Experienced design engineer and manager with more than 20 years of hands-on experience in design, debug, and production support of mixed-signal ICs. * More than 20 mixed-signal ICs in production, and 18 patents granted * Passionate about solving technical problems using innovative and efficient methods * Successful in recruitment, retention, and development of engineering talent

Design Manager @ Digital design manager for IoT/wireless products. Working on power/performance/area-optimized radio transceivers. Previously managed digital design for broadcast video products. Successfully led digital design for several generations of TV Tuner ICs. Helped to establish Silicon Labs as the market leader in this product segment, with >100 Million ICs sold. From February 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) AustinPrincipal Design Engineer @ Digital/DSP design lead and contributor for broadcast video products. Involved in system design, algorithm development, behavioral modeling, RTL coding, verification, synthesis, STA, DFT/ATPG, and post-silicon debug. From October 2000 to Present (14 years 11 months) AustinDesign Manager @ Mixed signal IC intellectual property and design consulting. Responsible for product specification, architectural design, CAD tool development and flow, RTL design, synthesis, place-and-route, and static/dynamic timing analysis. Acquired by Silicon Laboratories in October, 2000. From January 1999 to October 2000 (1 year 10 months) AustinProject Leader @ Mixed signal IC design for automotive networking products. Project leader for 1st generation MOST transceiver IC. Developed IC specifications, schedules, and managed mixed signal design team. Company was acquired by SMSC in 2005. SMSC was later acquired by Microchip Technology. From January 1995 to December 1998 (4 years) AustinMTS @ IC designer for digital audio DAC and CODEC products. Algorithm design and implementation of interpolation and decimation filters using multi-stage approach with CIC and half-band filters. Optimized coefficients for reduced power-of-2 realization and multiplier-less implementation. Designed and implemented audio compression using A-law/u-law and ADPCM. Designed standard interfaces for PC ISA bus and serial I/O. From 1990 to 1994 (4 years) Tucson, AZElectronics Engineer @ Engineering management for aircraft circuit board test program development. From 1989 to 1990 (1 year) Oklahoma City, OK

M.S., Electrical Engineering @ University of Arizona From 1990 to 1992 B.S.E., Electrical Engineering @ Arizona State University From 1985 to 1989 Dave Trager is skilled in: Mixed Signal, IC, ASIC, Primetime, Static Timing Analysis, Low-power Design, SoC, RTL design, Verilog, DFT, CMOS, Semiconductors, Integrated Circuit..., PLL, FPGA, Analog Circuit Design, Analog, TCL, EDA, Digital Signal..., RTL coding, Logic Synthesis, Debugging, RTL Design