KENT M.

SULLWOLD
12 PINE TREE COURT, VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. 10989 (845) 304-3454
KMS.ELEC.ENGR@GMAIL.COM

PRINCIPAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER / MANAGER

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Hands on professional offering extensive experience in embedded systems digital hardware design. Exhibits in-depth aptitude in implementing strategic solutions in adherence to the companys goals, and armed with years of hard work and expertise in optimizing and improving operations with emphasis on design modernization. Exemplifies advanced organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining strong work ethic in high pressure situations. Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent problem solving. Thrives at mentoring, coaching and teaching colleagues and interns. Highly proficient at Cadence Allegro HDL. Design of highly integrated digital, microprocessor, memory and graphics circuit boards Full design cycle responsibility from requirements, design, development and integration through production Have worked extensively with system level testing in EMC and environmental Develop close working relationships with vendors including site visits and regular conference calls

CAREER PROGRESSION
Ontash & Ermac, River Edge, NJ o Consulting senior hardware design engineer. 1992 - 2011 Nov 2011 Mar 2012 Contract engineering firm in the areas of embedded hardware and software.

Datascope / Maquet Cardiovascular, Mahwah NJ January 2009) MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE o o o o o

Designer and manufacturer of a broad range of medical instruments and systems (Datasope acquired by Maquet

Directly managed the EE group consisting of four engineers, PCB designer, technician and interns for nearly twenty years Interviewed for hire several direct engineers and consultants Managed various vendors: printed circuit board assemblies, EMC testing, power supplies, custom cable assemblies etc Hosted and participated in cross functional design reviews Prepared and maintained adherence to group project schedules

ELECTRONICS DESIGN ENGINEER o Sole responsibility for design and development of two single board computers used on new generation of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) life support systems as well as other design responsibilities. This new system achieved a 47% decrease in weight and 23% decrease in volume while maintaining identical performance. o o One of these designs incorporated a X4 PCIe bus to a GPU with dual 1024 X 768, 18bpp color video outputs, a DSP based audio generator and a 8 wire touchscreen controller Designed nine other less challenging circuit boards plus 24 custom cable assemblies for the new product

KENT M. SULLWOLD
12 PINE TREE COURT, VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. 10989 (845) 304-3454
KMS.ELEC.ENGR@GMAIL.COM

Principal contributor to design of seven generations of IABP products. These systems achieved and currently maintain an 85% market share worldwide with no major recalls due to in-house designed electronics.

Universal Sonics Corp. Mahwah NJ (now out of business): Senior Hardware / Software Engineer 1988-1992 Contract engineering provider to several large medical ultrasound companies worldwide o Principal participant in the electronics design effort of several medical ultrasound projects

Diagnostic Retrieval Systems, Oakland, NJ: Lead Hardware Engineer/Senior Electronics Engineer 1979 1985 & 1987-1988 A leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces worldwide o o Lead electrical engineer for SQR-17A sonar signal processing system; developed several circuit board groups for display control and system signal processing Project engineer / lead electrical engineer for On-Board Trainer project which simulated real-time SONAR input data from the ships towed acoustic array. Hypres Inc, Elmsford, NY: Senior Hardware Engineer 1985 - 1986 A superconducting electronics company offering design, development, fabrication, testing, and packaging in a commercial production environment o Contributor to design and implementation of Josephson Junction based PSP-1000 time domain reflectometer (TDR). This system achieved a 4mV, sub 5pico-second rise/fall time output pulse Nicolet Scientific Corporation, Northvale NJ (now out of business): Electronics Engineer 1976 - 1979 Designer and manufacturer of commercial, acoustic frequency range spectrum analysis equipment o Contributor to design for the NSC-660A computing FFT audio range spectrum analyzer

EDUCATION
Masters of Computer Science, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Teaneck NJ Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Teaneck NJ Professional seminars in VHDL, EMC, High Speed Digital Design

RELEVANT PERSONAL INFORMATION

Worked closely with Stevens Institute of Technology Office of Cooperative Education for 17 years while at Datascope / Maquet. Mentored over 100 interns (co-ops); addressed the incoming freshmen class several times in the co-op panel discussion; received the Stevens Tech Co-op Manager of the Year award, 2001. Initiated and led a local grass-roots organization to oppose an unpopular landfill in West Haverstraw, NY in 1983. Was granted legal party status by the courts, attended all meetings with town officials, landfill operators, DEC officials and then NY State Senator Linda Winikow. Served the Boy Scouts of America in various positions for 17 years culminating in Scoutmaster for Troop #127, Valley Cottage, NY Served in the United States Air Force, 11 month tech school on digital computers, Secret security clearance