From: dominick@protocol.zycad.com (Dom Paniscotti)
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Subject: Engineering Manager NJ/NYC
Date: 28 Jan 1993 11:30:10 -0500
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---------------------------- resume -----------------------------------

                         Matt Goldstein
                          5 Kline Blvd.
                        Colonia, NJ 07067
                         (908) 388-4107

SUMMARY
              Twelve years experience in Engineering, Engineering
              and  Marketing  Management  in new product develop-
              ment, introduction and support.  Technology experi-
              ence in software and digital simulation.

TECHNICAL
SKILLS
              Host Systems:
                             Macintosh/System    7,     Sun/Unix,
                             VAX/VMS, Apollo/Aegis, PC/DOS.
              Languages:
                             C, Pascal, Fortran, Assembly,  Helix
                             HHDL, BSL.
              Applications:
                             MS Word,  MS  Excel,  Project  Work-
                             bench.
              EDA Systems:
                             HILO,  MDE,  Helix,  Mentor,  CADAT,
                             Verilog, Zycad, Quickturn.

EXPERIENCE

1991 to 1993
              Protocol, A Division of Zycad Corp., Mt. Olive, NJ.

              7/92 - 1/93 Manager of Product Assurance &  Techni-
              cal Services

              Performed  SQA/SQC  duties,  and  managed   product
              maintenance,  systems administration, and technical
              documentation.
              o Performed SQC for all software projects.
              o Managed staff of three administering a network of
                Macintosh, Sun, and VAX computers, X terminals, a
                56k bit Internet link,  and  other  miscellaneous
                equipment.
              o Managed two  documentation  specialists  handling
                technical   specifications,  user  documentation,
                training courses, proposals, etc.

              Accomplishments:
              o Audited software development process  for  a  re-
                quirements management product, identified process
                flaws, and recommended  corrections.   Also,  au-
                thored  the  system test strategy document, which
                included testing task planning.
              o Defined  various  systems  administration  formal
                procedures,  including user task and new purchas-
                ing requests and servicing, to bring order, reli-
                ability and predictability to these activities.
              o Managed  the  establishment  and  use  of  e-mail
                across all platforms and outside networks.
              o Conceived of and implemented a  pseudo-BBS  capa-
                bility  based  on e-mail to allow sharing of tool
                use information and experiences.

              5/91 - 7/92 Manager of Software Engineering

              Managed a staff of 15 software engineers on  multi-
              ple  development  projects  in  simulation  support
              tools, a DBMS based configuration management  tool,
              embedded  software, translators, etc.  Reviewed and
              approved all software specifications, such as  user
              requirements,  systems  requirements,  design, test
              plans, test procedures, users manuals, etc. Managed
              the software content of all proposal efforts.

              Accomplishments:
              o Assessed the software development  practices  and
                improved  them  by  authoring  and  instituting a
                software standards and practices manual.
              o Successfully  transitioned  a  flat  organization
                into  a structured, stable, and productive group,
                by reviewing existing staff, promoting three  en-
                gineers and training and coaching them to succeed
                in their new positions.
              o Researched  the  development  or  acquisition  of
                various  tools  for improving project efficiency,
                leading to two projects being approved  and  car-
                ried out, and one tool being purchased.

1988 to 1991
              InterACT Corporation, New York, NY.

              1/91 - 5/91 Director of Integration Products

              Directed the engineering and sales staff in product
              development, sales, and pre-sales support. The pro-
              duct was a tool and data  framework,  based  on  an
              object-oriented database and running on Sun and IBM
              workstations, targeted to IC design engineers.

              Accomplishments:
              o Managed  the  definition  and  implementation  of
                software  production by developing order process-
                ing and configuration build procedures to  create
                an  efficient  and  accurate  system for shipping
                product.
              o Managed the implementation  of  customer  support
                capabilities  by staffing, training, and organiz-
                ing support for Europe, Japan, and U.S. customers
                to enable effective product evaluations.
              o Directed product enhancement planning to  support
                sales opportunities, including run-time efficien-
                cy and usability improvements.
              o Entered into negotiations with a Japanese distri-
                butor and supported a product evaluation, includ-
                ing producing product demonstration and  training
                video tape.

              9/89 - 1/91 Product Marketing Manager

              Responsible for the framework product roll-out.

