ABOUT OPTIMUM
Pushing technology boundaries isn’t our aspiration; it’s our day-to-day.
For over 30 years, Optimum has been privileged to collaborate with a wide variety of amazing customers. And we continually strive to be their most valuable asset for Electronic Design & Engineering services.
When it comes to today’s technologies of RF/ High-Speed Digital/ Analog/ Power integrity, Mixed-Signal and downstream manufacturing, we’re process driven and creatively motivated. Our innovative methodologies are tightly integrated with documented standards and guidelines to ensure the highest quality deliverables and customer satisfaction.






Our customer’s demands are our demands. Our customer’s success is our success.
We are passionate
We absolutely love what we do. And we wouldn’t be doing anything else.
We are professional
We are proactive
History of success
Optimum Design Associates was founded in 1991 by Nick Barbin and Roger Hileman as a PCB design service bureau located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ten years later, in 2001, Optimum extended its reach into Australia with the acquisition of EDA Technologies and renamed it to Optimum Design Associates Australia with Brendon Parise as its director. Seven years later saw further expansion with its acquisition of Rock Solid Design, located in San Jose to bolster its tool and design capabilities. Over the past 30 years, seven Optimum designers have competed and have won the coveted PCB Top Gun award. Today, Optimum has grown to over fifty engineers and designers located throughout the US and Australia.
LEADERSHIP

Nick Barbin
CEO/Co-Founder

Roger Hileman
CFO/Co-Founder

Jason Petras
Director of Engineering

Scott Nance
Director of PCB Design

Brendon Parise
Director of PCB Design | Australia

Linda Cahill-Arklay
PCB Layout Project Manager

Randy Holt
PCB Layout Design Manager

Mason Parrone
ECAD Library Manager

Patrick Tam
IT Manager

Tara Dhupelia
Accounting Manager
Team

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Job Title
TEAM

Adam Nance
Sr. PCB Designer

Brian Noble
PCB Project Manager

Carol Rasmussen
Sr. PCB Designer

Chad Glein
Sr. PCB Designer

Chris Horn
Sr. PCB Designer

Danny Hukill
Sr. PCB Designer

Darin Holt
Valor/DFM Specialist

David Wyskiel
Sr. Hardware/FPGA Engineer

Derrick Good
Sr. PCB Designer

Gus Snyder
Sr. PCB Designer

Hieu Dang
Sr. Hardware Engineer

Hunter Green
PCB Libarian

Jim Dalton
Sr. PCB Designer

John Babcock
Sr. PCB Designer

John Girvan
Sr. PCB Designer

Juliet Wang
Sr. PCB Designer

Justin Parise
Library Quality Manager

Kandi Fulmer
Sr. PCB Designer

Mark Gutierrez
Sr. PCB Designer

Mathew Kyle
Sr. PCB Designer

Mike Beard
Sr. PCB Designer

Nicholas Mack
Electrical Engineer / Sr. PCB Designer

Paul Cahill-Arklay
Sr. PCB Designer

Rick Dachauer
Sr. PCB Designer

Robert Pierce
Sr. PCB Designer

Ryan Krsacok
Sr. PCB Designer

Tim Neihouse
Sr. PCB Librarian

Tom Stout
Sr. PCB Designer
