Alan Sikes

Current

Owner at Internetworking Designs

Past

Principal Hardware Engineer at Nortel Networks
Director of Marketing and Development at Rockwell CMC
Director of Development at Micom Systems

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Education

Stanford University
Harvey Mudd College

Recommended

3 people have recommended Alan

Connections

81 connections

Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

Internetworking Designs

Alan Sikes’s Summary

Focused on the architectural and hardware design of processor-based LAN and WAN networking products. Extensive experience taking products from concept to production and in communications technologies from RS-232 and V.35 to SONET and Gigabit Ethernet. Cost-reduction (starting with the initial concepts), a well-defined design process starting with a functional specification and timely delivery of a fully operational and manufacturable product are characteristics of every completed project. See my website at InternetworkingDesigns.com for more information.

Alan Sikes’s Specialties:

Developing products from concept to production
RS-232 and V.35 to SONET and Gigabit Ethernet
Cost reduction
Timely delivery of fully operational and manufacturable products

Alan Sikes’s Experience

Owner

Internetworking Designs

(Computer Hardware industry)

June 1990 — Present (19 years 2 months)

Self-employed as a design consultant to companies developing LAN, data, and multimedia communication products. Clients have included ACC (Ericsson), Praxon, Tasman Networks (Tiara Networks), Xedia (Lucent Technologies), Micom Communications, Hewlett Packard (Network Test Division), Digital Link, and WinNet MCS (ECI Telecom). Completed both hardware and software design projects.
Principal Hardware Engineer

Nortel Networks

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)

April 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Principal Hardware Engineer in the Secure Routing Group in San Jose, CA (living and working from Provo, UT). Designed access routers and related products. Recent projects include a Low-End (1U) Modular Router, a Packetized Voice Internal Module in a DDR SODIMM form factor, a 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet Interface Module and Serial, Modem, ISDN BRI, T1/E1, HSSI and Channelized DS3 interface modules.
Director of Marketing and Development

Rockwell CMC

(Computer Networking industry)

September 1988 — June 1990 (1 year 10 months)

Managed a group of hardware engineers designing routers, terminal servers and Ethernet and FDDI NICs.
Director of Development

Micom Systems

(Computer Networking industry)

September 1979 — September 1988 (9 years 1 month)

Led hardware/software development teams designing Data PABXs, X.25 switches, ISDN BRI Terminal Adapters and several integrated products that merged Data PABX, Ethernet LAN and T1 multiplexor technologies.