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San Carlos, CA, US

Santa Barbara, CA, US

• Developed and integrated secure boot mechanisms for a new Linux ARMv8-based product
• Debugged Linux hard lockup, causing manufacturing line downtime
• Upgraded Linux kernel, ensuring driver compatibility and system stability
• Supported new hardware and debugged kernel and driver issues for NPI programs
• Designed and Implemented UCI protocol stack in Rust

San Francisco, CA, US

• Improved real-time control by identifying and resolving system latency, enhancing product performance
• Integrated the PREEMPT_RT real-time patch series into the Linux kernel
• Led kernel panic reporting initiative, implementing tools that reduced downtime and improved system diagnostics
• Resolved memory fragmentation and exhaustion issues, optimizing resource allocation ensuring system efficiency

San Francisco, California, US

• Tech Lead for platform and test teams
• Independently completed board bring-up of four Qualcomm 802.11 wireless platforms
• Developed Linux drivers to integrate peripheral devices
• Designed and implemented a method to resolve long-standing IR sensor issues in the field
• Resolved audio latency issues in the Voice over IP (VoIP) product line

San Francisco, CA, US

• Served as lead developer on a low-power Linux gateway product
• Rewrote the Zigbee upgrade manager, resulting in a 400% performance improvement
• Debugged Zigbee PCI device issues present at cold temperatures
• Debugged serial 8250 PCI Linux driver on AR7161 MIPS platform
• Utilized agile development processes

Alexandria, VA, US

• Lead internal trade study of distributed communication framework technologies
• Implemented a key library eliminating all critical defects ahead of schedule
• Spearheaded system re-architecture design effort to support automated testing
• Implemented a cross platform build environment used to automate building, packaging, and testing of all vehicle software
• Ported the Android operating system to a custom military smart display unit

• Designed and implemented a generic distributed playback framework for reviewing training simulations
• Developed a software support package and API for custom serial hardware
• Created an exercise creation and management system for generating gunnery training exercises
• Implemented a gunnery exercise scoring application with customizable performance reports

Reston, Virginia, US

• Ported embedded real-time X server from VxWorks 5.5 to VxWorks 6.6 saving the company approximately one hundred thousand dollars
• Performed comprehensive debugging of device drivers in VxWorks
• Ported a Radstone PowerPC Single Board Computer(SBC) Board Support Package(BSP) fromVxWorks 5.5 to VxWorks 6.6
• Performed embedded application development in embedded windows XP
• Utilized software process techniques CMMI level five

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

· Designed embedded video test software for real-time AE653 avionics displays · Coordinated efforts to organize and train offshore personal · Consulted in requirement generation for DO178B certification · Utilized software process techniques CMMI level three

· Designed and implemented embedded vehicle simulators to provide a virtualized environment for embedded training· Preformed application porting of software from IBM AIX to Red Hat Linux· Designed and implemented a symbology framework for a CIGI compliant Image Generator(IG)

· Implemented algorithms to interactively simulate nano particle manipulation· Implemented a real-time Linux framework using RTAI· Designed and implemented a OpenGL application to visualize Atomic Force Microscope· Assisted in the development of a method to circumvent thermal drift associated with an Atomic Force Microscope