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Paul G. Allen (619)334-5697
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Seeking a position as an Associate Digital or Software Engineer, Software or Hardware contractor, Unix Administrator.
· Management experience.
· Design experience.
· Programming experience.
· Technical writing experience.
· Veritas NetBackup UNIX 3.2 NBU and ANBU Certified.
· Four plus years flight simulator modification and repair experience.
· Sixteen years employed in the electronics industry, twenty-seven years electronics experience.
· Class D MIL-STD-2000 solder certified.
· SECRET security clearance held until 3/31/95.
HARDWARE
Extensive experience with the design, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of various digital systems.
· Computers: IBM PC's, Digital Alpha, VAX, and PDP-11, Harris, Evans and Sutherland, Varian, and custom systems.
· Architectures: Intel 80x86, Motorola MC68xxx, PDP-11, TMS320xx, Harris ECL, ARM7TDMI, OAK DSP, Alpha.
· Designs: Memory systems, peripherals, display systems, debug hardware, flight simulator upgrades.
· Logic families: DTL, RTL, TTL, MOS, CMOS, NMOS, and ECL families.
· Component experience: ASICs, FPGAs, and gate arrays; C-Cube VideoRISC processors, and DSP technology.
· Other circuitry: Data acquisition equipment, MPEG-2 Video Compression hardware, some RF up to 400MHz.
· Diagnostic tools: Digital storage oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital waveform/word generators, ASIC/FPGA simulation tools.
· Miscellaneous: UNIX LAN configuration, design, and setup.
SOFTWARE:
Programming experience on various types of computers and embedded systems in C, assembly, and many other languages.
· Types of software: Military flight simulators, high level and low level diagnostics, MPEG-2 Video Compression software, 3D graphics and
games.
· Computers: IBM PC, Digital Alpha, VAX and PDP-11, Harris, embedded systems.
· Architectures: Intel 80x86, Motorola MC68xxx, PDP-11, TMS320xx, Harris ECL, ARM7TDMI, OAK DSP, Alpha.
· Embedded systems: C-Cube VideoRISC, MC68xxx, ARM7TDMI, OAK DSP.
· Applications: Two OpenGL games, "The Revenge of Stroggos" and "Navy SEALs: Dev. Group", embedded test software and associated PC
based communications software, Internet based mapping software.
· Operating systems: VMS, RMS, Windows 95/NT/2000, DOS, O/S 2, Linux, Solaris, IRIX.
· Development systems: LabView, Watcom C++, Borland C/C++, Microsoft Visual C/C++, GNU C/C++, ARM SDT.
· API Experience: OpenGL 1.1/2, OS/2, Windows 95/NT.
· Miscellaneous: HTML, Javascript, Perl, TCP/IP networking in UNIX, IBM DB2 Universal Database.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Akamai Technologies, Inc. : 9/25/00 - 12/3/01
Unix System Administrator II. Solaris and Linux administration of Akamai Internet and internal servers.
· Administration of Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 Sun servers.
· Administration of Red Hat Linux 6.0 - 7.1 Intel based systems.
· Veritas NetBackup administration for Sun Sybase and Oracle servers.
· Wrote proprietary Windows and Real Media video streaming tools integral to the operation of the Akamai Conferencing system.
· Performed Network and system Security auditing, updating, and forensic analysis protecting the company servers from many break-in
attempts.
Contract: PeoplePublish.com: 3/1/00 - 6/1/00
Internet based client/server software contract.
· Contracted to write a PROPRIETARY client/server application in my language of choice for the download and retrieval of various types of
files.
· Designed a unique communications protocol in order to allow for a more secure architecture as well as more control over future
implementations by PeoplePublish.com.
· Platform independent - The server is written in Perl and the client in Java 1.1.
· Ground-up design and implementation.
Torrey Communications & Quake Wireless, Inc.: 5/98 - 1/00
Sr. Engineering Technician. R&D engineering support of satellite communications equipment.
