OBJECTIVE:

Permanent senior software development position for kernel - and driver-level components of virtualized or embedded systems.

SUMMARY:

Twenty years development experience including thirteen years of startup experience. Specializing in virtualization and real-time system development.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Staff Engineer

Responsibilities:

• ASIC platform driver which connects to upstream Linux OpenCores I2C kernel module.
• Controls I2C muxes and monitors sensors reachable only by vendor FPGA.
• Ported ARM device tree specification (DTS) file supplied by partner for Broadcom BCM956340 (Helix4) SoC from existing Linux 4.1 kernel to 4.19 kernel on multiple switches. Updated/fixed multiple upstream, vendor-supplied and proprietary device drivers to accommodate 4.19.
• Support code for all platforms to access: CPLDs, I2C muxes/sensors, fans, power supplies etc.

Confidential, Campbell, CA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Beta releases for early customer proof-of-concepts
• Software release 1.0 - first revenue product
• Python tools for internal deployment, tracing and data collection

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Added product support so that existing VMware VMs could run under OpenStack Folsom, Grizzly and Havana.
• Responsible for Linux driver integration, kernel command line options, grub configuration and harvesting sysfs platform info from kernel versions 2.6.18 through 3.5.
• OpenStack-functional clones of multiple VMware virtual machines
• New product development (unannounced product) including carrier customer demo and alpha support; contributed to BU revenues of $1m+ cloud-init functionality for all VMware and OpenStack VMs
• Python utility toolkit using PySphere SDK and vSphere API

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Optimized ESXi memory footprint to conform to tightened VMware restrictions.
• Ported Confidential -proprietary EL protocol and Plan 9 9P protocols to HBA environment.
• Responsible for project scheduling and coordination with engineering and product management.
• Linux/ESX driver code as required
• EL transport and 9P namespace server code for Initiator 6.1 release
• PDD response document to Product Management PRD requirement
• Schedules, Scrum sprint info and resource allocations for team
• Contributed namespace functionality expected to add $100M+ to company's IPO valuation.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Platform development for Confidential 's industry-leading green-tech wireless lighting control product gateway.
• Created VirtualBox virtual machine build environment, toolchain, and compact flash load for AMD Geode LX800-based ALIX 3D2 embedded system on multiple Voyage Linux distributions.
• Prototyped alternative cross-toolchain solution with buildroot-2011.11.
• Responsible for Voyage SDK customization, Debian Linux package selection and integration of Confidential application build.
• Internal requirement and design specifications
• Documentation for creation of VirtualBox virtual machine environments
• Script tools to automate build virtual machine start/stop, provisioning
• Customized Voyage Linux SDK framework for sustaining development (scripts, configuration files, package repository, Debian binaries)
• Releases based on Voyage Linux 0.6.5 and 0.7.5 as CF images

Confidential, Stanford, CA

Senior Controls Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created controls for motors, analog devices, cameras and sensors within the EPICS framework.
• Some Linux device driver work on USB motor controllers.
• Wrote Linux USB serial device driver for Thorlabs FW102 filter wheel with FTDI chipset.

Confidential, San Mateo, CA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the geographically distributed software development group creating the industry's first Linux management appliance product family.
• Internal requirement and design specifications
• Code for various subsystems
• On-time, high-quality product
• Contributed to creation of the world's first Linux management appliance family (Intrepids M/S/X) and resulting growth of the company's installed base and gross revenues.

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Project Lead/Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements definition with product management
• Schedule estimation and resource allocation (Gantt)
• Assisting development of documentation materials
• Contributed to and directed software development by a team of three engineers.
• Wrote and augmented C probes for a policy compliance enterprise software product on Red Hat Linux, Solaris, NetBSD, AIX and HP/UX.
• Developed an installer for a policy design product using InstallAnywhere 5.5 and 6.1.

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirements definition, project scheduling, and managing software development and delivery to a large Japanese customer.
• Development in the VxWorks environment for control of a wafer-annealing tool. Wrote MS
• VC/QT graphical user interface applications: a recipe editor, status and configuration tools as well as XML validation and back-end processing.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Project Manager/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirements definition, project scheduling, and integration plan definition.
• Ported a device driver for the Echotek GC214 digital receiver from Red Hat Linux (2.4 kernel) to Solaris 8.