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Leeds, United Kingdom

Ported latest T.I. SDK 7.0.0 Linux 3.12+ to the BAFTA award wining Home Automation product 'HomeReachHub' (for Amino Communications).Arm based am3352 CPU with Power management chip TPS65217 and Zigbee CC2538.Created TFTP download boot-loader based on T.I. StarterWare.Added Wifi support for Atheros 9374 based USB dongle. Added Reboot and Flightmode.

Saltaire

• Embedded Linux Kernel driver development for DIRECTV High Definition Broadcom based Set Top Boxes ‘MRV client H25’ and ‘Home Media Server HR44’.
• Worked ‘laptop to laptop’ with external technical partners (RedEmbedded and GreenPeak) to integrate modem Back Channel and Zigbee RF4CE Remote code to Pace product.
• Feature Lead for DVB-SI EIT remapping to allow Telenor to transcode both terrestrial and satellite transponders to create a single DTV network.
• Ported BSkyB Electronic Program Guide software from VxWorks to Linux. Principal issues addressed were ISR Latency, Task Priorities and Memory Usage (leaks).
• Promoted to Outsource Software Team Leader to 'Setup off-shore Bangalore team', building it up from 6 to 80 software engineers within 12 months for 13 projects.
• Managed the interface with Technical Partner (Liberate) for Comcast STB, tracking all bugs and releasing software (team size was 23 at peak).

HQ Romford

Designed Forms and Reports using Oracle Designer 2000 to create a distributed financial application to "Recredit" Neopost Franking machines for the Royal Mail.Programmed C++ SCO Unix driver driver and Pro-C and PL/SQL Forms Userexit to handle DES encrypted transactions for the £2M / Day application servicing 10K machine population.

London SW20 8SA

Pioneered use of Embedded 'C', Borland C++ OWL and Mathcad for algorithm development of NiCd battery charging. Programmed 'C' and Assembler for Motorola and PIC microcontrollers for safety critical Laboratory Calibration equipment.

London SW15 1LN

Negotiated, designed and delivered bespoke CAD/CAM software to automate embroidery, garment cutting, land survey and kitchen design quotations.

London W1X 7JP

Established technical help desk and trained dealer network. Programmed quotation and invoicing systems using Clipper / Dbase III; wrote device drivers for Amstrad video graphics and Epson printers using 'C' and Intel x86 assembler.

Stevenage, United Kingdom

Trained in Florida and bid for, designed and coded PLM-86 an Automated Visual Inspection system for Jaguar Assembly Plant.

Harlow, Essex

Programmed ROM BIOS for PC compatible combining Prestel, a hands-free telephone and PC DOS running under RMX-86 multi-tasking operating system using PL/M-86, ASM86.

Stevenage, United Kingdom

Programmed ‘guidance error’ software for an anti-aircraft system, using, MASCOT, CORAL'66 and TI-Assembler.