Bob

Summary

For the last eight years I have created software products for the Microsoft Windows environment using Visual C++, MFC, Visual Basic and Java. For ten years prior to that I developed applications in C and C++ for X11/Motif on Sun, HPUX and VAX/VMS machines. I have a strong background in hardware design and have worked on both embedded systems and CAE tools. I have both experience and formal training in software engineering and project management, and I especially enjoy the specification of projects and products.

Experience

2002 to 2003, Consultant, Accessible UI Design, JBliss Imaging Systems, Mountain View CA

JBliss Imaging develops software applications for blind and visually impaired users.

	Wrote a library of self-voicing, self-magnifying ActiveX controls to replace the standard Label, Edit, Button, Menu, etc Windows controls. Other engineers used these controls to develop accessible applications.
	Wrote an accessible email client for elderly users.

2002, Consultant, Triad LCD Display Driver IC, Alien Technology, Morgan Hill CA

The Triad IC is an electrode driver for various liquid crystal displays with both a Motorla SPI and Philips I²C microprocessor interface.

	Created hardware simulation and Xilinx FPGA model of the Triad IC.
	Developed checkout and test firmware for Triad IC.

2000 to 2001 Principal Engineer, Philips Flat Display Systems, Sunnyvale CA

The Flat Display Systems group develops hardware and firmware to drive large LCD display panels.

	Developed hardware and determined timing parameters to interface several LG.Philips and HAPD LCD panels to Arithmos ADE2100V2 scaler engine.
	Did first pass hardware design of a video board based on the Arithmos ADEV2300.
	Wrote MFC utility to generate gamma correction curves for various LCD panels.
	Wrote firmware to control Philips FQ1216 and FQ1236MK3 tuner modules.

1999 to 2000, Lead Engineer, Traffic Products Group, Etak Inc., Menlo Park CA

Etak sells digital street maps and real time automobile traffic information to radio and television stations, Internet content providers, cellular phone and wireless networking vendors.

	Developed a Java TCP/IP networking and database application to import real time auto traffic flow and speed data from Orange County into Etak’s Traffic Server architecture.
	Developed map based graphical displays of traffic incident data for news reporting.
	Created a MFC application to synchronize multiple traffic incident databases using ODBC.
	Enhanced and maintained Etak Traffic Server, Etak Traffic Client SDK, and Etak Traffic Workstation.

1995 to 1999, Software Department Manager, Telesensory Inc., Sunnyvale CA

Telesensory manufactures both hardware and software products for blind and visually impaired persons.

	Developed the software for the Domino Reading Machine, a Windows 95 based integrated system which combines OCR and Text-to-Speech technology to create a reading machine for blind persons.
	Developed the Power Reader product, a software reading machine product for Windows 95, using MSVC++ 5.0.
	Developed an object oriented Braille API library using MFC 4.2 for Windows 95/NT, which was used by third party Screen Reader vendors to control Braille displays.
	Developed embedded firmware for the Genie Pro computer display and CCTV magnifier.
	Designed and built the hardware, and wrote the firmware, for a microprocessor based control panel unit for the Domino Reading machine.
	Developed the embedded firmware for the new Sindbad refreshable Braille display product, using 8051 assembly and C.
	Negotiated product requirements, wrote product specifications, and created project schedules.
	Managed team of junior programmers who were responsible for maintaining and enhancing existing products.
	Managed Software Q/A position, developed test plans and product release procedures.
	Responsible for Software department budgets, hiring, employee appraisals, and salary reviews.

1994 to 1995, Manager EDA Engineering, Sophia Systems and Technology
1992 to 1994, Software Engineer, Sophia Systems and Technology, Palo Alto CA

Member of a team of four engineers responsible for the development of a suite of CAE tools purchased from Teradyne. Promoted to manager of this team in 1994.

	Brought a much delayed Mentor Design Architect Interface product to the market by implementing formal product specifications, change control and project scheduling.
	Brought the product up to date by designing, planning, and managing a project to move the tool to the Microsoft Windows 3.1 environment.
	Simplified sales and manufacturing by producing a single product which could support both English and Japanese language users.
	Opened new markets by completing the implementation and shipping a new and unique networked simulation tool.
	Reduced errors in product shipments by implementing written Q/A procedures.
	Increased customer satisfaction by implementing formal tracking of support calls.
	Expanded the team by hiring and training new engineers.
	Represented the interests of Sophia in the transfer of technology from Teradyne.

1987 to 1992, Senior Engineer and Group Leader, Teradyne EDA, Santa Clara CA

Led a team of 3 to 7 engineers in developing system utilities including graphics and user interface libraries, software licensing, installation, hard copy, change control and porting tools.

	Brought the software up to date by designing, planning and managing the conversion of the existing User Interface to X11 and Motif.
	Helped to expand the product line by serving as a project manager for a new and unique PC and Sun networked simulation tool.
	Designed and led the implementation of a UI dialog subsystem to simplify the end user's interaction with the system and simplify new tool development.
	Ported the graphics and UI subsystems to the VAXstation and X11 environment. Supervised the porting to the Ultrix/X11 and to the Sun/OpenLook environment.
	Kept the team running smoothly by handling recruiting, performance and salary reviews, planning and scheduling and other required tasks.

1986 to 1987, Member Technical Staff, CASE Technology, Menlo Park CA

Wrote graphics, windowing and user interface software for their suite of CAE tools.

	Made the UI more user friendly by implementing a platform independent windowing system.
	Expanded the customer base by porting the product line to the VAXstation platform.
	Reduced software bugs by implementing a code change control system.
	Increased the product's flexibility and team productivity by developing porting tools.
	Provided increased flexibility to customers with both PCs and mainframes by creating PC graphics terminal software.

1983 to 1986, Software Specialist, Digital Equipment Corporation, Indianapolis IN

Wrote real time process control and factory automation software for electronics manufacturing applications.

	Facilitated distributed processing solutions by creating a "software bus" communications subsystem.
	Helped achieve the goal of 100% testing of all assemblies by writing distributed and fault tolerant data collection and machine control software to interface with automatic test equipment.
	Reduced the number of assembly errors by writing process verification software to ensure that process steps were performed in the correct order.

1977 to 1983, Systems Programmer, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis IN

Part of a team responsible for maintaining and enhancing operating system, compiler and utility software for DECsystem-10, DECSYSTEM-20 and VAX/VMS mainframe systems.

Organized a myriad of graphics terminals and plotters by writing hardware independent graphics systems, including graphics libraries, interactive previewers and a hard copy spooler.

Education

	2000: Verilog Hardware Description Language, UCSC Extension
	1998: Visual Basic Programming, and Programming with MFC, UCSC Extension
	1997: Object Oriented Design, Java Programming, and Windows NT Device Drivers, UCSC Extension
	1991, Certificate in Engineering and Project Management, UC Santa Cruz, CA.
	1982, BSCS awarded with highest distinction, Purdue University, IN.

Experience

1994 to 1995, Manager EDA Engineering, Sophia Systems and Technology 1992 to 1994, Software Engineer, Sophia Systems and Technology, Palo Alto CA

Licensed amateur radio operator, KF6TBN.

1994 to 1995, Manager EDA Engineering, Sophia Systems and Technology
1992 to 1994, Software Engineer, Sophia Systems and Technology, Palo Alto CA