My passion is using technology to improve personal and professional lives. I have worked as a direct contributor in a hardware, software, and systems engineering capacity for high-reliability, prototyping, and consumer products applications, and as a team lead and manager in a software/systems engineering capacity. Continuous improvement, constant learning, and integrity form the foundation of my professional philosophy. Specialties: Technology, Hardware, Software, Systems, UX, UI, Business Development, Team Leadership, Lean Principles, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Customer Focus, Agile Development, Product Development FPGA, Emulation, Verilog, VHDL, ModelSim, Synplicity, Cadence, QuartusII, Xilinx, Actel, Altera, LabVIEW, Perl, Python, C-Shell, Tcl, MS Project, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, C#, JavaScript, AJAX, Subversion/SVN, Git, VSS, DOORS, HTML, CSS, PCB Layout, ADC/DAC

Manager, FPGA Pre Silicon Validation @ From March 2015 to Present (8 months) Guadalajara, MexicoComponent Design Engineer - Validation Engineer @ From 2012 to 2015 (3 years) Phoenix, Arizona AreaLead Engineer @ From 2009 to 2012 (3 years) Gilbert, AZEngineering Account Manager @ From 2008 to 2009 (1 year) Phoenix, Arizona AreaResponsible Engineering Authority @ From 2007 to 2008 (1 year) Phoenix, Arizona AreaBoard Design Engineer / FPGA Designer @ From 2005 to 2007 (2 years) Phoenix, Arizona AreaElectronic Ground Support Engineer / Lead Test Engineer @ From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Phoenix, Arizona AreaElectrical Engineer @ From 2002 to 2002 (less than a year) Phoenix, Arizona AreaField Service Engineer @ From 1997 to 1999 (2 years) Phoenix, Arizona Area

MBA @ Arizona State University From 2007 to 2008 MSEE @ Arizona State University From 2006 to 2007 BSEE @ Arizona State University From 1999 to 2003 Chad Crandall is skilled in: FPGA, Testing, Perl, ModelSim, Systems Engineering, Embedded Systems, VHDL, Verilog, Xilinx, Altera, Electronics, Debugging, Hardware, Strategic Planning, MS Project, Six Sigma, Agile Methodologies, TCL, System Design, Hardware Architecture, SoC, Labview, Orcad, Software Project..., Team Leadership, Hardware Design, Software Design, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Actel, IIS, Tortoise SVN, Agile Project Management, Agile, .NET, Linux, Python, Shell Scripting, Unix, Validation