30 year Silicon Valley Veteran Senior Hardware Electrical Engineer.  Big company background includes Nokia and Quantum.  Also various startups (Redcreek Communications, Raidtec, Aloha Networks, Lumigrow, etc).  Strong LED and Laser Diode drive experience–milliseconds to nanoseconds, milliwatts to kilowatts.  LED includes high power horticultural Grow Lights.  Interest and experience in alternative energy:  Vehicles, batteries, and some solar in addition to LED lighting.  Long term interest & proficiency in analog (especially op amps), mixed signal, and sensors. Many product ships for consumer product design.  FCC compliance, also UL.  Originally in the disk drive industry, also IPSEC network security/encryption.