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Kumar Venkat's CV
Summary
- Primary areas of interest and expertise: Modeling, simulation, analysis, optimization,
and software/database development for environmental performance and electronic
design.
- Specific application domains with extensive experience and expertise:
- Environmental performance analysis and optimization: life-cycle assessment
(LCA), including carbon footprint and resource-use analysis for
products/services; resource productivity optimization; supply chain energy-use and carbon emissions; and freight transport emissions.
- Electronic design automation: timing analysis, noise analysis, static analysis techniques.
- 27 years of broad experience in the design and development of leading-edge computer software and hardware products, as well as in project leadership.
- Includes 16 years operating small businesses providing innovative electronic design automation and
environmental performance solutions.
- Experienced in a variety of programming languages and simulation software.
- Master's degree in electrical and computer engineering. Graduate certificate in computer modeling and simulation.
- Extensive technical and freelance publications, and two patents.
Experience
- 12/07 - present: President & Chief Technologist,
CleanMetrics Corp., Portland, OR
- Providing life-cycle assessment, value chain analysis and resource flow
analysis/optimization software,
databases and solutions for environmental performance and sustainability.
See
company overview, products, solutions and customers.
- Recent software development work includes developing web applications for
ASP.NET, delivering complex analytical solutions with easy-to-use web
interfaces.
- Recent product innovations:
- 09/95 – 12/07: President & Chief Technologist,
Surya Technologies, Inc., Cupertino, CA & Portland, OR
- Provided state-of-the-art electronic design automation (EDA) software for modeling, analysis, simulation, optimization and verification of large integrated circuit designs.
- Software
tools and
technologies delivered to customers include: timing analyzer, design rules/constraints verifier, signal coupling and noise analyzer, timing optimizer, and timing-driven design partitioner.
- Programming languages and platforms used for software development: C, C++, Yacc, Lex, Perl, UNIX, Linux.
- Key customers in the US, Japan and India: Advanced Micro Devices, Equator Technologies, C-Cube Microsystems, Seiko Instruments, 3Dfx Interactive, Fujitsu Microelectronics, CadMOS Design Technology (now part of Cadence), Procket Networks, ReShape, SII EDA Technologies, Atrenta, and JEDAT Innovation.
- 06/91 - 8/95: Member of Technical Staff & Project Leader, Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA
- Led a software R&D team in the development of a new gate-and-transistor-level static timing verifier that includes a number of innovative features. Developed detailed timing models for electronic circuits at the transistor and gate levels. Directed and participated in a 2-year software development project. This tool has been used to analyze/verify large standard-cell and custom integrated circuit designs.
- Led a hardware design team in the development of a high-bandwidth memory subsystem for SGI's Challenge multiprocessor server systems. Responsible for two large ASICs and complex system design. Also, developed CAD methodology and tools to support/enhance testability, timing analysis and design rule checking. Received a US patent for part of this work.
- 06/89 - 06/91: Member of Technical Staff, Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA
- Designed a secondary cache-controller chip for Sun's SuperSparc microprocessor. Also, designed the scan/JTAG test logic for the chip. Contributed to CAD methodology including timing analysis, synthesis and circuit verification. Received a US patent for part of this work.
- 03/88 - 06/89: Senior Design Engineer, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA
- Member of the 486 microprocessor design team. Responsible for processor architecture issues, microcode development, architecture/microcode verification, and verification tools.
- 03/85 - 03/88: Systems Engineer, Reflectone Inc., Tampa, FL
- 06/84 - 02/85: Design Engineer, Dynamic Computer Architecture, St. Petersburg, FL
Education
- 1/05 – 3/06: Portland State University, Portland, OR
- Graduate Certificate in Computer Modeling and Simulation. Focus: System dynamics, discrete-event simulation, agent-based simulation, optimization, and statistical analysis. Used software tools such as Vensim, Arena, NetLogo, and MATLAB. GPA: 4.0.
- 1/99 – 12/99: University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Undergraduate and graduate courses in the natural sciences. Focus: Biology, biochemistry and ecology. Grades: A's.
- 9/88 – 3/90: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Graduate courses in electrical/computer engineering. Focus: VLSI design and parallel computer architectures. Grades: A's.
- 8/85 – 12/87: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Graduate courses in electrical engineering. Focus: Digital communication systems and digital signal processing. GPA: 4.0.
- 1/83 – 8/84: University of Texas, El Paso, TX
- 7/77 – 5/82: University of Madras, India
- BS in Electrical Engineering. Grade: Honors.
Publications
- Technical Reports and Working Papers
- Book Chapters
- Food Transportation Issues and Reducing the Carbon Footprint, in
Green
Technologies in Food Production and Processing (ed: Y.
Arcand & J. Boye), Springer, 2012.
- Emergence of Networks in Distance-Constrained Trade, in
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems (ed: A. Minai, et al),
Springer, 2010.
- Enhancing the Environmental Performance of Supply Chains, in
Positive Development: from vicious circles to virtuous cycles through built environment design
(ed: J. Birkeland), Earthscan Publishers, 2008.
- Technical Articles - Environmental Performance and Sustainability
- Is There a Leaner Way to Footprint?, GreenBiz, 2012.
