Kathleen Foster Email & Phone Number

Pflugerville, Tx, Us

Pflugerville, Tx, Us

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Developing Python cli app which creates XML to simulate road networks.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Formally known as the Autonomous Vehicle team. Developing a Java desktop app that 1) parses .xlsx files with test steps, binary and xml data files with signals from a car, and database files describing the raw signals in the data. 2) interprets the test cases and data 3) Graphs the data and allows the user to make cosmetic adjustments to the graph. 4) creates a PDF report with general info, the pass/fail status of each test case, the graph, and if a failure occurred, the reasons for the failure. - Personally focusing on the parsing and PDF reporting components.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

- Scrum master of custom UI project, extending Kronos functionality.- Java, JavaScript, Spring development, XML- Point of contact with the Business Analyst for gathering requirements and building User Stories and Tasks in TFS.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Started with Workforce Management team June of 2014. Moved to SWAT March 2016.- Used Adobe Captivate to produce training videos; creating, editing, & providing voice-over audio.- Developing custom Kronos behavior using C++ and XML API calls.Previous roles led to experience with - SharePoint- Microsoft Visio- Quick Test ProfessionalProjects led to exposure to- Joomla! to create new content and/or templates for a subset of GM's career's site- Excel VBA to maintain production code used to track productivity in a subset of GM's plants- WIM (Workforce Integration Manager) to update and create interfaces to interact with Kronos.

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Worked independently on multiple projects including Energia and the Firmware Updater- Ported an infrared library from Arduino to the TI launchpad for the Energia project. - Energia project was based in California; I was the sole contributor in Dallas.- Designed a cross platform USB Firmware Updater for all MSP430 boards with USB capabilities, created a GUI, and learned the material by independent research.

Houston, Tx, Us

- Part of a two-person team creating a Python managed run-time system. - Contributed to maintaining, improving, and creating new parts of the run-time system in C.- Helped design and implement a new language, Medusa, for parallel programming on embedded systems.- Worked with others writing programs to run on the managed run-time system and made adaptations to the existing large code base to meet evolving design criteria.

Houston, Tx, Us

- Part of a 14 person team that built a freshman general engineering class, ENGI 128, taught primarily using robots.- Wrote code, how-to-guides, and assignments for the class; held office hours for students.- Implemented robotic algorithms that were used in the class before the desired outcomes with the software were even known to be possible and while the hardware and run-time system evolved over the summer. - Solely responsible for programming and testing each new design of the hardware on the robots.