Michael P. Beakes

Michael P. Beakes (Member, IEEE) received the B.A. degree in physics from SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, USA, the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA, in 1980, and the M.S. degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, in 1984. He retired from his position as a Senior Scientist at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, in 2021. Throughout his 41-year career at IBM, he concurrently played the roles of a Designer, a Methodology/Tools Developer, and a Team Leader for the RF/Analog/Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit (IC) Design Community. He is also a mentor and an advisor for grade school and high school technology and robotics programs.