Michael Mehr, M. Sc. Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, CA, US

Milpitas, California, US

Looking forward to applying my skills and talents as a member of the team at Film and Surface Technology division of KLA Corp.

• Software developer specializing in applications for Windows, iOS, and OS X.
• Developed mobile app (iOS, Swift v1-4) to track stamp collections, including my own.
• Developed full financial services research system for client interested in non-traditional trading algorithms. Complete software research tool suite (Windows, C++), plus web site (xAMP) for customer data analysis.
• Developed oscilloscope-like front-end (Windows, C++) for client's OEM semiconductor testing tool.

Work From Anywhere, Remote, OO

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Client hired me to evaluate their web page enhancement product (based on Apache 2.2) to see if upgrading to the latest version (2.4) made sense for their use case. After study, they determined that it was wisest to continue to use the existing product for a while longer, with certain slight mods. I also got their source code under version control and.

• Developed remote control feature for client’s legacy MagicScroll teleprompter unit using PubNub cloud system for point-to-point communications solution (Windows, multithreaded, TCP-IP networking, Visual C/C++ 2010).

US

• Developed replacement software (Windows, C++) to move company's machine control vision application from proprietary in-house solution to industry-standard Cognex design using Patmax-TM technology.
• Saved customers significant training time with my design.

Milpitas, California, US

• Lead developer of machine-control and vision software platform in company's UV film thickness test product line.
• Learned full SDLC life cycle from object-oriented design and analysis through coding and debugging to maintenance.
• Critical in keeping my team current with industry standard development techniques. Led co-workers to adopt best practices and standards during critical development years (Windows, Visual C/C++, multithreaded).
• Mentored my team in the implementation of CMM Levels 2 and 3+, to a successful audit.
• Performed sys-admin duties (Unix, Windows) to automate software builds and maintain code base.
• Worked with product teams (QA, marketing and sales, manufacturing) to ensure customer satisfaction.

• Designed and developed software for the FT and UV product line of film thickness measurement equipment. Specialized in Pattern Recognition and Video applications design for the parts of the system that aligned wafers.
• Developed software using Cognex 3400 and 5400 systems and integrated into embedded control system at both firmware and software levels.
• Was given company’s Customer Satisfaction Award in 1993 “for Excellence in Response to Critical Customer Requirement at Samsung, Korea, for Pattern Recognition”.

• Technical founder at startup. Developed system of writing voice application products using speech recognition hardware (Votan card).
• Focused on initial 5 product families (voicemail system, telemarketing, automated reporting, and others) by writing a software SDK system for in-house use, then writing the first five products using this system.

• First software engineer at company (employee #25, company now has >5000 employees worldwide).
• Designed and developed AlphaStep Digital Interface (hardware project) and worked on SonoGage sorting system using HP85 calculator/computer.
• Developed embedded microprocessor system using standard STD-Z80 bus (“bare-metal” Z80 assember, Forth). Included all graphics routines, memory expansion system, control algorithms, automation interface. It was used for.
• Subsequently migrated that system to Victor (IBM clone) embedded computer using C language. This caused the first expansion of the software department (added an assistant).

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical Engineering

Certificate With Honors, Embedded Systems