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Find and develop contract opportunities.Design, develop, and deploy industrial machine vision solutions; embedded software and hardware targeting devices ranging from the MSP430 to full OS capable ARM SOIC's; cloud applications utilizing Amazon AWS; mobile applications targeting Android. Dveloped and fabricated a WiFi enabled processor module around the TI TM4C123 andCC3100 series WiFi SoC. Further extended design to leverage the TM4C1249 in addition toadding ANT and BtLE support using the nRF52832 SoC.Developed a medium power multi function VFD motor controller for use with up to 2hp drivesusing the TI C2000 series microcontroller.Developed modular multi-function PLC device utilizing EtherCAT for backplane communication.Modules maintain full isolation on all interconnect and power lines for reliability and power faultsurvivability.Designed and implemented the Open Source preemptive, heapless, SMP modular micro kernellibrary NOOS for embedded and PC targets. The library / kernel is designed to be modular andenables developers to implement minimal embedded RTOS solutions. Designed, developed, and deployed a highly scalable distributed cloud content distribution andindex solution (OhHey) for the Amazon AWS platform using NodeJS, IAM, SQS, SMS,DynamoDB, RDB, S3, CloudFront, Elastic Beanstalk, and Lambda via CloudFormation.Developed image and signal processing solutions for the Android platform using the NDK andNEON instructions.Designed and developed a modular stackable effect image manipulation library and userinterface (Dali) using Renderscript and scalable textures to support real time large imagemanipulation. The library leverages SurfaceTextures and GPU buffers to minimize JVM memory load and can be used in-line with live camera capture or video replay for live preview.

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Fort Meade, Md, Us

Cleared TOP SECRET SCI TKCompleted SBI and Polygraph 09/2011Reverse engineering of embedded applications for MIPS, PPC, and X86_64 to support targetintegration and documentation of the network environment.Develop user and kernel space tools and techniques in Assembly, C, and C++ to enable CNEoperations on Windows platforms. Leverage exploitation techniques and undocumented APIs todevelop advanced CNE capabilities.Maintain and leverage an in-depth understanding of Windows internals.Lead vulnerability and technique research and development to support organizational missionsustainment and modernization goals. Develop trade craft to support replacement of obsoletesystems and expanded missions.Peer with multiple teams to provide quick turn CNE solutions to meet an advanced and rapidlychanging adversarial landscape. Provide subject mater expertise in application exploitation andkernel mode / bare metal execution.Work with primary customer and fellow developers to design robust security models and APIswith strong emphasis on developer ease of use.Provide direct support to the operation and maintenance of CNE tools.Designed, maintained, and release multiple CNO tools, libraries, and APIs to the customer.Developed high speed +1GB/s SIMD accelerated embedded multi-protocol packet analysis andtraffic shaping solutions for X86_64 platforms using C and Assembly.Lead the design and implementation of a micro modular position independent implant frameworktargeting micro-controllers and like RTOS / Bare Metal targets. Designed and implemented an embedded signature engine for identifying function entry points, enabling micro agents to load onto unknown targets with minimal or no reverse engineering.Provided direct active support to end uses in operational environments.

Washington, Dc, Us

Develop tools and techniques for Cyber Network Operation support. Tools include applications for attack perpetration and proof of concept exploits.Operate on a rotational basis between host offices, working on multiple projects, to broaden exposure to new technologies and ideas. Short tour lengths require the ability to quickly gear up on a new project to produce valuable work within the time span.Manage the design and deployment of field tests for the testing of power system equipment.Write significant documentation on projects, field test, and protocols for use as a primary source of information and knowledge on the topics covered.Created a novel OpenCL General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU) polyphase signal processing system which improved processing time by two orders of magnitude, reduced power consumption, and lowered overall system cost over CPU processing system. The system enabled the processing of signals at the sample rate to provide real time results to customers.Created a IEC61850 and DNP3 SCADA protocol enabled control system command suite in C# capable of initiating sequences of physical events with high timing accuracy and precision across multiple devices and vendors. Deployed software during field tests and improved test event rates from less than twenty manually initiated events to hundreds of well timed and repeatable scripted events per hour.Developed software and Microsoft Windows NDIS 6.0 kernel drivers to interact with devices using IEC61850-7-2 GOOSE, IEC61850-9-2 SampleValue, and IEC61850-90-5 protocols.Worked with multiple national labs to accelerate development of optics, information technology, and control system projects, to ensure quality on time delivery of results and technology.Designed and fabricated B-Field antennas for use with a 100Hz to 3MHz Ultra Low Frequency receiver front end designed in Eagle CAD.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

