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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Production, design, and development of a data insight platform:Leveraged the customer application and invoicing processes to generate key business metrics and provide a software offering of industry trends in Life Sciences for investors, sponsors, and partnersResponsible for UI/UX design, requirements gathering, technology selection and software design of the full stackProduction, project management, and Information Design of the full customer experience including seven user… Show more Production, design, and development of a data insight platform:Leveraged the customer application and invoicing processes to generate key business metrics and provide a software offering of industry trends in Life Sciences for investors, sponsors, and partnersResponsible for UI/UX design, requirements gathering, technology selection and software design of the full stackProduction, project management, and Information Design of the full customer experience including seven user typesPartnered with a company in India and led the ten person Agile team in the full software development process Show less

Cambridge, Ma

Built the flagship software platform for the upcoming release to be named. Unified the software development and wrote all of the software process. Managed SQA, Embedded, Front End, Back End, and Platform Software teams to deliver a data and monitoring platform for AGVs, Robots, and Forklifts. Stabilized and built automation for the on board embedded SOC that performs localization and sensor fusion for mobile vehicles. Built the SQA organization and delivered quality software on time and on… Show more Built the flagship software platform for the upcoming release to be named. Unified the software development and wrote all of the software process. Managed SQA, Embedded, Front End, Back End, and Platform Software teams to deliver a data and monitoring platform for AGVs, Robots, and Forklifts. Stabilized and built automation for the on board embedded SOC that performs localization and sensor fusion for mobile vehicles. Built the SQA organization and delivered quality software on time and on budget with very little direction from management. Outsourced development to teams in India to increase velocity and decrease development costs. Show less

Biorad Digital Biology Center Cambridge

Leadership: Appointed Head of Software soon after ‘GnuBio’ was bought by BioRad. Grew the department to a 20-person team. Developed ISO certified production software for a groundbreaking DNA sequencing platform.Developed an FDA ready software process from scratch and prepared the documentation package for a 510k submission successfully defended at the FDA in Washington, DC.Implemented a lean ISO 13485 certified process and defended it in several audits.As a member of… Show more Leadership: Appointed Head of Software soon after ‘GnuBio’ was bought by BioRad. Grew the department to a 20-person team. Developed ISO certified production software for a groundbreaking DNA sequencing platform.Developed an FDA ready software process from scratch and prepared the documentation package for a 510k submission successfully defended at the FDA in Washington, DC.Implemented a lean ISO 13485 certified process and defended it in several audits.As a member of the executive team, fought for and created agile process throughout the organization and significantly increased development velocity.Ran the department cost effectively by using open source tools and scientific packages.Designed and executed two major in-house web applications using a team in India:An instrument-run management platform that automatically imports runs from the instruments.A manufacturing floor management system with separate login screens and workflows for technician, manager, quality inspector, and administrator roles.Systems Architecture and Design: Architected, designed, and led teams to implement a full simulation of the instrument using fake hardware components that server real images and readings to the pure software components. Leveraged it to develop new features rapidly, develop a fully automated testing suite, and execute regression tests.Architected, designed, and implemented a control system for a ‘lab on a chip’ microfluidic device. Ported a full real-time analysis pipeline to run on the instrument and provide live results as the run progresses. Technical Contributions:Wrote the entire microcontroller firmware for a custom board with a master-slave system using I2C, SPI, and serial communications.Designed, developed, and executed a full automated test suite for hundreds of requirements. Show less

Natick, Ma

Created a one-man department in a startup company developing C++ applications for embedded Linux, including responsibility for a system that collects information from every power circuit in a commercial building.C++ Object Oriented Architecture of a system with multiple communications protocols:RS 232 from a Linux box to a power line modemPower line communications to data routing devicesRS 485 network of energy metering sensorsDesigned and developed C++… Show more Created a one-man department in a startup company developing C++ applications for embedded Linux, including responsibility for a system that collects information from every power circuit in a commercial building.C++ Object Oriented Architecture of a system with multiple communications protocols:RS 232 from a Linux box to a power line modemPower line communications to data routing devicesRS 485 network of energy metering sensorsDesigned and developed C++ applications:Discovery of up to 1000 networked devicesSynchronization using the AC power as a time baseServicing high priority alerts (such as a breaker trips) resulting in emails to the customerPacketized remote firmware update over the sensor networkCollection of energy and dynamic feedback of parametersCollection of oscilloscope-like traces of interesting power usageData crunching algorithm for predicting, interpolating and extrapolating power usageScientific analysis of waveforms using ROOT (open source MATLAB). Show less

Framingham, Ma

Designed and developed embedded applications and device drivers for audio/video products. Worked on small one-man projects and large projects with up to sixty engineers.Acting project manager for a 10-person team including software quality personnel, 3rd party vendors and internal marketing to explore new digital radio solutions.Transferred a proprietary IR remote-control learning technology from research to product development.Wrote hardware independent drivers for NXP and ST… Show more Designed and developed embedded applications and device drivers for audio/video products. Worked on small one-man projects and large projects with up to sixty engineers.Acting project manager for a 10-person team including software quality personnel, 3rd party vendors and internal marketing to explore new digital radio solutions.Transferred a proprietary IR remote-control learning technology from research to product development.Wrote hardware independent drivers for NXP and ST digital radio tuners, as well as DAB radio. Implementation ran on five Bose products all with different hardware architectures.Developed an object-oriented C++ graphics system for a hard drive based music system similar to Pandora.Designed a C++ state pattern state machine iPod driver for a home entertainment system that allowed users to navigate and control their iPods.Implemented an IR Waveform Driver that transmits hundreds of TV, VCR, DVD player, and cable boxes signals to control third party devices. Show less