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Kitsune was founded in 1995 as a sole proprietorship after my career accumulated
19 years of experience, with 13 years operating as a consultant either
independently or through an agency. My skills were initially based in the
fields of Electronic and Semiconductor Engineering, but evolved to include
Computer Engineering out of necessity. If I wanted my chip topology designs
backed up daily, I'd have to back them up myself. I leveraged task automation
to allow myself to be unburdened by needing to perform both design engineering
and system administration. This, combined with my view that Electronic
Engineering and Computer Engineering are opposite sides of the same coin,
permitted me to build a career with a broad range of interdependent and
interconnected skills, hardware & software from atoms through to the
Internet.
My complete employment and consulting work history, covering 1976 through to the present, is available on my LinkedIn profile:
The name, Kitsune, which is Japanese for Fox, was inspired by colleagues who described my work as bordering on magic. Since Japanese myths consider the Fox magical, I felt the association would convey an appropriate image for my business. The Fox and Fox & Stars versions of the logo that appear on this site were created by an artist and long time friend, Teanna Byerts. The stars convey boundless potential and, in keeping with the Fox theme, the pattern is an approximation of the brighter stars from the astronomical constellation Vulpecula. More of Teanna's work is available for view from her web site http://www.swordwhale.com/ and Teanna's LinkedIn profile is:
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Where most electronic engineers would be lost without their oscilloscopes, my
semiconductor engineering experience taught me to value the current versus
voltage display of a curve tracer. Combined with an understanding of junction
variability, I learned quickly that component value ratios are more significant
than the absolute values or tolerances. This has been bolstered by my work in
consumer electronic product design where component cost, assembly line time,
and long term product performance make calibration operations prohibitive.
Statistical analysis, both for component selection and circuit design becomes
critical to ensure that the product will operate as the client specified when
manufactured and years later.
This does not imply that my electronics bench lacks an oscilloscope, I actually have two and they sit right next to my curve tracer. Combined with other instruments and a computer workstation dedicated to electronic engineering, circuit simulation and design, CAD/CAM, and embedded processor software development, I'm able to handle what ever a client chooses to challenge me with. On the computer engineering side, I have a LAN supporting connectivity between multiple workstations, and bank of Sun Microsystems Solaris servers hosting a combined 1.5 TB of disk space. This provides a complete development and data processing environment for UNIX applications and web site development. Production web sites are served from a Houston Texas based data center. Please take the time to read through this web site. If you have any questions, please contact us, our Kitsune.tel lists every method practical. It is my hope that you will be comfortable knowing that Kitsune can deliver your technological solutions. I'm looking forward to you choosing Kitsune as your source for high tech magic. Thank you for your time. To return to our Home Page, please Click Here |
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