Bob Forgey
                        Valley Center, CA 92082
                             760.749.4766
                    rforgey@grumpydogconsulting.com

Applicable Job Skills

  * Embedded systems development (C, C++, Assembly, 80x86, M68K)
  * Automated testing of embedded systems products
  * Object-Oriented analysis and design
  * Build/Configuration management (CVS, Subversion, Make)
  * Unix programming experience (Perl, Tcl/Tk, C, C++, Python)
  * Internet development experience (Perl, Apache, XML)
  * Linux/Solaris system administration

Work Experience

CCAD LLC. (www.ccadllc.com)
San Diego, California                                Jan 2005 - Present
  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.

Nokia Inc.
San Diego, California                               Apr 2002 - Dec 2004
  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.

Bioinformatics consulting work
San Diego, California                               Dec 2001 - Apr 2002
  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
  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.

Motorola Corporation
San Diego, California                               Jan 2000 - Nov 2000
  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.

Qualcomm Inc.
San Diego, California                               Sep 1997 - Jan 2000
  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.

Palomar Products
Carlsbad, California                                Sep 1996 - Sep 1997
  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
  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
  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
  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 (San Diego)  
  Java Programming
  Intermediate Java Programming
  Tools and Algorithms in Bioinformatics

Platforms

  * HARDWARE: Solaris, Windows XP, Linux; VxWorks, VRTX, pSOS; 80x86,
    68K
  * SOFTWARE: Unix, Windows XP, C++, C, 68K/80x86 Assembly, Tcl, Tk,
    Python, Perl
  * APPLICATIONS: ClearCase, Continuus, CVS, Subversion, Tornado,
    Apache, XML