About Stan
Stan Schekall has built his career on combining traditional electronics with advanced computing. Since 2016 he has led GF Hi-Tech, a Silicon Valley product development company, as Chief Executive Officer and Engineering Project Lead.
His days are hands-on: talking with clients about their projects, managing work to deadlines, writing software and designing circuit boards. His recent work focuses on where artificial intelligence meets conventional electronics, as computers take on more of the job of controlling electronic systems.
Before GF Hi-Tech he held engineering roles at Lockheed Missiles and Space, Seagate Technology, Intrinsix, Qualcomm, Nano Integrated Solutions and Evans Analytical Group.
Notable work
Jasper Display · around 2020
A compact system that handled HDMI video processing on one field-programmable gate array, giving real-time image processing through a single HDMI cable to a display. Built on flexible Verilog code with an ARM processor, in a device about the size of a deck of cards. The work contributed to the company's acquisition.
Redwire · current consulting
Consulting on a government spacecraft microsatellite project with Redwire, a company under contract to NASA. His part is designing the systems that let the satellite operate with artificial intelligence, so that it can manage many of its own functions in orbit.
Method Mobility · the Wheelchair Project
Helped design a wheelchair that users steer and move simply by leaning, intended for people with limited hand movement, including those with paraplegia.
Seagate Technology · 1995
As an ASIC engineer at Seagate he earned a US patent for correcting header information in magnetic disk drives, an early sign of a long interest in making electronic systems more reliable.
GF Hi-Tech, Inc.
GF Hi-Tech provides circuit design, PCB layout, embedded design and FPGA development, from prototype to production.
System architecture, analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits, high-speed and high-density layout, design for EMC.
AVR, ARM and Xilinx Zynq hardware; Linux device drivers and bare-metal firmware; motion control and battery management.
IP core design, simulation, hardware verification, debugging and timing closure.
“Stan grabs on to new problems with study and diligence and doesn't let go till it's solved.”
“Stan is very dedicated, focused, and very knowledgeable in the [field] of Application Test Development.”
Quoted from the GF Hi-Tech website.
Career
GF Hi-Tech, Santa Clara, California
Evans Analytical Group, now Eurofins EAG Laboratories
AVR, ARM and FPGA based test systems.
Nano Integrated Solutions
Prototype designs.
Qualcomm
Developed a GPS ASIC module for use in cellphone ASICs.
Intrinsix, now Cadence Design Systems
ASIC design projects.
Seagate Technology
US patent, 1995, for correcting header information in magnetic disk drives.
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Focus: image processing and digital communication
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has written technical articles published through IEEE.
He expects artificial intelligence to play a growing role in electronic systems, and his work continues to focus on helping computers manage and control complex technology.
Gallery
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Contact
GF Hi-Tech is taking on new client projects in circuit design, embedded systems and FPGA development. Send Stan a note and he will reply by email.