| Major
Skill Areas Embedded Software development - many platforms -
widely experienced . C & C++ . OOD . Assembly language . User Interfaces . Data
Communications . Internet and proprietary protocols . Development of GUI front
ends & user interfaces , protocol stack components , device drivers and packet
drivers , multimedia - play engines etc. , editors , assemblers and interpreters
, co-operative operating systems . Computer and communications security . Code
for RF side . Multiprocessing - distributed and parallel . Componentisation .
Hardware knowledgeable with some hardware development experience .
System Architecture Design - design and development
of project frameworks , specification and supervision of component development
. Technical Project Management - complete cycle . All aspects . Drill down design
. Full formal methods
. Explicit coding . Designing code for source and binary level verification -
including Quality , Integrity and Security - transparent and blind , and Binary
Level Validation & Certification - via Automated Test Harnesses . Very
much an engineer in my approach – looking at the best way to put projects together
. Getting into the software architecture and design . Looking for the best way
to design a project . Very conscious of the business aspects . Highly
professional - product and customer orientated , values based , approach . Professional
, Communitarian with Individualism , Collaborative , Ownership based working culture
. Principles and concepts based . Very practical and down to earth . Highly innovative
and creative . Able to produce high quality and high value code , quickly and
cost effectively . Very versatile - have worked in many different environments
in many different places on many different projects . Am a quick learner . Am
very good with the broad picture . Very much an outside of the box person . Very
much new economy . Very much an enabler and facilitator .
Solution Provider Have developed the Front
End Module - a method of designing and managing the operation of User Interfaces
- and am able to supply this under license . Am also able to provide a porting
and script design service . It saves massive amounts of development time and considerable
cost . It is powerful , versatile and is easy to install , configure and design
with .
Other Details
| Date of Birth | 15
- Jan - 1960 | | Place
of Birth | Poole , Dorset ,
England | | Nationality | U.K.
\ E.U. and Australian | | |
| Marital Status | Never
married | | No. of Children | None |
| | | Work
location | UK or the Continent
. Will move to the work location . | | Computer
and Internet Facilities | Yes
- fully equipped for remote working . | | Prepared
to travel | Yes |
| | | University
Attended | Western Australian
Institute of Technology ( Curtin University
)
Accredited to I.E.Aust. . | | |
| Degree Obtained | B.Eng.
Communications ( and Computing )
4 year engineering degree with maths
and science - physics , chemistry , materials science etc. . No. 19256 issued
16 th. Feb. 1983 . Top 5% . Yr's 1 to 3 SWA ~77% , Yr 4 ~66% . |
| | | Other
Qualifications | Amateur (
Radio ) Operators Certificate of Proficiency ( Australia ) 1980 .
Driving
Licence - standard car ( UK \ E.U. ) . | | | |
| The Token Bus Protocol | The
Token Bus Protocol | | Patents
Granted | Token
Bus Protocol Number 1 ( GB 2 273 023 ) .
Token
Bus Protocol Number 2 ( GB 2 280 572 ) .
Token
Bus Protocol Number 3A ( GB 2 319 706 ) . | | Wikipedia
Link | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_bus_network
- last link on page . | | |
| Foreign Languages Spoken | A
little French - am learning , even less Italian and almost no German . |
| | | State
of Health | Excellent |
| | | Travel
Experience | Extensive
in Western Europe . Some in the Middle East , South and South East Asia . Extensive
in Australia . Some in New Zealand . | | |
| Main Residence | England
13 ¾ years , France 3 ¾ years , Australia 25 years , Germany 2 ¾ years , Belgium
2 ¾ years , Kuwait 3 years plus 1 year travelling . |
Skills Summary Extensive
embedded , and some applications and systems , software design and development
experience and some hardware design experience . Software Engineering
| High level languages |
:- |
C ( 10+ years ) , C++ ( 6+ years ) , Basic and
Quick Basic ( 6 months - 20+ years ago ) , Pascal and Fortran
( 6 months - 30+ years ago ) . |
| |
| Assembly languages |
:- |
8x86 family ( to Pentium ) - highly experienced
, Z80 , Z8 and 6811 , some 8048 , some ARM . Total of 12+ years
. |
| |
| Internet web languages |
:- |
HTML & XML |
| |
| Development of |
:- |
GUI Front End Module . Multi Media Play Engines . Device
and Packet Drivers . Protocol Stacks . Secure Communications
. Modules using Internet Protocols - all levels . Local Area
Network protocols . Computer System Security package . Automatic
Taxi Despatcher . Editors . Concurrent Assembler . A number
of single and multiprocessor based microcomputer applications
. An extensive range of C & C++ components . Extensive work
in componentisation . Extensive work on Proprietary Co-operative
and RTOS Operating Systems . |
| |
| Data Base experience |
:- |
Access . |
| |
| Network experience |
:- |
Extensive topology
and protocol Research and Development . HTTP , SSL - HTTPS .
