Resume of Laszlo Arato

Experience Arato Swisschip Consulting 2007 - present, Founder. OVM Verification examples for Mentor Graphics. DMX-to-Non standard light control translation FPGA for KOSTA

Institute of Microelectronics, University of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland 2006 - present, Part-time Research Associate • Research of digital processing in FPGA for augmented reality image overlay for project LifeClipper2 Research of a custom processor architecture optimized for efficient execution of the high-reliability object-oriented language "Oberon". Teaching digital signal processing, FPGA design and object oriented programming programming for regular engineering courses as well as for post-graduate studies, initiation and mentoring of semester- and diploma thesis work Verification of a cell phone video converter chip for NXP Zurich using an FPGA synthesisable test bench. Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA 2005 - 2006, Staff Engineer Functional extension of the cryptology block and additional security features. Verification lead for a sucessful 89 million transistor cellphone chip. Significant contributions during the implementation of QVM (Qualcomm Verification Mehtodology). Globespan Inc. / GlobespanVirata Inc. / Conexant Systems Inc. Red Bank, NJ and Newport Beach, CA 1996 - 2005, Various Engineering and Management Positions Inventor and engineering lead for a custom 16-bit instruction / 8-bit data framing processor for all DSL protocolls. Still included with every Conexant DSL chip. For 2 years world-wide troubleshooter for all high-profile DSL customer problems. Project lead for successful DSL chips "Trinity", "Panda", "Pulsar" and "Viking". ISO-9001 lead for LSI and head of the LSI task force to harmonize digital design, integration and verification among all our worldwide merger & acquisition units. For 3 years director of digital LSI, responsible for DSL chip developments. Schmid Telecom AG, Zurich, Switzerland 1991 - 1996, Hardware Engineer and Project Lead HW and SW engineer for a 8051-based custom alarm supervision equipment. Architect and HW design lead for the first fully redundant digital communication system for air traffic controllers by Schmid Telecom, sold all over Europe. EMC electro-magnetic compatibility lead for all hardware products.

Professional skills Experienced VHDL designer and SystemVerilog / OVM verification engineer for ASICs. FPGA engineer with the Cyclone and Stratix families. Software programmer for C, C++, Java, and assembly code for div. processors. In depth knowledge of xDSL, CDMA, USB and Ethernet protocolls.

Other skills and achievements Fluent in english, german, french and spanish. IFR rated private pilot and PADI rescue diver. 7 U.S. patents granted. Retired first lieutenant of the Swiss Army.