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Dupont, Washington, United States

• Lead Architect of ML model-based satellite on-board collision prediction, detection, and avoidance protocol based on OpenBMC (AMI MegaRAC OpenEdition), & Ubuntu Linux 22.04.
• Integrated Demios(C) active monitoring with land-based communication for real-time propulsion and navigation system control.
• Developed course correction and anomaly (worst-case tolerance) triggers telemetry and corrective actions algorithms.
• Provided for Secure Boot, encrypted data transfers, CRC-testing, and redundant firmware.
• Implemented using AST2600 (ARM A7/M3) architecture, C/C++.

Redmond, Washington, United States

• Responsible for early design and architecture for scalable Azure application targeting multi-vendor collaboration chipset architectures.
• Defined and captured the Service Line Agreement (SLA) and SLO requirements for our product.
• Developed interfaces for logging and metering for first-party and third-party applications to forward logs and metrics into Geneva/Jarvis service suite for Service Level Objectives (SLO) tracking and team/group.
• Managed implementation of Azure security services into our own service compliant with corporate data collection and storage of security scan content.
• Designed Vulnerability component for our application and integrated it into our logging architecture without need for previous architecture’s 3rd party plug-in.
• Developed key-vault certificate rotation mechanism for RHEL Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) that did not require the burden or overhead of the AKV Linux Extensions.

Redmond, Washington, United States

• Responsible for early design and implementation of core UEFI and EDKII components in support of vendor supplied hardware/firmware requirements.
• Worked in AMD and Tiano UEFI source code bases in support of multiple chipsets.
• Provided debug and triage assistance for internal problems to resolution.
• Ported internal enhanced UEFI settings and option menu to allow for selective component targeting and isolation for onsite testing.
• Ported vendor supplied register mappings to our standardized formats.
• Wrote ‘time-bomb’ code to allow our teams to run unobstructed with signed UEFI images.

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

• Responsible for UEFI BIOS security features enablement (BootGuard, BIOSGuard, SGX, MTRRs, Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT)).
• Responsible for Security architecture for Intel Server UEFI BIOS platforms under the One BIOS organization.
• Developed Firmware Architecture Specification for HSTI 2.0 enablement.
• Developed and debugged for EDKRepo.
• Developed and debugged for FSP.
• Ported TXT Nasm SINIT source base to C.

Dupont, Washington, United States

• Design of renewable energy systems for home and industrial use.
• Providing waste free power without the use or need for combustible fuel sources and/or other standard power generation methods.
• Development of reference designs and scale models as proof of concept and implementation.
• Development in C, C#, C++, embedded systems.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Lead firmware engineer for the Cota wireless charger product.
• Developed and architected ARM-based product, utilizing Ubuntu Linux, U-Boot, Zigbee wireless (IEEE-802.15.4) communication and Linux daemons and device drivers.
• Primary responsibility for end-to-end architecting, planning and implementation of the system firmware. Proficiency in C, C++, C#, SQL, LabView/Measurement Studio, WPF, Yocto, Device-tree.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Responsible for manageability (BMC) firmware development on ARM-based product server architecture.
• Architecture, concepts, development, and verification of manageability firmware running in an embedded Linux RTOS for use in dense server platforms.
• Responsible for baseboard management controller (BMC) implementation.
• Designed and implemented MCTP over SMBUS (I2C) transport protocol for PLDM. Designed and implemented BMC to SoC KCS interface protocol.
• Developed both run-time and table look-up versions of CRC-8/CRC-16.
• Wrote EEPROM read/write library and Linux/Windows configuration utility in C/C#.

Dupont, Washington, United States

• Producer and engineer for my own small, home-based, start-up sound laboratory servicing the professional music and recording industry.
• Providing digital audio workstation (DAW) recording and sound production software for audio tracks intended for use on television and streamed media.
• Engineered and/or re-engineered multi-track performance sequences through proprietary filters to enhance and strengthen artist’s performance.
• Implemented Windows based instrument ‘voice-engine’ libraries for piano (three voices), guitar (two ‘cabinet’ styles – jazz/rock and two ‘stomp’ boxes, and one for human voice modulation.
• Wrote Windows WDM driver Power Management policy driver(s), utility and applets tailored to workload paradigm of recording artists and engineers (recording, monitor, edit, and sample.)

