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SOFTWARE LANGUAGES AND SKILLS

• C/C++, Qt, Assembly, Python, Android with Java and XML, R, MATLAB, Ruby on Rails, SQL, HTML, CSS, GNU, Emacs, PSOS, VxWorks, Proprietary RTOSs, Microsoft Visual Studio.


• Strong Embedded C Developer
  • Strong Embedded C Developer : Experience with local area networks and communications, satellite TV, USB products, core home gateways, all-in-one printer/scanner/copier fax machines, multimedia infotainment systems, and US Navy missile defense systems (held a Secret Security Clearance from 2007-2009), Environmental (Heat,Humidity) test chambers to stress products under test with these conditions, tested warehouse worker protective vest software that communicated with warehouse robots to make sure they did not get run over. Most recently I assisted in writing C/C++/Qt code for a stored value card for the military that would work even when challenged with no network connection. It is used by the military for shopping, vending machines, kiosks and ATM machines, while on the ship, base, etc.
  
  
  • Experience with local area networks and communications, satellite TV, USB products, core home gateways, all-in-one printer/scanner/copier fax machines, multimedia infotainment systems, and US Navy missile defense systems.
  
  
  • Experience with product test and development in safety critical environments.
  
  
  • Worked on set-top box programming to support multimedia apps and gaming.
  
  
  • C-shell Linux command interpreter with I/O redirection and pipe-based IPC.
  
  
  • Web server development in C.
  
  


• Leadership Skills
  • Led team to test code and documentation for successful US Navy government inspections.
  
  


• Code Management and Document Design
  • Git, Jira, Github, Bit Bucket, ClearCase, CVS, Source Safe, Gliffy Diagrams, Sharepoint.
  
  


• Hardware and Software Debug
  • SoC registers specifications
  
  
  • Keil for Windows for ARM
  
  
  • Logic Analyzers
  
  
  • Oscilloscopes
  
  
  • Sniffers
  
  
  • Debuggers
  
  
  • Emulators
  
  
  • Jade hardware design
  
  


• General
  • UNIX/Linux, Windows, Microsoft Office Suite or Linux Open Office Suite, DOORS
  
  


• Technical Skills From Courses and Working
  • Eclipse, Qt Creator, Android Studio, Blue J, PWM, ADC, DAC, UARTs, LCD controller, UARTs, MathWorks MATLAB, Vmware Player, Oracle Virtual Box, and KVM's QEMU, all running Linux, Enthought's Canopy, Mentor Graphics Tools and Spice to design CPUs, I2C, SPI, Modbus, Rstudio, SQL, Software Security (buffer overflows, breaking web sites, tools to detect issues), Hardware Security (design vulnerabilities, Intellectual Property (IP), physical attacks, modular exponentiation, side channel attacks, hardware trojans, physical unclonable functions (PUF)
  
  


• Humanities
  • Justice and Ethical Reasoning, Micro and Macroeconomics, International Human Rights, EU Business Law, US Constitution, Growing Entrepreneurs in Challenging Economies, Technical Entrepreneur, International Criminal Law, Wiretapping and Surveillance, Solving Complex Problems: Professional Group Decision Making Support in Highly Complex Situations.