Louis Dallara

Current

Freelance Photographer at Louis Dallara Photography (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Sr. E-M Designer at Honeywell
Printed Circuit Board Designer at Lockheed Martin
PCB Designer CID at IPC (USA), Inc.

Printed Circuit Board Designer at Tyco Electronics
Printed Circuit Board Designer at UEC Electronics
Printed Circuit Board Designer at Conexant Systems
PCB Design Consultant at W.L. Gore Associates
CAD Engineer at SilverStorm Technologies Inc
Grant Proposal Writer at Arcosanti
Printed Circuit Board Designer at Eastern Research Inc
PCB Designer at Lucent Technologies
Printed Circuit Board Designer at Interdigital
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER at UNISYS Corp
PCB Design Consultant at HARRIS CORP
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER at Lockheed Martin
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER at BAE Systems
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER at Smiths Industries
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER at Unisys
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER at Computer Sciences Corporation

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Education

Camden County College
Rowan University

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Louis Dallara’s Summary

Lou Dallara left his engineering career in 1998 to turn his love of photography into a career. I'm self-taught in the field of photography, and my way of working has evolved through experience and reading all the books on the subject that I have had the opportunity to get my hands on. Being curious and asking lots of questions in various photography forums also helped me a lot. However useful this has been, I have always found the most valuable knowledge and inspiration from being out there trying to capture the magic of a moment. Photography has allowed me to appreciate more the aesthetics of the world, and I see beauty in things now that previously would have eluded my attention. I try not to specialize too much in any direction, but I find that landscape photography is attracting my attention the most. I keep coming back to the places which in some way are part of me - the places which are laden with memories and the places which I have later adopted like Arizona. The photographs which I treasure the most depict my impressions and interpretations of these lovely places. If you would like, feel free to drop me a note. I always welcome conversation with people sharing my interest in photography.

Louis Dallara’s Specialties:

Landscapes

Louis Dallara’s Experience

Freelance Photographer
Louis Dallara Photography (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Photography industry)

January 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Teacher for Medford Township Senior Center,
Position; Digital Photography Instructor.
Taught courses in basic digital photography at the Medford Senior Center, from 2006 to present. Preformed basic instruction in the use of digital cameras. The course work was designed for older students.
Sr. E-M Designer

Honeywell

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

February 2006 — April 2006 (3 months)

As a Sr. E-M Designer, for custom avionics systems.
Updated mechanical (Sheet Metal, Black Boxes) and electrical (Cables and Harness) drawings.
Also update PCB’s to incorporate ECO’s.
Made engineering changes to existing documentation using AutoCad 2005.
Printed Circuit Board Designer

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

January 2005 — August 2005 (8 months)

Designed and updated printed wiring boards for ground support equipment and flight hardware using Mentor Boardstation RE EN2002. Used Fablink for documentation and post processing of the printed wiring boards. Made engineering changes to existing flex circuits and printed wiring boards using Boardstation RE and also incorporated revisions to cable and harness drawings with Mentor Cable station (LCable).
PCB Designer CID

IPC (USA), Inc.

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Wholesale industry)

1998 — 2004 (6 years)
Printed Circuit Board Designer

Tyco Electronics

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TYC; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

March 2004 — June 2004 (4 months)

Designed printed circuit boards for hi-reliability undersea light wave systems, for both wet and dry applications. The work assignment was to draw schematics using Orcad CIS and build schematic symbols when required. The layout work required communicating with the electrical engineer in the placement phase of critical components. Routed traces using Cadence Allegro, receiving input from the EE to setup the 15.1 constraint manager for high speed routes. Most boards had differential pairs and signal integrity issues. After fabrication the boards were analyzed for performance and exceeded everyone’s expectation which was attributed to a great team effort. Preformed CAD librarian work and built footprints for Allegro’s library, which included management of the library. Library work included revising older symbols and checking for DFM violations. We maintained quality by checking all of the newly created library components.
Printed Circuit Board Designer

UEC Electronics

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

December 2003 — March 2004 (4 months)

Designed multi layer PCB’s for military aircraft test equipment which included the C17 and RAH-66 aircraft. Other military avionics projects including a simulated DME unit and other various avionics test equipment. The team also designed a DC/DC power supply module for a Gas Mass Flow sensor which is used in the automotive industry. We used Pads Logic and Power PCB for designs. Auto routed with the blaze router, and a lot of hand routing. Outputted PDF files for customers to review. We checked wiring diagrams and assemblies for form, fit and function. The team completed eleven designs in two months to meet the schedule. Also Interfaced with contract manufactures for shipment of Gerber files.
Printed Circuit Board Designer

Conexant Systems

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

June 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 4 months)

Designed multilayer sliver, reference designs, and bring up boards, for customer development systems using Mentor Power PCB Rev. 5.0 for DSL and communications processors for a semi conductor company and used Specctra (CCT) Router. Duties were to create net lists, placement of parts for routing, routing of diff pairs and sensitive analog circuits. Created Gerber files and outputted fabrication drawings. The job required the creation of assembly drawings and pick and place data.
PCB Design Consultant

W.L. Gore Associates

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

March 2002 — May 2002 (3 months)

Worked on a team to design PCB's with BGA’s for high speed test circuits using PADS software. Part of the teams work was to design a Optical Transponder for OC192 requirements with Cadence Allegro. The boards had differential pairs and matched lengths.