Kirkland, Washington, United States

• Senior software development manager with responsibilities in the IBM xSeries Systems and Technology group, i.e., multi-processor, Intel/AMD platform-based server products.
• Primary responsibility for the development of Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware for AMD and high-end (multi-node) Intel processor-based server platforms.
• Previously, lead engineer engaging with hardware and firmware teams in the development of tools and utilities for xSeries platforms and implementing Windows and Linux based application software deliverables.
• Providing brand support for eSecurity interfaces with Tivoli and WebSphere products.
• Providing Windows systems solutions to Business Partners, to Advanced Technical Sales and Marketing teams for server consolidation and resources-on-demand initiatives, and for Virtualization Engine technologies.
• IBM certified Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt (Agile coach)

Dupont, Washington, United States

• Software validation manager with responsibility for test planning, resource allocation, budgeting, scheduling, and tracking of software evaluation deliverables for the Intel Server Control (ISC) and Advanced Server.
• Implemented validation strategies in support of DMI, WfM (WOL, CIM), PnP, ACPI, EFI, I2C, and IPMI standards.
• Operating systems validated against include Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 SP6, Windows 2000, Win-64, Linux 6.2/7 and Linux 64, UnixWare 7.1.1, Monterey 64, NetWare 4.11 and 5.1.
• Coordinated evaluation of HW, BIOS, Firmware, FRU/SDR and BMC components.
• Successfully worked on multiple concurrent programs/projects with key stakeholders

Irvine, California, United States

• Software development manager with responsibility for Windows 9x and Windows NT device-drivers and utilities targeted for use on laptops, desktop computers and server platforms.
• Developed USB HID class driver (WDM based) for desktop multimedia controller device.
• Implemented Advanced Power Management device drivers for laptop and desktop products.
• Created LDSM server plug-in modules to add proprietary server management card sensors.
• Implemented hot-plug serial port mouse drivers for laptop products, MS-DOS PS/2 mouse drivers.
• Developed an Infra-Red Data Association based SIR/FIR file transfer application for laptops.

Calabasas, California, United States

• Project Lead responsible for device driver development for parallel port Ethernet 802.3 adapters, and Netware print server products.
• Implemented parallel port device driver stack allowing Ethernet network communication via EPP/ECP.
• Developed IEEE 1284 and 1394 parallel port-based Print Server product.
• Ported MS-DOS 5.0 to ROM on V25 processor (80186 compatible).
• Developed methodology for print server data transfers that increased prior throughputs 200%.
• Devised data compression algorithm for Ethernet-modem products.

Irvine, California, United States

• Provided for start-up, implementation, and growth of the Software Quality Assurance organization within the Computer Systems Engineering division.
• Assisted in definition of document control system (defined U.S. specific implementation).
• Authored key sections of the Configuration Management and CCB processes and practices specifications.
• Supervised application compatibility and test automation sections of the platform validation group.
• Supervised and automated (using my very own master’s thesis project, Zetetic) development of test suites for over 200 manual test scripts used in platform validation. Supervised automation of DOS 5.0 test suite for.
• Architect of Check-It!

Irvine, California, United States

• Software engineer with responsibility for development of automated management suites used in system validation of high-performance test and measurement equipment.
• Performed customer service on same as above, as lead customer service engineer).
• Additionally, developed drivers and user interface control panels for VXI and VME chassis devices (frequency timer/counters, time domain analyzers, logic analyzers.)
• Developed software control panels for chassis slot instrument management over Mil-STD-1553 bus, RS-232 and IEEE-488 buses.
• Automated RF test-set benches for government customer chassis acceptance.
• Implemented 10MHz frequency reference module.

Huntington Beach, California, United States

• Lab supervisor responsible for repair and calibration of field test and diagnostics meters, and of high-performance test and measurement equipment.
• Within Westinghouse’s Instrument Service Company (WISCO).
• Repair lab support for oil field, HVAC, and Diablo Canyon technicians.

Master Of Science - Ms, Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Associate Of Arts - Aa

Certificate, Electronics Technology

High School Diploma