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Chandler, Az, Us

Embedded software on multiple ARM processors for cinematic lighting industry including boot loaders with updates, GUI, CAN bus, SPI, Bluetooth, ...

Tempe, Arizona, Us

System architect working on IoT solutions combining real time location services (RTLS) with sensor fusion. Leading the software team on a daily basis. Prototyping hardware for demos and proof of concepts. Porting NuttX RTOS to Nordic nRF52 microprocessors.

Embedded systems development primarily for ARM processors based upon the Renesas Synergy S7

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Maintain a million lines of 20 year old MFC C++ code.Maintain and improve Linux based thin clients.

Linux Architect providing embedded Linux services in the Embedded Systems Division at Mentor Graphics porting and customizing Linux and Android to new platforms.

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Linux kernel engineer on Hexagon processors. Researched advanced technologies in heterogeneous computing environments.Technical lead on embedded software defined radio project.Held Top Secret security clearance.

Provided software and system's engineering expertise for a large DoD contractor in the area of virtualization and separation with particular emphasis on the graphics subsystem: - created customized version of GDC4S' TVE for the WIN-T Multi Domain Atlas' tactical environment in 3 months - wrote entire display subsystem for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) in 10 weeks including optimizations of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client. - redesigned the architecture of the Future Combat System/Privileged Virtual Machine (FCS/PVM) reducing the cost from the planned $8 million/26 engineers to $2.5 million/6 engineers.Managed team of engineers and subcontractors to design and build a world class network storage system capable of a sustained minimum write speed of 48Gb/s. System consists of 16 custom CPU boards and 32 custom solid state drives in a 4U box. Designed and tested the system’s backplane, designed the mechanical brackets and plates, and produced all of the necessary software.Oversaw corporate operations including finance, sales, and contracts.

Fairfax, Va, Us

Dual role as software and systems engineer working on High Assurance Platform Workstation using software virtualization and separation kernel techniques to develop a secure, multilevel system based upon COTS PC platforms. Wrote proof of concept hypervisor/separation kernel for bare Intel VT hardware. Sole contributor.Held Secret security clearance.

Solely responsible for over a year for the enhancement and maintenance of the Scyld Beowulf Linux distribution for clusters of commodity processors. Provided second tier support to customers and supported sales and marketing.Ported the Linux kernel enhancements to the AMD Opteron and Intel Itanium processors. Sole contributor. Automated the compiling and packaging of the Scyld Beowulf Linux distribution from sources stored in CVS, allowing the complete reconstruction of any version. Currently supports three different architectures from the same sources. Sole contributor. Designed, built, tested, and delivered, in less than one year, a custom 10Gb/s data storage system based upon commodity components and the Scyld Beowulf Linux distribution. Sole contributor.

Managed all aspects of running the software development group including supervising the software engineers.Built a system for the cross compiling of distributions for multiple target architectures. All sources and tools, including compilers and linkers were stored in CVS. Bash. Sole contributor.Ported the Linux 2.4pre kernel to the NEC VR4122 MIPS processor. Initial shell prompt achieved within twenty four hours of receiving the documentation on the processor. Sole contributor.

Provided technical leadership for the design, implementation, and delivery of the software for an embedded fingerprint sensor used for secure identification of government benefits recipients.

Wilsonville, Or, Us

Built a tool that took a rule database and produced a GUI for the configuration of a VLSI parasitic extractor that insured all the constraints were met. An 800 line rule database produced over 5000 lines of Tcl/Tk code. Sole contributor. DPEX (Distributed Parasitic EXtraction): built a tool for the distribution of tasks across a network of heterogeneous computers to achieve a linear increase in the throughput of the VLSI parasitic extractor. This also allowed much larger designs to be handled than would have been possible on a single machine. Sole contributor. Scheduled to take 18 months, finished in 6.

Milpitas, Ca, Us

Created software development and test tools for a custom set-top box graphics chip.Designed and built a tool for the real time monitoring and analysis of discrete events within the Irix kernel. Supervised two younger engineers.Provided kernel maintenance and network device driver support for Irix.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Member of the Advanced Technology Department:Major contributor to a joint project between Harris and MIT to design and build an object oriented VLSI CAD system using Symbolic Lisp Machines.Major contributor and technical lead on various R&D and DoD projects including geographic and medical information systems, satellite imagery, simulation of communication systems, and shared memory parallel processors.Held TS/SCI security clearance.

Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science