems.
Initially reviewed their requirements, concerns and goals, and then followed through to conceptualize an idea, and design the hardware and software.
Served throughout this time as a liaison with the client in taking my work through the design review process and field testing at beta sites, then acting as Project Manager in taking these control systems into production.
While with Contemporary Control Systems, have also

· Implemented a local area network utilizing ARCNET protocol to permit file and resource sharing between in-house computer systems.
· Developed an interface for Sybron Medical Products that allows the generation of a hard copy of reading. Designed hardware and wrote software including character generation.
· Designed hardware and wrote software for a motion control system that required the linking of software written in assembly to C language for use in a Z-80 based program cycle controller for Caterpillar Corporation.
· Member of a design team that implemented an Intel 80286 CPU on the STD bus.
· Specified and approved second sources for components.
· Self taught C programming language.

5/82 - 10/84 Project Engineer - TRAK Microcomputer Corporation.
This firm designs and manufacturers mass storage subsystems, distributes them to the consumer market through a network of dealers.

Joined in May, 1982 as a Project Engineer, with my major contribution being the development (hardware and software) of an Atari compatible drive system, representing first-year sales in excess of $1.2M and earning an award for the "most innovative electronic design" in 1984 at the Consumer Electronics/Design Engineering Exposition. Also designed a variety of peripherals for personal computers.

· Designed using the Intel 8051 microprocessor and Western Digital disk controller chips. Wrote a cross compiler that created 8051 assembly code.

06/79 - 05/82 Technician - Jones Medical Instruments, Inc.
Begun with this firm which manufactures microcomputer based pulmonary function testing equipment as a technician:

· Worked with hospital personnel via the telephone to diagnose and attempt to provide them with sufficient guidance to correct problems that they were experiencing with the equipment.
· Repaired defective units returned to the shop. Trouble shooting to the component level.
Demonstrated both my technical and communication skills, and was gradually moved into an Associate Engineering position. As such,
· Prototyped new designs provided by an outside engineering consultant and made modifications where needed to get them "up and running".
· Customized software for specific users.
· Made informal presentations at meetings of the sales force to enhance any questions that they might have on the system.
· Designed using the 4004 and Z80 processors. Hand coded assembly language for both processors.

Awards

Awarded "most innovative electronic design" in 1984 at the Consumer Electronics/Design Engineering Exposition for an Atari external disk sub system.

Awarded a full tuition scholarship leading to a bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering Technology at DeVry Institute of Technology. This was awarded in 1979 after I placed second in the state of Illinois in an electronics competition.