Experience

Movidius

• United States
• Semiconductors
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AI embedded SW technical leader

  • Dec 2020 - Present



S3 Connected Health

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2020



Openet

• Ireland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Advanced Lead Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2017



Lake Communications

• Principal Engineer

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2011

  • Development (Embedded Software) of Asterisk based SOHO PABX • Supported multiple line technologies, including SIP, ISDN, DECT, FXS and FXO • Embedded Linux (MIPS) development, including device drivers (kernel level), MTD (flash) file systems, and core network (IP) / bridge software, using various system debug and analysis tools • Maintain linux kernel (identify and apply patches from various Linux GIT repositories) • Analysis and Identification of MIPS core fault, leading to compiler (gcc) modification. Show less



Intel Corporation

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Applications Engineer

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  • Architected and led development of RNC (Radio Network Controller) Proof of Concept. • Multi-Threaded, Multi-Core architecture, implemented as suite of Linux kernel modules • Liaising with multiple teams (Engineering / Architecture / Marketing) to bring the Proof of Concept to market, leading to design-in wins. • Architected and led development of RNC (Radio Network Controller) Proof of Concept. • Multi-Threaded, Multi-Core architecture, implemented as suite of Linux kernel modules • Liaising with multiple teams (Engineering / Architecture / Marketing) to bring the Proof of Concept to market, leading to design-in wins.



Europlex Technologies Ltd

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Feb 2008 - Dec 2008

  R&D into strategic future technologies; * STM32 Microcontroller (ARM Cortex-M3, aka armv7-m). * GCC cross-compiler for ARM Cortex. * Port (first known) of Speex audio codec to STM32 (Cortex-M3), including associated audio capture and playback drivers. Architected several new products, all based on STM32. R&D into strategic future technologies; * STM32 Microcontroller (ARM Cortex-M3, aka armv7-m). * GCC cross-compiler for ARM Cortex. * Port (first known) of Speex audio codec to STM32 (Cortex-M3), including associated audio capture and playback drivers. Architected several new products, all based on STM32.



Bayer

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Development Engineer

  • Nov 2007 - Jan 2008

  Port of Nucleus OS based software from existing Intel '386 platform to proposed ARM920T platform, including CANBus hardware driver. Initial version of the software was developed. Port of Nucleus OS based software from existing Intel '386 platform to proposed ARM920T platform, including CANBus hardware driver. Initial version of the software was developed.



Silicon & Software Systems

• Dublin, Ireland

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2007

  • IPTV and HDTV Set-Top-Box developments • Created driver libraries for Broadcom MIPS devices, for Nucleus and VxWorks RTOSs • Achieved near maximal throughput on Ethernet device (>90Mbps). • Development of Audio driver, supporting various audio formats (PCM, AC3, MP3 etc). • IPTV and HDTV Set-Top-Box developments • Created driver libraries for Broadcom MIPS devices, for Nucleus and VxWorks RTOSs • Achieved near maximal throughput on Ethernet device (>90Mbps). • Development of Audio driver, supporting various audio formats (PCM, AC3, MP3 etc).



Texas Instruments

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Silicon Validation Engineer - Team Lead

  • Apr 2002 - Dec 2005

  Created software to exercise System-On-Chip • Technologies included ARM9/11 (Core, Interrupt, and Cache Controllers), C55/C64, DMA, USB (Client, Host and OTG), Ethernet, SSI, SPI, NAND, NOR, CCP, SoSSI, USART, etc. • Embedded debug and analysis tools (Code Composer Studio and XDS560 JTAG debugger) • Ported Nucleus RTOS to devices under test, as framework for running suite of validation software. • Created software Test-Suites to cover complete functionality, and corner cases Created software to exercise System-On-Chip • Technologies included ARM9/11 (Core, Interrupt, and Cache Controllers), C55/C64, DMA, USB (Client, Host and OTG), Ethernet, SSI, SPI, NAND, NOR, CCP, SoSSI, USART, etc. • Embedded debug and analysis tools (Code Composer Studio and XDS560 JTAG debugger) • Ported Nucleus RTOS to devices under test, as framework for running suite of validation software. • Created software Test-Suites to cover complete functionality, and corner cases



S3 Group

• Ireland
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer / Systems Architect

  • Jan 1996 - Mar 2002

  • Protocol Stack development (DECT voice and data, Bluetooth, and 802.11) . The design methodology used was SDL (TeleLogic SDT). Systems were hand coded in ‘C’ (and assembly where necessary). • 10 patents granted based on my work in this area • Carried out design studies, including preparation of project proposals (customer facing) • Specification, design, implementation and integration of Lower MAC layer (hardware dependent part of the MAC), both fixed part and portable part, for a number of DECT chipsets, including the Philips PCD5040, PCD509x and PCD509x2, Siemens and ST Microelectronics DECT controllers. • LMAC support of numerous RF chipsets. • Specification, design, implementation and integration of MAC layer (connection oriented functions and management functions) of DECT stacks (including GAP, CAP, and Data). • Development of proprietary data protocols based on the DECT standard. • Development of RTOS / task scheduler for the FSM (finite state machine) software architecture. • Member of ETSI DECT standardization body • Attend IEEE 802.11 standard meetings Show less



Applied Micro Electronics

• Software Engineer

  • May 1992 - Dec 1995

  • Windows NT device drivers for various SCSI CD-R drives, using Windows NT DDK and SDK. • Design and development of document image management system. Involved the development of MS Access database and Windows front end (implemented in Microsoft Visual C++) • Development of NLM (Netware Loadable Module) for HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management). • Design and implementation of a CD-R disk array storage system. Involved the development of a proprietary RTOS for the array controller, and the development of the device drivers for the CD / CD-R drives (Philips, Sony and JVC) and jukeboxes. The device drivers were implemented in C++. • Development of MO (Magneto Optical) disk certification and duplication systems. These projects involved the development of control software for the SCSI devices, and networking (IPX/SPX) of the controllers to a central manager (Windows 3.1 based). Implemented in ‘C’ and assembly. Show less