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Title: Computer Networking Technology and Career: a CISCO Perspective
Speaker: Mark Brillhart， Vice President, Technology and Quality, Cisco
Time: 7 月 2 日（周一）15:00-16:00
Venue: 软件楼 102 第二会议室
Contact: 王晓阳 xywangCS@fudan.edu.cn
Abstract:
In this talk, Mr. Brillhart will speak about the importance of computer networking bandwidth and the advances in the enabling technologies. He will stress the challenges facing the industry and CISCO in particular, in providing 10x+ performance improvement and the need for next-generation packaging needs.
Mr. Brillhart will also talk about the type of career that CISCO has and the employee development culture of the company. He will describe the type of talent that CISCO is looking for, both in the new hires and existing employees.
Bio:
Mark Brillhart leads Cisco’s Technology and Quality organization, a global team responsible for delivering customer-driven quality and reliability solutions and infrastructure for Cisco products. The team is committed to driving a competitive advantage for Cisco by ensuring innovation and excellence in manufacturing technology, test and component engineering, Advanced Technology Development, and closed-loop quality management.
With 360+ employees in locations around the world, Brillhart oversees a team responsible for developing industry-leading technologies for leading-edge ASICs, PCBs, optical devices, custom memory modules, and complex interconnect technologies. Under Brillhart’s direction, the Technology and Quality team owns key initiatives and functions – including Autotest, Green manufacturing, and Quality Excellence – that champion improvements throughout the manufacturing process and extend visibility and collaboration deeper into the global supply chain, while continuously raising the bar on quality. The team is also responsible for advanced product and device test.
Brillhart joined Cisco in 1999, first as a technical lead and then as manager of the Interconnect Reliability and Electronic Packaging teams. He has also served as Director of Hardware Reliability, Sr. Director of Component Quality and Technology, and Vice President of Manufacturing Operations Engineering. Brillhart has driven numerous cross-functional teams and initiatives, and has also led the Technology Council Roadmap team and the Process Development team.
In addition to his current responsibilities, Brillhart sits on Cisco’s EcoBaord and is a member of IEEE’s CPMT Society (2011, Electronics Manufacturing Technology Award Recipient). Prior to Cisco, he held a variety of engineering and technical lead positions at HP, as well as research and development positions in the medical products industry.
Brillhart has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois, along with a Masters in Polymers from MIT where he was the recipient of the NASA Graduate Research Award and a Department Graduate Fellowship Award. A widely published author and speaker on process and materials engineering, Brillhart has also earned twelve US patents. Mark lives in San Jose, frequently rides his Harley to work, and plays bass guitar in a blues-rock band.
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