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Recognition:2013 President’s Award for vision and successful delivery of TruManage/Server for BCM5725Products:Ethernet and integrated management controllers for PCs, servers and peripherals from major OEMsDuties:* Hire, mentor, manage and lead a team of engineers responsible for mission critical and application specific firmware and software for the NetXtreme family of Ethernet, Out-of-band management and memory card controllers in PCs, servers, printers and devices* Plan and execute software roadmap, platform integration and validation schedules* Assist with device architecture definition and hardware/firmware/software interface design* Design and implement software (apps, services/daemons, drivers), firmware, and associated libraries and SDKs using advanced embedded systems programming and cross-platform development methods* Implement Web Services/TCP and UDP application-layer protocols over IPv4 and IPv6 using socket APIs* Develop system test plans and tools and support quality assurance teams in low-cost geos* Bring-up devices and integrated-systems through FPGA validation, early silicon validation, EVT system validation* Assist with US Federal export classifications and cryptographic specifications* Contribute to standards-body working groups for strategic technologies (i.e. DMTF and OCP)* Submit and maintain upstream patches to loadable and in-kernel Linux device drivers for memory card, Ethernet, tty/serial, and IPMI/KCS controllers* Assist with pre and post-sales customer engagements and business development activitiesSubject Matter Expertise:* Out-of-band and side-band systems and host bus adapter management using various system internal and external protocols, data models and interfaces including SMBIOS, ACPI, FRU, VPD, PLDM, MCTP, WS-Management/SOAP, WBEM, WMI, CIM, SMASH, DASH, IPMI, DCMI, NC-SI and ASF* NVRAM (SPI-Flash) management, data security, secure boot, and secure/resilient firmware update

Platforms: Linux, VxWorks, Nucleus Plus, uC/OS-II, ThreadX, FreeRTOS, MS-DOS, NetWare, and WindowsTools: ARM RealView DS, GCC, GDB, Tornado II, Microsoft Visual C++, Watcom C++, Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest, GNATS, Coverity Prevent, Clang, Valgrind, Perforce, Subversion, Git and CVSDuties: Develop secure boot loader, firmware, device drivers, services/daemons, diagnostics, applications and BSPs for set-top boxes (e.g. DVR/TiVo, DBS, CATV), smart card readers, and Ethernet controllers

Platforms: VxWorks, pSOS, Linux, Solaris, and WindowsTools: Tornado II, GNU C, Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Source Safe, and Rational Clear CaseDuties: Design, develop, port, and maintain network protocol modules and Tornado components

Device driver and application software development for PCs and embedded systems.

Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1Tools: Visual C++, Borland C++, MKS Source Integrity, VtoolsD, Soft-ICE, Win32 SDK, Win95 DDK,WinNT DDK, and NetMeeting SDKDuties:* Bring-up FPGAs, early ASICs and boards (ISA and PCI)* Design, develop, and document Win95 device drivers (VXDs), WinNT kernel mode driver, diagnostics, APIs, DLLs, and applications (MFC) for videoconferencing (H.320/H.323), data conferencing (T.120), and Internet/ISDN/Serial communications (HDLC/PPP/Multilink PPP) devices (ISA, ISA-PNP, and PCI)