John Hermann, MSEE 3502 Rockcrest Garland, TX. 75044 (972) 414-0437 (Home) (214) 567-4912 (Work, do NOT call me here!!)Education:
August 1993: MSEE Texas A&M University. Digital/VLSI systems design.
Thesis related to simulation modeling of output driver circuits. (3.78 GPA)
May 1990: BSEE Texas A&M University. Graduated Cum Laude. (3.63 GPA)
May 1985: Graduated in the top 25 of class from Abilene Cooper High School.
Work Experience:
January 2007 to Present - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX. PG Central Group.
The PG Central group receives layout data from design groups and processes
the layout data for mask generation. Developed programs to automate the PG
process/flow. Examples of development include a program to isolate only
the desired layers (MEBES) of layout data set, and fully graphical application
for building die site and pattern associations for multi-die (zebra) devices.
Supervisor: Terry Anderson
January 2005 to December 2006 - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX. Artisan Development
Group. Developed PERL and TCL scripts for design flows used by Mixed-Signal
design groups within Texas Instruments. Developed SKILL (Cadence control language)
scripts for use with MatrixOne's Synchronicity/DesignSync revision control system.
Examples of development include a GDT to Cadence schematic translation flow,
and a SPICE parameter comparison program used to validate RelXpert models.
Supervisor: Mark McClung
June 2001 to December 2004 - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX. CAD Support.
Support of verification tools (K2 Chameleon and Assura), and custom
program development. Examples of programs developed include a GUI to the
internal Texas Instruments batch-mode Archival tool DART, a fuse location
extraction program to generate FLF (Fuse Locations File) files as required
by TI fabs, a graphical program for editing and viewing power bus definitions
of designs, and layer differencing flows for comparing two different layouts.
Supervisor: David Young Jr.
June 1999 to May 2001 - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX. Speech Products/MSP. UNIX
design flow development. Created a graphical user interface (GUI) for invoking
different tools of an IC design flow. Many support programs were developed that
were incorporated into the design flows. Examples of some of the programs are:
a graphical program to show the hierarchal structure of a design implemented in
VHDL code, a program for allowing designers to select different simulation
configurations based on the available VHDL codes for a block/cell, and a
program that allows a designer to capture a symbol for a block/cell and
automatically generate a VHDL entity file for the symbol.
Supervisors: Dr. John Provence, Paul Marshall, and David Young Jr.
June 1993 to May 1999 - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX. DAD/MSP. VLSI CAD support.
Primarily supported GDT and Mentor Graphics suites of design tools. Developed a
simulation regression tool that worked with the LSIM GDT simulator.
Supervisors: Jim Moede, Keith Brooks, and David Young Jr.
August 1992 to May 1993 - System administrator for Sun/Sparc network used for
VLSI labs and design at Texas A&M University. Jobs included installing new software
packages, creating and maintaining accounts, and helping students use the VLSI
related tools. Reported to Dr. Karen Watson: (409) 845-6883
Summer 1992 - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays)
group. Worked on characterization of power consumption for several FPGA devices.
Supervisors: Rajiv Shaw and Dan Powers.
Spring and Fall 1991 - Teaching assistant for lab courses at Texas A&M University.
Duties included lecturing and supervising the labs as well as grading lab related
material.
Summer 1991 - Texas Instruments, Houston TX. Flash EEPROM group. Worked on reverse
engineering competitor's devices. Also did work related to improving output driver
circuits. Supervisors: Carol Price, Harvey Stiegler, and John Schreck.
Summer 1990 - Texas Instruments, Dallas TX. ASIC group. Worked on layout for 1um
BiCMOS SRAM using the GDT design environment and the ICE layout editor.
Supervisor: John Drummond.
Fall 1987 to Spring 1989 - Participated in the Cooperative Education program and
completed three work terms with Texas Instruments' ASIC group.
Supervisors: Tim Dao and John Drummond.
Technical Expertize:
UNIX knowledgeable, UNIX programming, TCL/PERL/C programming, General
assembly/machine level programming, Digital and Analog PCB board repair
General VLSI CAD tool knowledgeable, General circuit modeling knowledgeable,
UNIX Flow development.
Achievements, Awards, and Activities:
Graduated Cum Laude at Texas A&M University.
Member Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical Engineering honor society.
Member Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
Graduated top 25 of high school class.
Arcade pinball and video game repair hobbiest.
References and Additional Information:
Available upon request.