Martin served 6 years in the US Air Force as a security specialist for Titan II ICBMs in the Strategic Air Command. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he also worked for the Georgia Tech Television Network. He later graduated from the Southern Polytechnic State University, where he received a BSEET, with a focus on communications systems theory. Also while in school, he worked for CNN, Headline News and WTBS Television stations, in different areas of production engineering and WGHR radio as a broadcaster.
He moved to San Diego and designed crystal oscillators for Monitor Products, before getting involved in microelectronic ceramic packaging development at Alcoa and Stratedge. He then moved to silicon valley to work for ASAT and later at start-up Alpine Microsystems. From there he headed to Dallas, TX to work for another start-up, Clarisay, on RF SAW filters, before moving to IBM in RTP, NC to work on microprocessor development. He continued his education over the years, receiving an MSEng from California Coast University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School.
He stays current with the industry, having published and presented over 60 papers in various journals, publications, and conferences. He is currently the chair of the CPMT TC-3 committee on IC and Package Assembly and former chairman of the EIA/JEDEC JC15 committee on Electrical - Thermal Characterization Techniques for Electronic Packages and Interconnects. He has also been an industry consultant to Hewlett Packard for their High Speed Digital and Materials Measurement Symposiums. He has 17 patents and another 15 patents pending.
He is a senior member of IEEE CPMT and held membership in both the MTT and Communications societies over the years.
He can be reached by email.
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