Alan Doss Email & Phone Number

I am a Software Engineer that is passionate about solving problems with code. I enjoy solving problems that people believe cannot be solved. I have a knack for locating bugs, and fixing them. I have spent my career in a process oriented. industry, and understand the life cycle.

Listed skills include C++, C, Opengl, Microsoft Visual Studio C++, and 11 others.

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  Senior Principle Engineer

  Honeywell Aerospace

  May 1991 - Dec 2014 - Phoenix, Arizona Area

  Flight Deck Communications Function for Boeing 777- Wrote Built-In Test in assembly language- Rewrote Fault Reporting from huge ADA case statement to a table driven algorithmGround Based Software Tool for Boeing 777- Developed Database Schema for WYSIWYG editor on SUN UNIX Workstation in Ingres Windows4GL- Wrote function to convert database data into a binary file to be loaded on aircraft in CAvionic Displays for Boeing 737- Developed Engine Pages using ADA- Developed Attitude Direction Indicator- Developed Mach Airspeed IndicatorGraphics Assembler Tool- Wrote portable C code to generate display list to be loaded into graphics chip- Ported code from UNIX system to VAX system.Ground Based Software Tool for Communication Management Unit- Ported code from UNIX system to Windows- Rewrote WYSIWYG editor from graphic widgets to Multifunction Control Display Unit editorGraphic Chip Emulation- Wrote an emulation of the Boeing 737 graphics chip using C++ and OpenGL- Hooked emulation to Integrated Development Environment to eliminate the need for hardwareModel Based Development Tool Suite- Wrote WYSIWYG editor to develop interactive displays- Wrote simulation window for Designer Workbench models and Widget models- Wrote tool to communicate data from one model to another in C++ using mailbox and shared memory- Wrote add-on for Microsoft Flight Sim to feed data into tool suiteHeads-Up Displays for Boeing MD-10- Wrote logic and graphics in C and OpenGL- Wrote test programs to exercise the graphics chip during manufacturing testVideo Processing for Orion Orbiter- Wrote software for the ARM processor to interface with several firmware programs- Wrote program to interface with the Ethernet to get video dataSynthetic Vision System- Wrote software to display airport details on the 3D terrain- Wrote windows tool to move the position of the aircraft to allow testing- Wrote windows tool to playback flight test data to test defects and new functionality

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  Arizona State University

  Computer Science