James Biskey

Current

• Associate Electronics Design Engineer at Medtronic

Past

• Associate Process Engineer at Cubic Defense Applications
• Electrical Engineering Intern at General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc.
• Project Engineer at UCSD School of Medicine

• Engineering Lab Assistant at DIAL Labs, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Education

• California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
• University of California, San Diego

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Industry

Biotechnology

James Biskey’s Summary

An Electrical Engineering graduate from UC San Diego with experience in project engineering and manufacturing quality, I recently accepted the position of Associate Electronics Design Engineer at Medtronic, a company that designs and manufactures medical devices and whose mission is to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for its patients around the world.

Summary of Qualifications:
* Experienced in electronic design, manufacturing, test, integration and quality
* Involved with full engineering life cycles, from concept to completion
* Detail-oriented and flexible, accustomed to multiple projects with aggressive timelines
* Effective working in cross-functional teams

James Biskey’s Specialties:

* Applications: OrCAD, ViewMaster, DxDesigner, Matlab, Visual Basic .net, Microsoft Office, Visio, Project, Access, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, SAP
* Languages: C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Bourne Shell Script, Assembly, HTML
* Techniques: Multimeter, Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Data Analyzer, Debugging, Circuit Analysis
* Platforms: Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, DOS, Windows (98/2000/NT/XP)

James Biskey’s Experience

• Associate Electronics Design Engineer

  Medtronic

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MDT; Medical Devices industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  * Responsible for the assisting in the analysis, design and development of complex sub-systems (analog and digital) for low power battery operated microprocessor controlled medical devices including power supplies, sensor interfaces, A/D conversion and RF telemetry
  * Write detailed functional specifications, test specifications and test reports in compliance with medical regulatory standards
  * Communicate effectively to develop healthy working relationships with other functional departments

• Associate Process Engineer

  Cubic Defense Applications

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CUB; Defense & Space industry)

  August 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  * Translated product requirements into system specifications to exceed technical, schedule and cost objectives while upholding rigorous ISO 9001:2000 standards
  * Cut costs by streamlining assembly, procurement and rework processes using best practices
  * Partnered with diverse cross-functional teams on 11 simultaneous projects to support manufacturing, quality control, testing, inspection and deployment of cutting-edge communications systems
  * Mediated and resolved vendor and customer issues, cultivating long term business partnerships

• Electrical Engineering Intern

  General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  June 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  * Led team of 5 interns in creating a robust 80,000 component design database
  * Designed circuits, ran tests and updated engineering documentation

• Project Engineer

  UCSD School of Medicine

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Medical Devices industry)

  September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)

  * Designed proof of concept MPEG 2/4 patient monitoring system to remotely perform V-DOT (Video Direct Observed Therapy) for tuberculosis patients
  * Analyzed technology, generated specifications and selected components to meet system requirements
  * Held team meetings, set milestones and presented written and verbal briefings to mentors and professors
  * Recognized at UCSD poster sessions, conferences and Jacobs School of Engineering article (see link below)

• Engineering Lab Assistant

  DIAL Labs, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

  February 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 4 months)

  * Wrote C drivers, test programs and shell scripts to perform image processing, statistical analysis, neural network training, network backup and FTP administration
  * Produced figures, tables and text for multiple research papers published in IEEE and AMS publications (see link below)

James Biskey’s Education

• California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

  EIT / FE, Electrical Engineering, 2007 — 2007

  Engineer in Training / Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate

• University of California, San Diego

  Bachelors of Science, Electrical Engineering, 2001 — 2005

  Professional Electives: Bioengineering
  * Topics covered: Human Physiology, Cardiovascular Systems, Biostatistics
  Depth of Focus: Digital Signal Processing
  * Topics covered: Embedded DSP Lab, Signals and Systems, Sound and Image Processing, Fourier Analysis

Additional Information

James Biskey’s Interests:

Health care and communication technology, audio production, sustainable development, nonprofit organizations, tutoring, snowboarding, photography, music, soccer

James Biskey’s Groups:

IEEE San Fernando Valley Section

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