• Helping to drive Front-End (RTL, DV, FW) SoC Design Services

• Firmware Lead in Synopsys Design Services Group

• Acted as Test Lead for a "Revision 2" project• Restored and updated test platforms which had been idle for several months• Triaged failures and delivered project status reports to the cross-functional team

• Developed a Bootloader Solution for a Tactual Product Prototype• Established a Firmware Over-The-Air Update method for that Prototype, utilizing a Nordic BLE SoC• Design, Develop, and Verify the Boot solution for Tactual's next ASIC product family• Primary Development on a new, baremetal Firmware Library• Extend OpenOCD to support Lattice MICO32 debug• Supporting Architecture- Contributed to System-Level Specification Documents- Owned Block-Level Specifications for modules related to Power, Reset, Clocking, and Primary Control Processor• Supporting Verification- Created the Initial Verification Strategy for the current product- Pre-Silicon Verification of the Control Processor using embedded software tests

• Primary advisor for baremetal software used by multiple DV teams • Design Verification: Stratix 10 and Agilex SoCFPGAs- Write and debug pre-silicon tests using a combination of embedded software (C/Assembly) and hardware (SystemVerilog) in simulation - Primary owner for system-level verification of various peripheral IPs, including SD/MMC, Quad-SPI Flash, I2C, UART, SPI, NAND, and EMAC - Assist with post-silicon issues, including replicating bugs in simulation

• Continuing work in the Programmable Solutions Group as part of the Altera-Intel acquisition.• Lead/Developer: Stratix 10 Utility ROM- Developed a tightly-constrained ROM fragment used for Wafer Test and Characterization - Owned all aspects of the development lifecycle, including gathering requirements and writing design/specification documents

• Developer: Arria 10 SoCFPGA BootROM- Handled the clocking code for SoC Boots, including PLLs & flash devices- Maintained minimalistic Quad SPI and SD/MMC drivers • Software Tester: Cyclone V SoCFPGA BootROM- Owned pre-silicon software testing, including the writing of the test plan and testcases - Initial bring-up of the boot process in post-silicon - Proud to say the code never needed to be re-opened for corrections

Developed driver for a one-time programmable (OTP) memory hardware blockWrote a portion of firmware boot-up sequence that utilized my OTP driverLaid out software and organizational groundwork for a planned firmware projectPorted existing radio functions to a new framework and operating system

Performed manual quality assurance testing of point-of-sale softwareLearned SmarteSoft scripting software to assist with automated testingManaged test case writing and organization for some program featuresReviewed and edited test plans

Assisted with unit testing of new I/O Management devicesIdentified software errors and recommended corrections during product developmentDeveloped library of test scripts for use by I/O Services development groupCreated Excel spreadsheet to automatically generate new test cases and scripts

Installed and implemented Hatteras HN-4000 servers to increase office internet speedTracked company spending on service-providing equipmentTook over asset-tracking projects to clear two years of backlogged accounting work