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Middletown, NJ, US

Santa Barbara, California, US

• As part of a sales team to provide technical sales support to clients in military, aerospace, industrial, and medical industries focusing safety and security critical systems & embedded software development.Key.
• Worked with clients to provide technology solutions.
• Proof of concept and product/technology demos.
• Gathered customer’s technical requirements and specifications. Researched new and legacy company technology for fit with customer requirements. Matched customer needs to company products.
• Worked internals with software development teams regarding customer requirements and deliverable deadlines.
• Delivered and helped configure customer software deliverables.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Technical Relationship Manager 3/2015 – 10/2016
• Worked with customers to manage ticker plants (XTPs) used for high frequency trading.
• Managed customer expectations.
• Communicated customer expectations to internal teams.
• Coordinated internal teams to prioritize and meet customer facing deliverables (feature enhancement requests, defect resolutions, and investigations of open issues).
• Lead customer facing status report meetings.Solutions Consultant / Field Engineer 9/2014 – 9/2015

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Managed a combined onshore/offshore team in the development of embedded test software to assist in the manufacturing of medical diagnostic equipment.Key Managerial Contributions:
• Project lead for the User Module Testing software suite.
• Preformed project planning, task scheduling, and tracked task completion.
• Gathered requirements, and wrote software design documents.
• Managed a combined onshore & offshore team to implement the software.
• Coordinated with other teams for interoperability with related software projects.

Montclair, NJ, US

• Managed technical and administrative staff providing operational support and technology base management for growing law firm. Identified technical needs and steered hardware, software, and networking projects. Assessed.
• Migrated office from small start-up office space to large professional space with minimal disruption to operations.
• Developed and documented systems and associated processes enabling short sale processing. Created employee manual that improved transaction processing quality and accuracy.
• Built and administered MS Windows 2008 domain serving 20 workstations.
• Evaluated and procured office technologies for enhancement of productivity.

Small property management company to mange rental properties for self and clients.

• Identify prospective investment properties and analyze market values. Negotiate deals with homeowners, investors, and bankers. Manage rehab and construction projects. Design and execute marketing programs.Key.
• Founded and grew organization that turned over 24 properties for $500,000+ in profit.
• Designed and developed Web-based MySQL database with PHP and HTML interface used to manage transactions.
• Improved communications with stakeholder groups by leveraging Google Apps for Business.

Burlington, MA, US

• Developed classified command and control systems (CAPES and MC2) ensuring full compliance with DoD specifications and performance requirements. Created and delivered design proposals to cross functional teams of.
• Applied software engineering and OOD best practices to developing modular systems.
• Developed GUI add-ons for data analysis. Overlaid GIS terrain data with unit data feeds and route calculations.
• Performed logistical data analysis using real-time SA data feeds.
• Gave presentations on proposed software architecture.

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Hanover, Maryland, US

• Served as key team member for developing CN4200 10 Gbps optical Ethernet switches. Reviewed and interpreted software requirements; refined specifications, developed prototypes, and debugged code. Key Contributions:
• Worked on embedded Linux software development.
• Debugged source code for Linux based embedded system.
• Developed Command Line Interface for management of CN4200.
• Navigated and debugged large shared code base.
• Reviewed changes to software requirements documents and implemented the changes.

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• Worked in a fast passed start-up as an intern assisting senior engineers in the lab. Was assigned an independent software development project to design and implement with little assistance.Key Contributions:
• Independently developed an Element Management Palm Application for PalmOS.
• Tested and debugged prototype boards and systems:─ Probed circuit boards for defects.─ Preformed initial software load for new circuit packs.─ Wrote scripts to automate testing using LabView.─ Documented testing.

• Initially hired as an intern I quickly became a crucial member of the embedded systems team in this extremely fast passed start-up. I was responsible for design and development of all onboard diagnostic software for.
• Developed on Motorola PowerPC 8260 using the Wind River VxWorks Kernel.
• Wrote low level onboard diagnostic utilities for new circuit packs including:─ MPC8260 GPIO control utility─ FPGA programming utility─ EEPROM automated testing and editing utilities─ Intel StrataFlash programming.
• Wrote UART serial drivers for VxWorks kernel for MPC8260
• Researched technical data and specifications for particular chips and components.
• Assisted senior engineers debug new faulty circuit packs.

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• Worked in a fast passed start-up as an intern assisting senior engineers in the lab. Was assigned an independent software development project to design and implement with little assistance.Key Contributions:
• Independently developed an Element Management Palm Application for PalmOS.
• Tested and debugged prototype boards and systems:─ Probed circuit boards for defects.─ Preformed initial software load for new circuit packs.─ Wrote scripts to automate testing using LabView.─ Documented testing.

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• AKA: AT&T Submarine Systems, Tyco Submarine Systems, TyComAs an intern assisted engineers in the development of undersea fiber optic and power transmission equipment. Key Contributions:
• Programmed development utilities for monitoring and communication with lab equipment.
• Wrote user documentation for proprietary GUI that was in development.
• Researched technical data for chips and parts online.