Perry

2018

 
 
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NAME  Perry Lea


LOCATION  Boise, Idaho


TITLE  Director / Distinguished Technologist (Principal Technologist)


PROFESSION   Computer Engineering


BLOG SUBJECTS  IoT, Sensor Networks, Non Von-Neumann Architectures, High Performance Imaging, Fly Fishing, Embedded Systems, Biking,  Heterogeneous Chip Multi-Processor Architectures, Travel, Nano-fabrication, Skiing, Music, and Annoyances

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Wow, I haven’t visited this site in 2 years!  My own site.  Time to clean up.

Glad you stumbled onto this page.  Here’s a little bit about me:


My current role is Technical Director of Cradlepoint.  Cradlepoint (www.cradlepoint.com) is a manufacturer of networking hardware and cloud managed software.  They specialize in LTE communications and edge routing.  My role is building a technology and a business around IoT and edge/fog compute. 


Previously, I was director and Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Micron Technology.  Micron is a manufacturer of DRAM and NAND memory devices.  I was brought on to lead a team in a new paradigm of massively parallel computing that would take advantage of computing in memory and enjoy the power and cost advantage over all other forms of compute.  I am especially interested in its application to machine learning, computer vision, imaging, and big data analytics.   My former work was the principal architect for Hewlett Packard LaserJet R&D labs.  I specialize in deeply embedded systems, heterogeneous multicore processing, high performance imaging, and operating system internals.   My work has been successfully deployed in over 69 HP imaging products to date.  I graduated in 1994 with a BS in computer science and a physics minor from Wisconsin.  While working I obtained a MS in
computer engineering and a post graduate Engineers Degree in electrical engineering.  I also am an active member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and the ACM.  My graduate work involved designing heterogeneous multicore SOCs and associated discrete event simulations.  I have also worked on nanoscale fabrication and synthesis of field effect devices using carbon nanotube spindts.  Other graduate work involved the analysis of heavy tailed distributions in ethernet traffic.


I spend my off time fly-fishing Idaho rivers, mountain biking Idaho mountains, and traveling to places not in Idaho.  I’m married to Dawn.  We met in 1989 in college when I was a DJ at an industrial nightclub in Milwaukee. We tied the knot in 1998 back in Milwaukee.  Since then we have spent a good deal of time traveling and adventuring.


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Stay classy.


 

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