Jason

– Two years managing all place and route activities at Xilinx, with a team of over 20 engineers. – Also managed and led a team of six engineers working on projects of strategic interest to Xilinx, spearheading the establishment of power-aware flows and algorithm parallelization. – Liaised with academia and the research community; responsible for keeping apprised of recent research results and facilitating their transfer into Xilinx. – Served on the Patent Committee – a select group of 10-15 technical leaders at Xilinx that reviews all company inventions and selects those which should be patented. – Instrumental in project planning/management, product definition, personnel management, team building and interviewing/hiring of new staff. – Mentored and trained many junior engineers via formal training sessions and one-on-one interactions. Well-versed in varied supervisory methods and strategies for personnel development.