November 24, 2011

John R. Barnes KS4GL, PE, NCE, NCT, ESDC Eng, ESDC Tech, PSE, SM IEEE
President and Chief Engineer
dBi Corporation
216 Hillsboro Avenue
Lexington, KY 40511-2105
(859)253-1178 phone
(859)252-6128 fax
jrbarnes@iglou.com

CAREER SUMMARY
From 1973 to 2002 was directly involved in putting 116+ state-of-the-art electronic products into mass production at Sycor, IBM, and Lexmark. 57 out of 63 products for which I developed the hardware, firmware, or software went into mass production. Did the EMC/ EMI/ ESD testing for 32 of these products. My last four designs at Lexmark were controller cards equivalent to personal computer (PC) motherboards plus adapter cards, with clock speeds up to 1.40GHz. Developed 51 testers, and helped debug 52 more testers designed by other test engineers, putting another 59+ products into mass production. Developed 21 sets of design guidelines, 5 development tools, and 19 sets of software to aid product development during this time.

Since 2002 have EMC/EMI/ESD tested 337 products and 2 testers designed by other companies. Did the official FCC/IC/CE Marking/Australia/New Zealand EMC/ EMI/ ESD-approval tests for 301 of these, out of which I've brought all but 4 into compliance with legal requirements so they could go into mass production. Served as an Expert Witness in 3 legal cases.

RESPONSIBILITIES
System architecture, hardware design/ development, firmware/ software development, controller design, network interface design, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, power supplies, product safety, design for manufacturing/ test/ repair/ servicing/ EMC/ EMI/ ESD-immunity, thermal, cables, documentation, process development, development/manufacturing/test support.

CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Engineer (PE) licensed to practice electrical engineering in Kentucky. iNARTE-certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer (NCE). iNARTE-certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Technician (NCT). iNARTE-certified Electrostatic Discharge Control Engineer (ESDC Eng.). iNARTE-certified Electrostatic Discharge Control Technician (ESDC Tech). iNARTE-certified Product Safety Engineer (PSE).

PUBLICATIONS
Three books- Electronic System Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques (English-Prentice Hall, 1987, Russian-Mir, 1990); and Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II (English-Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004). Two magazine articles: "Designing Electronic Equipment for ESD Immunity" (Printed Circuit Design magazine, July 2001); and "Designing Electronic Systems for ESD Immunity" (Conformity, February 2003). Four IBM Technical Reports. 21 IBM and Lexmark design guidelines on testability, test coverage, design for manufacturing/ test/ repair/ service, product debug/ qualification, design for international power/ safety/ EMC/ EMI/ ESD-immunity, PCB layout, power distribution/bypassing, and signal integrity.

SKILLS
Designing electronic equipment and products that work-- and meet international requirements-- within budget and tight development deadlines. 51 years experience (39 years in industry) designing/ building electronic equipment and products. 44 years experience programming computers/ microprocessors/ microcontrollers in over 27 computer languages. 39 years experience programming/ testing/ designing around 34 types of microprocessors and microcontrollers.

AWARDS
Divisional Technical Achievement award from the ARRL. Took 3rd place in the 2002 Mentor Graphics Technology Leadership Awards. One Lexmark Make It Happen Vision Award. Two IBM Information Products Outstanding Contribution Awards. One IBM Cost Effectiveness Award. One Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Michigan.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
February 2002 to present: President and Chief Engineer of dBi Corporation.

December 2001 to December 2010: President of Robust Electronic Design, Inc.

September 1990 to January 2002: Advisory/Specialist Engineer in Digital Office/Network Hardware Development, at IBM and Lexmark International.

April 1977 to September 1990: Senior Associate/Staff/Advisory Engineer in Test Engineering, at IBM.

January 1973 to April 1977: Firmware Engineer in Product Development, at Sycor.

EDUCATION
M.S.E. (Computers, Information and Control Engineering), University of Michigan, 1972. B.S.E. (Electrical Engineering), University of Michigan, 1971. B.S. (Applied Mathematics), University of Michigan, 1971. Have taken 216 Technical Education and Voluntary Education courses at IBM and Lexmark.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Senior Member of IEEE (SM IEEE). Member of iNARTE, American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL), Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers (KSPE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), ESD Association, Central Kentucky Inventors Council (currently a Director), Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary Society, and the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA).

HOBBIES AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
Researching lead-free electronics-- have collected over 19,190 documents on this subject, see http://www.dbicorporation.com/rohsbib.htm. Researching power distribution on printed circuit boards-- have collected over 2,795 documents on this subject, see http://www.dbicorporation.com/pwr-bib.htm. Researching designing products and equipment for Electrostatic Discharge immunity-- have collected over 1,605 documents on this subject, see http://www.dbicorporation.com/esd-anno.htm. Writing technical books and magazine articles; creating web pages; computers; designing/building antennas; digital photography; electronics; ham radio (callsign KS4GL); blacksmithing; photography; reading (average of 200-300 books and 700-900 magazines per year); woodworking; and building musical instruments. LocSec, Publisher, Webmaster, Recruitment Chairman, Proctor Coordinator, and Proctor for Bluegrass Mensa. Have also been President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, Librarian, and Newsletter Editor for various clubs.

dBi Corporation is an A2LA-accredited EMC/EMI/ESD testing laboratory (test house) based in Lexington, Kentucky. In the last 10 years we have done the FCC-/ CE-Marking-approval EMC/ EMI/ ESD tests for over 337 products developed by clients-- bringing 99% of them into compliance with both domestic and international laws and standards. We have also served as an expert witness on electronics in three lawsuits. Before joining dBi, our staff was directly involved in putting over 115 major electronic products into mass production at Sycor, IBM, and Lexmark. Our staff has over 39 years experience in the computer and electronics industries, developing electronic products and electronic equipment that:
  1. Work.
  2. Are safe and reliable.
  3. Can be manufactured, tested, repaired, and serviced economically.
  4. May be sold and used worldwide.
  5. Can be easily adapted/enhanced to meet new and changing requirements.

Our President, John R. Barnes, is a Professional Engineer (PE) licensed in the state of Kentucky, a NARTE-Certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer (NCE), a NARTE-Certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Technician (NCT), a NARTE-Certified Electrostatic Discharge Control Engineer (ESDC Eng), a NARTE-Certified Electrostatic Discharge Control Technician (ESDC Tech), a NARTE-Certified Product Safety Engineer (PSE), a Senior Member of the IEEE (SM IEEE), and an Advanced-class amateur radio operator. He has written three books: Electronic System Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques, which was published in English in 1987 and in Russian in 1990; and Robust Electronic Design Reference Book, Volumes I and II, which came out in 2004. John has also written articles on designing electronics for electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity for Printed Circuit Design and Conformity magazines.

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