Skills: Cadence Allegro R.14.2, Mentor PADS Power PCB V5.0, AutoCAD 2000, Windows 2000.
CAD Engineer

SilverStorm Technologies Inc

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

April 2001 — February 2002 (11 months)

We designed Multi layer PCB's, backplanes and power supplies for Infiniband 2.5 GBS network equipment. We used Cadence Allergo PCB tools for the design with Orcad CIS schematic capture. Routed high speed signals such as hyper transport bus (differential pairs) in both micro strip and strip line configurations. Performed Cadence Library management, We built symbols and parts for the library. Worked as the company librarian. We trained in modeling pcb layouts for high speed simulation using Specctra Quest software and worked with the signal integrity engineer to route high speed signals. Work also included system administration work, installed OS’s, networks, trouble shoot hardware and software.
Grant Proposal Writer

Arcosanti

(Photography industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years)
Printed Circuit Board Designer

Eastern Research Inc

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

March 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 2 months)

As a Printed Circuit Board Designer. Designed PCB's, Multi-layer and double sided for high speed network hardware. We used Pads Power PCB tools for the designs. Redesigned PWB’s to meet FCC and EMI requirements.
PCB Designer

Lucent Technologies

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ALU; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

October 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 6 months)

October 1998 to March 2000 at Lucent Technologies, Optoelectronics, Breinigsville Pa. As a Printed Circuit Board Designer. Consultant on Mentor Graphics installation configuration. Trained Cadnetix’s designers on Mentor Graphics version C2. The boards I designed where used in fiber optic amplifies and laser optical systems. Constructed parts and geoms using LMS librarian. Also designed ceramic (HIC) hybrid integrated circuits. Worked with converting DXF and DWG files for use in CAD systems. Duties included getting quotations and ordering boards from vendors. Transferring files via FTP. Used IPC, UL, CSA specifications for PWB designs. Checked board Gerber files using CADCAM 350.
Printed Circuit Board Designer

Interdigital

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

February 1998 — October 1998 (9 months)

Trouble shooting of installation of new Mentor site. Supported design group. Training of designers. LMS librarian management work for RF designs using remote libraries. Duties included download and encryption of containers from Siemens ftp sites in Germany for designs to manufacture in other countries. Trouble shooting of installation of new Mentor site. Supported design group. Board designs were used in wireless local loop back wide band CDMA systems.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER

UNISYS Corp

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

July 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 6 months)

Designed large (VME9U) high speed boards for server systems. The boards used advanced component systems such as ball grid arrays (BGA’s). Placement is done in boardstation, putting constraints in high speed layout (400 Mhz), the design is passed to Copper Chyan (CCT) router where groups and classes are added with a do file to satisfy the high speed circuit requirements. Final conflicts are resolved manually. Checking the board in Scepter for DFM.
PCB Design Consultant

HARRIS CORP

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Military industry)

August 1995 — July 1996 (1 year)

Designed high speed (100 to 200 MHz) fiber optic boards using MECL circuitry, signal freq.’s of 1 Ghz . Routed traces as differential pairs, daisy chain connections on controlled impedance layers Manually routed critical 50 Ohm, 100 MHz connections. Performed signal noise analysis. Auto routed multilayer PCB’s using the Prevail router. Used Netscape for library management and construction of SMT footprints and pad stacks. Produced detail and assembly drawings. Participated in TQM, employment involvement teams meeting on the Allegro layout process. The boards meet military specifications and IBC-275.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

November 1994 — August 1995 (10 months)

Designed PCB's for Lansat IV flight hardware, using Mentor Graphics Design Architect, Board Station. Used LMS for part selection. Boards had active components on both sides. The MLB's had thermal grids on outer layers for thermal management. Used Interleaf for tracking jobs and making schedules.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER

BAE Systems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA.L; Defense & Space industry)

May 1992 — July 1992 (3 months)

Designed multi-layer PCB's per Mil-Standards. Modified ValidGED input for use with SCI-cards EDA tools. Completed documentation with AutoCad software.

Skills Summary: Vaxstation 3100/m38, SCI-cards V27, VMS, Auto-Cad Release 11.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER

Smiths Industries

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

May 1992 — July 1992 (3 months)

Performed schematic capture using ViewLogic and interfaced to Sci-cards. Printed wiring layout of digital and analog PCB's for fuel management systems per British intrinsic safety standards using SCI-cards design tool. (Version V26.1)

Skills Summary: Decstation 5000/200, SCI-cards V26.1, Ultrix OS, VI editor.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER

Unisys

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1991 — January 1992 (4 months)

. Performed schematic capture using Mentors Neted. Layout of multi-layer and double sided boards using Boardstation. Used Fablink for documentation and generation of manufacturing tools. The boards were used for telecommunications equiptment.

Skills Summary: Apollo Hardware Series DS5500, Ageis/Unix OS, VI editor Mentor Graphics V7.1 & V8.0, Neted, Boardstation, Fablink for Drawings & Artwork, IPC-D-275, IPC-782 Standards.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGNER

Computer Sciences Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1991 — October 1991 (2 months)

Performed schematic capture and printed circuit design of multi-layer and double sided PCB for military simulators using PCAD tools and the Massteck auto router. Transferred data to Autocad for drafting of fabrication drawings.

Skills Summary: Decstation 5000/200, SCI-cards V26.1, Ultrix OS, VI editor.