MARS ATHENA RODRIGUEZ_206 West Murphy Avenue,_ _Santa Ana,

California 92707_ _Tel: 714-225-6277 Email: _mr63f58a@westpost.net_ Fax:

210-855-6180_

Objective
Seeking an opportunity to return to the work force through a System,
Project engineering/management, and/or Technical Writer position that
will utilize my recent graduate education and prior leadership and
engineering experience that will play a key role leading the
execution of project development where adding work value we can make
a difference to our country and to the world.
Background Summary

Offering a Master in Public Administration (MPA), Master in Network

and Communications Management (MNCM), Master in Project Management
(MPM), Master in Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Minor in Astronomy, US citizenship,
technical writing, and over ten years experience investigating
technical problems, creating solutions, testing hypothesis and ideas,
implementing new product development and the enhancement of existing
products and procedures. Possess unique and diverse technical,
scientific, administrative, investigative capabilities in product
design & development, design engineering/tools and laboratory
research/instrumentation. Demonstrated strong initiative, the ability
to work independently and as part of a team. Recognized for having
high moral values, strong work quality and ethics, good decision
making, detail orientation, proactive, flexible, and strong
organizational skills. Excellent written and oral communication
skills in English and Spanish. Computer literate on Microsoft and
UNIX.

TECHNICAL & INSTRUMENTATION SKILLS

HP Network Analyzer, HP Spectrum Analyzer, Astronomical Instruments,
Curve tracer, ImagePro, SPICE Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft
Project, JMP, SPC, PROMIS, DMS, Technical Writing, Introductory C and
Java Programming, UNIX, UNIX System Administration, DOS, AutoCAD,
MicroStation (Intergraph), VISIO, Machining Tools, HP84000 and other
in-house test stations, and most standard Test & Measurement
Laboratory Instrumentation.

EDUCATION

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT (MPA 04/24/2010)

MASTER OF NETWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT (MNCM 03/01/2009)
 MASTER OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT (MPM 08/31/2008)
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA 12/24/2006)
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University, Irvine,
California
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering / Minor in Astronomy
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA /
Electrical Engineering, (course work only)
Professional Experience

MARSIAN INTERNATIONAL, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

2002 a" Present
Technical Writer & Special Projects Consultant
Organized, planned, coordinated, created, wrote, edited and
translated documents from English into Spanish and Spanish into
English in areas of technical, scientific, marketing promotional
materials, and documents for private citizens and professionals.

CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC., NEWBURY PARK, CALIFORNIA

2000 a" 2001RF Product Engineer, MEMBER OF THE WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION (WCD) PRODUCT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
Responsible for a CDMA Power Amplifiers (GaAs HBT Process) and GPS
front end receivers (GaAs CMD Process) product families. This
included working at wafer level and final package levels in a
cross-functional teams representing Design, Processing, Testing,
Applications, Marketing, Packaging, Reliability, and Quality design
teams transferring and set-up of new developed products to assure the
products can be manufactured in high volumes, reducing cost, ensuring
proper documentation, statistical data analysis, and continuous
improvement throughout the product life cycle.Provided product
engineering support to subcontractors, analyzed yields and developed
product enhancement. Correlation of system to ATE for valid
production test. Prevented product with intermittent parametric
behavior reached customer. Performed a series of experiments to
identify root cause of intermittent failure and ensure reliability.
Elaborated corrective and enhancement actions and procedures, and
expedited processes to avoid shipment delay to customers. Provided
sustaining Product Engineering, technical troubleshooting of product
issues, detailed documentation and data analysis which continually
improved quality, and enhanced yields throughout the products life
cycle.

HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY, (HP) SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA

 1997 a" 1999
GPS PROJECT ENGINEER (Manufacturing Development Engineer)
MEMBER OF THE TIMING MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT of the Santa Clara Division. Responsible
for an OEM GPS Timing Receiver for a CDMA base station and GPS (RF)
commercial products. Improved yields from 50% to 99 % on a commercial
product by modifying its circuit design. Regained credibility for HP
company at customer side.
NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION (NPI) ENGINEER: Served as the focal point
between R&D and Manufacturing. Led the Manufacturing Team to
successfully develop the manufacturing process for the new products.
Project leader for the manufacturing activities. Led the Pre-Release
Action Team (PRAT) meetings and successfully released the GPS Timing
Receiver into manufacturing in a timely manner. Provided product
project status highlights of the Team to upper management. Team
improved quality of Turn-ON test rates from 29% to 80% within two
months. Established controlled procedures and provided training to
aid quality process and fully compliance with ISO9002 requirements.

LOCKHEED MARTIN FAIRCHILD DEFENSE SYSTEMS (LMFDS) MILPITAS,

CALIFORNIA
1995 - 1997CCD Product Engineer FOR CAMERA DESIGN & TEST
ENGINEERING, SCIENTISTS, DEVICE, QUALITY, & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENTS.
Provided technical support to the Characterization of Area CCDs (4K
& 2K) including certification and validation of in-house CCD test
stations in an ISO9001 environment. Developed and implemented test
algorithms for color and black & white devices. Developed Data
Sheets, technical and cosmetic defect specifications in support of
marketing for commercial CCD485, CCD443A, & CCD442A. Provided
customer support. Wrote and validated test procedures. Identified
technical problems related to the devices and final test systems.
Trained operators to perform test and continuously supervised their
work. Obtained, analyzed, and contributed to yield enhancements and
minimized customer returns. Improved and generated yield data that
helped other departments to write proposals and compute financial
costs for new programs. Served as liaison between the Society for
Optical Instrumentation (SPIE) and LMFDS.

INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMA/OAN/UNAM, ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA

1992 - 1993
ELECTRONIC ENGINEER FOR ASTRONOMY
Contributed to the installation, operation, and maintenance of
astronomical instrumentation for the astronomer in turn at the
observatory. Constructed a detailed technical inventory and
refurbishment of all the instrumentation associated with the
"Observatorio Astronmico Nacional" of the "Universidad Nacional
Autnoma de Mxico"; Including telescopes, optics, control consoles,
spectrographs, photometers, infrared systems, CTD devices [CCDs & CID
(NICMOSIII)], and CTDs cameras systems. Submitted this inventory in
two published technical reports.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY / ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT, SAN DIEGO,

CALIFORNIA
Fall 1991
NOISE MEASUREMENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Investigated performance and operation of an HP Spectrum Analyzer.
Designed noise measurement circuit and performed noise floor
measurements on electronic devices and spectrum analyzer. Detected
noise measurement malfunction from initial design and manufacture.
Operated software to transfer data from the spectrum analyzers into a
PC. Produced a manual of instructions on noise measurement performance
and data transfer for scientist use. Submitted documentation of noise
measurements and spectrum analyzer's defect to the manufacturer.

PUBLICATIONS

WORLD BEAT: MEXICO, Marco A. Moreno-Corral, Mars A. Rodrguez,

Mercury Magazine; The Journal of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific - Nov./Dec. 1995 - Vol. 24 No. 6
http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9506/mexico.html
SEEING IS BELIEVING, Mars A. Rodrguez, Marco A. Moreno-Corral,
Mercury Magazine; The Journal of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific - May/June 1997 - Vol. 26 No. 3
http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9703/contents.html

Languages
English & Spanish (fluent in written and oral communications)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Member of Madison Who's Who 2010

Professional Affiliations
The Project Management Institute (PMI)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE member)
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP Member and Author)
The National Space Society (NSS) The Planetary Society (TPS)
The Mars Society (MS)
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

REFERENCES AVAILABLE