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- Developed and debugged low power embedded software for a TI MSP430.- Designed, developed and debugged state machines that drove the Z-Wave wireless protocol to monitor and control Z-Wave enabled thermostats on a Microchip PIC32MX.- Lead customer through the Z-Wave certification process.- Wrote manufacturing functional test for Z-Wave communications module.- Designed, developed and debugged state machines for a new product that uses a Microchip dsPic33 to control multiple relays. This device used the Microchip MiWi wireless protocol to receive commands and return status and configuration.

Embedded Networking GroupAs a founding member of APC's Embedded Networking Group, I was responsible for the day-to-day activities of firmware design, implementation and debug of APC's embedded networking products.Responsibilities:- Integration, maintenance and enhancement of a 3rd party dual stack embedded IPv4/IPv6 protocol suite.- Integration, maintenance and enhancement of a 3rd party crypto-library. Consultant on Internet security issues.- Integration, maintenance and enhancement of a 3rd party embedded SNMPv3 protocol engine. This included defining APC's MIB.- Integration, maintenance and enhancement of a 3rd party Web server.- Maintain and enhance a 3rd party real-time, multi-tasking, embedded kernel for an x86 like architecture.- Supervised 5 junior engineers.- Technical consultant for product managers and technical support teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer, my primary responsibilities were to design and develop real-time embedded application firmware for Gtech's lottery terminals.Responsibilities:Designed, wrote and maintained firmware for a real-time embedded point-of -sales terminal running on a 68010 platform written in C.Wrote firmware for a proprietary terminal management system.

Designed, wrote and maintained embedded real-time firmware written in ASM for a SCSI optical jukebox running on a Motorola 68010.

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Worked on a team that migrated Prime's proprietary operating system to a new proprietary hardware platform. My primary responsibilities were for task and memory management.

Identified issues and debugged Wang's proprietary operating system.Wrote test plans and implemented tests for Wang's OS.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Applied Mathematics

High School Diploma