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curriculum vitae
Glenn Crawford CITP, MBCS
Senior Electronics Design Engineer
Professional Profile
As a committed design engineer I clearly enjoy hands-on engineering but I am equally comfortable leading a project team, and I've found this to be a valuable combination. This CV describes both facets of my professional life.
Technical Skills
 | Hardware Engineer as core skill
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| Telecommunications specialist
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| Full involvement in product life cycle
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Management Skills
| Proficient team and project leader
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| Embedded software literate
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| Skilled at technical
documentation
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Employment History
Acuity Electronics : 2002...
This is my own design consultancy business. One of the rewards of
being freelance is the variety of projects, which have included specifying and
designing a Broadband platform with phone and ISDN ports, integrating a DECT
phone base-station into a DSL router, the comms part of a WLAN phone adaptor,
and a complete multi-line DSL modem from specification to production. Most
projects involve voice or datacomms which remain the focus of my expertise.
Although in a way I operate as a "team of one", each time I begin with
a new client I need to identify and work with their key contacts to maintain
on-time delivery. This keeps my management and people skills fresh. I run Acuity
Electronics in a professional way and my office is equipped with the design and
debug tools which I need to service my clients' requirements. Standard design
tools are Cadence OrCad schematic capture, EasyPC board layout for simple PCBs,
Quartus, Synplify and ModelSim for programmable chip (FPGA) design using Verilog,
plus the Microsoft Office suite for documentation.
Dataflex : 1998-2001 (formerly Eurotel Telecom)
Leading supplier of professional Least-Cost Routers (PSTN
and ISDN), selling to independent telco's worldwide; migrating to xDSL
("Broadband") access devices.
| Managed 5 new products and many more new features, from specification to delivery. |
| Initiated rationalisation of numerous embedded software sets into one common build. Introduced formal functional specifications to control "feature creep" and get projects out on time |
| Coached firmware and hardware engineers into becoming a coherent team with shared work practices and goals |
| Identified xDSL technology partners, helped define product, managed the hardware development. |
Technologies included various microcontrollers (Intel, Motorola, ARM7, Texas DSP, Scenix), PSTN and ISDN interfaces, and Conexant G.shdsl Broadband device set; OrCad schematic capture and Lattice FPGA design tools, Texas Visual Studio DSP software tool. Duties extended to performing performance testing of different sorts, approvals (safety, EMC, network), technical document authoring, contribution to specification reviews, as well as team management and mentoring.
Controlware : 1994-98.
ISDN Backup specialist, designing added-value products for new
markets, from simple hardware interface adaptors to self-standing multi-channel
ISDN Bonding units, operating from Newbury.
Recruited as Development Manager to set up U.K. design team;
built up to 13 engineers, releasing 10 new designs, plus numerous adaptors and
"specials". Outsourced ISDN and Bonding technologies to
specialists in France and USA, maintaining close working relationship with these
key suppliers during development. Introduced ISO9001 development project
control, which regularly passed external assessment.
Cray Communications : 1987 - 94.
Major datacomms supplier formed from Dowty, Mayze and Case, manufacturing
professional modems, multiplexers, network management and security equipment,
and based in Swindon. Started as "Principal Engineer" designing modems
based on 8051 microcontroller and Rockwell chips, laid down software structure
which was expanded for several years. Gained
expertise in designing for international approvals including PSTN, safety and
emc. Progressed to Development Manager, leading team of 15 engineers.
Racal-Milgo : 1980 - 87.
Then world leader in data communications, with broad range of modems,
multiplexers, security and network management with main offices in
Hampshire and in Florida. Joined as
Product Support Engineer, responsible for testing new releases and getting them
through European approvals. This spell in Support made me a more effective
and understanding designer. Progressed to designing bespoke modems,
devised modular hardware technique for fast costing and prototyping.
Adapted modular designs to provide low-cost modems for PC users. Promoted to
lead the Dial-Up Modems group.
Earlier Jobs : 1968 -80
Gascoigne Agricultural (1977-80) - dairy farm automation - set up
electronics department from scratch, designing waterproof equipment for
installation by unsympathetic sons of the soil and for test by incontinent cows.
Televictor (1973-76) - public information displays - designed cards and rack
systems, laid-out pcb's, tested and improved circuits. Included analogue
and digital electronics, power control and user interfaces, plus mechanical
design and wiring - happy days!
Marconi Avionics (1972-73) - airborne head-up displays - evaluation duties, including high-brightness displays.
Plessey
Radar (1968-72) - my sandwich course sponsors, who gave me a general grounding
when a
long-haired student, including TTL logic,
microwave, high voltage, D.O. and production procedures.
acu'ity, abstract noun; sharpness, acuteness or accuracy; lit. or fig., esp. of senses or understanding