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Olathe, Kansas, United States

* Contributing to design and development of display device drivers for products using NXP iMX7/iMX8 MPUs.* Architected UI performance enhancements that include double buffering, contiguous DMA transfers and partial display updates that led to a 25.5% reduction in the frame buffer transfer time, increasing the effective UI rendering frame rate from ~20 to ~42 FPS on several products.* Designing and implementing device drivers and hardware abstraction layers to support product audio features. * Designed and implemented a high-speed run service to be used by application processes to improve performance during CPU intensive operations on products using NXP iMX7 platforms. Time to complete user route calculations and production file system validation reduced by ~26%, leading to lower manufacturing costs and higher customer satisfaction. * Led voice quality working group responsible for development of end-to-end voice solution using Cat-M technology designed to support low power IoT devices. Responsible for engagement with several business partners to capture call recordings, identify target improvements, and debug voice quality issues in various signal environments.

Olathe, Kansas, United States

* Managed the Fitness Low-Level Software Group consisting of up to 16 reports across multiple sites* Architect for performance and low-power driven design of hardware platforms to support fitness wearable, wellness, cycling and kid products through hands on interaction with my team* Promoted interdisciplinary collaboration to successfully launch consumer products on time* Directed research and development activities to push the envelope of the technology* Worked with key stakeholders to define product development plans, requirements, architectures, and development schedules with a focus on balancing resource allocation to meet the needs of all fitness product development and maintenance activities across the fitness segment

Olathe, Kansas, United States

* Architected and implemented a wireless serial communication protocol between Garmin fitness devices and the Garmin Connect mobile application, supporting user conectivity features for millions of active customers. * Lead software engineer on complex software development projects lasting 9-15 months * Oversee a group of 5 developers, plan project work, create software schedule, assign developer tasks, conduct periodic development meetings, and report project status to management and stakeholders * Interact with other development teams to ensure full feature sets and product requirements are satisfied* Responsible for supporting a variety of embedded hardware platforms and product feature sets through the design and development of various device drivers for platforms using ARM MCUs/MPUs.

Olathe, Kansas, United States

* Developed device drivers to support chipset communication, packet processing, sensor pairing, and application API for capturing real-time sensor data metrics for ANT+ wireless solutions. * Improved efficiency and quality of software through design and development of standard integrated logging module to use in data analysis and product debugging. * Actively participate in the full life cycle of software development for embedded consumer fitness devices in a team-oriented environment* Analyze, design, implement and maintain embedded software systems to support new technology and improve capability/performance of existing applications* Develop low level software and drivers to support new hardware designs/platforms as well as support incremental hardware changes for production* Develop new products, troubleshoot software issues, and debug/research critical problems* Lead multiple re-designs and optimization efforts of existing components and algorithms, in some cases reducing startup time by 75%, improving performance by 33%, and improving battery life by 33%.

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

* Developed Windows GUI application in C++ for a gigabit Ethernet packet generator/analyzer* Implemented automated tests in C/C++ to simulate and profile network traffic to test functionality/performance of network equipment in real time environments* Uncovered a hardware issue with a competitor’s device affecting our customer’s network that prevented further investigation at customer’s site* Developed/coded fixes for critical software defects and new software feature additions in C/C++

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

* Replicated problems seen in the field to reduce time spent on customer sites* Uncovered several software defects critical to functionality prior to customer release* Performed functional tests on new code revisions in several different circuits* Developed/coded automated reports in C/C++ to increase time spent in actual testing