              Accomplishments:
              o Developed promotional materials, including a bro-
                chure, data sheet, and press releases.
              o Closed 11 joint marketing  agreements  with  tool
                vendors.
              o Planned, organized and  executed  all  activities
                for a trade show exhibit (DAC).
              o Designed demonstration suites and participated in
                their implementation.
              o Made presentations and gave demonstrations at two
                additional trade shows, OOPSLA, and ICCAD.

              3/88 - 9/89 Engineering Manager

              Responsible for the development  of  microprocessor
              models  and  interfacing  to the companyUs compiler
              and symbolic debugger.

              Accomplishments:
              o  Managed  the  development  of  68020  and  F9450
                (1750A) models.
              o Managed  an  over-seas  subcontractor  developing
                portions of the 68020 model.
              o Wrote the engineering portion of a proposal  that
                won a $500k government grant.
              o Participated in bus model  language  development,
                including  creating  the  requirements, reviewing
                the interface design, and  controlling  interface
                definition changes.
              o Participated in a $5M deal with a major customer.
                Developed  statement of work, including schedules
                and budget.  Reviewed all contracts and  partici-
                pated in negotiations.

1984 to 1987
              Quadtree Software Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ.
              Vice President of Engineering and Co-Founder

              Responsible for directing all product  development,
              support  tool  development,  quality assurance, and
              software production.  Responsibilities during first
              two  years  also  included  contract  negotiations,
              financial operations, procurement,  supervision  of
              G&A staff.

              o Developed a strong,  cohesive  staff  of  25  en-
                gineers from the ground up.
              o Supported sales in securing major contracts  such
                as Hughes, TI, and Motorola.
              o Developed models for 680x0 and 80x86 peripherals,
                AMD  2900,  PALs,  and  TI bit-slice devices, and
                SSI/MSI TTL parts.
              o Developed an interface requirements specification
                for  interfacing  and  porting  models to various
                simulators.
              o Defined simulator source language mapping defini-
                tions for model translation.
              o Designed and implemented model utility libraries.
              o Developed command  procedures  for  configuration
                management and product builds.
              o Developed a standard model development methodolo-
                gy.
              o Defined QA test methodologies for product verifi-
                cation.
              o Co-designer of an HDL language specification  for
                LSI  Logic, which was subsequently commercialized
                as BSL.
              o Co-developed a business plan and secured $1.5M in
                first round venture funding.

1983 to 1984
              ITT Avionics, Nutley, NJ.

              Signal  Processing  Architecture  Design  Engineer.
              Developed  a multi- processor data flow system per-
              formance simulator.  Designed and simulated an  ar-
              chitecture   to   implement  a  radar  pulse  train
              analysis algorithm to support 20M pulse per  second
              environments.  Enhanced a 3D surface graphics pack-
              age for hidden line capabilities.

1981 to 1983
              Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Sudbury, MA.

              Design Engineer in digital design, simulation,  and
              software  for  communications and computer systems.
              Design  a  20MHz  digital  MUX  with   CVSD   voice
              encoding/decoding. Simulated various execution unit
              architectural elements of a VAX compatible  proces-
              sor design.  Wrote top level memory system diagnos-
              tics requirements for a complex microprocessor sys-
              tem.  Developed software to support the development
              of a satellite communications system.

EDUCATION
              BSEE, January 1981, Rutgers University, Piscataway,
              NJ.   Graduated with honors in 3 1/2 years.  Member
              of Eta Kappa Nu.

Management
& Marketing
Courses
              Advanced Management Skills & Techniques For  Super-
              visors,  Successfully  Managing  People,  Improving
              Managerial  Skills,  Assertiveness   Training   For
              Managers,   Presentation   Skills  Workshop,  Clear
              Technical Writing, How To View  Quality  From  Your
              CustomerUs  Perspective, Successful Product Manage-
              ment, Fundamental Selling Techniques  For  The  New
              Salesperson.

Technical
Courses
              Software Quality Assurance, Introduction  To  XPlus
              (Zycad), Introduction To RPM (Quickturn), Micropro-
              cessor Electronics, System HILO (GenRad), Introduc-
              tion  To  Custom  VLSI,  Introduction  To  Computer
              Graphics.

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Dom Paniscotti                  internet: dominick@protocol.zycad.com
Protocol, a Division of ZYCAD   phone:    (201) 347-7900            
500 International Drive         fax:      (201) 347-0303        
Mt. Olive, NJ 07828
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