Development of Internet ( FTP inc. ) and Novell ( ODI ) and
propriety packet drivers and protocol stack components . Internet
protocols - IP & ICMP , UDP & TCP , PPP & PPPoE
, SLIP , ARP & RARP , DHCP , BOOTP , DNS , FTP , RTP , RTCP
& RTSP etc. . Varying levels of experience . Integration and
debugging of protocol stacks . Telecoms - DSL , E1 etc. . |
| |
| Operating Systems |
:- |
VxWorks , Nucleus Plus ( inc. IP )
, MEOS , ThreadX , pSoS and NECROS RTOS's . Co-operative Operating
Systems . Windows ( a small amount as a developer ) . MSDOS
versions 3 to 6+ . CPM 80 .
Linux : good Linux familiarity - development and usage experience
( including set up and operating etc. ) - but am not an expert
. |
| |
| Processors & Micros |
:- |
ARM family – ARM7 & ARM9 - inc. ARM7T , ARM9EJ-S
, STR911FAW42 & ARM Cortex , 8086 family , 68000 family , PIC
, M16C28 , META , ARC , OAK DSP , C161 , 6811 , Z80 family ,
Z8 . |
| |
| IDE's & ICE's |
:- |
Broad range of experience including
MSVS VC++ V6 , 8 & 10 , CodeGear C++ Builder 2007 R2 ( Borland
) , Qt4 , IAR Embedded Workbench , AVR Studio 4 , Kiel uVision3
, Codescape , HEW , Lauterbach , SeeCode , Multi-ICE . |
| |
| GUI's |
:- |
Qt4
on Windows and Linux . CodeGear C++ Builder 2007 R2 ( Borland
) on Windows . Various in house systems . GUI Front End Module
. |
| |
Hardware Engineering
| IBM PC | :- | P.C.
card design plus extensive system experience . | | 8086
family | :- | Intelligent P.C. card
design - network card . | | Z80 | :- | Stand
alone microcomputer application design - FPLA Programmer . | | Z8 | :- | Stand
alone microcomputer application design ( including multiprocessing ) - Video Editting
Controller . | | I.R. And analogue | :- | A
couple of projects designed - IR Remote Light Dimmer & Mixer . | Intellectual
Property Based Designs Retrospective
Token Bus Local Area Network protocols - patents granted , Parallel Processor
and single processor based microprocessor , Computer and Network systems - concept
based designs . Concurrent Assemblers - developed . Componentisation systems -
extensive concept design work + development of the GUI
Front End Module ) . Extensive basic and applied research into
architectures , componentisation , parallel processing software and hardware structures
, advanced local area networks and computer security techniques . Extensive embedded
software development . Some applications development .
Work Experience Contract
Work Experience
| 29 th. Aug 11 to 2 nd. Dec 11 | Telesoft
Technologies , Blandford , Dorset , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | |
| Updates to existing code .
