Troy Cherasaro

Troy Cherasaro

Electrical Engineer & Entreprenuer

Contractor & Consultant

Biography

Husband, father, Electrical & Computer Engineer and Bootstrap Entreprenuer with 20 years experience designing circuit boards, microchips and web applications.

Expert in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and FPGA System on Chip (SoC) design and verification offering consulting services in this area.

Broad range of experience in other areas makes for a good fit in almost any technical role at any size company or start-up.

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Interests
  • Space Exploration
  • Renewable Energy & Storage
  • Robotics, Drones & Automation
  • Serverless & No-Code Applications
Education
  • Graduate Coursework, Digital Design, 2006

    George Mason University, Fairfax VA

  • BS Electrical Engineering, 2000

    University of Colorado, Boulder CO

Skills & Services

Consulting

FPGA / SoC Design & Verification

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array

PCBA

Printed Circuit Board Assembly

Project Managment

Agile or Traditional EVM

Software

C/C++, Python, JavaScript, CI/CD

Web

Linux (LAMP), DevOps, Jamstack, Git

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Sr. Electrical & Computer Engineer
Sep 2015 – Present Lafayette, Colorado

Worked with Cardinal Peak’s customers on over a dozen projects in 6 years, in a number of roles for many household name brand and FAANG companies:

  • FPGA Design & Verification
  • PCBA Design & Schematic Capture
  • Test & Diagnotic Firmware Devopment
  • Project Management
  • Proposals & Business Development
  • Interviewing & Hiring HW Engineers and Managment
 
 
 
 
 
Founder
Splinter Media Group, LLC
Jun 2008 – Present Denver, Colorado

Contract electrical engineering, consulting & bootstrapped side businesses

  • Profitable for last 12 years straight
  • Almost $2M net revenue to date
 
 
 
 
 
Sr. Computer Systems Architect
Jan 2001 – Aug 2009 Manassas, Virginia

Leadership Development Program (LDP), Responsibilities included:

  • FPGA Design, Verification & Process Improvement
  • PCBA Design & Schematic Capture
  • System Engineering
  • Technical Project management
  • Training & Mentoring

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