Hat on the ring

[Edgar Brown <edgar.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to volunteer to the Communications committee chairmanship.

I am an Electronics Engineer with 25 years experience in the design,  
teaching, and implementation of digital and analog electronics, mixed- 
mode IC design, power design, and communication systems. I am a Senior  
IEEE member and the Chief Engineer of a 2-yr old startup company (15  
people and growing) that specializes in neural research  
instrumentation (high channel-count neural data acquisition and  
processing systems).

I was motivated to participate in this Standards Working Group for  
personal reasons, as it would aim directly at one of the big issues I  
see with most of our electronics. I see that the outcome of the UPAMD  
standard, if widely adopted, would be a big benefit for society at  
large (and the space behind my desk and entertainment center). The  
existence of a standard way to power electronics would not only reduce  
clutter in our lives but, as chipsets, IP cores, and/or software is  
developed for it, would simplify our lives as engineers. For cost- 
insensitive equipment, it would remove the need to concoct together  
multiple power modules to achieve a reasonable design that does not  
inconvenience the final user. While for cost-sensitive equipment, it  
would allow us to reuse components while designing an optimized system.

Thanks,
	Edgar Brown