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Norwood, Ma, Us

Consultant providing real-time software design and implementation on a TI Hercules-based platform using SafeRTOS.

Fort Worth, Tx, Us

Lead (technical) embedded software architect, responsible for design and implementation of a C++ cross platform development framework (using Qt and OpenCV libraries) used for development of video image processing algorithms, and for deploying them on desktop and embedded platforms. The framework/toolkit runs on Windows/Linux desktop and Linux/ARM embedded systems. Also responsible for developing Yocto/Buildroot generated Linux BSP packages along with required Linux kernel mode drivers for a custom board based upon the Altera Cyclone V SOC platform.

Norwood, Ma, Us

Lead (technical) embedded software architect for Instron’s Advanced Video Extensometer Version 2. Responsible for architecture-level design, including ARM-Linux video frame server (Xilinx Zynq SOC), communication to host PC via TCP/IP, host PC processing and video display/control UI. Also responsible for all platform BSP software, Linux device tree script, Linux kernel configuration and generation, root file system generation, and Linux application startup routines.Re-targeted Instron SmartTest components to Linux, and deployed on a Zynq hardware platform (dual ARM Cortex-A9 processors). Demonstrated video transmit to a host PC at a sustained frame rate 100 fps. Also responsible for Yocto/PetaLinux BSP build packages and driver modifications to support the board.Designed and developed a EuroTherm temperature controller driver for Instron’s Bluehill 3 Software. Work included designing a Modbus protocol module along with RS-422 communications support.Ported Instron SmartTest Control System components to MicroC/OS-II, and deployed on a NetBurner hardware platform (32-bit Freescale ColdFire processor). This work also involved design and developing a suite of extension components to allow SmartTest control subsystems to be distributed across a LAN using TCP/IP.Ported Instron SmartTest to the Windows 2000 OS, and worked as a member of the development team to integrate SmartTest into Instron’s flagship Bluehill 3 Material Test Program. Designed and delivered TCP/IP communications extensions to SmartTest and used these extensions to add support for Instron’s 5900 Series Test Frames into Bluehill 3.

Norwood, Ma, Us

Designed and implemented a soft real-time multi-threaded control system for Instron’s Touch Panel system. The control system became known as SmartTest and featured an object-oriented state machine architecture – all code written in C++ targeted for Microsoft Windows CE running on a PXA255 XScale RISC hardware platformCo-developed and delivered the “Instron EFI” DigiLnk-to-TCP/IP protocol converter for Instron’s legacy 5500 product line. The EFI utilizes a Dallas Semiconductor TINI board. All code written in C. Also responsible for all modifications to add software support for the EFI into Bluehill 1.Designed a Bluehill 1 device driver for Instron’s 4400 controller (an IEEE-488 device). Also responsible for the removal of several legacy components in the architecture in order to reduce complexity. All code written in C++.

Billerica, Ma, Us

Designed and developed a state machine-based control system for controlling AS&E's CargoSearch and ParcelSearch X-Ray scanning systems using Visual Studio C++.Designed and implemented a DF-1 protocol module to allow control system access to Allen Bradley PLC devices.

Under contract with Access Solutions International - Developed and delivered a software control system for ASI’s OAS (Optical Archiving System). The control system was responsible for tape emulation - receiving tape mount/unmount commands and data requests from an IBM 370 system and issuing corresponding commands and data requests to the OAS jukebox library. All code written in C++.Under contract with Instron and Lightspeed Entertainment Group - Designed and implemented software components for a closed loop hydraulic control system for LSSI’s Flight Simulator PODs. All code written in C++.

Norwood, Ma, Us

Software engineer on the Merlin Materials Test Software Development team.Designed and implemented several major Merlin software components. All code written in C++ using Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows

Software programmer functioning as a member of the PhotoCD Access programming/development team. PhotoCD Access was the first application to support Kodak's first digital disc format.

• Developed demonstration and training software for an IBM 7535 Robot. (MS-DOS code written in C)• Designed software to extract and analyze data from Tomahawk Cruise Missile telemetry• Designed an automated optical card reading system using Kofax scanning equipment (All code written in C for the Windows 1.01b OS)