Resume of C. McCord
http://www.adapticom1.net/cmccord/troubleshooter-resume.html
P.O. Box 91462, Raleigh, NC 27675
Revision "H", last modified 05/26/05
Summary:
Professional troubleshooter specializing in computers, networks, and industrial controls, with experience at finding time critical solutions at the project, system, and device level.
Assignments accepted anywhere in North America.
Well developed skills for electronic, mechanical, software, networking, and personnel issues. Experienced at project management and equally at home in
high level meetings or in the lab for all night work efforts. Skilled at leading teams for on-site and off-site rework and reconfiguration issues, as well as
rapid deployment and setup of temporary laboratories. Experienced at sudden travel to impromptu meetings for securing customer satisfaction. Expert at
representing the interests of the client during interaction with their customers and vendors.
Experience in electronic troubleshooting of
digital designs
(166MHz+) and
system designs for custom test equipment and consumer products, including VoIP and Wireless (802.11b) products,
using both discrete logic, chipsets, and
FPGAs.
Recently completed the design, implementation, and roll-out of a low-cost IP Video Surveillance system for small businesses, based on networked cameras and
other devices to provide images and live video on demand.
Successful designs using Actel, Altera, & Xilinx FPGAs and FPSoCs,
along with commercial processors and chipsets, for the development of timing, FPGA security, and data separation applications,
utilizing Verilog, Modelsim, Viewlogic, & Orcad from both Unix and Windows based platforms. Expertise in issues such as
certifications (Part 15, Part 68, etc.), EMI mitigation,
pipelined synchronous designs, clock skew, ground bounce, termination and ringing control.
Intimate knowledge of Intel based processor
architecture, including "CPU bus" characteristics, as well as
Internet Appliance processors
and associated DSPs. Recent involvement with Motorola
56800E family
of hybrid microcontrollers, utilizing
CodeWarrior and
Processor Expert .
Experienced in the use of
logic analyzers
and sophisticated test equipment
along with development of custom tools, including data collection hardware,
for
instruction
and
address
tracing
of microprocessor bus activity during benchmarking. Software / admin experience with "C"/"C++" and Perl in
Linux/Unix/AIX
and Windows environments.
Recent experience also includes consumer product development (VoIP, HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP, RS232) as a project and design lead with
experience in embedded Linux, digital design (Motorola microprocessors, PLDs, FPGAs, simulation), analog design
(A/D, D/A, DC/DC, AC/DC), & PCB design.
Employment:
Oct. 2003 to Present
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Principal Engineer:
2004
- Electro-mechanical development and electronic troubleshooting of a family of microprocessor based inflators for the bedding industry.
- Designed IP Video Surveillance system for small business owners needing to actively monitor multiple sites in real-time for loss prevention and security.
Completed roll-out into fast food restaurant chain.
- Provided time-critical rework and configuration services for large computer manufacturers.
- Provided impartial testing services for evaluating consumer appliances.
- Completed FPGA Verilog based reference designs for Actel ProASIC, Altera Max 3000, and Xilinx Spartan II, using Verilog, Viewlogic, Modelsim, and associated development tools.
2003
- Design development based on
56800E family
of hybrid microcontrollers, utilizing
CodeWarrior and
Processor Expert .
- FPGA design focusing on the mitigation of security vulnerabilities using Actel, Altera, and Xilinx reconfigurable FPGAs and FPSoC,
utilizing Verilog, Modelsim, and associated development tools.
- Traveled extensively for clients to resolve manufacturing
issues; attended trade shows and represented the client at customer
meetings to facilitate VoIP enabled set top boxes.
Mar. 2003 to Oct. 2003
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Principal Engineer;
management of
Adapticom Engineering Team.
Conducted analysis of Actel, Altera & Xilinx FPGA security vulnerabilities (bitstream security & encryption, configuration corruption,
data separation, TMR, microprobing, Focused ION Beam workstations, Electron Beam Testers, decapping, power analysis,
Lithium Niobate, data remanence, SEU & SEL, etc.).
Currently providing clients with
new product development expertise.
Jun. 2001 to Feb. 2003
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Principal Engineer;
management of
Adapticom Engineering Team.
VoIP designs
utilizing a wide variety of components and technologies.
Provided Net2Phone Inc. with
new product development expertise including:
initial electrical design,
raw PCB layout and fabrication,
prototype builds,
mechanical design,
Bill of Materials (BOM) costing / cost reduction, and
certifications (Part 15, Part 68, etc.) - mitigation work. Responsible for all hardware engineering involved in bringing to market Net2Phone's recent
product, the
Yap Jack Plus .
Nov. 1999 to Jan. 2001
Net2Phone Inc.,
Hackensack, NJ
Consulting Engineer; duties included:
Investigation of IP telephony possibilities over cable and telephone systems, attendance at trade shows and evaluation of telephony products, and
interfacing with Net2Phone business partners to develop plans for fast paced cable
telephony projects and trials.
Managed engineering team providing
documentation
and explanations of telephony
standards and protocols,
along with general industry
references.
Feb. 1995 to Jan. 2000
IBM Corp., Dept. 2S9, Server Performance Analysis,
Research Triangle Park, NC.
Contract Engineer; duties included:
Sub-system, module, and gate level design
of real-time
high speed (166 MHz)
digital systems utilizing Actel and Xilinx
Field Programmable Gate Arrays
,
Verilog, Vhdl, Synopsys, ModelSim, Synplicity, and Viewlogic schematic capture. Conducted
Verilog/VHDL
benchmarking on
Actel
&
Xilinx
FPGAs.
System level design of realtime high speed digital systems
capable of collecting data at 1600 mbytes/second.
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