Construction of a stream test program . Extensive work in IP
, TCP , UDP , RTP & RTCP – construction of servers and clients
. Hashed indexing . Usage of pthread_create , pthread_cancel
, socket , bind , setsockopt & getsockopt , select , recvfrom
etc. . Work on Linux platforms using Code::Blocks IDE , GNU
Intel icc compiler . Extensive work via Linux terminals – PuTTY
– using – sftp , ssh , gdb , netstat , tail , top , ps , vi
etc. . Linux PC platforms – CentOS , SuperMicro . Gigabit Ethernet
. WireShark , SCM version control , Neo Hex Editor , Beyond
Compare 3 , RTP Toolbox , Audacity , Xming , Jira . Work in
OO C , XML . |
| |
| 7 th. Mar 11 to 20 th. May 11 | GB
Electronics , Worthing , West Sussex , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | | Analysis
of existing work - hardware & software . Proposal of critical improvements . Supply
of suggestions for improvments in methods . Large amount of expansions of PC based
test application UI . Development of code to run automated test scripts - XML
based . Updates to platform code . Codification of tests . Running and documentation
of tests . Project - bioreactor - X & Y stepper motors + thermal heating , multi
processor - plate control & heater boards , RS485 & RS232 communication . Work
on CodeGear C++ Builder 2007 R2 ( Borland ) , IAR Embedded Workbench IDE - M30281FC
- Renesas M16C28 , AVR Studio 4 - ATmega88P - Atmel . Work in C & C++ . Extended
once . | | | | 20
th. Sep 10 to 19 th. Nov 10 | Spectrum Medical , Churchdown
, Gloucestershire , U.K. | Senior Developer |
| | | Sorting
out existing low level code – debugging software + associated hardware , developing
additional code – processor initialisation , JTAG interface , serial communications
, timer , sensor interface . PIC18F6520 , MPLAB IDE v8.56 with MPLAB ICD 3 . ARM966E-S
MCU in STR911FAW42 , Kiel uVision3 V3.90 with Ulink2 . Altera EP1C6F256 FPGA .
C & C++ , MSVS VC++ , Source Safe . Agilent DS07034B scope . Extended once . |
| | | 26
th. Apr 10 to 12 th. Aug 10 | Spirent Communications
, Paignton , Devon , U.K. | Senior Developer |
| | | Development
of the complete application for WiFi based navigation test equipment - instrumentation
- development of the UI plus all associated functionality . Specification of XML
based data communications protocol - communication with the embedded engine .
Development of the Virtual Keyboard . Data handling , storage and display . Development
of the background operations and data communications handling - TCP & UDP message
assembly and extraction , XML assembly and parsing . Work on Ubuntu Linux PC ,
Windows XP on virtual machine and TI platform with embedded Linux ( Arago Project
am3517-evm ) on ARM Cortex A8 with touch screen . C++ , Qt4 GUI & IDE - creator
, designer , assistant . Rapid SVN , Bugzilla . Extended twice . |
| | 23
rd. Jun 08 to 9 th. Apr 10
also during 2002 , 03 & 07 | World
Computers Ltd. , London , U.K.
working in the Paris office | Architectural
Designer \ Senior Developer | | |
| Design and development , updates
and expansions of The
GUI Front End Module . The GUI Front End Module provides a binary based scripting
method of specifying user interfaces - PC & embedded including Software on Silicon
. It provides full high level control of the basic GDI functions . The module
is available as a dynamically linked library - Windows DLL - and on Linux and
other embedded systems . Usage licenses can be purchased . Full information on
the company web site - wrldcomp.com
. This does not effect contracting work in any respect . Table driven , OO , 2D
linked lists , interactive display objects , script compile , remote download
of scripts - UI design , micro kernel , event messaging , basic data objects ,
strings , XML , DLL . MSVS C++ , Beyond Compare . Linux , Code::Blocks IDE , GNU
GCC compiler . X Windows . KDE . QDevelop IDE & Qt4 GUI . |
| | | 13
th. Feb 08 to 20 th. June 08 | Frontier Silicon ,
Sawston , Cambridgeshire , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | | Development
of server access code – middleware – for a subscription based Internet Radio streaming
service . Additions to and modifications of the upper layers of the protocol stack
. Handling of authentication . Open SSL - HTTPS session establishment , HTTP parsing
, HTTP Digest Log On , MD5 , Radio Channel Log On , Channel List download , obtaining
Streaming URL , Free Trial and Account Information handling , XML parsing , event
driven state machine based . Work in C & C++ . MSVS C++ , GNU , BSD , Linux compile
, Codescape , Tortoise SVN , Beyond Compare , Bugzilla . | | |
| 7 th. May 07 to 8 th. Feb 08 | World
Computers Ltd. , London , U.K.
