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<UL>
  <LI>Over seven years in development of application, embedded software and 
  digital electronic circuits 
  <LI>Work experience for companies with 5, 20, 500 and 2000 employees 
  <LI>Developed software using C, C++ programming languages and assemblers. 
  <LI>Designed embedded systems with Microchip PIC micro-controllers PIC 
  17xxx/16xxx 
  <LI>Developed drivers and application software for SuperTask! RTOS 
  <LI>Developed firmware for DeltaTau PMAC motion controllers 
  <LI>Developed code ladder logic and FBD for Micrologix 1500 PLC s and Guard 
  PLC 1200 
  <LI>Developed Xilinx FPGA XC4000E family and CPLD XC9500 family code for 
  digital image processing and digital I/O applications 
  <LI>Created HW and SW Specifications, guidelines and other technical 
  documentation 
  <LI>Worked with CAD software for schematic capture, HDL Abel , logic and 
  timing modeling 
  <LI>Worked with digital and analog oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, PC based 
  simulating systems for microprocessors, ROM emulators, signal generators, etc. 

  <LI>Worked with area and linear charge coupled devices CCD 
  <LI>Worked with Texas Instruments DSP TMS320C80 
  <LI>Gained academic experience with Java and Forth programming languages 
</LI></UL><STRONG>EXPERIENCE </STRONG>
<P></P><STRONG>06/2000-current.<BR>TRD Automation, Billerica, 
MA</STRONG><BR>Software/Firmware Engineer III. 
<UL>
  <LI>Enhanced software utilities developed for TRD stockers Microsoft Visual 
  C++ V6.0, MFC . 
  <LI>Developed, enhanced and maintained PMAC application firmware for TRD Turbo 
  Socker robots. TRD Stocker robot family includes 4 and 5 joint transport 
  robots controlled by DeltaTau PMAC motion controllers with MACRO interface. 
  <LI>Developed and maintained code ladder logic for Allen-Bradley Micrologix 
  1500 PLCs used in a new generation of TRD automatic input/output shuttle robot 
  AIO . 
  <LI>Developed drivers and maintained AIO shuttle robot firmware code Borland 
  C++ 4.5, x86 SuperTask!TM RTOS, PC104 platform . About 400 devices have been 
  deployed. 
  <LI>Developed firmware code for digital I/O subsystem SECS protocol, Microchip 
  PIC assembler, Xilinx XC95144 CPLD Abel . 
</LI></UL><STRONG>05/99-06/2000.<BR>Gray Systems Inc.</STRONG><BR>
<P>Contract for the client: TRD Automation, Billerica, MA. Same occupancy as 
above </P><STRONG>10/97 - 03/99:<BR>IBS International Business Solutions, Minsk, 
Republic of Belarus, IBM Germany, Mainz, Germany </STRONG><BR>Application 
Engineer 
<UL>
  <LI>Provided application support Level 2 for IBM ADSM . 
  <LI>Performed investigation of software incidents in C/C++ code. 
  <LI>Worked in Belarus-Germany team. 
  <LI>ADSM is multi-platform DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, AIX client-server reliable 
  backup-archive application for large data sets. </LI></UL><STRONG>06/98 - 
03/99<BR>HallTech Ltd. contract , Minsk, Republic of Belarus 
</STRONG><BR>Embedded system programmer 
<UL>
  <LI>Developed embedded system for high power electromotor protection. It 
  included Microchip PIC 17C756 micro-controller, RS-232 ESD protected interface 
  and Microchip serial EEPROM for storing user specified constants. 
  <LI>Embedded software performed real-time tracing of 6 analog input channels, 
  time-dependent turn off control. 
  <LI>Firmware code was implemented in Microchip assembler. 
  <LI>About 200 devices have been deployed. </LI></UL><STRONG>08/97 
08/98<BR>Belarussian Polytechnic Academy contract , Minsk, Republic of Belarus 
</STRONG><BR>Embedded system programmer/ Electronic Engineer 
<UL>
  <LI>Developed a data acquisition system for an electrical network model. This 
  model was used in the university teaching labs. 
  <LI>Project highlights: The system was implemented with 2 Microchip PIC16F84 
  micro-controllers. The software part of the project consisted of an embedded 
  program and a Windows 95 interface program written with Borland C++ 4.5 and 
  OWL. The embedded program was written in SIL, a specialized high-level 
  language for Microchip microprocessors. </LI></UL><STRONG>01/97 - 03/97 
<BR>Luksor Company contract , Minsk, Republic of Belarus </STRONG><BR>Embedded 
system programmer/ Electronic Engineer 
<P>Developed a digital controller for a handheld medical laser. The controller 
provided timing and switching functions for the semiconductor laser. It included 
Microchip PIC16C74 micro-controller and serial EEPROM chip. The embedded code 
was written in Microchip assembler. </P><STRONG>09/95 - 09/97: <BR>Joined Stock 
Company "Seleng", Minsk, Republic of Belarus </STRONG><BR>Electronic Engineer 
<UL>
  <LI>Applied Xilinx programmable logic technology in several projects. 
