Professional Profile

Those who hire me want someone who can work independently, filling in the holes as needed, adding creation value and organizational structure.
I add value through independent research, technical understanding and experience.

Possessing a unique package of skills, such as my extensive technical background, and practical marketing and business experience, makes the job easier for you.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Extensive Experience Conceptualizing and Creating Technical and Business Documents

Technical Writer/Freelance Writer, Silicon Valley, CA

• Technical and Business Documents
• Technical Topics Researched and Supported
• User Manuals, Patents, Marketing/Sales Collateral, Web-content, Testimonials and White Papers
• Paid Blog Moderator for EE-Times

Director of Business Development
Systems Inc., Cupertino, CA(Name Changed, still a client)

• Created marketing collateral and sales training material for video transcoding/encryption products, including Databooks, Product Briefs, Power Point Slides, Press Releases and Customer Responses

Director of Marketing for Consumer Silicon Backplane
Sonics Inc. Mt. View, CA

• Directed the marketing activities for the Silicon Backplane for ASIC developers
• Developed Go-to-Market and Product Plan(Written), including sales, marketing and trade show materials

Director of Business Development-North America-Systems Development Group
Mitsubishi Electronics America, Sunnyvale, CA

• Develop product specification for 10Gb/s  LAN-PHY ASSP
• Created English databook, marketing and sales materials
• Developed marketing and sales program for introduction 10G Ethernet LAN-PHY ASSP device

Director of Marketing, Single Chip MPEG Video Compression Device
iCompression (acquired by Conexant), Video Business Unit, Santa Clara, CA

• Sales and Marketing collateral including Databooks, App Notes, White Papers, Press Releases
• Created company’s 1^st Website and managed the outsourcing of website to 3^rd party developer.
• Assisted Engineering in creating legal/patent disclosures and technical descriptions

Senior Marketing Manager, Single Chip DVD Decompression Device
Oak Technology, Consumer Products, Sunnyvale, CA

• Directed all marketing related activities for products video decompression devices
• Sales and Marketing materials: Databooks, White Papers, Press Releases, MRDs, Business Plan
• Assisted Engineering in creating legal/patent disclosures and technical descriptions

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Mitsubishi Electronics America, Multimedia Group, Sunnyvale, CA

• Wrote English documents and supervised translations from Japanese of various technical documents

Design and Applications Engineer, Communications Products
DSC Communications, LSI Logic, GTE Lenkert

• Designed, Developed and Supported ASIC and Board Level Products

EDUCATION

• MS Taxation, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
• MBA, California State University, Hayward: Marketing
• BSEE, California State University, Northridge: Communications