Enhanced and maintained several subsystems, including two-way communications and code download.
Created and implemented a system for the automated testing of the product.
Applicable Job Skills
Work Experience
| CCAD LLC. (www.ccadllc.com) | ||
| San Diego, California | Jan 2005 - Present | |
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Contract Engineer. Upgraded
existing build system to make it more efficient. Created resource and
performance monitoring systems. Enhanced and maintained several subsystems, including two-way communications and code download. Created and implemented a system for the automated testing of the product. |
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| Nokia Inc. | ||
| San Diego, California | Apr 2002 - Dec 2004 | |
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Contract Engineer. Created and
supported software product to allow developers to use testing tools
while debugging under simulation instead of requiring the use of
target hardware. Enhanced the functionality of an automated testing tool with low-level communication routines. |
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| Bioinformatics consulting work | ||
| San Diego, California | Dec 2001 - Apr 2002 | |
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Created, designed, and implemented perl scripts to process bioinformatics data files (PDB and Dali) and to process the results of related programs (CE and Sequoia). | |
| SSP Solutions | ||
| Irvine, California | Nov 2000 - Nov 2001 | |
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Sr Developer. Implemented
website using an XML application server (AxKit). Designed and
implmemented content administration system for company website.
Created website in PHP on a Linux platform. Developed test applications for Embassy Trusted Client API. Test applications written in Tcl and C. Built and administered network of Linux and Windows 2000 platforms. |
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| Motorola Corporation | ||
| San Diego, California | Jan 2000 - Nov 2000 | |
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Contract Engineer. Designed,
implemented and tested functionality which provided real-time code
upgrade of a satellite TV set-top box without interruption to the end
user. Performed code reduction effort to remove dead code from product using Perl scripts. |
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| Qualcomm Inc. | ||
| San Diego, California | Sep 1997 - Jan 2000 | |
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Contract Engineer. Designed,
implemented and tested messaging and control protocol for High
Availability processing for redundant cards in satellite telephone
gateways. In charge of maintenance of command and data messaging system in gateways, including change control and configuration management. Wrote scripts to generate Interface Control Document web pages for this system. Performed UNIX system administration. Developed tools and CGI scripts for administration work. Set up web pages to provide a centralized information source. Installed web-based problem reporting system and group calendar. Built Solaris Jumpstart CDs for installing production software, and set up this system to run from a version-controlled ClearCase repository. |
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| Palomar Products | ||
| Carlsbad, California | Sep 1996 - Sep 1997 | |
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Contract Engineer. Designed and implemented user interface features on X-windows voice switch GUI for air traffic controllers. Participated in OOAD requirements analysis, design, and testing. Built a Tcl/Tk application simulator. Set up a system to build application on NT that included a facility to detect build errors and automatically alert developers. | |
| General Instruments | ||
| San Diego, California | Feb 1995 - Aug 1996 | |
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Contract Engineer. Implemented channel selection algorithm used to determine user authorization for a satellite set-top box. Algorithm extracted authorization information from Entitlement Management Messages (EMM) in an MPEG2 Packetized Elementary Stream. Designed, implemented and documented build management system for set-top firmware. | |
| Teradata/AT&T/NCR Corp. | ||
| San Diego, California | Feb 1990 - Jan 1995 | |
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Consulting Engineer. Designed and implemented low-level HW to SW interface classes for embedded diagnostic processors for a large-scale parallel computer. Provided C++ and embedded systems technical support for the group. Designed, implemented and documented build management system using Make and Perl for a group of about 20 engineers. Performed requirement analysis and technology evaluations for adding an OOAD tool into an integrated development environment for C/C++. | |
| Speech Systems, Inc. | ||
| Tarzana, California | Feb 1984 - Dec 1989 | |
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Software Engineer. Embedded development in C and 80186 assembly for speech recognition device. Designed and implemented control firmware for custom board. Designed and implemented firmware to transfer speech data from the custom board to a backend processor. | |
Education
| California Institute of Technology | BS Chemistry 1977 |
| California Institute of Technology | BS Electrical Engineering 1978 |
| University of California Extension | Java Programming Intermediate Java Programming Tools and Algorithms in Bioinformatics |
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