working in the Paris office | Architectural
Designer \ Senior Developer | | |
| Design and development , updates
and expansions of The
GUI Front End Module . The GUI Front End Module provides a binary based scripting
method of specifying user interfaces - PC & embedded including Software on Silicon
. It provides full high level control of the basic GDI functions . Full information
on the company web site - wrldcomp.com
. | | | | 22
nd. Jan 07 to 27 th. Apr 07 | Renesas , Bourne End
, Buckinghampshire , U.K. | Architectural
Designer \ Senior Developer | | |
| Project
design - design of a multi media framework - play engine - and associated components
– reworking \ making over of existing design – proposing ‘ ideal ‘ design and
path of movement of existing design to new design . Purpose – to optimise complexity
of code , remove unnecessary code , consolidate and rationalise code , greatly
speed up time to market and reduce downstream costs . Analysis of customer GDI
requirements versus what client could supply . Specification and report writing
. Integration and porting of existing codecs . Bug hunts . Testing . Documentation
. Work in C . HIOS , HEW , Tortoise SVN , Beyond Compare . |
| | | 31
st. Jul 06 to 8 th. Dec 06 | VMetro , High Wycombe
, Buckinghampshire , U.K. | Senior Developer |
| | | Low
level , device driver & system work for advanced high speed computers operating
on the VME bus . Extensive Flash driver updates . The Flash being used for programming
a Xylinx FPGA and for general data storage . Development of HW simulation , middle
and upper layers , test harnesses . Work in C & C++ , POSIX . VxWorks . MSVS .
CygWin , Win CVS , Araxis Merge . Extended once . | | |
| 9 th. May 06 to 14 th. Jul 06 | Mansella
- Sun Corp. - Aldershot , Surrey , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | |
Work
in telecoms . Construction of an I2C device driver and associated components in
the protocol stack . Additional work in various areas – construction of code to
write to the SIM , search for and delete ADN & EXT1 records . Work carried
out in C . ThreadX RTOS . PCA9564 , CM109 , ARC processor . AllChange VCS , CodeWright
and Rhapsody , Bugzilla , SeeCode . Resourced for a specific project . Extended
once . | | |
| 12 th. Dec 05 to 14 th. Apr 06 | Sony
NSCE , Zaventum , Brussels , Belgium | Senior
Developer | | | | Work
in multimedia - development of components to manage buffer queue depth - IP TV
. Embedded C++ . AAC , MPEG4 , RTP & RTSP . VxWorks , Tornado , Bugzilla ,
Clear Case , Windows and Linux compile . | | |
| 13 th. Jun 05 to 12 th. Dec 05 | TTPCom
, Melbourn , Cambridgeshire , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | | Developing
the low level communications component for the linkage of code operating on 2
separate processors - linking up via TTPCom Mapal and via an Altera FPGA . Debugging
of the hardware and software . Connection of existing code via Mapal interface
. Work carried out in C . ARC and ARM9 processors , Borland C++ Builder , Araxis
Merge , Perforce , Lauterbach , SeeCode . Extended once . | | |
| 31 st. Jan 05 to 2 nd. Jun 05 | Optimay
- Agere , Munich , Germany | Architectural
Designer | | | | Design
and development of a Multi Media framework - play engine - project consisting
of : Analysis of existing code . Formulation of proposed plan of action - technical
and managerial framework . Interviewing of contract staff . Specification of the
architecture . Development of the framework - handling the dynamic binding of
components , communication with components , transferring of data between components
and management of the operation of components . Supervision and co-ordination
of the porting and updating of the existing components and the development of
the new components . Supervision of the integration of the components - management
level and lower level - into the framework . Supervision of the test harness construction
and the component and system testing . Writing of the system level documentation
. Supervision of the component documentation . Work carried out in C . MP3 , variable
bit rate , AAC , MPEG2 , MPEG4 . ARM926 & 946 & ARM7T , MSVS V7 &
