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Chandler, AZ, US

Carlsbad, CA, US

• Creating bare-metal embedded software on Atmel AVR and ARM microcontrollers for the Exceed satellite internet service, including both residential and airplane services.
• Configuring and coding register level interfaces for multiple RF up/down converters and PLLs.
• Designing and writing embedded C code for SPI interfaces for multiple peripherals devices.
• Configuring and coding Analog to Digital interface for ARM processor.
• Coding ASCI and binary interface to on board GPS chip.
• Creating register level interface document for peripherals.

• Creating embedded software for a Microchip PIC24F micro-controller for a Ground Fault remote control.
• Maintaining product software specification document with changes impacting both hardware and software requirements.
• Creating i2c interface specification document detailing packet messaging between master and slave units.
• Designing best functional pin layout and register configuration for microcontrollers.
• Designing and testing for concept validation utilizing prototype boards as testing platforms for extended i2c amplification.
• Designing and writing embedded C code for i2c data transfers, signaling LEDs, and Interrupt Service Routine controlled buttons for the remote control.

Due to health concerns with my daughter, I left the workforce to become her primary caregiver. These personal circumstances have been resolved.

• Delivered seven multi-million dollar international software projects exceeding customer quality expectations by managing project scope, budget, and schedule throughout project life cycle. Managed project budgets.
• Created, maintained, and executed project schedules with complex activity dependencies and third party supplier deliverables utilizing critical path analysis.
• Managed projects with over 1K software requirements and over 3K test cases.
• Assembled and managed teams of over a hundred employees across several functional development groups from Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Managed third party suppliers and supply chain for introduction of new hardware platforms.
• Provided progress to senior leadership team highlighting achievements, risks, and resolution proposals.

• Created software requirements, code, and test cases to install call processing software onto a running cellular networks platform. Provided onsite and on-call support for all customer installs. Reported schedule status.
• Led a software team of 16 developers to install all components of a fault tolerant call processing platform, including full system installs with a new OS and small patches of application code.
• Led team to redesign a full install suite of software successfully simplifying the customer interface, automating software builds, and eliminating all known customer issues.
• Performed the architectural role of the installs by designing high level flows and requirements.
• Designed and wrote code for three different platforms and four types of installs.
• Code work was done in thousands of lines of Korn Shell Unix Scripts, Expect Scripts, and C.

• Provided on-site support of company's software (OS/Comet & parts of the Satellite Control Software) for Motorola's Iridium program. Interfaced with clients and provided real-time software support in an operations.
• Built and maintained core satellite control software.
• Integrated and installed software to multiple platform configurations.
• Performed role of Solaris Unix system administrator for STI customer lab and STI local office.
• Developed command interface software on the flash drive of the satellite utilizing C code.
• Managed client’s use of software licenses.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Master’S Certificate, Project Management