FRANK R. KOPERDA

254 Blue Heron Bluff.
Dawsonville, GA 30534

(706) 216-5422

Consulting Expertise

Defining new products for the data communications market.  This includes identifying the features, evaluating technologies, patent issues, and working with other companies to ensure a total solution

Education:

BA Physics, BA Chemistry                    State University of New York                        Plattsburgh, NY                        1974

MS Computer Engineering                     Case-Western Reserve University                Cleveland, OH                          1976

Skills:

I have been successfully creating advanced data products for over twenty years. Among these groundbreaking products are the original IBM desktop computer, wireless LANs, cable modem, ADSL systems, and home networking products.

The participation in developing products includes being a visionary for new product concepts, translating technology trends into product requirements, getting funding, forming the development teams, and transitioning to manufacturing. During this development process my work included participating in standards committees, technology alliances, evaluating company alliances, and I hold 43 patents.

·         Communications: ADSL, VoIP, Thin Clients, Cable modems, Telephony, Wireless, Fiber Protocols Engineering: VLSI, digital, analog, RF, system, and card design

·         Software: Communications, DSP, embedded systems, operating systems, compilers, applications

·         Multimedia: MPEG-2, IEEE 802.5, Fibre Channel, ATM, BBNS

·         Standards/Forums: CableLabs, ADSL Forum, FSAN, IEEE 802, ANSI X3T9, T1A1, WINForum

·         26 Domestic / 22 International Patents, 13 Major Publications, many standards papers

Data Communications Experience:

·         ADSL Deployment in Digital Loop Carrier Systems

·         Thin client technology and the effect on wide area networks and their control systems

·         Fiber communications including passive optical networks (PONs) and the Fibre Channel Standard

·         The products, systems and protocols to support data over the cable television plant (Cable Modem)

·         Communication Protocols ATM, Frame Relay, X.25, Fibre Channel, FDDI, HIPPI, LANs

·         Wireless data communications including LANs and working with FCC to get the PCS spectrum

·         Standards Participation in IEEE 802.11 (Wireless), IEEE 802.14 (Cable modem), ANSI X3T9.3 (Fibre Channel), FSAN (fiber system definition by 10 Telcos), ADSL Forum, UAWG

Software Experience:

·         System design: function partitioning, code sizing, testing, problem determination

·         Systems programming: operating system design, device drivers, compilers, communications

·         Device control: disk controllers, DSP, printers, data acquisition, speech recognition

Hardware Experience:

·         System design: function partitioning, fault tolerance, cooling, power systems, safety, servicing

·         Product design: 2 Gb/s communications concentrator, workstations, printers

·         Digital: VLSI design and simulation, card design and manufacture, high speed

·         Analog: Transducers, interfaces, preamplifiers, power amplifiers

·         RF design (holder of First Class Radiotelephone and Technician Class Amateur licenses)