  <LI><EM>Developed a preliminary image-processing unit for a television 
  coordinator.</EM> The project was based on Xilinx FPGA and Texas Instruments 
  DSP TMS320C80 technology. The coordinator was used for tracking moving 
  objects. Completed software modeling and hardware implementation of algorithms 
  for digital image rotation. 
  <LI>Project highlights: 15-MHz digital input stream, arbitrary angle of 
  rotation. 
  <LI>Used tools and devices: Xilinx chips XC4013E, Foundation series AldecCAD 
  v1.2, XACTstep 6.1 software, TMS320C80 evaluation board and TI C compiler. 
  <LI>The rotator module was prototyped on Texas Instruments TMS320C80 
  evaluation board with the help of a specialized C compiler. Worked with 
  development tools for the TMS320C80 processor. 
  <LI><EM>Developed Sobel image processor unit and a 5x5 symmetrical core image 
  convolver unit for HDTV television coordinator.</EM> 
  <LI>Project highlights: the Sobel processor was used to highlight edges on the 
  image, and the convolver was used to remove high frequency noise; Coefficients 
  were dynamically loaded into the convolver; both units accepted HDTV digital 
  data stream 75 MHz x 8 bit . 
  <LI>Used tools and devices: Xilinx chips XC4010E, OrCAD SDT and VST 386+, XACT 
  v. 5.2, Borland C++ v. 4.5. </LI></UL><STRONG>08/95 09/96<BR>Belarussian Academy 
of Science contract , Minsk, Republic of Belarus </STRONG><BR>
<P>Electronic Engineer Developed a model of hydro-mechanical transmission for 
heavy trucks. Used tools and devices: Octagon MicroPC controller, CAM BASIC 
industrial BASIC . </P><STRONG>01/92 - 08/94:<BR>AdvancedSoft Ltd., Minsk, 
Republic of Belarus.</STRONG><BR>System technician. <BR>Supported a team of 
electronic and software engineers. Projects included: 
<UL>
  <LI>FingerTRDnt scanner: prototyped and debugged ISA interface PCBs with 
  Altera/Intel Classic PLDs, assembled and tested small quantity series of the 
  devices. 
  <LI>Passport/visa optical document reader based on SONY CCD sensor: developed 
  software components in Borland C, assembled and tested small quantity series 
  of the devices. </LI></UL><STRONG>EDUCATION </STRONG>
<P>MS in CS. Belarussian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 
Minsk, Republic of Belarus.<BR>1990-1995. Major: Computers, computer complexes, 
systems and networks. </P>
<P>Harvard Extension School. Communication Protocols and Internet Architectures 
, sTRDng 2002. Harvard Extension School. Java for distributed computing , fall 
semester 2001. <BR>DeltaTau. MACRO training. 2001 <BR>Rockwell Software. RSLogix 
500 training. 2001 <BR>Axis New England. DeltaTau PMAC training. 2000 
</P><STRONG>LANGUAGES </STRONG>
<P>Russian, Belarussian, English fluent </P>
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</FONT></B><BR>1500 Golden Gate Dr.<BR>Sacramento, CA 92029 
<P></P>
<P>I am responding to your ad seeking software/firmware/embedded engineers.</P>
<P>I am an expert firmware designer with many years of engineering experience in 
developing products, hardware, firmware and software. I have designed, developed 
and managed many projects in the areas of communication, digital television, 
telephony, instrumentation and consumer electronics. I have an excellent 
reputation for getting projects developed in time and within the budget.</P>
<P>Let me apply my expertise to your project</P>
<P>I would like to talk to you about your current and future design needs. </P>
<P>Sincerely,<BR>Ronald Gashek</P><STRONG>Engineering Expertise</STRONG> 
<UL>
  <LI>Designed and developed many successful microprocessor - based products, 
  hardware and software 
  <LI>High quality software and firmware design in C, C++, JAVA or assembly, 
  extensive RTOS and kernel experience, BIOS, board bring-up 
  <LI>Experience writing specifications, cost and time estimates, proposals, 
  research studies 
  <LI>Expertise in communication system design, system debugging, data 
  transmission, digital television, instrumentation, test equipment and consumer 
  products 
  <LI>Expert device driver designer, BSP integrator and API developer 
  <LI>Products delivered on time and within budget 
  <LI>Friendly, easy going personality </LI></UL><STRONG>Product Integration 
Experience</STRONG> 
<UL>
  <LI>Experience with many processor architectures - RISC, CISC, DSP 
  <LI>Designed many device drivers for RTOS (PSos, VxWorks, PharLap, LINUX, 
  Win-32, OS9 and many others), DOS, Windows 
  <LI>Worked with Motorola 68 family, 860, Intel 8051, 960, 80xxx, Pentium, 
  Zilog, Hitachi, Atmel, MIPS, PowerPC, PIC, ARM and many others 
  <LI>Experience with device I/O - UARTS, modems, A-D, D-A, Board Support 
  Packages (BSP), BIOS, Ethernet 
  <LI>Experience with a large number of communication protocols and bus 
  architectures, PCI, SCSI, PCMCIA, TCP/IP, SNMP, DHCP, ARP, DOCSIS, Sockets, 
  B-ISDN (ATM), Ethernet, Fibre channel 
  <LI>Have developed systems using latest techniques utilizing compilers, 
  debuggers, simulators, emulators, logic analyzers etc? 
