Tony Cosentino

Printed Circuit Design Engineer

Tekelec

United States

Professional Summary

Tony CosentinoRTP Chapter President at IPC Designers Counciltony.cosentino@tekelec.comSummaryWell established engineer with a professional background in test, debug, design and analysis ofPrinted Circuit Boards (PCB's) and Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA's).Experience extends well past the electronics phase of PCB's and PCBA's and includes themanufacturing tools and processes used to build PCB's and PCBA's.Design of experiments used to analyze new materials and processes while mapping proventechnologies to real product.Involved heavily in vendor qualifications and root cause analysis.SpecialtiesHigh Speed Design and Analysis of PCB's and PCBA's.Identification and analysis of new technologies and processes.Mapping new technologies and processes to real product.Analyzing PCB and PCBA defects to determine root cause.Working as point of contact for design and manufacturing issue to determine plan of action.ExperienceRTP Chapter President at IPC Designers CouncilJanuary 2009 - Present (1 year 8 months)President of the Research Triangle Park IPC Designers Council.As President I preside at all meetings of the Chapter and of the Board of Directors. The positionrequires supporting the design / engineering community in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area.Our chapter brings opportunities to local designers / engineers to receive technical presentationsand provides venues to network with other designers / engineers in this area.The chapter also brings an annual trade show to the area further expanding opportunities for thePage 1design / engineering community to receive technical training and interface with industry vendors.See our Chapter web site at www.ipc-rtp.orgSee our Chapter Tradeshow web site at www.pcbcarolina.comPrinted Circuit Design Engineer at TekelecFebruary 2001 - Present (9 years 7 months)Member of Hardware Engineering Team providing design and analysis of complex multi-layerPrinted Circuit Boards (PCBs) and Assemblies (PCBA's).Support of tool integration using scripts, skill, batch and custom menus to enhance process anduser capabilities.Technical lead for new technologies associated with PCB design, fabrication and assembly.Support of manufacturing processes and vendor qualification of bare boards and assembliesthrough Statements of Work (SOW), root cause analysis and final reporting of results.Key member of RoHS Compliance team supporting component compliance research and Bill ofMaterial (BOM) conversion. Also support new technology & materials mapping and reliability testing& analysis. Responsible for implementation of the RoHS project which includes planning workworkloads.Member of the High Density User Packaging Group (HDPUG) were Original EquipmentManufactures (OEMs) work together to help solve the technical issues associated with Lead-Freesolders and Lead-Free processing on high reliability hardware. Participating in multiple projectsworking with 33 different companies completing consortium research. (www.hdpug.org)Working with University of Maryland's Center for Accelerated Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE)organization to define, build, analyze and report results of manufacturing processes, new materialsand new PCB / PCBA technologies. Currently running several projects working directly with PhDstaff. (www.calce.umd.edu)This job is occasionally customer facing.RTP Chapter Vice President at IPC Designers CouncilJanuary 2007 - December 2008 (2 years)Vice President of the Research Triangle Park IPC Designers Council.As Vice President I perform the duties of the President in absence or at request of President. Iattended all meetings of the Chapter and of the Board of Directors. The position requires supportingPage 2the design / engineering community in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area.Our chapter brings opportunities to local designers / engineers to receive technical presentationsand provides venues to network with other designers / engineers in this area.The chapter also brings an annual trade show to the area further expanding opportunities for thedesign / engineering community to receive technical training and interface with industry vendors.See our Chapter web site at www.ipc-rtp.orgSee our Chapter Tradeshow web site at www.pcbcarolina.comConsultant at ATC Design2000 - 2001 (1 year)Provided engineering consulting services for commercial and military communications customers inthe Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina area.Performed detailed design and analysis of Printed Circuit BoardsSupplied process support for fabrication and assembly of Printed Circuits and Printed CircuitAssembliesPerformed power and signal analysis of customer designsThis position was mostly customer facingDesign Center Manager at Dynamic Details Inc.1999 - 2000 (1 year)Managed local and remote design centers on the East Coast for a manufacturing company has avalue added service for their customersDesign sites located in Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Illinois and Massachusetts.The value added services were Printed Circuit Design, Design Reviews, Design Analysis andsupport to companies manufacturing division.Customers were both military and commercial.Managed projects across multiple locations with dozens of designers and sales support members.This position was often customers facing.Printed Circuit Design (Technical Leader) at Lockheed Martin Space and CommunicationsPage 31993 - 1999 (6 years)Technical Leader for the Printed Circuit Design group at Lockheed were we designed spacequalified flight hardware as a sub-contractor to JPL, NASA and Goddard Space.Design team varied based on work load from 6-10 designers.Managed up to 50 designs yearly.Responsible for departmental processes, tools, training and project schedules.This position was rarely customer facing.Senior Printed Circuit Designer at Loral Space & Communications1991 - 1993 (2 years)Senior designer designing printed circuits for space applications used to interface and communicatedata associated with environmental aspects such as Weather, Sea Winds, Solar X-Ray and RainForest Canopy Mapping.Performed all duties of designing printed circuit boards:- Conception of design- Modification of schematics- Library creation and management- PCB Layout and wiring- Final design analysis- Manufacturing outputs to build product- Liaison to manufacturing for quoting and supportThis position was rarely customer facing.Senior Lab Tech (Test & Debug) at IBM Federal Systems1982 - 1991 (9 years)Senior laboratory technical performing system level and module level test and debug.Worked on many military applications such as:- Advanced Signal Processors- S3 Viking Scout- P3C Orion- Lamps Helicopter- Surtass Shipboard- F-14 TomcatPage 4Testing included initial system bring-up, ambient, thermal cycle burn-in, vibration and final customeracceptance testingDebug included identification of failed systems, failed modules and failed components usingstandard debug processes.Standard debug included patching software in micro-code and system level programs, includedusing multi-meters, oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to locate failures down to the lowest levelcomponent which was often gate level devices.Supplied feedback of failures to manufacturing enhance product.I was often the go-to-guy for difficult issues which required in-depth knowledge of system leveloperations.This position was never customer facing.EducationLRNCertificate Program, Legal Compliance and Ethics Center, 2008 - 2010OnlineBSET, Engineering Technologies, 2009Accelerated Leadership InitiativeLeadership, 2007 - 2007Professional Development Certificate ProgramCertificate Program, Electronics, 2004 - 2004Professional Development Certificate ProgramCertificate Program, Electronics, 2004 - 2004Cadence Certificate ProgramCertificate Program, PCB Design, 1999 - 1999IBM Database TrainingCertificate Program, Database Management, 1989 - 1989Manassas City Vocational SchoolAS, Electronics, 1980 - 1982Page 5Honors and AwardsIBM Cost Effectiveness AwardsNational Partnership for Reinventing GovernmentNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Cassini ProgramLoral Space Systems GlobalStarLockheed Martin Leadership Excellence AwardLockheed Martin Seawinds Pro

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Engineering, Telecommunications