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Michael Horton
Albuquerque, NM - 87105 USA
Expertise :embedded systems engineering
Status :Citizen
Job Type :
All - W2,1099
Position :

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Summary

Real-Time/Embedded Systems Development - 12 years
VxWorks, Embedded Linux, Integrity, Nucleus, Mac OS like OSX, Palm OS, Windows XP, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Java SE/ME, J9

Device Driver Development - 15 years
USB, Ethernet, SCSI, modem, high-speed serial,. I2C, baseband radio devices.
Network, video, signal processing, power/battery management, graphics engines.
Control systems, CO and outside-plant systems, portable/handheld platforms.

Telecom, Networking, Broadband and Wireless - 12 years
Link, Transport and Application Layer Protocols, 802.11, Bluetooth.
T1/E1, DS0, DS1, DS2, Frame Relay, SS7, ISDN.
5ESS, DMS-10/100, GTD5 - EAX, MLT, FORTEL, Loop Test Systems.

Environments and Tools - 10 years
Eclipse, Visual Studio, GNU Toolchain, MS Embedded C++.
Integrity, IAR Systems, Edge Embedded IDEs.
MetroWerks Codewarrior Mac and Palm.
CVS, Visual SourceSafe, ClearCase version control systems.

Languages - 15 years
C/C++, Java, Basic, Python, various assembly languages.

Platforms and Hardware - 15 years 80xx, 80xxx, ARM, PPC cores, OMAP devices.
Ethernet controllers, USB host controllers, modem cores, transceivers, battery controllers, A/D converters, baseband radios.

Web Technologies - 4 years
HTML, XML, JavaScript, VBScript, PHP, Perl, Apache and Windows Servers, IIS.

Inventor of Record, 6 patents like 4 software, 2 hardware. Telecom, handheld, control system, technologies

US Navy - 6 years
Surface Missile Weapon Systems. USS Gridley like CG-21. Honorable discharge. No further service commitment.


Employment

2007 -  Present
Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Multiple clients Dallas/Ft . Worth Metro Senior Embedded Software Engineer like contract assignments

Recent assignments are with SmartSynch in Jackson, Mississippi, Texas Instruments in Dallas, EFW in Fort Worth and Andrew in Richardson.
Development of BSP for ARM9 - based platform applied in intelligent energy management products. Nucleus Plus environment using Edge IDE and ClearCase tools. like SmartSynch

Integration of Jungo USB stack on OMAP-based handheld Education Technology product. Nucleus environment using GNU Toolchain and CVS tools. like Texas Instruments
Developed test features on airborne video routing/switching system composed of multiple PPC processors running Integrity Embedded RTOS. like EFW
Developed firmware associated with 3 - axis remote cellular base station antenna positioning system on existing production platform under IAR Systems embedded RTOS. like Andrew


2004 -  2006
Senior Software Architect

UICI N. Richland Hills , TX Senior Software Architect

Design, development and deployment of client-side applications, drivers, OS extensions and wireless infrastructure for both Palm and Pocket PC handheld platforms used in field data acquisition and claims processing.
Developed Palm OS extensions overcoming inherent Palm file system limitations.
Developed Windows Mobile application based on J2ME like J9 runtime for Pocket PC platforms.


2001 -  2004

Multiple clients Dallas , TX Principal

Consulting engineer in design and development of technologies and resources in disciplines ranging from web technologies to stage/venue lighting systems for entertainment industry.
Developed commercial web site with server-side SQL database components for Dallas area health care practice hosted on Linux platform running Apache web server.
Developed attraction lighting systems integrating CyberLiteTM robotic lighting devices with Windows composition application on MIDI interface for 6 Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA.


2001 -  2001
Systems Engineer

Strix Systems Westlake Village , CA Systems Engineer Multiple clients Dallas , TX Principal

Design and development of WLAN infrastructures integrating Bluetooth and 802.11 technologies into seamless hybrid wireless network.
Customized, integrated embedded IP, Bluetooth, 802.11 protocol stacks.
Developed, integrated Mobile IP, Gratuitous ARP extensions into VxWorks IP stack.

Developed VxWorks target platform BSP.


2000 -  2001
MTS like Principal Engineer

Xircom Thousand Oaks , CA MTS like Principal Engineer

Developed entire product line of USB interface adapters bridging USB connections with Ethernet, SCSI, Serial, Printer and MIDI interfaces.
Customized and integrated embedded IP, 802.11 and Bluetooth protocol stacks.


1998 -  2000
Communications Software Engineer

Mariner Networks , Inc Anaheim , CA Communications Software Engineer

Design and development of software and firmware associated with an inverse multiplexer platform bridging an ATM backbone with existing Legacy systems.
Customized, integrated 3rd party embedded Frame Relay, ATM stacks. Developed, integrated embedded low-level hardware device drivers.
Developed, integrated embedded circuit-switched emulation firmware.


1997 -  1998
Senior Engineer

Coyote Technologies , LLC West lake Village , CA Senior Engineer

Design and development of scalable, 1000 to 10000 line telco switches.
Developed suite of CLASS subscriber services, Caller ID, Voice Mail and Message
Waiting.
Developed Frame Relay Switch upgrade firmware. Maintained and enhanced custom fault-tolerant RTOS and low-level firmware functioning in multiple fault-tolerant redundant-processor environment.


1986 -  1997

Harris Corporation Camarillo , CA




Education

University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA

Ventura College Ventura, CA

University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM



Miscellaneous

EDUCATION
Surface Fleet Weapons Schools Multiple locations

Software Engineer
Design and development of telephone central office ancillary equipments, loop test systems, subscriber loop carrier test systems and portable outside-plant test devices..

Developed Cellular/Wireless Field Communication and Information System consisting of handheld and vehicle-mounted server, WLAN and cellular/radio modem components.
Developed proprietary charge current modulation method for handheld data communications.
Developed proprietary signal processing algorithms for subscriber loop testing and analysis.
Developed methods and algorithms for detection and remote parametric testing of subscriber loops served by digital loop carrier systems.




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