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Carthage, Missouri, US

St. Louis, MO, US

Embedded Systems R&D of Life Safety Products, e. g.: Industrial Fire Suppression Systems

Hands-on R&D of electronics and firmware for VR (Virtual Reality) in a LBE (Location Based Entertainment) environment.

UEFI BIOS DevelopmentSupport tool design/development

Provide services to OEM clients: Develop architecture and firmware code for commercial products using PIC processors. Construct hardware prototypes (schematic capture, layout, and fabrication). Clients include Lumenergi near Austin, TX.

• Design firmware architecture for automotive applications: Electronic Fuel Injection ControllerElectronic Ignition Controller
• Design and develop software configuration tools for above:Engine Configuration Manager (C#/.NET)Real-Time Engine Status Monitor (C#/.NET)
• Develop proprietary secure protocol for data interchange between Engine embedded systems and software applications.
• Develop effective circuit solutions for microcontroller/engine interface. Engine Position EncoderEngine Simulator (for use in embedded systems development)Engine Location Calibrator

Santa Clara, CA, US

Develop display drivers for NVIDIA graphics products specializing in the software layer closest to the hardware. Products supported include both discrete and integrated (chipset) graphics solutions. Ad hoc hardware board design projects to accelerate software development.

Provide a wide variety of technical services to schools, professional enterntainment venues, and houses of worship. Services include: Custom software development for recording studio useLive concert audio recording (engineering and production)Public Address Systems Design and InstallationLive Sound and Lighting Engineering Rehearsal and Audition Recording.

Houston, Texas, US

Develop simulations for ASIC verification. Products included large scale ASICS used in mass storage control in Enterprise class servers.. The HP/Compaq merger occurred during this time.

Houston, Texas, US

Various engineering roles during 12+ years with Compaq and HP: - Systems Engineer: Design hardware and software test elements for system validation - Hardware Design Engineer: Design circuits for portable computer products. Oversee startup of assembly lines in Asia- Firmware Engineer: Developing systems BIOS software - ASIC Verification Engineer (see HP.

Round Rock, Texas, US

Two engineering roles at Dell:- Systems Engineer: Develop hardware and software tests for validation of new PC designs - Hardware Design Engineer: Design circuits for workstation PCs in Advanced Architecture Group

Developed music subsystems for computer gamesComposed/arranged musical "soundtracks" for games, most notably the Ultima III, IV, and V. Ultima III was the first game for personal computers (Apple II originally) with a musical score. Some of this work began before employment with Origin Systems.

Developed software for AMIC -- a teleconferencing system developed by NASA to connect its major sites, including HQ, KSC, JSC, MSFC, VAFB. Developed software for archiving disaster related records following the Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy. Developed musical scores and sound drivers for computer games as a side business during this time.

Develop multi-site multimedia teleconferencing capability connecting NASA headquarters with JSC, KSC, Marshal SFC, JPL, Goddard SFC, and Vandenburg AFB.

Design logic circuits and PCB layouts of add-in cards for Personal Computers. Developed software drivers and applets for those cards.

PL

Supported sales staff with product demonstrations, system assembly and configuration, software development, classroom instruction for staff and customers, and swept the floor. The employment dates shown are not exact due to interleaved semesters of college, work for ComputerLand, and work for and Shell Pipeline. Met Richard Garriott who later founded.

Electrical Engineering Studies

Computer Science Studies