George Eaton

Design Engineer

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Laguna Beach, California, United States

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About me
Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Mt. San Antonio College
Education
- San Jose State University
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  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Marketing
  Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Marketing specialization
- University of Toronto
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  Master’s Degree Electrical Engineering
  Activities and Societies: Soccer Thesis on switched-capacitor filters
- University of Toronto
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  Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering
  Activities and Societies: Soccer Engineering Science programThesis on microprocessor control of acoustic measurement apparatus
Experience
- LSI Applications and Microelectronics Development Center
  Jan 1998 - Jan 1998
  Design Engineer
  ASIC development
- Intel Corporation
  Jan 1998 - Jan 2002
  Director positions in Strategic Marketing, Networking Systems & Validation, and Product Development
  Staffed and lead a four person strategic marketing team for the Division. Founding member and VP of Marketing for the industry Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) Alliance. Formed and lead a department of 50 engineers and 10 technicians responsible for Ethernet switch reference designs, driver and protocol stack development, chipset (PHYs, switch fabric, cross bar, SERDES) validation, compatibility testing, and IC product applications support. Lead Ethernet IC development group of 80 engineers in Sacramento, Oregon, New Jersey, and Scotland. Show less
- Fujitsu Microelectronics
  Jan 1998 - Jan 1998
  Director, ASIC Development Center
  Product definition and development. Customer ASIC support.
- National Semiconductor
  Jan 1998 - Jan 1998
  Director and manager positions in Product Development Automation, Engineering
  Development of design IP and design system for mixed signal IC development.
- SolarFlare Communications Inc.
  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
  VP Engineering
  Led development of first and second silicon for the industry’s first pre-standard Ethernet 10GBASE-T physical layer chipset for this VC funded start-up.
- ClariPhy Communications Inc.
  Jan 2003 - Jan 2006
  VP Engineering
  Lead development of the industry’s first MLSD-based Ethernet 10GBASE-LRM PHY in 90nm standard CMOS for this VC funded start-up.
- George Eaton Consulting
  Jan 2006 - now
  Principal
  Semiconductor development and market consultant; Ethernet IC Specialist. Consulting for high speed datacom chips.
- MixSys LLC
  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
  Founder
  Defined product strategy and validated business model with strategic semiconductor partner and SoCal VC.
- Semtech
  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010
  VP BusDev, VP Engineering, Sr. VP Engineering
  New product/market opportunities (adjacent, substitute, new), strategic direction setting for deployment of IP and core competences in wired and wireless communications. Product development and test for optical communications (40G and 100G), microwave, and RF products.
- Microsemi
  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
  Vice President Engineering Analog and Mixed Signal Group
  Led a geographically dispersed multi-disciplinary engineering team of 110+ developing innovative IC and systems products covering a broad range of markets and technologies.
- SIX Semicondutores
  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
  Chief Business Officer
  Established product beachheads and product development capabilities in Brazil and US. SIX Semiconductor renamed Unitec Semiconductor.
- ThingKus LLC
  Dec 2014 - Apr 2020
  Founder
  Leading-edge community-centric Internet of Things (IoT) products
- Saddleback College
  Jan 2017 - now
  Adjunct Professor of Computer Science
  Teaching in the Division of Mathematics, Science and Engineering
- Irvine Valley College
  Jan 2019 - now
  Adjunct Professor of Engineering
- Mt. San Antonio College
  Aug 2019 - now
  Adjunct Professor of Engineering
Licenses & Certifications
- Member I.E.E.E.
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  Jan 1988
Volunteer Experience
- Assistant Coach
  Issued by AYSO Laguna Beach Soccer on Jan 2005
  Associated with George Eaton