Kevin Wolfe Email & Phone Number

Issaquah, WA

Doing my own thing.

Seattle, Washington

• Authored firmware driving Valve Index HMD & Controllers (Knuckles), and hTC Vive products
• Implemented FreeRTOS, fully secure end-to-end firmware update, finger tracking algorithms, and bus architectures
• Supported test & manufacturing of Valve Index products

San Francisco, CA

• Developed a smart light-bulb socket adapter
• Integrated WiFi, BLE, lighting control (on/off/dimming), timers, motion alarms, over-the-air firmware updates, and robust security into a 200kB firmware package running on an ARM Cortex M3 MCU

Herndon, VA

• Provide technical oversight and guidance for DARPA programs
• Aided development of a hypervisor based location-aware computing product
• Solved client need for ultra-weak signal detection (energy of a mosquito at a distance of 30 km)
• Devised solutions to handle Digital Signal Processing of 14.4GB/s data stream in next gen. sensors
• Developed, deployed and operated unique sensor suites OCONUS, collecting intelligence in challenging environments
• Integrated 0MQ, Google Protobufs, and existing codebase to deliver a flexible, self-documenting architecture

Ashburn, VA

• Innovated designs for micro-satellite componentry to reach new market spaces
• Led engineering staff through full product life-cycle
• Negotiated technical and costing details for component sales
• Managed satellite bus & component software testing
• Programmed satellite bus & component firmware

Alexandria, VA

• Designed system main control board schematic and layout
• Configured Altera's Switched Fabric to build an FPGA-based system on a chip
• Programmed seamless firmware update routines and system health reports

• Oversaw procurement of $10 million of system hardware
• Wrote new circuit card specifications
• Designed and executed circuit card test strategies
• Updated VHDL code integrated on Xilinx Vertex FPGAs and CPLDs
• Corrected temperature and obsolescence issues on circuit card assemblies

Mechanicsburg, PA

• Guided features and technical requirements of Fire Portal, extending static status tags within AOL Instant Messenger to a PHP-based dynamic profile system
• Marketed Fire Client, the popular MUD client which brings images, sounds, links, and dynamic content to the formerly black-and-white text-based gaming experience
• Provided user feedback to support feature development and testing

Mba

Bs, Electrical And Computer Engineering