Gabor’s Curriculum Vitae

Personal Info
Name:	Gabor Mikes	E-mail:
Address:	Kingos gate 15 0457 Oslo Norway	Born:	December 1961 in Oslo
Address:	Kingos gate 15 0457 Oslo Norway	Citizenship:	Norwegian
Mobile:	+47 911 78 434

Language
	‘Mother tongue’ ..for all practical purposes
	Good to excellent oral and written knowledge of English
	Excellent understanding of spoken Hungarian, but somewhat limited vocabulary

Education
August 24^th 1990	Business Candidate – Norwegian School of Management (BI)
August 19^th 1982	Engineering Examination (Telecommunication Techniques) – Gothenburg Technical Institute, Branch of Electrical Engineering
May 29^th 1981	Electrician course – Gothenburg Technical Institute, Branch of Electrical Engineering
May 29^th 1981	Technicians course A – Gothenburg Technical Institute, Branch of Electrical Engineering
June 18^th 1980	Basic course in Electronics – Rud Vocational School, Section for Electronics

Profession
December 2011 – …	OmniVision – Verification engineer/ VLSI Design Engineer Worked with algorithm design and RTL implementation Worked with imaging sensor design verification through emulation (pre-silicon) Developed 2^nd generation scaleable/configurable digital emulation of analog imaging array, for FPGA
September 2003 – December 2011	Aptina (Micron) – Characterization engineer Worked with imaging sensor design verification through emulation (pre-silicon) Developed scaleable/configurable digital emulation of analog imaging array, for FPGA Worked with imaging sensor characterization (post-silicon) Developed an application suite for automated measurement and documentation Developed hardware for characterization
September 2001 – September 2003	Sensortec – CTO / Director of Design and Engineering Developed visualization and analysis software for multi-parameter oceanographic metering probe (3D current, depth, salinity and temperature++) Developed next generation measurement board (Schematics, PCB layout and firmware) Specified new concept for modular multi-parameter oceanographic metering probe
98 – August 2001	PCTVnet – Senior System Developer (HW/SW) Developed Application level software Developed low-level software, including graphical subsystem and MP3 audio Developed microcomputer hardware (HomePilot)
Summer’95 – through’97	Independent Consultant – Hardware / Software Developer Developed microprocessor based impedance measure-board for back-plane tester (Hardware and Software) Wrote complete firmware for a microprocessor based Oceanographic Ultrasonic Current Meter Wrote advanced test result analysis software
88 – Spring’96	Alcatel – Test Engineering / Project Manager Developed test and diagnostics systems for Hard Disk Drives Designed cleanroom facilities and furnished complete refurbishment line for Hard Disk Drives Developed test and diagnostics systems for microprocessor based equipment, including Personal Computers (primarily software) Developed test for incoming inspection of digital Integrated Circuits
Fall’86 – through’87	Rikshospitalet – Medical Technical Department Developed medical admittance meter Provided PC user support / programming
Fall’82 – fall’86	Alcatel (ITT) – Test Engineer Participated in technology transfer and establishing of new production test lines Troubleshot analogue and digital printed circuit boards as well as complete systems

Key Qualifications
Programming:	Forth, C++, C, Assembler, Pascal and more… Comprehensive experience with HW related programming and embedded systems as well as with application level, web based and GUI programming
Hardware:	Digital design in both VHDL and Verilog (Tools from Mentor Graphics, Cadence, Synplicity, Altera and Xilinx). Digital and mixed signal circuits, microprocessor and micro-controller based systems (Tools: OrCAD, Layout and Allegro)
Specializations:	Imaging processing and streaming. General test and measurement. Environmental and Optical measurements. Embedded system development. Cleanroom and hard disk drive technologies.