Experience

Consult Red (formerly Red Embedded)

• Technical Lead

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Consultant to various clients mainly in the digital television industry. Working on Android software for a an embedded device. Designed and lead development of user interface layer for RDK-B cable modem.

• Senior Consultant

  • Apr 2006 - Jul 2020

  Consultant to various clients mainly in the digital television industry. Created gaming proof of concept for RDK based set top box. Worked on Android TV set top box. Advised, architected and developed support for IP over broadband and interactive services in high end products for major US satellite broadcaster based in LA (C, C++ and Java). Ported Linux to new hardware and integrated broadcaster's linux/java software platform to that hardware and processor. Improved stability and performance… Show more Consultant to various clients mainly in the digital television industry. Created gaming proof of concept for RDK based set top box. Worked on Android TV set top box. Advised, architected and developed support for IP over broadband and interactive services in high end products for major US satellite broadcaster based in LA (C, C++ and Java). Ported Linux to new hardware and integrated broadcaster's linux/java software platform to that hardware and processor. Improved stability and performance of Linux kernel device drivers and interactive engine for a HD STB for a major UK broadcaster. Worked on optimising a Java application and JNI layer for same broadcaster. Advised chip vendors who wish to enter the market. Designed and co developed remote testing system for control of and streaming video from remote devices. Performed board bring up for production testing. Work is carried out both at Red's offices and at the Clients'.



Pace Micro Technology plc

• Senior Software Engineer, Acting Team Leader

  • Jul 2003 - Apr 2006

  Managed and merged driver APIs in to one Company wide common driver API. Designed and developed common test application. Designed and developed components for the common code framework. Linux driver development. Integrated linux based STB software in LA for CES. Integrated WindRiver debug agent in to linux kernel for STB. Brought up new Broadcom based hardware running both VxWorks and Linux. Internal linux consultancy. Managed common code framework team.

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2000 - Jun 2003

  Developed drivers for common cable box which used VxWorks on ARM. Managed driver API. Build mastered and managed driver release. Development and maintained test application. Developed new multi-handset IR protocol in conjunction with Ruwido which was then integrated on to client STB for demonstration. Moved to common code team to design and develop common components.



Private client

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services

• Software Consultant

  • Aug 1999 - Sep 2000

  Developed an office lighting controller system which ran on an embedded system running linux and as a Java client application on PCs. A client-server architecture allowed management of the system either through the client application or through appropriate web pages.



Cardiff University

• United Kingdom

• Post Doctoral Research Assistant

  • Sep 1997 - Sep 2000

  Assistance in the development of Triana (a graphical data analysis tool written in Java and C/C++) and related applications. Part of the GEO600 German/British gravitational wave detector development. Developed eCommerce site using Apache, HTML, CSS, Java, PostgreSQL for sale of group software.

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 1996 - Aug 1997

  Development of machine vision research software on Apple Mac and Windows.



KPMG Corporate Finance

• France
• Real Estate

• Corporate Finance Senior

  • Oct 1991 - Sep 1995

  Business planning for funding and grant funding. Due diligence. Financial investigations. Management buyout consultancy.

• Auditor

  • Oct 1988 - Sep 1991

  Trainee accountant and auditor, auditing small, medium and Plc sized companies.