Erik is a firmware engineer with a background of over thirty years of embedded system development. His experience spans ASIC design to embedded firmware in low-cost high-volume products.

Expertise 

• Embedded Firmware Design and Development on ARM and Risc-V
• ASIC and FPGA Design and Verification
• Embedded System Debug
• Embedded System Performance Analysis and Improvement
• Scripting (Python, Bash, Ruby, TCL)

Experience

• HP InkJet Printer ASIC Teams
  • Hardware for graphics processing
  • Embedded CPU Interfacing
  • AXI and AHB buses
• HP InkJet and LaserJet Firmware Development Teams
  • Embedded firmware
  • Tools development
  • Embedded Linux and Real-time OS
• Microsoft ASIC Verification Team
  • Regression test cases

Education

• MS EECS – UC Berkeley
• BS EECS – UC Berkeley

Interests / Obsessions

• Bicycling
• Hiking
• Science Olympiad Mentor
• Computer Games and Simulators
• Software Defined Radio
• Science Fiction

Favorite Quote

“It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.” 

~ Terry Pratchett (A Hat Full of Sky)