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Dr. Howard Johnson
Some Buddhist monks say
that before choosing a mentor one should
observe that person for at least ten years.
We love that concept, but you probably can't
afford the ten years!
Fortunately, you already
know Dr. Johnson through his product
accomplishments.
For example, do you use voicemail?
- In 1979 Howard invented PhoneMail, the
first integrated voice messaging system.
He created the voice compression
algorithms, the product architecture and
basic feature set, all of which are still
used today in numerous products worldwide.
Do you use Ethernet?
- In 1993 and again in 1996 Howard was
elected by the IEEE as chief technical
editor of Ethernet standards. In those key
roles he shaped the Fast and Gigabit
Ethernet standards we all enjoy today. The
standards literally came right out of his
computer.
If that's the kind of
success you seek, why not learn from an
expert who's really done it? Here's a
synopsis of Howard's professional
experience:
Salad Days
1973 T.V. repair
man
1974 Designed and built his first
full-fledged computer out of SSI logic.
1978 Earned MEE degree at Rice University
while managing the EE lab and designing
instruments for the oil industry.
Corporate Work Experience
1979-1983 Manager
of Technology and Advanced development for
ROLM Corp., makers of the first all-digital
phone system designed after the breakup of
AT&T. ROLM was subsequently acquired by IBM.
1984-1988 Director of
Engineering at U.S. TeleCenters.
1988-1989 Manager of
Technology and Advanced Development at Ultra
Network Technologies.
1989-today Professional
consultant to corporations, universities and
governmental organizations worldwide.
Professional Training
1982 PhD., Rice
University, Department of Electrical
Engineering, under Sidney Burrus, who has
since become Dean of Engineering. After only
21 months of study, the quickest rate of
graduation in department history, Howard
received only one technical question at his
oral examination. He answered so
authoritatively no one else asked another.
25 years apprenticeship to Dr. Martin
Graham, professor emeritus at U.C. Berkeley
and past chairman of the EE department. Dr.
Graham was making computers out of tubes
before Howard was born. Martin has been
Howard's mentor since 1982.
Howard's areas of
expertise include DSP software, high-speed
data transmission, hot-plugging backplane
architectures, and multimedia communication
systems. He is an expert witness qualified
to testify on the subject of computer
architecture, and the primary inventor of
numerous patents.
Technology Success
Dr. Johnson's
greatest strength is the pioneering
development of new technologies:
- Invented Phonemail (ROLM).
- Designed world's first gigabit
local-area-network transceivers (Ultra).
- Conceived data-switching bus
architecture for first Internet
point-of-presence servers (Ascend).
- Discovered new Fast Fourier Transform
theory (Rice University).
- Specified architecture for first
10Gbps backplane transceivers at
(Accelerant).
- Conducted original research for high
speed power line communication.
- Served as chief technical editor for
Fast and Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE Stds.)
Clients
Who relies on Dr.
Johnson's advice? Here is a short list:
Lockheed, Raytheon, General Dynamics, NASA,
BAE Systems, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Dell,
IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, Northern
Telecom, Tektronix, LeCroy, Agilent, Cisco
and Micron.
Industry Recognition
It is important
that you select a personal mentor widely
accepted by other engineers. Dr. Johnson's
High-Speed Digital Design seminars reach
over 1,000 engineers annually. Companies all
over the world recognize his seminars as the
best available courses for signal integrity
engineers and high-speed digital designers.
His
High-Speed Digital Design Newsletter
boasts a subscription of more than 10,000
engineers. Archived copies of his newsletter
and other articles (300+) are the most
often-perused sections of this site.
An engaging and informative author, Dr.
Johnson has written three
nationally-acclaimed texts. Together, sales
exceed 70,000 books, far more than any other
works in the field of signal integrity.
EDN Magazine chooses Dr. Johnson as
their featured Signal Integrity columnist.
These columns reach about 160,000 readers
monthly.
Oxford University Relationship
Dr. Johnson
regularly teaches seminars at sites
worldwide, including courses for Oxford
University in the U.K.
Since 1994, his Oxford
courses have consistently ranked as the most
popular summer engineering courses ever
delivered in the Oxford extension learning
program.
These courses are available in open
forums to engineers throughout Europe,
regardless of their prior affiliation with
the University.
In recognition of his outstanding
contribution to engineering education, in
July of 2000 Oxford awarded Dr. Johnson a
three-year Visiting Fellowship during part
of which he resided at the University,
worked with undergraduates, and laid the
groundwork for the enormously popular
High-Speed Digital Engineering Week.
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