Source Insight , Clear Case , Beyond Compare . | | |
| 5 Jul 04 to 29 Oct 04 | Pace
- Saltaire , Shipley , West Yorkshire , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | | Modifications
and expansions of the User Interface for a Spanish cable Digital T.V. Set Top
Box . Specification and upervision of UI Glade screen layouts and content . Construction
of test spec. . Debugging of a Video over Ethernet protocol stack + rewriting
of part of the code . Construction of an RTP client - IP TV . Work carried out
in C . MPEG2 . ARM , VxWorks , CodeWright , WinCVS , CygWin , GNU compiler on
Linux , Bugzilla . Extended once .. | | |
| 18 Mar 04 to 2 Jul 04 | Pure-Digital
- Imagination Technologies , Kings Langley , Hertfordshire , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | | Working
in Digital Audio Broadcasting - on consumer DAB receivers - Legato project . Additions
to the User Interface - vertical pixel line based scrolling with layout management
and multiple message display , horizontal pixel column based scrolling , Truncation
of display . Infra Red decoding and event generation . Random number generation
- random playing of CD & MP3 tracks . Construction of MP3 UI - MP3 CD access
- display , selection and play control of directories , development of the play
engine , handling of play lists and MP3 files . Associated ID3 and MP3 parsing
and play management operations . Work carried out in C . MSVS + Textpad editor
, Codescape debugger , MKS VCS , Linux compile . Chorus processor . Extended twice
( 1 week each ) to provide extra features and to help with general project integration
issues - timing , interrupt and task management , bug hunts etc. . |
| | | 7
th. Jul 03 to 15 th. Mar 04 | World Computers
Ltd. , London , U.K. | Architectural
Designer \ Senior Developer | | |
| Design and development , updates
and expansions of The
GUI Front End Module . The GUI Front End Module provides a binary based scripting
method of specifying user interfaces . MSVS , C++ . | | 24
Mar 03 to 4 Jul 03 | Sci-Worx ( Infineon ) , Hannover
, Germany | Senior Developer |
| | | Development
of a USART Packet Driver for the sciCOS Multimedia chip ( single chip solution
) bootstrap . Testing in the Armulator environment and testing of the associated
Armulator model . Development of a gateway module - management & support components
+ the UART & PIF Packet Drivers - for linking up the Proxy program to the
sciCOS chip . Development of a 4 layer propriety protocol stack to link up the
sciCOS chip functions to the Application on the Host processor - included a services
layer . Development of Operating System components - Interrupt & Polling Handler
and Heap Manager . Development of test harnesses for the module and hardware testing
. Work carried out in C . Module and integration testing using the Multi-ICE .
ARM926EJ-S , ARM7T ( Evaluator7T ) , Code Warrior & AXD , MSVS & Source
Safe . | | | | 1
st. Feb 02 to 21 st. Mar 03 | World Computers
Ltd. , London , U.K. | Architectural
Designer \ Senior Developer | | |
| Design and development , updates
and expansions of The
GUI Front End Module . The GUI Front End Module provides a binary based scripting
method of specifying user interfaces . MSVS , C++ . | | |
| 11 Dec 00 to 2 Nov 01 | TelSpec
Europe , Rochester , Kent , U.K. | Senior
Developer | | | | Telecommunications
+ Internet Protocol - within the Access group . Debugging of hardware . Development
of software for a DSL repeater . Internet software consultancy for a DSL modem
and associated exchange units . Extensive work on the Field Interface Unit - UI
- updates + restructuring ( small amount ) and maintenance . Integration issues
of Network Management System - Management Control System - FIU - EU & RU .
ANSI C . Infineon Mubic DSL + C161P1 . 68070 . E1 . I2C . Some layer 1 , 2 &
3 work . MKS & CVS ( RCS ) VCS . Extended four times . | | |
| 21 Mar to 22 Sep 00 | Agfa
Gevaert , Mortsel ( near Antwerp ) , Belgium | Senior
Developer | | | | Working
within the Technology Evaluation and Initial Development Group . Internet enabling
