John Howard 1972 - 2009
Logic design and programming in a Speech Synthesis group
- Developed a speech output product which was adopted by an Operating Division and sold to customers.
IBM Components Division 1974-1983
Very Large-Scale Integrated Circuit chip and EDA tool Development
- Held technical and management positions in advanced RISC, CISC, DSP and CAD tool development.
- Single chip microcontroller family ROM, RAM, CPU and I/O cores, the chips shipped in products, recognized in Time Magazine February 20 1987.
- Voltage contrast SEM used to test chips
- Logic Simulation Machine reduced to 2 seconds a typical 16 hour run on large mainframe
IBM Storage Products Division 1983-1987
Managed the development of the control unit product for the IBM 3390 high end disk system
- Developed and introduced the IBM 3390 high end disk system
- Instituted simulation-based LSI development methodology
- Developed the redundant path architecture and the first PRML recording channel module
Magnetic Storage Products - 3990 In foreground (RAMAC at CHM)
IBM Storage Products Division Headquarters 1987-1989
Program Manager of Hardware and Technology
- Completed a datacenter study for the National Institutes of Health which contributed to winning a 10-year contract
- Conducted a joint study with LSI Logic to measure their LAN File Server oriented computing environment & established file servers as a new strategic product family
- Created a cross divisional team including members from Cal Tech and IBM Cambridge Science Center which developed a novel arrayed file server
IBM Storage Products Division 1989-1991
Program Manager Optical Storage Products & Technology
- Responsible for all aspects of optical storage from research to product introduction and support
- Developed and introduced the IBM 3995 Optical Library Product Line
- Established external development and manufacturing relationships
- Grew revenue from $1M to $40M
IBM Microelectronics Division 1991-1999
Manager of Western Region Marketing Support Center
- Developed and operated the IBM Microelectronics Western Region Marketing Support Center
- Established marketing support center for business units which sold to non-IBM customers
- Completed a business plan and formed a new business unit
- Organized and operated new worldwide business unit with P&L accountability
- Increased internal IBM account penetration from 20% to 80% for low end disk drives
- Created MiCRUS an IBM CIRRUS logic foundry company
- Grew the profitable business unit to $1B annual revenue
Panasonic Semiconductor Development Company 1999-2002
President
- Managed all aspects of Panasonic Semiconductor operations in the US
- Developed 1394, USB, Ethernet and SATA cores and obtained standards qualification
- Initiated bio sensor chip project
- Invested in Tech Farm Venture Capital as a Limited Partner
- Served as Chairperson of the advisory committee, Stanford Center for Integrated Systems
Tridex Systems 2002-2003
Cofounder CEO Bio Sensor and Bio Informatics
- Industry/University research grants with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Information Research.
- Developed instrument to measure DNA hybridization for GenoRx
- Developed a cloud-based bio informatics system
Founding Team Member – Senior Vice President
- Managed research, development and manufacturing
- Developed a fluidic ELISA cartridge, reader, and informatics for analysis of specific blood analytes
- Grew company to 62 people through C round investment
PolyRemedy 2007-2009
Director of Engineering and Manufacturing
Robotic medical device that fabricated a custom wound dressing at the point of care
Start-up company with development models of essential components when I arrived
- Developed subassembly architecture for field replaceable units
- Managed outsourced manufacturing relationships for the robot and the disposable fluidic cartridges
- Established in house pilot line for refurbishing dressing material cartridges
- Evaluated moving dressing cartridge sterilization in-house