Tom Miller Email & Phone Number

Plano, TX, US

• Served as Architect, the highest technical position
• Designed all software aspects for team, including all driver developments paths, APIs, and PC Application software
• Built schedule requirements for entire team, system engineering requirements
• Built PCI Attached USB Host Controller Driver and Radio Manager for Wireless USB Host Controller Interface device (WHCI). Radio is Ultrawideband WiMedia
• Managed design and architecture for teams in both US and India
• Worked closely with firmware development in building highly interactive driver/firmware designs

• Designed an implemented USB Host Controller Driver stack for USB attached Wireless USB WireAdapter, as well as source base for Wireless USB Radio Control Driver
• Designed and lead development team for Windows DHTML MFC Management application to interface Wireless USB Host Controller driver
• Served as Manager as well as technical lead while company was small
• Submitted multiple patents for Wireless USB Throughput and performance optimizations
• All software was designed and built from scratch, including entire USB host controller interface, as well as Wireless USB and WireAdapter protocol.
• All Drivers based on Windows Driver Model (WDM) bus design

• Served as Scientist, the highest technical Engineering position, for the embedded software team in the residential line of DSL Bridges and Routers.
• Architected varying software projects within current software base. Developed architecture varied within everything from DSL and ATM drivers to GUI Web Interfaces
• Designed proprietary protocols, XML schemas, and Security and Encryption methods to handle networked device management. Also implemented this technology on industry standard network management.
• Handled multiple customer interactions to help customize software for customer needs.
• Performed research on upcoming technologies, software and hardware capabilities of products, and optimization of software base.
• Designed embedded software distributions on both proprietary in-house derived software base as well as open source embedded Linux.

• Developed code for core embedded OS, network stack, and all application software running in the current line of DSL routers.
• Developed custom embedded web server, HTML parsing language for embedded device, and then implemented Web GUI for current line of residential devices.
• Worked with large customers to develop custom one-off firmware loads with custom look and feel, network interaction and WAN side management, and LAN side protocol APIs to ease install. This customer base has included.
• Architected and implemented Miniport driver design for Windows PCI and USB DSL network devices
• Submitted multiple patents for ADSL Throughput and Interface controls.
• Designed base API and DLLs to handle all OS interactions for Windows development team to handle device driver installs.

• Developed line of Windows based networking devices which helped Efficient Networks, Inc. make it through its Initial Public Offering.
• Handled all customer fixes to Windows DSL devices, as well as most fixes for embedded DSL devices.
• Developed software build and release process once Efficient had become public and developed a large customer base.

• Researched and developed core software base for Compaq Network Adapters.
• Submitted multiple patents, many held as company confidential. Awarded patents 6,381,218, 6,272,113, and 6,229,538 pertaining to fault tolerance and load balancing Ethernet Ports.
• Worked at phy and driver level for 10/100 Based Ethernet NICs and switches, Driver support for Gigabit Ethernet
• Conducted all research in the NT area for intermediate drivers and support applications for high-end features for Server NICs.
• Worked with embedded teams to build matching features in Ethernet backplanes.
• Maintained and improved Compaq NetFlex-3 Devices Drivers and Phy Libraries. Single and Dual Head 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabet Ethernet controllers

• Helped hire-in and build new software QA team as second senior member, specializing in Microsoft networking technologies.
• Performed functional testing on device drivers for network adapters at developer level. Testing included protocol sniffer analysis, kernel debugging, and driver specific test functionality.
• Developed test and automation tools in Visual C++ and Visual Basic for Windows and DOS platforms. Developed test tools in REXX for OS/2.
• Researched new operating systems and networking utilities to increase effectiveness of testing.
• Defined test plan and test environment configurations for QA team.
• Implemented CGI-driven website for distribution of Beta drivers to other test groups within Compaq.

• Served as second senior technical member in both the technical and marketing sides of product testing in a network environment, although hired as a co-operative education employee
• Served as Lotus Notes database manager and expert for department.
• Conducted testing of IBM and non-IBM hardware and software products against OS/2 WARP Server, DOS, Windows, Netware and a full array of IBM and non-IBM LAN Systems software and hardware products.
• Produced network and individual machine hardware configurations for test environment, including bridges, hubs, routers, and many make of network adapters.
• Wrote test scripts and automation tools to expedite testing.
• Authored all Web pages related to IBM’s “Tested and Approved for OS/2 WARP LAN Systems” program.