Summary of Qualifications

Embedded software developer with twelve years experience focusing on modularity, reuse, scalability and maintainability • Highly experienced with a variety of programming languages, operating systems, processor architectures, board-level peripherals, debugging tools/techniques and general embedded design issues • Conversant with real-time and safety-critical considerations • Highly experienced with object-oriented and interface-based design paradigms • Experienced with software project management, including resource allocation and management, requirements gathering, architecture development and implementation, scheduling, testing, deployment and applying software development processes such as RUP and XP • Excellent oral and written communication skills • A self-starter experienced working in a fast-paced environment, comfortable as an independent contributor or leading a team

Experience

Embedded Linux Development for Networked Digital Media Products

• Responsible for development of software for Sigma 8560/uClinux based networked digital media adapter

• Developed software modules on top of thin, third-party middleware stack providing UPNP media browsing, automatic secure firmware updates, IP camera viewer and UPNP lighting control UI

• Redesigned existing MPEG2 & MPEG4 demux modules to provide better stability & more functionality

• Responsible for hardware selection, software architecture and leading a team of engineers to implement next-generation platforms based on a variety of evaluated platforms, including Nexperia and Micronas- based reference designs

• Developed IP Camera DVR application for Intel IXP425 based networked media server allowing capture and indexing of images from various IP camera models

• Developed hardware and software architecture to meet product requirements for UPNP network audio bridge based on Analog Devices Blackfin ADSP-BF537 platform

• Dealt with all aspects of software development, including enforcing version control and code development guidelines and standards and creating accurate development schedules

Firmware/LabVIEW Development for Medical Device

• Responsible for the architecture and implementation of firmware for wearable medical device based on Cypress SL11R USB Controller

• Coding was done in Assembly and C and required development of a scheduler, flash wear-leveling algorithms and power management algorithms, plus drivers for flash, ADC, DAC and RTC peripherals

• Wrote software specification and design documentation

• Developed LabVIEW application for unit testing and firmware updating

Firmware/LabVIEW Development for Cancer Treatment System Modules

• Responsible for the development of firmware for TI 28xx DSP-based cancer treatment system

• Utilized TI DSP/BIOS to deal with the various real-time tasks in the system, including data acquisition with time constraints of a few microseconds while dealing with lower priority CAN bus communication/data sharing with other hardware modules

• Developed a LabVIEW application for unit and system testing

C# Application for DNA Sequencing Instrument

• Responsible for architecture and implementation of C# based control software for DNA sequencer

• Developed software requirements

• Collaborated with Sales/Marketing to develop UI specification and with QA team developing system tests

• Developed separate script-controlled LabVIEW application allowing electrical and mechanical engineers to perform hardware unit and system testing, and allowing research team to develop optimized procedures for DNA extraction

C++/LabVIEW Application for Avionics System Integration Test Facility

• Developed PC-based system to stimulate and control aircraft avionics in a mock cockpit environment for final system testing

• Developed system requirements from I/O requirements for systems' flight simulator & systems' avionics

• Specified and integrated PC system hardware

• Developed an automation software architecture allowing multiple PC's & hardware configurations to participate in a networked environment while providing a synchronous view of the system controls

• Worked with outside groups to develop a scalable C⁺⁺-based UI architecture focused on clean, organized screens facilitating quick and easy access to thousands of controls required by Systems Test Engineers

• Developed software interface specification for third-party companies wishing to write automated tests for their own avionic units while in-system

• Developed custom ARINC 429 protocol analyzer allowing system test engineers to capture, analyze and diagnose protocol anomalies

• Developed firmware for PC-controlled motor control modules

• Consulted with other departments to assist in the development of their own test stations

• Provided system demonstrations to existing and potential customers

Data Acquisition System Design for Pulsed Laser System

• Integrated hardware & developed software for a LabVIEW-based data acquisition system capable of controlling high-power laser, & collecting data from power supplies, oscilloscopes & a mass spectrometer

Education

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering University of South Carolina, 5/97

DSP/BIOS Training (TI C67x) Texas Instruments, Palo Alto, CA, 3/02

C^#/.NET Training Wintellect, Seattle, WA, 1/02

Skills