the Agfa digital cameras . Integration and debugging of Nucleus Plus OS IP Protocol
Stack with IP services layer . General IP network fault finding and debugging
of associated code . Linkage to iModem . Construction of PC ( MFC ) based test
program . Construction of a front end . Construction of OS API layer and writing
of component specifications . Construction of DPOF and configuration file access
components . Construction of logging component . Work undertaken in ANSI C and
C++ on PC , ARM ( JTAG Emulator ) and OAK DSP . Windows NT , Nucleus Plus RTOS
and iModem . | | |
| 16 Aug 99 to 12 Nov 99 | ERG
Transit Systems , Zaventem , Belgium | Senior Developer |
| | | Client
had low ROI and low profits due to high development costs due to massive redevelopment
of software for each contract . Client chose to adopt , on a company system wide
basis , the componentisation system developed and used by it's OS department in
order to greatly minimise the amount of redevelopment . System required an IP
Protocol Stack . Carrying out of feasibility and implementation
study + drawing up of project specifications for the addition of IP Protocol Stack
+ services to client’s existing range of products in the transport ( bus , train
and ferry ) ticketing industry . Initial co-ordination , facilitation ( technical
knowledge wise ) and implementation and testing of the project . Development of
embedded and PC based testing programs . Client required the establishment and
retention of Internet skills within the permanent staff . Client also required
the use of BSD sockets . Project used bought in components which required porting
onto the client’s componentisation and operating system . Passing on of IP expertise
to OS Group staff . Work in ANSI C . Resourced for a specific project . Extended
once . | | |
| 27 Apr to 25 Jun 99 | ANT
Ltd. , Cambridge | Senior Developer |
| | | Redevelopment
of front end , location and fixing of bugs in the existing code , porting onto
new device level interface and tidying up of code of an email program for a Digital
T.V. Set Top Box . Work in ANSI C , GNU , BSD . Resourced for a specific contract
. | | | | 2
Dec 98 to 31 Mar 99 | De La Rue Cash Systems , Havant | Senior
Developer | | | | Development
of connectivity software ( new ATM's ) in VC++ . Introduction of new features
. Bullet proofing of existing code . Bug locating in existing code . Using MSVC++
& Borland VC++ . SourceSafe VCS . MS Project . Working on SDK API and DLL
. Extended once with an offer of a further extension . | | |
| 16 Feb 98 to 5 Oct 98 | W.
Vinten , Bury St. Edmunds | Senior Developer |
| | | Development
of new UI components + integration . Scripted Display and Input . Scripted configuration
file settings . 14 Classes constructed . Testing and documentation . Porting onto
new hardware . Code analysis . Componentisation of existing software . Development
of timer , memory manager , NVM virtualiser and drivers . Event handler . 8 Classes
constructed . Work undertaken in embedded C++ . All with test harnesses ( existing
and new ) , integration testing and documentation . Modification of existing code
for new hardware and architecture . Assistance in project management . MSVC++
. SourceSafe VCS . Work in countermeasures . Extended twice . | | |
| 8 Jan 98 to 2 Feb 98 | Thompson
- Marconi , Weymouth | Contract Engineer - Developer |
| | | Development
of module specifications . Work being done in C . | | |
| 2 June 97 to 5 Dec 97 | NEC
, Reading , Berkshire , U.K. | Contract Engineer -
Developer | | | | Analysis
, re-organisation and rationalisation of GSM phone UI ( MMI ) . Forming into re-useable
component modules . Application of modularisation and complexity management techniques
. Integration of device drivers . Work undertaken in C . ARM ( Hardware Emulator
) . Nucleus and NECROS RTOS’ . Resourced for a specific project . |
| | | 10
Feb 97 to 25 Apr 97 | SSA Softwright , Langley , Berkshire
, U.K. | Contract Engineer - Developer |
| | | Development
of Timer and Flash Drivers and Toolbox for Digital T.V. Set Top Box project in
ANSI C . All with test harnesses and documentation . Canal+ - PACE contract .
