Christopher T. Lyon

Sunnyvale, CA chris-resume@chrislyon.com
Education
	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology - Cambridge, MA
	Fall 1998 – Spring 2003 - Graduate GPA: 4.8/5.0, Undergraduate GPA: 4.6/5.0 · Master of Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 2003. · Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Science and Engineering, June 2002. · Member, Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies. · Courses include: · Advanced Circuit Design Techniques · Low-Power Analog VLSI · Solid-State Circuits · Feedback Systems · Power Electronics · Electromagnetic Fields and Theory · Communications, Control, and Signal Processing
	El Cerrito High School - El Cerrito, CA
	Graduated June 1998. Rank: 1/330. GPA: 4.41/4.0 on weighted grades.
Experience
	Google Inc. – Senior Hardware Engineer – Mountain View, CA
	October 2005 – Present. Currently doing awesome, wonderful things.
	Thingmagic Inc. – Project Engineer - Cambridge, MA
	January 2004 – September 2005. Led initial phases of the digital hardware design and overall design integration of the next-generation multi-band RFID tag reader. Oversaw and coordinated all aspects of design, prototyping, and preparation for manufacturing including electrical, mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing design. Previously worked in a small team on the design, development, and production of the Mercury4 tag reader, which is the company’s current flagship product. Additionally worked on the design and manufacturing of various embedded-sensing and RFID-related device prototypes for high-profile corporate clients.
	MIT Media Laboratory – Research Assistant - Cambridge, MA
	January 2002 – December 2003. Worked on the “Tower” system, a computational construction kit designed to aid in the creation of embedded electronics applications. Design, development, and deployment of the system to domestic and international collaborators, as well as extensive applications development of robotics and personal fabrication oriented tools. Handled system-level design and implementation, as well as managed off-site circuit board fabrication and assembly runs. Extensive experience in supervising undergraduate students working on microcontroller programming, circuit board design and layout, and software design. Largely responsible for the management and integration of elements created by many individuals into a complete, robust system for immediate public use.
	MIT Media Laboratory - Undergraduate Researcher - Cambridge, MA
	May 1999 – December 2001. Worked as an electronic circuit designer, and applications developer. Assembly programming for embedded microcontrollers and corresponding circuit design to extend the functionality of the “Cricket” miniature computing environment. Low-level serial and bus communications programming. Circuit board layout/fabrication and assembly both by hand and through fabrication houses. Robotics design for educational workshops. Initially worked as an internet software engineer designing and programming a complete interactive database application with a graphical user interface.
Honors	Spring 2003 - Best Master’s Thesis in Electrical Engineering (Ernst Guillemin Prize) Spring 2001 - 6.111 (Digital Systems Laboratory) – Best Project (Bell Northern Research Prize) Fall 2001 - 6.101 (Analog Electronics Laboratory) – Best Project
Proficiencies	· Programming of embedded microcontrollers and microprocessors (Intel XScale, Texas Instruments MSP430, Microchip PIC, Cygnal 8051 and Motorola 68HC11/68HC12 series). · Printed-Circuit-Board (PCB) layout and circuit design and assembly. (Orcad, EagleCAD, Protel) · Proficient with electronics lab equipment including digital and analog oscilloscopes, radio-frequency spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, and signal generator. · Programming languages include Assembly, Java, C/C++, Perl, and Python. · Machine shop trained for milling machine, lathe, laser cutter, water jet cutter, and other rapid prototyping tools.
References	Available upon request.