- Six Lesser-Known Climate Facts,
Environmental Leader, 2012.
- 3 Ways to Get Ahead of Climate Change, Without Ditching Oil (Yet), GreenBiz, 2012.
- Resource Efficiency vs. Carbon Reduction, Environmental Leader, 2011.
- Climate Change and the Consumption Trap, GreenBiz, 2011.
- Will 10 Billion of Us Have Enough to Eat?, Sustainable Business Oregon, 2011.
- Closing the Materials Loop, Environmental Leader, 2011.
- The Anatomy of Food Waste,
Environmental Leader, 2011.
- Scope 3: Pivoting to Material Efficiency, Environmental Leader, 2011.
- Is Sustainability All about the Supply Chain?,
Environmental Leader, 2011.
- Framing the Food Sustainability Challenge,
Environmental Leader, 2011.
- Waste Not: The Case for Material Efficiency, Sustainable Industries, 2011.
- Research Papers - Environmental Performance and Sustainability
-
Measuring the Effects of Food Carbon Footprint Training on Consumers,
Sustainability: The Journal of Record, 2009.
- The Energy and Carbon Intensity of Wine Distribution: A Study of Logistical Options for Delivering Wine to Consumers,
Journal of Cleaner Production 2009.
- Institutional Food Footprint: The Impact of Food Packaging, Waste, and Transportation, Third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists, 2009.
- Red, White and Green: Investigating the Energy Intensity of Wine Distribution, International Conference on Business and Sustainability, November 2007.
- Determining the Effects of a Food Carbon Footprint Training Tool on Consumer Knowledge, Transfer Intentions, and Environmental Self-Efficacy, International Conference on Business and Sustainability, November 2007.
- Greening the Supply Chain: Improving Carbon Emissions in the Distribution of Food and Beverages, INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007.
- Analyzing and Optimizing the Environmental Performance of Supply Chains, ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, July 2007.
- An Agent-Based Model of Trade with Distance-Based Transaction Cost, Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 2006.
- Is Lean Necessarily Green?, 50th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, July 2006.
- Emergence of Networks in Distance-Constrained Trade, InterJournal & International Conference on Complex Systems, June 2006.
- Using Simulation to Understand and Optimize a Lean Service Process, Spring Simulation MultiConference, April 2006.
- Research Papers - Electronic Design and Computer Architecture
- Timing Verification of Dynamic Circuits, IEEE Journal of Solid-state Circuits, Vol. 31, Issue 3, March 1996.
- Timing Verification of Dynamic Circuits, Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, May 1995.
- Follow these guidelines to design testable ASICs, boards and systems, EDN, August 19, 1993.
- Generalized Delay Optimization of Resistive Interconnections Through an Extension of Logical Effort, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 1993.
- A Structured Design for Test Methodology, 11th IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, April 1993.
- ATPG Tools are a Varied Lot, Electronic Engineering Times, September 21, 1992.
- Analysis of Ring, Cube and Tree Multimicrocomputer Systems, IEEE Region 5 Conference, April 1986.
- A Monitor for a Dynamic Multicomputer System, First International Conference on Supercomputing Systems, December 1985.
- Other Writings - Technology, Globalization and Sustainability
-
Sustainable consumption: For all our ingenuity, it still comes down to using
less, The Oregonian, 2011.
- Modernization of India Leaves Most of Its People Behind, San Jose Mercury News, 2005.
- The Hidden Costs of Comparative Advantage, GreenBiz, 2005.
- The Trouble with Sustainability, The Oregonian, 2004.
- Choosing the Right Technologies, GreenBiz, 2004.
- We Need a Balanced View of Productivity, San Jose Mercury News, 2004.
- What Kind of Productivity Do We Need?, GreenBiz, 2004.
- Free Trade: Benefit or Peril for the Environment?, GreenBiz, 2004.
- Global Trade = Global Warming, Salon, 2003.
- Global Trade and Climate Change, GreenBiz & ClimateBiz, 2003.
- Globalization's Unanswered Questions, Common Dreams News Center, 2003.
- Beware the Life Cycle of 'Recycled', The Christian Science Monitor, 2003.
- Making Globalization Work, Business Line,
2003.
- Thinking Small: Globalization and the Choice of Technology, Orion Online, 2003.
- Can Small Still Be Beautiful?, The Christian Science Monitor, 2003.
- Can Silicon Valley Stay Relevant?, San Jose Mercury News, 2002.
- Combatting E-waste, San Francisco Chronicle,
2002.
- Deadly Distraction - Kashmir Conflict Bleeds Two Poor Nations, Pacific News Service, 2002.
- Delving into the Digital Divide, IEEE Spectrum, 2002.
- Digital Divide and Poverty, Journal of Poverty, 2001.
- The Consumption Trap, Business Line, 2001.
- Linking Global Warming to the Energy Crisis, San Francisco Chronicle, 2001.
- Wrong Solution: Technology is Not What the Third World Hungers For, San Jose Mercury News, 2001.
- Blog:
Green Metrics, Clean Metrics-
Columnist:
GreenBiz and
Environmental
Leader
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