PACE - SGS Thompson platform . MKS VCS . Resourced for a specific contract . |
| | | 3
Jan 96 to 7 Feb 97 | Serco CiT , Quedgeley , Gloucestershire
, U.K. | Contract Engineer - Developer |
| | | Specification
and ground up development of combined FTP inc. ( IP ) and ODI packet driver in
80486 assembly language for DOS , Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 . In house expansions
of the packet driver for providing IP based security management facilities for
secure government communications using the Internet . Development of a packet
exchange program for the FTP inc. IP protocol stack . Development of testing ,
protocol stack monitoring and IP packet monitoring programs . Development undertaken
in assembly language , C and C++ . Testing . Systems integration support . Extensive
Internet and Novell work . Documentation . MS and Borland Assembler . Borland
C++ . MKS VCS . Extended twice with an offer of a further extension . |
| |
Permanent
Work Experience + Other Experience
| February 1993 | Aja
Ltd. , Twickenham , London , U.K. | Manager - Engineering |
| | | Installations
. Repairs . Training and support of field technicians and customers . Area of
work - automated weighing equipment for the food industry . | | |
| March 1992 | Sigtec
Systems, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia | Software
Engineer | | | | Development
of an Automatic Taxi Despatcher and an associated Radio Network Controller in
Quick Basic ( Version 7 ) . | | |
| June 1991 | AES ( ERG
Electronics ) , Perth , Western Australia | Software
Engineer | | | | Bus
ticketing ( magnetic and smart cards ) and data analysis systems . Development
of software for an intelligent portable ticket reader ( magnetic cards ) . A serial
communications packet handler . Modifications of existing software on smart card
equipment . Software in 6811 assembly language . | | |
| 1984 to 1992 | Integrated
Computer Systems
( own business - internal and contracting work ) | Software
and Hardware Engineer , Proprietor | | |
| Development of a comprehensive computer
security program . Passwords , restricted disk drive and directory access , file
encryption , virus detection and prevention , directory and file utilities plus
much more . Software in 8086 family on the IBM PC . Development
of Token Bus LAN protocols ( high reliability with low data link overhead ) using
retrospective token passing ( small silicon real estate ( PGA programmable ) ,
low cost design and manufacture ) , with arbitrary unit number assignment ( plug
and play - no set up required ) , with dynamic bandwidth management and with gateways
. Much of the software has also been developed . Extensive
research and development into parallel processing based software techniques on
Von Neumann architecture computers . Massive increases in processing speed accomplished
. Integrated concurrent editor and assembler developed . Development
of a Field Programmable Logic Array development system . Software in 8086 and
Z80 assembly language . | | |
| 1984 to 1989 | Ace
Amusements \ Audio Visual Developments , Perth , Western Australia | Software
and Hardware Engineer | | |
| Development of a local cable TV control
system ( Z80 ) . Video Editing controller ( Z8 multiprocessor ) . Remote controlled
light dimmer . | | |
| 1987 to 1991 | Curtin
University , Perth , Western Australia | Part
time lecturer , tutor and laboratory supervisor | | |
| Teaching undergraduate engineering students
( 1 st. to 4 th. year - part time ) in data communications , software and digital
hardware engineering . | | |
| April to September 1985 | C
& P.A. , Perth , Western Australia | Software
and Hardware Engineer | | |
| Development of protocol converters (
Z80 ) . Repair and service work . |
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Productivity
2.5 to 3.5KB of object ( machine ) code - using explicit coding
standards , fully commented - drill down approach , documented and tested - per
week . 32 to 1 ratio of source code and documentation to machine code bytes .
Undocumented but well structured code 24 to 32KB per week .
Referees Please contact
for details .
Equipment
Fully equipped for remote and on site working . Pentium
D and Celeron PCs . Separate Windows PC specifically for client use - Windows
XP Professional and Ubuntu. Linux 10.04 installed - separate HDD's . Full remote
working facilities . Laptop - Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66Ghz with camera and videophone
. Backup disk drives and USB memory sticks . HP Printer , Scanner , Copier & Fax.
. Fujifilm F47fd camera . Logitech Web Cam with Video Phone connection . MS VS
Visual C++ 6.0 . Beyond Compare . DreamWeaver 3 . PhotoImpact 8 , Photoshop 6.0
. MS Office - Word , Access , Excell , Power Point & Outlook . OpenOffice . ICOM
R20 . An extensive range of software , books and tools . 8 Mbs ADSL . Nokia N73
Mobile Phone . Car .
Data Books An extensive range including programming languages
, data communications and Internet Protocols .
Travel
Experience etc. British born . Moved out to
Australia at the age of 7 . Spent a total of 25 years there . Have travelled extensively
- 36 countries - Europe , Middle East , South East and South Asia , Oceania -
Australia and New Zealand , USA & Canada ( briefly ) . Have been back in Britain
\ Europe for 19 years . Have worked in Britain , France ( via a UK company ) ,
Germany , Belgium and Australia . Interests Current
affairs , genuine hermetic philosophy ( within a Christian context - Gnosticism
) , the important aspects of history ( passing interest ) , wide music tastes
- Jazz , Blues , some R & B , Soul , some C & W , 70's R & R , Pop
( mainly 60's and 70’s ) and some Classical , reading , theatre , cycling , swimming
, surfmatting , walking , snow skiing and other winter sports , photography ,
painting , travel and languages ( when I get the time ) .
| Mr Kim Lyon | World
Computers Ltd. | www.wrldcomp.com | as
of the 11 th. of December 2011 | |
