Mike Root Email & Phone Number

Traverse City, Mi

Embedded development - C, FreeRTOS, FAT, lwip, Flatbuffers - ARM Cortex-M4, STM32, Atmel, AVR - Device interfaces: GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth, ADC, Accelerometer, Inertial Measurement Unit, eMMC, SD Card, RTC, LCD - Peripheral drivers: USART, SPI, CAN, SDIO, I2C, Ethernet, USBSoftware development - C# .NET, WPF, MFC, MVVM, Reactive, LINQ, C++, RubyLed small team of FW and SW engineers on Above Ground Marker project from initial design through completion - Worked with customers and management to develop requirements and continually assess deliverables - Spearheaded user interface design for both hardware and software - Developed bulk of firmware while delegating tasks when needed - Collaborated with electrical engineers to select components, review schematics, and analyze and improve sensor performance - Designed flexible data and communication protocols for compatibility and integration with field and analysis software - Utilized technologies such as Wifi, Bluetooth, USB, GPS, SD Card, CAN, RS485, Accelerometers, LCD, ADC, RTC, etc. - Designed and developed firmware framework for a fleet of oil & gas pipeline inspection toolsDesigned and developed a modular system architecture for tools with numerous processors, thousands of sensors, and over 1 TB of flash storage - Developed drivers for a gamut of peripherals and devices - Implemented safety-critical lithium battery management systems - Created proprietary serial protocol for inter-processor communication, enabling high speed data-gathering, control, calibration, and firmware upgrades - Invented a system of self-describing data structures for maximum compatibility with analysis software - Maintained and developed desktop software in C# .NET for interfacing with tools - Developed Ruby scripts for testing, debugging, and data analysis

Traverse City

Developed point of sale desktop applications in C++Worked directly with customers to migrate ancient data

Kewadin, Mi

Developed Firmware and Software for remote battery monitoring technology

Traverse City, Mi

Designed, created, and maintained relational databases to track hundreds of customers with thousands of locations, and tens of thousands of bills and incomesCreated front-end business intelligence software to provide insight into contracts, financials, customer relations, and serviceDeveloped scripts and procedures for accounting staff to import bills and payments from many different sources, and to produce customer invoices, payments, and reports