Resume
Education
2004-2008: Washington State University - B.S. Electrical Engineering
• Relevant Course Work: Embedded Systems, Microprocessor Design, Advanced Digital Logic Circuits, Control Systems, Advanced Microprocessor Design, ASIC Design, Digital Communications
• Tasked with creating a VHDL convolution engine for images, and create a utility framework for MicroBlaze.
• Project leader responsible organization and project goals; responsible for keeping the project on track.
• Core responsibility was writing the firmware drivers for MicroBlaze and creating the tests for our logic.
2002-2004: University of Washington
• Pre-engineering
Professional Experience
Embedded Systems Intern – Schweitzer Engineering Labs , Pullman, WA | May, 2006 – Present
• Recommended hardware changes for an embedded prototype to meet the system requirements.
• Designed and wrote firmware for a proof of concept system. The proof of concept was well received and became a production product.
• Wrote firmware and recommended design options for solving a complex problem using minimal resources in a microcontroller.
• Performed relay hardware and firmware upgrades configuring them to spec when needed.
• Performed a market study for a possible future hardware enhancement. This compared costs of in house versus outside production.
• Maintained a backend network of communication devices at remote locations. In the event of failure I communicated with people onsite to fix the issue.
Computer Engineer – Engineering Teaching and Research Labs, Pullman, WA | January, 2006 – April, 2006
• Modified the existing controller hardware to work with the new hardware being installed and verifying its operation. Also altered portions of the controller hardware for better resolution and control.
• Modified the existing LabView application to match the hardware changes and work correctly.
• Implemented safety measures into the program including an emergency shutdown that would minimize risk to those around.
• Using VHDL and MicroBlaze a control system was developed to simplify the use of the stepper motors.
• Documented the configuration of the system, and the procedures for its use.
FPGA Development Intern – Digilent, Pullman, WA | June, 2004 – April, 2006
• Created demonstration materials for tradeshows as well as reference designs to be used by other engineers and students. The ranged from VHDL hardware drivers to robots.
• Wrote VHDL cores and software drivers for hardware so that it would work with Xilinx's EDK.
Software Intern – Sharp SMA, Vancouver, WA | July, 2002 – August, 2002
• Did final offsite code review to assure conformance to Sharp standards. Wrote utilities to perform more of the basic code standards.
• Performed a unit test to assure quality.
Network Administrator – Auburn Senior High School, Auburn, WA, | September, 1999 – June, 2001
• Maintained a Windows NT domain, and provided technical support to clients running Windows 98. This included email configuration, hardware troubleshooting, as well as network configuration and maintenance.
Personal Experience:
Logic Analyzer and Oscilloscope: December 2005
• Wrote a VHDL ram, parallel communications, and ADC controllers, as well as a state machine to link all the components.
• Wrote a simple program in Visual C# to get the data from the board using the Digilent communication library. It provided a sample rate, and specifies the channel for trigger. After the data is collected the FPGA sends it back to the PC in a single large chunk.
Linux Projects: January 1998 – Present
• Built a custom firewalls and created a script to easily duplicate the IPTables rules and allow for modifications to customize the firewall to its end use.
• Created a central file storage solution. Implemented RAID 5 to provided redundancy as well as massive storage. Serves NFS, NIS, and Samba shares to the rest of my network.
• Implemented Asterisk on extra computer to provide VoIP. Tied together two different VoIP networks and provide a single access point for family. Currently working on implementing IAX for a direct dial to family friends running Asterisk.
Awards and Certifications:
• Eagle Scout. (2001)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate course completion. (2001)
• PADI Rescue Diver (2001)