As CNSV Chair, Kendall aims to maintain those strengths of CNSV for which it is known, including rich and timely technical programs, a conducive and supportive networking environment, and effective professional development opportunities.
Kendall's priorities as Chair iinclude enhancing the value of CNSV membership by:
He strongly encourages all CNSV members to share their time and expertise with the CNSV through volunteering, speaking opportunities, and regular participation in CNSV events.
Kendall is an IEEE Senior Member. He is also active in the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC) Society where he is currently a member of the Medical Ultrasound Technical Program Committee. Previously he served as Associate Editor of the Transactions of the UFFC, Web Editor-in-Chief, and Proceedings Chair of the 2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium.
Outside of the IEEE, Kendall is manager of intellectual property (IP) and technology development at Silicon Valley Medical Instruments, a development-stage medical device start-up. He manages in-house IP activities, strategic research collaborations, and licensing activities related to minimally invasive image guidance for cardiovascular interventions. Kendall holds a PhD in Physics from Washington University in St. Louis and a BS Physics / BA Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Additional background details are available on his Consultant Profile and LinkedIn Profile.
He has broad experience in Semiconductor Equipment and other manufacturing industries. He has developed systems and software for automating manufacturing and test equipment at many levels, from embedded microcontrollers up to top-level factory control systems.
Focusing primarily on semiconductor capital equipment, Michael has automated systems for RTP, CVD, Etch, Track and Cleaning processes. He is experienced with the Semi protocols and has developed systems and software for full factory automation and has written Secsim scripts for host testing of equipment.
Michael has led the development of a number of sophisticated products in both established company and startup environments. He has also traveled to customer sites all over the world to work with his client's customers to fully integrate client products into customer factories.
Michael is experienced with programming languages including C, C++ Visual Basic and assembly language. He has developed software under Windows, Solaris, VxWorks, Linux, and other operating systems. He has also worked with motion controllers and PLCs.
I also am quite active in the IEEE and presently am serving on the technical program committee for the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) and am the general chair for the Behavioral Modeling and Simulation conference (BMAS). I feel energized by the many opportunities for electrical engineers here in Silicon Valley, including the large variety of IEEE professional organizations, and I want to participate fully in the experience.
My priorities for CNSV in 2010 include:
Larry was CNSV Chair in 2010-2011, and he is currently a CNSV Director.
Kim specializes in the mechanical engineering design and behavior of biomedical devices, shape memory metals, bioabsorbable polymers, MEMs, electronic and miniature components. He consults actively in these areas, as well as in failure analysis and reliability. He is also an expert on Heavy Truck Crashworthiness, automotive collisions, pipeline failures and related issues. He serves as a testifying expert witness in medical device patent litigation and on heavy truck crashworthiness.
Kim was a Visiting Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University, and is a coach and mentor for the innovative Stanford Biodesign program. He is a member of the Board of Directors for NanoBioConvergence and CSIX Connect. He worked previously for Rubicor Medical, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, SST Systems, ATT Bell Laboratories, Stanford University and General Motors. He holds Ph.D. and MSME degrees from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering, a BES from Georgia Tech, and is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer. Kim is an IEEE Senior Member, and a Member of ASME and ASM.
He gave talks at CNSV Consultant Business Seminar (CBS) events in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2005 on topics including the effective use of a website for marketing your consulting business. He has been a CNSV member since 1998.
Brian spearheaded a major overhaul of the CNSV website in early 2006 to make it the organization's centerpiece. The website has improved CNSV's visibility in Silicon Valley and beyond.
He has been an independent consultant for over 30 years. He has extensive experience with optical and magnetic storage devices and storage interfaces. His consulting assignments have included:
Brian has served as an Expert Witness in over 70 engagements involving patent, trade secret, copyright, class action and contractual disputes. He has participated in over 50 conferences as speaker, session chair and conference chair.
Besides IEEE, he is a member of ACM, Computer History Museum (Core Member), Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA), IDEMA, Professional and Technical Consultants Association (PATCA; Senior Member), Software Development Forum and The Tech Museum of Innovation.
Brian is on the Conference Advisory Boards of the Flash Memory Summit, Ethernet Technology Summit and Storage Visions, as well as the organizing committees of other computer conferences.
Carverlon Lda in Europe and Taligo, LLC in Silicon Valley provide corporate development and commercialization services to startups and the Global 5,000.
John's Board activities within CNSV include fostering or supporting creation of the following CNSV activities: At-Large Director since 2009, the Online Ad Committee, Membership Committee, our first SIGs, the Consulting Infrastructure Committee, and the Consulting Practices Program (CPP).
John co-authored The Professional Consultant, a White Paper on best practices for consultants in Silicon Valley.
John encourages all CNSV members to engage in CNSV activities and events and use CNSV as a robust source of support, learning, and deal flow for their engineering centric consulting businesses. If you wish to create a new activity, please describe your ideas and how they will add value to CNSV members to a CNSV Board Member.
Jeff also chairs CNSV's Consulting Practices Program (CPP), producing seminars and webinars for helping consultants with the business aspects of their consultancy, such as marketing, sales, website and social networking.
Jeff has 31 years of industry experience, 19 of those as an independent software and firmware consultant in the storage industry. Jeff's business, Shadow Cliffs Engineering now focuses primarily on expert witness consulting, providing forensic analysis in patent litigation and intellectual property matters.
Art is currently retired.
Bobbie is currently retired.
Bill is currently retired.
