Experience
President/Founder, Sensing Machines, Baltimore, MD (5/2006-Present)
• Head of Mixed Signal ASIC design, layout and verification
• Design, simulate, layout, verify and test multiple analog ASIC designs for JHU/APL contract
• Responsible for running all company operations
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (9/2007-Present)
• Mixed Signal ASIC design work for JHU/APL Office of Naval Research (ONR) Contract
• Performed design, simulation, layout, verification and testing of multiple ASIC’s for ONR Contract
• Taught and directed research of 1 undergraduate research assistant
Graduate Research Assistant, Sensory and Communication Laboratory Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (9/2000-8/2006)
• Mixed Signal ASIC design work – 6 solo ASIC projects, 4 group ASIC projects
• Taught and directed research of 4 undergraduate research assistants
• Taught and directed research of 2 masters students
• Maintained and repaired lab research equipment
• Teaching/Laboratory Assistant for Microfabrication Class taught at JHU (2000-2004)
• Microfabrication Laboratory Manager (9/2000-9/2004), replaced by full time employee
Technical Staff, Iguana Robotics Inc., Baltimore, Md (1/2000-9/2000)
• Head of verification for ASIC design.
• Head of testing for ASIC, wrote technical reports that helped acquire funding for future research and development.
• Programmed 3-D simulations of biped and quadra-ped robots, using MathEngine API in C++.
Undergraduate Research Intern, Sensory and Communication Laboratory Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (1/1999-1/2000)
• Prepared ASICs for testing, gaining expertise in the setup and analysis of testing procedures.
• Performed statistical analysis on a variety of ASICs.
• Extensive programming of data acquisition machines for lab use, expanding lab research capabilities.
• Designed series of components for ASICs which enhanced testability
Computer Consultant, Various Small Businesses, Miami, Fl and Baltimore, MD (1995-2006)
• Maintain and repair computer systems, provide technical support for office staff.
• Analyze office computer systems and recommended better networking and data storage systems.
• Implement new office networking and data storage systems, designed to be user friendly.
• Train office staff in use of new systems, increasing productivity and familiarity.

Skills
Computer
• CAD Expertise – Cadence, Tanner LEdit, Magic, LTSpice, MEMS Pro, ANSYS, Solid Works, Eagle, Protel
• Programming – MATLAB, Verilog, VHDL, C, C++, Unix, HTML, Assembly
• Expertise with MATLAB, Labview, ModelSim, Xilinx XE, Windows, Unix, Desktop Office Suites
• Expertise in CMOS ASIC chip design, simulation, layout, verification and testing
• Expertise in designing Analog, Digital, and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits in 0.5, 0.35 and 0.18 ?m processes
• Expertise in design, modeling and simulation of MEMS devices
• Expertise in CMOS, MEMS and general microfabrication technologies
• Expertise in design and verification of PCB’s
Languages
• Native English speaker
• Fluency in spoken and written Spanish

Honors, Awards and Achievements
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Hart Award for Excellent in Independent Research FY2006
Patent Application Number US 2006/0193356 A1 based on Ph.D. dissertation work
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Graduate Fellowship, September 2001 – December 2005
MEMS Alliance: Best Poster Award, March 2004
Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout, May 1996

Selected Publications

• F. Tejada, “Silicon on Insulator CMOS and Microelectromechanical Systems: Mechanical Devices , Sensing Techniques and System Electronics,” Ph.D. Dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, October 2006
• F. Tejada, A.G. Andreou, P.O. Pouliquen, “Stacked, Standing Wave Detectors in 3D SOI-CMOS,” Proceedings of the 2006 Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2006, pp. 1315-1318
• K. Rebello, R. Osiander, D.M. Wesolek, D. A. Kitchin, R. F. Henrick, F. Tejada, “MEMS Hydrophones,” 2006 Joint Undersea Warfare Spring Conference, April 2006
• F. Tejada, D.M. Wesolek, J. Lehtonen, J.A. Miragliotta, A.G. Andreou, R. Osiander, “An SOS MEMS interferometer,” Proceedings of SPIE MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems IV, January 2004, vol. 5346, pp. 27-36.
• F.Tejada, A.G. Andreou, J.A. Miragliotta, R. Osiander, D.M. Wesolek, “Silicon on sapphire CMOS architectures for Interferometric array readout,” in Proceedings of the 2004 Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2004, vol. 4, pp. 880-883.
• F.Tejada, A.G. Andreou, “Microelectromechanical Systems in 3D SOI-CMOS: Sensing Embedded in Moving Mechanical Structures,” Proceedings of the 2006 Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2006, pp. 4967-4970
• F.Tejada, A.G. Andreou, D.K. Wickenden, A.S. Francomacaro, “Surface micromachining in silicon on sapphire CMOS technology,” in Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2004, vol.4, pp. 920-923.
• M. Alderstein Marwick, F. Tejada, P. Pouliquen, E. Culurciello, K. Strohbehn, A.G. Andreou, “Dark current and noise if 100nm thick silicon on sapphire CMOS lateral PIN photodiodes,” Proceedings of the 2006 Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2006, pp. 4583-4586