Founder and CTO of Blue Sands IP 2012 – Present
IP Portfolio Management at Applied Micro Circuits Corp 2005 – December 2011
Solutions Architect and Principal Engineer Applied Micro Circuits Corp 1999 – December 2005
Digital and Systems Architect ComStream Corp. 1993 – October 1999
George is highly respected for his expertise in a broad cross section of technology areas. He has led cross-functional engineering teams from concept to production for many successful products. His ability to understand business and market needs and merge them with efficient engineering practice led him to become successful in Marketing and Sales. These talents also helped him become successful in the area of Intellectual Property Management where he analyzed product portfolios, directed patent generation, generated claim charts, and generated millions of revenue dollars.
Technical lead for patent sales and patent evaluations, explaining the technologies, concepts, potential infringements and how to determine infringement to technical and non-technical parties
• Performed product assessments and created claim charts to reinforce patent value
• Invention gatekeeper – Evaluated all inventions to determine which to proceed forward with based on: Contribution to portfolio, Marketability, and Product coverage
• Expertise in Microprocessor Architecture, SoC & FPGA design, board design, RF, Network Processors, Traffic Management, Switch Fabrics, Satellite Communications, Forward Error Correction, Modulation and Demodulation, SerDes, Telecom, Data Comm, Optical Communication
Accomplishments and Associations:
Board of Directors, Blue Sands Intellectual Property, Inc.
• Published various papers in the fields of networking and image processing
• Awarded 28 US Patents in the fields of Forward Error Correction (FEC), Framing Protocols (Digital
Wrapper, SONET, TDM), Switch Fabric Architecture, and Power Control and Memory Interfaces in
multi-core SoC designs
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Education:
June 1996: M.S.E.E. in Communication Theory and DSP at SDSU – Summa Cum Laude
May 1990: B.S.E.E at California State University San Diego (SDSU) – Summa Cum Laude
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