Asia Symposium 2006
Speakers
Bob Buxton
Marketing Manager for Tektronix' Signal Source Product Line
Bob Buxton is the Marketing Manager for Tektronix' Signal Source Product Line. In this role he combines his nature for technical inquiry with a desire to provide solutions to customer needs. Bob Buxton joined Tektronix in December 1994 as a product marketing manager. Buxton's career includes positions in R&D, product management, sales, and marketing. Prior to his current post, Bob has had marketing and management roles in Tektronix' video and RF businesses.
Dmitry Smolyansky
Mr. Smolyansky spent his professional career in the instrumentation and measurement industry, working with high-speed time domain reflectometry oscilloscopes and frequency domain network analyzers. He is currently with Tektronix, working on business development for IConnect® TDR and VNA software products, which help with signal integrity and high-speed digital design work. During his professional career, Mr. Smolyansky has accumulated significant experience in the area of high-speed digital interconnect measurements and modeling. He has published a number of papers and taught short courses on interconnect measurements and modeling. He holds the M.S.E.E. degree from Oregon State University and the Engineer Diploma (M.S.) degree from Kiev Polytechnic Institute.
Jerry Mark
Jerry N. Mark is the Product Marketing Engineer for VSPL. He has been in high technology for 26 years, 15 years with Tektronix in a variety of roles: field service, technical support, metrology engineering, and software applications design and development. Currently, he is actively involved in low speed serial data, and responding to customer applications, product enhancements and concerns via the CLPF system. Jerry holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Portland State University.
Jim Taber
Product Planner for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers of Tektronix
Jim Taber is a Product Planner for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers at Tektronix. Jim Taber is a Product Planner for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers at Tektronix. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and an MS in the Management of Technology from the NTU School of Engineering. During his 20 year career, he has managed a variety of test and measurement products including spectrum analyzers, digital signal generators and vector network analyzers.
Lawrence Wilson
Lawrence Wilson has over 13 years experience in the high industry and is currently the Product Manager for the Tektronix' Logic Analyzer products. Mr. Wilson entered the Test & Measurement industry in 1998. During this time he has held a number of marketing positions and has been responsible for products ranging from Spectrum Analyzers to Logic Analyzers. Previously Mr. Wilson had spent five years as a Design Engineer. Mr. Wilson holds a B Eng (Hons) in Electronic & Communication Engineering from Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland and a M.B.A from the University of Portland, Oregon, USA. Mr. Wilson regularly authors and presents papers at technology and industry seminars.
Matt Maxwell
Product Manager for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers of Tektronix
Matt Maxwell is a Product Manager for Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers at Tektronix. During this time, he has worked with the communications and microwave industry and authored multiple symposium papers and application notes across a variety of application topics. Matt has also worked across a broad range of RF technologies and with numerous categories of RF test equipment. Among his areas of expertise are radar, electronic warfare, and communications. Prior to joining Tektronix, he served as a US Navy Officer on board nuclear submarines, where he held various positions from Communications Officer to Reactor Controls Officer. He received his education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, obtaining his a BSEE in 1995.
Peter Chen
Peter Chen is a RF product specialist in Tektronix, focusing on real time spectrum analyzers. He travels frequently in the Asia Pacific region to train clients, solve various application problems, as well as present papers at symposiums and seminars. Peter holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, and has worked in the communications industry for 5 years, holding various positions in development, technical support, and product management. Prior to joining Tektronix, he worked for Rohde & Schwarz, and was responsible for RF test & measurement.
Rodger Cutler
Rodger Cutler is a member of the Tektronix Worldwide Training group and has been with Tektronix for over 20 years. In his position, he develops video training seminars which he presents around the world to a wide range of audiences including operators, technicians, engineers and scientist. Rodger holds a master's degree from Oregon State University and has over thirty years of video experience dealing with analog video/audio, non-compressed digital video/audio and compressed digital video/audio.
Steve Foy
Steve Foy has worked in the video industry for 10 years. He began work in video for the Cambridge start-up Symbionics Instruments in 1996. Symbionics Instruments was rebranded as Adherent Systems in 1997 and quickly became a successful player in the MPEG test market. Adherent Systems was acquired by Tektronix in 2001. Since then, Steve has worked with Tektronix customers around the world in various roles including MPEG Customer Support, Systems Integration, Project Management and Technical Training for both Tektronix employees and customers. Steve has worked on large scale MPEG monitoring systems implementations for Tektronix's largest MPEG customers worldwide. He has also been involved in supporting Tektronix Sales Teams around the world in major MPEG deals, from bid processes to end system design and implementation. Steve gained his BSc and Dip. IT from the Open University in the UK and is a full member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
UN Vasudev
Product Marketing Manager in Instruments Business Unit of Tektronix
UN Vasudev is a Product Marketing Manager in Instruments Business Unit of Tektronix. Vasu is responsible for defining, marketing and support of Ethernet, HDMI, FB-DIMM, DVI and emerging technology solutions for Performance Oscilloscope product lines. Vasu has been with the Test and Measurement industry for Fourteen years. Vasu holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications and a Post Graduate diploma in Business Management.