Peter Schmuckal

Current

• Owner at Schmuckal Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Director of Software Engineering at Telular
• Director of Software Engineering at CSI Wireless
• Director of Software Development at Hello Direct

• Vice President Research and Development at Origin Technology, Inc

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Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Connections

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Industry

Wireless

Peter Schmuckal’s Summary

Embedded systems product design engineering consultant with 28 years experience in SW & HW design, capable of turnkey product design from concept through high volume manufacturing. Specialize in telephony, wireless, usability (MMI), consumer product design, cellular technology, and IP development.

Peter Schmuckal’s Specialties:

CDMA/GSM, embedded systems design, telephony, wireless, DSP, high volume design, SW architecture, MMI design

Peter Schmuckal’s Experience

• Owner

  Schmuckal Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

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

  June 1984 — Present (25 years 2 months)

  Turn key embedded product design services from concept to high volume manufacturing. Adept at software project management, architecture, specification, and documentation. Work independently offsite in well supplied home office/lab. Own sufficient equipment and software for most any SW/HW development effort.

• Director of Software Engineering

  Telular

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; wrls; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2006 — June 2008 (2 years 2 months)

  Worked completely remotely with the main engineering group located in Hauppauge NY and managed four other distributed SW engineers. Was chief architect and lead engineer of the new SX7T fixed wireless terminal platform which utilized a 3G radio (EVDO or HSDPA), and offered a full SOHO router feature set along with FXS (POTS) voice, analog fax & analog data capability. Features included USB, Ethernet, firewall, NAPT, port forwarding, port filtering, DMZ, DHCP, DDNS, Keep alive, as well as an extensive remote management, debug, and OTA update capability.

• Director of Software Engineering

  CSI Wireless

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 1 month)

  Managed all software development efforts for CSI and further refined and developed additional applications for the fixed wireless phone product line. This included a major cost reduction effort reducing flash & SRAM usage by 100% each, development of a fully functional kid’s mobile prototype, and development of a Public Call Office application with over the air management and update capabilities

• Director of Software Development

  Hello Direct

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years)

  Developed and managed all software development for all of HDI’s line of proprietary products including 900MHz wireless headsets, three generations of corded headset amplifiers, next generation wireless products (2.4GHz digital, Bluetooth, AURA magnetic transceiver), and improved and maintained HDI’s existing product lines. Recruited and managed several SW consultants and full time employees. Was co-inventor and architect of HDI’s next generation universal PBX interface technology which enabled a plug and play method for interfacing to most any PBX’es line interface. Was the lead developer and architect of a complex mixed signal ASIC to handle the analog front end requirements. Invented many novel algorithms and techniques for auto configuration and discovery that were the basis of several patent applications and core intellectual property. Was also heavily involved with business and technology acquisition and development, as well as contract negotiations.

• Vice President Research and Development

  Origin Technology, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  July 1987 — January 1997 (9 years 7 months)

  Co-founded Origin Technology Inc and invented its proprietary low cost microcontroller based automatic speech recognition technology. Was primarily responsible for the specification, management and development of OTI's core technology and its product line which included over 12 models of consumer and business voice dialing telephones for US, Japanese & European markets. Obtained patents on core technology and product applications. Developed business relationships and development agreements with many partners including ASCOM/Autophon, Bosch, AIWA, Universal Electronics, and EXAR. Managed a group of up to 12 engineers. Served as head technical liaison for OTI and was heavily involved with manufacturing support, license/contract negotiation, parts sourcing, patent procurement, hiring, management, regulatory approvals & customer relations.

Peter Schmuckal’s Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  BSEE , Computer Engineering , 1980 — 1984