DeaTech Research Inc.

Embedded Systems

Real Time

Device Drivers

Linux / UNIX

Internet / Web Development

Software Cleanup / Refactoring

Scientific Applications

Communication Equipment

Medical Devices

Languages

Basic, C, C++, FORTRAN, Java, LISP, Pascal, PHP, PLM, LEX, YACC

Assemblers

68HC05/68HC08, 68HC11/68HC12/68HC16, Z80, 8080, Z8, 8086/8088, 8031/8051, 68000, 68020, 68332, PIC, PSoC, many other older/obsolete assemblers.

Shell Languages

awk, bash, csh, ksh, perl, sh, tcl

Database

JDBC, MySQL, Paradox, PostgreSQL, SQL

Source Management

Make, PVCS, CVS, RCS, SCCS, Subversion

Kernels & Operating Systems

AMX, Linux, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, QNX, UNIX, VRTX, and a variety of custom in-house kernels for various companies.

Protocols

IEEE-488, IC, Mil-Std 1553B, RS-232, SCI, SCSI, SPI

Internet

Apache, BIND, CGI, DNS, Drupal, HTML, HTTP, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), PHP, TCP/IP, Tomcat, XML, Many other related skills

Administration & Networking

Linux, UNIX, QNX, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Custom Firewalls, Network Backup and Recovery Systems

Specialized Skills

National Instruments Data Acquisition (NI-DAQ), Genetic Algorithms, Battery Powered Devices, High Reliability and Fault Tolerant Embedded Devices, Bar code scanning and decoding, System Diagnostics, FedEx shipping API's

Equipment

Oscilloscopes (Analog and Storage), Logic Analyzers, Assorted processor emulators and data bus analyzers.

Processors

Extensive experience with Motorola 68332, 68000, 68020; Zilog Z8 & Z80; Intel 8051/8031; some hardware experience with a wide range of other processors.

Althin Medical Inc.

Performed software cleanup/refactoring of a kidney dialysis machine to save memory and improve maintainability. Reduced source code size by 45% and executable size by over 20% while maintaining all features and an identical user interface.

Biotope, Inc.

Developed control software for a fully automated blood analysis system. Created drivers to provide a standard C language library interface to the low level hardware. Wrote software to perform bar code scanning/decoding, custom text/graphics display drivers, and a custom file system.

International Biomedics Incorporated

Head of software development. Worked with QA to write specification, design, and coding standards for FDA compliance. Wrote specifications for a fetal tissue pH monitoring unit. Worked on an SBIR grant developing medical records management software and custom printer drivers for displaying strip chart data in a more compact, diagnostic grade format on standard PC printers.

Physio Control

Wrote a C language source code analyzer for product testing and validation. Wrote software requirements and test scripts for validating software in a heart defibrillator.

Coastal Climate Corporation

Performed software cleanup/refactoring and wrote feature enhancements for a meteorological data acquisition, display, and analysis system.

Meteor Communications Corporation

Designed and coded device drivers and hardware diagnostics for a custom RF communication board; devised field installable hardware/software modifications for an RF data communication system to increase throughput to four times its prior rate; developed test and diagnostic software for use in PC board manufacturing; ported a data acquisition/RF communication program to a new hardware platform; redesigned data acquisition firmware reducing memory requirements by 40% while adding new features.

Ortech Industries Inc.

Modified a pellet stove controller to enhance timing and ignition sequencing capabilities.

Sage Electronics

Developed a user interface program for configuration and real time monitoring of an office building energy management system.

Wygant Scientific

Devised and coded a custom algorithm to handle acquisition and real-time compression of data from up to 52 simultaneous input channels on a network server platform.

Egyptian Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources

Taught an intensive four week course in advanced C programming and gave two weeks of additional lectures on various related areas of programming. Wrote a real-time data collection program to gather data from the Ministry's Nile river monitoring system and feed it to their data management system.

Gene Tools, LLC

Developed an integrated E-commerce, production and shipping management software system (joint project with another firm). Designed and coded core PHP object libraries for integrating our software with the Drupal content management system, and wrote complete packaging and shipping management system including interface with FedEx shipping computers.

Meteor Communications Corporation

Designed and implemented a secure Java servlet based web server to provide configuration, control, and data display capabilities for a network of RF data collection units.