Rick Valdes

Rick Valdes has extensive experience in engineering and technical roles, currently serving as Supervisor OEM Field Engineering at Panasonic Avionics Corporation since August 2014, overseeing Boeing IFE integration support. Prior experience includes positions at Emulex as a Principal Applications Engineer, where responsibilities included customer interface management and system simulation. Valdes's earlier roles at National Semiconductor involved training and managing driver maintenance, while contributions at Cogent Data/Adaptec focused on developing high-availability Ethernet drivers. Experience also includes software engineering at Datacom Technologies, with innovations spanning customizable APIs, driver analysis tools, and user interface design for network testing equipment. Educational qualifications include a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington and a certificate in Cloud Computing for AWS.