Bill Friend

About Bill Friend

Extremely competent PCB Design Expert (32 years with Allegro) vast experience in layout, power supplies, signal integrity issues and high speed routing. My field of expertise is diverse, which include all of the disciplines involved with PCB design, DFM, DFA, SI, PET flexible circuits and DFT to name a few. Excellent communication skills which give me the ability to cross-collaborate with confidence. I have demonstrated leadership and program management skills in both design and process by leading and participation on teams that developed many of the unique capabilities of the Cisco ECAD team. Passionate about incorporating new PCB technologies and capabilities of design tools into the PCB and DFM process. Engagement with PCB design standards and specifications to make decisions and trade-offs to produce the highest quality PCB\'s. My technical abilities with great attention to detail, quality and customer satisfaction with exceptional approach to problem solving are key strengths.Specialties Cadence Allegro 17.4 Valor DFM tools Cadence Constraint Management of High Speed rules, topology creation in SigXP High speed routing, diff pair, matched delay, crosstalk, DDR routing. HDI and Microvia Technology Rigid/Flex, Flex, SIP, PET technology boards. EMI, EMC/Safety, Signal Integrity PCB technologies/standards: Implementation and application to designs. QA and DFM process development and implementation DFM, DFT, DFA for prototype to volume manufacturing. Project Manage multiple CAD projects for global teams.Steve HolmesTechnical Leader at Cisco Systems I have worked on various projects with Bill over the 10 years I have been at Cisco. The projects that we have worked have had a range of complexity from simple micro-controller projects to high speed Network processor boards containing dozens of up to 6Gbps multi-link serdes interfaces, and high speed Intel CPUs. These designs require a knowledge of component placement and how to interpret high speed design rules for proper signal routing, length matching and crosstalk minimization. Bill is able to work on a project with minimal supervision this has allowed other team members to know that the design will be done within schedule and meet design and manufacturing requirement. Bill is one of the easiest people to work with he does not get flustered by late project requirement changes, or the need to quickly turn around a design change. Every project we have worked on has been a breeze to bring up in the lab because of Bill\'s thoroughness

Experience

1. Senior Pcb Design Engineer

   Google

   Jun 2022 — Present

Education

• Nassau Community College

  BA, Busniess Administration

  1973 — 1975

Skills

• Eda
• Pcb Design
• Dft
• Hardware Architecture
• Signal Integrity
• Engineering
• Design for Manufacturing
• Allegro
• Cadence
• Ethernet
• Fpga
• Power Supplies
• Electronics
• Schematic Capture
• Product Management
• Hardware