· Diagnosed and repaired engineering prototypes and some production units.
· Performed timing analysis of a system control ASIC and various associated subsystems.
· Provided engineering support for the ORBDEC ASIC development.
· Wrote emulation software for use in subsystem testing of the ORBDEC ASIC.
· Provided extensive engineering design support doing test, troubleshooting, and design of various system sub-circuits.
· Redesigned faulty power supply and switching circuitry allowing the product to ship to customers on schedule.
· Diagnosed system temperature related failures, determined cause of failures and recommended the final solution.
Digital Equipment Corporation: 11/97 - 4/98
Sr. Engineering Technician. R&D engineering support of high-end graphics workstations.
· Diagnosed and recommended fixes to design problems in engineering prototypes.
· Wrote an application in C for programming the PLL on the product RAMDAC allowing for increased production efficiency.
· Proposed and Implemented a change in a system control FPGA using the ABEL high level programming language.
· Wrote test vectors for various FPGAs and ASICs.
· Diagnosed a software problem in the Windows NT operating system allowing the scheduled shipment of the Roadwarrior Graphics
Workstation product.
TV/COM International, Inc.: 6/95 - 4/97
Sr. Engineering Technician. Responsible for all MPEG-2 Video Compressor testing, troubleshooting, and repair for production and engineering
departments.
· Wrote embedded diagnostic software in C and assembly language and associated documentation for production testing of Video
Compressors.
· Implemented test fixture for faster troubleshooting and repair of Video Compressors in production.
· Built four production test and two troubleshooting stations for Video Compressors that were integral to product manufacturing.
· Trained Jr. and Sr. technicians and Test Engineers on operation, testing, and troubleshooting of Video Compressors.
Loral Training and Technical Services: 11/90 - 4/95
Assistant Shift Supervisor. Duties included assisting in the direction of a four man shift in the modification, maintenance, troubleshooting, and
repair of military flight simulators.
· Wrote diagnostic software and associated documentation for main frame computer systems using JCL greatly decreasing troubleshooting
time.
· Designed and implemented test and alignment procedures for equipment allowing maintenance on previously unmaintainable systems.
· Directly responsible for, and in charge of, all site computer system maintenance and repair.
· Performed limited simulator design modification from the design level to the implementation of the new design.
· Personally repaired many systems that had been inoperable for a number of years.
· Worked on the installation of the WIFCOM system on the U.S.S. Tarawa.
Random Logic Consulting Services: 7/88 - Present
Owner, Sr. Hardware and Software Engineer.
· Designed and built the worlds first consumer 3D PC Graphics Card prototype in 1988.
· Contracted by MilPower to work on a US Navy wireless data transceiver for ship to air data communications.
· Designed and developed the BlackJack(tm) vehicle tracking system in 1999.
· Various other hardware and software projects and contracts.
EDUCATION
Copernicus Computer Services, San Diego, Ca. Veritas Certification Training
Net Backup UNIX 3.2 Certification
Advanced Net Backup UNIX Certification
ITT Technical Institute, La Mesa, Ca. Acquired an AASEET.
Honor roll for full 3-year term. 3.8 GPA
Candidate for a BASEET. 3.8 GPA
Grossmont Community College, El Cajon, Ca. BASEET related courses.
Grossmont Adult School, El Cajon, Ca. Certificate in COBOL programming. General Education courses.
Honor roll. 4.0 GPA
El Capitan High School, Lakeside, Ca. College Prep courses. Computer Science.
References available upon request.
Skills
Skill | Level | Experience |
---|---|---|
The Gimp | Base Knowledge | 6 Mo - 2 yr |
C++ | Good Knowledge | 5 yr - 10 yr |
Perl | Good Knowledge | 2 yr - 5 yr |
GNU/Linux | Good Knowledge | 5 yr - 10 yr |
HTML | Good Knowledge | 2 yr - 5 yr |
C | Master | > 10 years |
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