RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Six years programming experience in C / C++
• One year programming experience in x86 and MIPS Assembly
• Widely experienced in the following environments: Linux, Unix, Windows 9X / NT, MS-DOS
• Experienced with the following software development tools:

make, g++, gcc, gdb, ld, ar, gas, NASM, CVS, MSVC
• Programming experience with the following APIs:

OpenGL, OpenAL, SDL, GTK+, X Windows programming (Xlib),
Berkeley IP Sockets (TCP and UDP), POSIX systems programming (threads, IPC),
Microsoft COM+
• Programming experience with the following programming techniques:
• Internationalization programming (I18N)
• CGI
• Programming experience with both Perl and Java programming languages.

CAREER HISTORY

Maintained Broadcom's gigabit ethernet driver for the bcm57xx series of chips.

Software Engineer - Firmware Maintainer

22 Oct 2001 to Nov 2003

Maintainer of the CFE (Common Firmware Environment) bootloader for Broadcom's cable settop box superchips. Position required commanding knowledge of the MIPS processor and its assembly language. Ported several network drivers and aquired critical debugging skills. Duties included porting subsystem drivers (USB, UART, flash, etc), facilitating hardware technicians, maintaining software releases and support website, and assisting user problems.
 

Broadband Interactive Group

13 May 2001 to 24 September 2001

Software Engineer - Created compelling Interactive Television (ITV) demos for Broadcom reference design settop boxes. Tasks included modifying and backporting kernel drivers, porting or creating new subsystem libraries, and cross-compiling binaries.
 

Loki Entertainment Software

04 January 1999 to May 2001

Lead Programmer - Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, Rune, Deus Ex

In addition to the developer items below, position responsibilities included : conducting beta tests, estimating project completion dates, managing source code version control and bug tracking systems, mediating newsgroups, creating project build environments, documentation creation and review, and configuring compiler optimizations.
Developer - Civilization : Call to Power, Heavy Gear 2, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, Unreal Tournament

Primary tasks were to port video, audio, networking, filesystem, and event / input subsystems to Open Source, Linux alternatives. MSVC specific coding assumptions and language extensions had to be ported to their gcc equivalents, if equivalents existed. External and inline assembly routines had to be ported to their NASM or gas equivalents. For those projects whose subsystems were implemented on other hardware architectures, endian and type size issues also had to be addressed.
Special projects

• Developed an API for debugging OpenGL programs

Created a wrapper layer around libGL to intercept and record all GL calls. Implemented perl scrips to accept wrapper source code as input and generate compilable C code for particular GL debugging tasks. Project required thorough comprehension of the GL specification and it's implementation. Used in Descent 3 and Quake 3.
• Created a prototype for a bootable CD

Project required a thorough understanding of the entire boot process, starting from the BIOS bootstrap and ending at the login prompt. Strategic decisions were made regarding supported hardware, initial ramdisk image contents, and root filesystem placement. Project stimulated discussions on filesystem / diskspace efficiency, hardware detection methods, and how to proceed once the root filesystem had been mounted. Initial ramdisk image creation necessitated the use of loopback devices.
• Created Linux distribution for hardware vendor

Project tasks included creating bootable CD images (see above), RPM spec file creation and modification, and tailoring / compiling the Linux 2.4.0 kernel and XFree86-4.0.2 .

United Stated Army

July 1992 to November 1994

Fire Support Specialist (13F10) - Demonstrated ability to work in a team and to delegate authority when guidance was unavailable. Earned numerous awards for significant achievements. Trained to be productive under pressure and to meet strict deadlines. Pursued multiple opportunities for professional advancement. Recognized the importance of thorough documentation and effective communication.
 

EDUCATION

Irvine Valley College

Fall 2000