Charles E. Patisaul		  
Embedded Software Engineer

Cary, North Carolina, USA

embedded@patisaul.com              
http://patisaul.com/resume

Objective

To use my low level programming skills developing exciting embedded products; including firmware, operating system, 
drivers, applications, programmable logic and/or coprocessors.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cooperative Plan with Honor, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
Specializations: Computer Systems and Telecommunications

Skills

*	High-level languages: C/C++, Visual Basic, BASIC, HTML, Pascal, and Fortran
*	Assembly languages: ARM, M68K DragonBall (68328), M•Core, PowerPC, PIC, and X86
*	Knowledgeable in issues related to low-power and mobile devices
*	Extensive experience in simultaneous cross-platform development
*	Expert at debugging embedded systems with little or no emulator support
*	System level software (RTOS, drivers, libraries, and test applications) in embedded environment
*	High level hardware and software debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and simulators
*	Low level software debugging using memory dumps and assembly code tracing
*	Operating Systems: Palm OS, WinCE/PocketPC, VRTX, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Unix and Solaris
*	Source/Change Control: PVCS, Perforce, Visual SourceSafe, StarTeam, and Clarify
*	Programmable Logic: Xilinx, CoolRunner, and other PLDs
*	Electrical soldering (including surface mount components)
*	Ham radio operator (KB4WEH, Technician Plus)

Professional Experience

Qualcomm, Inc., Cary, North Carolina
CDMA Technologies
Senior Engineer - June 2004 to Present

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Digital Subscriber Networks, Headend Embedded Software Team
Staff Embedded Software Engineer - April 2002 to May 2004
*	Developed and maintained firmware for Quadrature Amplitude Modulator series of products
*	Wrote code for multitasking multi-processor system mixing ARM and PowerPC.
*	Maintained carrier grade reliability.
*	Focused on MPEG-2 Systems Layer and PowerKEY Conditional Access System.
*	Worked closely with Digital Network Controller System and set top groups.

Ratio DesignLab, Inc. (became AppForge, Inc.), Atlanta, Georgia
High-tech Product Development
Embedded Software Engineer - April 1996 to April 2002
*	Developed software and firmware for battery powered handheld mobile devices.
*	Implemented 32-bit multitasking embedded real-time operating system (RTOS)
*	Written in portable Object-Oriented C (critical portions in assembly).
*	Simultaneously supported on ARM, ARM Thumb, StrongARM, Motorola M68K DragonBall, and M•Core.
*	External modules use position-independent code and data (PIC/PID) for execute in place power savings, 
flexible configuration, and field upgradability.
*	High-speed direct system and inter-module function calling via a COM like interface, implemented in C.
*	Wrote numerous device drivers including UART, (IR, RS-232, and RS-485), graphical LCD, coprocessor, touch 
screen digitizer, and paging and two-way radios.
*	Team lead for development of cross-platform GUI controls using C/C++ code shared between Windows and all 
embedded targets, in the AppForge Piedmont Framework.
*	Senior team member in design and development of AppForge Piedmont (a cross-platform COM-like framework 
for embedded systems) SDK and run time, for Palm OS and Pocket PC.
*	Wrote and maintained code in programmable logic devices (CPLD and FPGA) and coprocessors to support "zero 
glue logic and field upgradeable" design philosophy.
*	Wrote programmable logic elements and boot and OS code for modular Hardware Reference Platform

NASA, Voice and Navigation Aids Section, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Electrical Engineering Student Trainee (Co-Op) - May 1991 to September 1995 (alternating quarters)
*	Prototyping, engineering support, and UNIX programming for U.S. Space Shuttle ground communications 
systems.

Patent Pending

"Methods and systems for providing platform-independent shared software components for mobile devices"
United States Patent Application 20030018825, filed 17 July 2001