  <LI>Experience in quickly designing and developing products, quickly grasping 
  new concepts </LI></UL><STRONG>Product Management Experience</STRONG> 
<UL>
  <LI>Depending on the size of the project, I will develop your system by myself 
  or I can lead an engineering team. I will make sure that your product is 
  delivered on time, and within budget 
  <LI>Many references available </LI></UL><STRONG>Education</STRONG> 
<P>BSEE Systems and Control, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)<BR>MSEE, 
University of Prague</P><STRONG>History of Successful Projects and 
Accomplishments:</STRONG> 
<P></P><STRONG>September, 2001 to May, 2002<BR>EnergyShare, San Diego, 
CA</STRONG><BR>Director of Engineering 
<UL>
  <LI>Designed and developed embedded server (TCP/IP) -based prototype - ICMP, 
  HTML, TELNET, hardware and software 
  <LI>Assembled and lead a team of expert engineers turning prototype into a 
  product 
  <LI>Successfully demonstrated the product to customers and investors 
</LI></UL><STRONG>March, 2001 to September, 2001<BR>Emetrikus, Santa Clara, 
Carlsbad, CA</STRONG><BR>Consulting System Engineer 
<P>Designed and developed a consumer communication product, hardware and 
software. Wrote specifications and requirements, coordinated the development 
teams. Hired and managed engineering development team.</P><STRONG>August, 2000 
to March, 2001<BR>Host Networks, San Diego, CA</STRONG><BR>Senior Consulting 
Embedded Engineer 
<P>Developed device drivers for network-enabled MPEG-II video encoder and 
decoder, modified Windows drivers, wrote Linux and VxWorks device drivers</P>
<UL>
  <LI>Designed PCI DMA drivers 
  <LI>Wrote MPEG-II DVD encoder device driver 
  <LI>Developed buffering for network streaming 
  <LI>Developed driver for MPEG-2 PCI-based decoder board 
</LI></UL><STRONG>August, 1999 to August, 2000<BR>SONY, DigiSoft of America, San 
Diego, CA</STRONG><BR>Senior Consulting Embedded Engineer 
<P>System integration and debugging of a new HDTV MPEG-II based digital 
television set-top box</P>
<UL>
  <LI>Redesigned and implemented an RTOS kernel 
  <LI>Installed, customized and tested a TCP/IP protocol stack and PPP 
  <LI>Developed device drivers 
  <LI>MPEG-II decoding and A-V synchronization development and debugging 
  <LI>DSS, ATSC, HDTV product development </LI></UL><STRONG>November, 1999 to 
March, 2000<BR>Cooper Mountain, San Diego, CA</STRONG><BR>Senior Consulting 
Embedded Engineer 
<UL>
  <LI>Designed and developed BIOS calls for Pentium - based plug and play DSL 
  modem board under VxWorks </LI></UL><STRONG>May, 1998 to August, 1999<BR>WESCO 
Systems, Santa Cruz, CA</STRONG><BR>Senior Consulting Embedded Engineer 
<P>Debugging and improving cable modem product. </P>
<UL>
  <LI>DOCSIS based system developing testing and debugging 
  <LI>Writing device drivers 
  <LI>Using VxWorks RTOS 
  <LI>Debugging following protocols: TCP/IP, DOCSIS, ARP, RARP, DHCP, TFTP, SNMP 
  </LI></UL><STRONG>September, 1998<BR>XENIK, Inc., San Marcos,