IoT software and hardware custom development on Microchip, Atmel, Broadcom and Intel parts, including electronics packaging and PCB design.Languages currently used are C, Python, Various Assembly and Forth.Network protocols include Modbus (RS485), CAN, SDI-12, WiFi, Zigbee and nRF24L wireless mesh.Interfacing with commercial IoT and other miscellaneous devices via 0-10V, 4-20mA, RS232, RS485, MIDI, Zigbee, WiFi, Ethernet and 4G LTE.Currently designing networked smart sensors for use with home automation

- Forward planning, investigation, selection and recommendation of new equipment for expansion, life-cycle replacement or upgrade in order to meet operational requirements within budget.- Determining, implementing and improving optimum equipment configuration and connectivity for performance, resiliency, security and simplicity.- Design and build a vSphere 6.x platform in 2015 which reached 33% capacity in Aug 2017 with 260 hypervisors and 12 PB of FC-SAN storage hosting 3000+ VMs including Hadoop and Cassandra big data lakes.- Design and build a vSphere 5.x platform in 2012 with 44 hypervisors and 1.1 PB of FC-SAN connected storage currently hosting 1000+ VMs utilizing IBM servers and storage.- Design and build data centres totaling 150 racks with 750kW equipment capacity with some utilizing free air cooling.- System Administration of several hundred physical servers including two hundred ESXi hypervisors with multiple linked vCenters and several thousand VMs.- Virtualization and optimization of storage configuration and volume placement of a large Cassandra based big data application after first analysing its performance. (Wynyard ACTA)- Design, build and configuration of large vSphere platform with 200 hypervisors.- Identifying and rectifying complex faults within critical systems.- Analysis and resolution of complex and subtle inter-op issues with vendors.- Facilitating and leading issue management meetings with vendors.- Design and selection of suitable server and storage that now hosts multi-petabyte virtualized high performance Hadoop and Splunk big data solutions.- Introduced server virtualization to Automation group in 2008 with ESXi 3.5[Equipment - Hands on experience with:]- Compute: Cisco UCS 6248UP, 6332-16UP, B260-M4; IBM x series- Storage: Cisco MDS 97xx, 91xxS; IBM A9000R, XIV; NetApp E5560, E5660, DE6600- Network: Cisco Nexus 5K, 7K; Catalyst 65xx, 49xx, 45xx; ASA firewalls; ASR routers; F5 BIG-IP 89xx (LTM/APM)

Customer wideband data line design (> 2 Mbit/s)

Develop novel applications to improve customer wideband design accuracy and efficiency.Manage and lead application development staff.Create technical documentation and coding standards for use by developers.