Research the application of line-scan cameras to intermodal transportation machine vision.Design and implement software integrating line-scan cameras into APS/ABB's OCR portal systems.Provide real-time adaptive image capture capability with dynamic gain and exposure control to enable high dynamic range capture on 8bit cameras.Provide real-time target tracking capability to capture uniform 2mm pixels on varying speed targets.Develop high performance image processing algorithms for real-time control applications.Provide well documented code and reports on design and project progress.Led and significantly contributed to the development of software to control and capture of images from a variety of line-scan cameras. The features included, dynamic camera parameter adjustment to compensate for varying target reflectivity, environmental lighting, and target motion at full capture rate. Leveraged (S)SSE2,3,4(.1) intrinsic functions to image processing algorithms and multi-threaded architecture to achieve real-time adjustments while still meeting the buffering responsiveness required the cameras. In average situations the system must be able to process more than 4k 2048 pixel lines per second and respond to the camera every 8ms for multiple cameras. The software is currently deployed to multiple sites across the world and is APS/ABB's only line-scan solution and critical component of the OCR solution.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Develop techniques to accelerate high performance computing applications.Developed software leveraging a fusion of Python, Java, and Matlab to handle parallel job distribution on a clustered supercomputer. Achieved better than 4X speed improvement when applied to existing applications. Work with scientists and other non-programmers to develop requirements and solve complex computational efficiency problems.

New York, Ny, Us

Provide high integrity data archiving solution to address archiving terabytes of scientific data.Support RADAR and computing equipment and data archive during field deployments.Supplied a one-click, one-to-many data archiving software using asynchronous file operations in a combination of C, Cython, Python, and shell scripting. The software manages all aspects of archive operation such as disk detection, formatting, mounting, data copy, verification, and hot-drive insert and removal. Deployed product is capable of moving and calculating the SHA256 checksums of data sets in excess of 350GB to multiple disks in less than two hours on traditional spinning hard drives.Supported and modified application in the field as requirements changed.High speed archiving was key in achieving 22 missions in excess of the expected 30.Linux and RADAR expertise were critical in field repairing the RADAR and support systems after a unknown environmental event resulted in total loss of all solid-state disks, including code backups. Failure to repair these systems would have resulted in early termination of a 3 million dollar experiment and loss of a significant scientific opportunity.

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Research and provide solutions to extend the lifespan of the aging ice penetrating RADAR.Reimplemented control software for key radar system, achieving greater then a 10X speed improvement from 12 to 200 MBs. Data rate was the primary bottleneck limiting the usefulness of the system moving forward. The final maximum rate met that of the next generation system and thus extended the useful life of the current design by approximately eight years.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Develop new penetration and security testing tools for use with Informix development.Implemented a proxy based fuzzing security test suite for the Informix database protocol SQLI. Software automatically generates fuzzing packets based on real communication and when combined with other tools, such as SQL fuzzers, provides excellent code penetration.Educated peers on framework use and protocol fuzzing.

Reston, Va, Us

Developed robust fault-tolerant software in C# to handle biometric identification of personnel. Collaborate with fellow project engineers to deploy software into the production environmentDeployed identification solution is capable of matching requests 8X faster than previous generation through optimization of database searches for faster matches on frequent users.Worked on the continuing effort to maintain the aging RailView project. Reimplemented the client viewer software with C# to fit with business code objectives. Optimized RailView build system to allow for incremental builds and faster debugging and restructured the fragmented code base. Improved the documentation into a logical format for future developers.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering