Chris is CNSV Chair, and was CNSV Vice Chair in 2018-2019.

Simone is the current CNSV Vice Chair.

Mike is the current CNSV Secretary.

Joel has been CNSV Treasurer since 2019.

Brian has been a CNSV member since 1998, and has spoken at over ten CNSV events since that time. His IEEE involvement includes the following:

• IEEE Senior Member
• IEEE Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section Chair (2012), Vice Chair (2011) and Secretary (2010)
• IEEE-CNSV Chair (2006-2007), Director (2008-2011,2013-present), At-Large Director (2004, 2012), Marketing Committee (2004)
• IEEE Region 6 Milestone Coordinator (2015-present)
• IEEE SCV Tech History Committee Co-Vice-Chair (2015-present)
• IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Adviser (2013-2015)

He gave talks at CNSV Consultant Business Seminar (CBS) events in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2005 on topics including the effective use of a website for marketing your consulting business. He has been a CNSV member since 1998.

Brian spearheaded a major overhaul of the CNSV website in early 2006 to make it the organization’s centerpiece. The website has improved CNSV’s visibility in Silicon Valley and beyond.

He has been an independent consultant for over 30 years. Brian has extensive experience with optical and magnetic storage devices and storage interfaces. His consulting assignments have included:

• software developer
• hardware/software integrator
• project lead
• industry analyst
• seminar leader
• technical marketer
• technical writer

Brian has served as an Expert Witness in over 80 engagements involving patent, trade secret, copyright, class action and contractual disputes. He has participated in over 80 conferences and industry events as speaker, session chair, conference chair and conference advisory board member.

Besides IEEE, he is a member of ACM, Computer History Museum (Core Member), Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA), IDEMA, Professional and Technical Consultants Association (PATCA; Senior Member), Software Development Forum and The Tech Museum of Innovation.

Brian is on the Conference Advisory Boards of the Flash Memory Summit, Ethernet Technology Summit and Storage Visions, as well as the organizing committees of other computer conferences.

David was CNSV Chair in 2018-2019, Vice Chair in 2017, Treasurer in 2015-2016, and an At-Large Director in 2014, and is currently a Director.

He is an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software developer who has written more than 1 million lines of code. He has experience in: VLSI physical design and verification (placement, routing, design rule checking, circuit extraction, mask data preparation, scribe line generation); logic synthesis; physical synthesis; circuit design and analysis (SPICE automation, timing analysis, library generation); Intellectual Property (IP) analysis and tracking.

He also is an expert witness specializing in analysis of GDS/GDSII/OASIS data files for evidence of patent infringement or IP misuse.

Dennis has been a CNSV Director since 2018.  He was Chair in 2017, a Director in 2014-2016 and an At-Large Director in 2013.

Areas of expertise:

• Medical device marketing
• Business plans
• Regulatory strategy
• Global sales
• Business Development

Medical Device Companies are challenged with Healthcare cost reductions and stricter regulations: FDA, HIPPA, and Sarbanes-Oxley. My expertise is helping to navigate these waters while the company focuses on product development and manufacturing. The client company can attract external investors and a profitable business, knowing these market entry details are assured.

Previous positions with multinational companies has enabled innovative medical products for the specialties of radiation treatment devices, cardiac monitoring and imaging, diagnostic imaging, and information management.

Experience also includes field management with direct P&L responsibility for field sales and service. This guarantees a practical understanding of how management concepts are effectively implemented in the market place. In various roles as Vice President; new marketing technologies were successfully implemented and enabling revitalized sale growth..

New product introductions were successfully launched with my vision and direction. This included patented devices and applications. One of the innovative products is noted as the “Gold Standard” of Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Products in Medicine must be linked to revenue and other measurable cost savings. A strong understanding of the necessary business plan drivers, like reimbursement, is applied to the client’s successful product marketing.

Most recently my clients profit from my domain knowledge, experience, and long term customer relationships in the Medical Device market. My market planning documents are in use by both multinational and start-up firms. New products have been successfully introduced for these companies with attention to profitable growth.

Michael has been a CNSV Director since 2017.  He was CNSV Chair in 2016 and an At-Large Director in 2015.

Dr. Kim Parnell has been a CNSV Director most recently since 2010. He was CNSV Chair in 2008-2009, Vice-Chair in 2006 and a CNSV Director in 2005 and 2007. He was 2011 Chair of the IEEE-SCV (Santa Clara Valley) Section and has been IEEE-VTS (Vehicular Technology) Vice-Chair and Treasurer since 2013. He is Principal and Founder of PEC, an engineering consulting firm focusing on providing support for early stage medical device and technology companies.

Kim specializes in the mechanical engineering design and behavior of biomedical devices, shape memory alloys like Nitinol, bioabsorbable polymers, electronic/miniature components and Finite Element (FEA) simulation of all types. His practice is often multi-disciplinary involving Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, and Computer Engineering. He consults actively in these areas, in addition to failure analysis and reliability. He is also an expert on Heavy Truck Crashworthiness, automotive collisions, pipeline failures and related product design and failure issues. He serves as a testifying expert witness in patent litigation (medical device, smartphone, consumer electronics), product liability, personal injury accidents, and on heavy-truck crashworthiness.

Kim was a full-time Adjunct Faculty at Santa Clara University in Mechanical Engineering from 2010-2012 and a Visiting Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University. He is a coach and mentor for the innovative Stanford Biodesign program and a member of the Board of Directors for CSIX Connect. He worked previously for MSC Software, Rubicor Medical, Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, SST Systems, ATT Bell Laboratories, Stanford University and General Motors. He holds PhD and MSME degrees from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering, a BES from Georgia Tech, and is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer. Kim is an ASME Fellow, an IEEE Senior Member, and a Member of SAE and ASM.

Joel is an IEEE Life Senior Member, and has been active in IEEE-CNSV for many years:

• Director: 2016-present
• At-Large Director: 2013
• Vice-Chair: 2009-early 2010, 2012
• Treasurer: 2005-2006, most of 2010
• Secretary: 2007-2008, 2014-2015

As a CNSV Board member, Joel works with other members of the Board and with committees to operate and expand offerings for our membership. He also individually mentors newer members, presents at seminars and helps with industry awareness including CNSV booth duty at trade shows.

Joel’s 20 years of consultancy experience includes embedded systems, networking, and wireless development, as well engagements as an Expert Witness.

“Kip” Brown joined the CNSV Board as an At-Large Director in 2013. He was CNSV Board Chair in 2014-2015 and Director in 2016-2019, and is currently an At-Large Director. He was instrumental in setting up the initial audio/visual equipment for CNSV’s CPP Seminar program back in 2008, and continues in that role today.

Founder of three startups.

Areas of design and development expertise:

• semiconductors
• low voltage
• medical devices
• analog IC
• mixed signal ASIC
• low voltage CMOS and bipolar
• A/D converters
• SRAM and EPROM
• high-speed video RAM
• IC design tools
• low noise op-amp
• linear monolithic IC
• electro-optical
• DSP microprocessor

BiCMOS and hybrid design manager. IC design course instructor. Extensive expert witness work.

Tom has been a CNSV At-Large Director since 2016, and he is an IEEE Fellow “for leadership in consumer electronics digital storage technology.”

Jeff has been a CNSV At-Large Director since 2019.  He was a CNSV Director in 2013, an At-Large Director in 2009–2012, and CNSV Treasurer in 2007–2008.  Jeff also ran CNSV’s CPP Seminar program in 2009–2012 where he produced seminars and webinars for helping consultants with the business aspects of their consultancy, such as marketing and sales, and website and social media/networking.

Jeff brings experience in Web programming to the Board, and he created the current CNSV website in 2014.

Jeff has over 40 years of industry experience, 23 of those as an independent software and firmware consultant in the storage and medical device industries. Jeff’s business, Shadow Cliffs Engineering includes expert witness/consulting, providing source code comparison/analysis and forensic analysis in patent litigation, copyright and trade secret, IPR and other IP matters.