L. REX BENNING, M.MATH, PMP

Santa Clara, California

408-***-****

acpdhw@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

More than 20 years experience in the computer industry in companies ranging

in size from start-up to Fortune 500.

Delivery of projects and products involving packet-switching, telephony and

communications protocols on high performance embedded and real time systems

to carrier-grade standards

Recent experience in the last 10 years delivering projects based on Java,

Linux (CentOS and Ubuntu), Python and C/C++ on PC, Android and iOS

platforms.

Background qualifications include:

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification since February, 2005

Pre- and post-sales technical support, and ongoing business development

Software development management, including remote development across

several countries

International technical support

ISO and SEI Capability Maturity Model quality processes and continuous

improvement

Independent consulting, startup and small business management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, SQL, and Java multi-threaded

object-oriented programming on Windows, Linux and Android runtime

platforms; git, subversion, gerrit source control

Operating systems: QNX, Windows, Linux, Android (AOSP), proprietary

embedded systems

Communications Protocols: ISDN, SONET/SDH, TDM, DSL, Ethernet, TCP/IP,

UDP, SIP, and MPLS services, Frame Relay Forum Standards (CCITT/ITU), WiFi

(802.11 b, g,n, etc.), Bluetooth, Java encryption, XMPP/XML

Packet-switching: X.25, ATM, Frame Relay

Securty Industry communications standards: SIA/FSK, ContactID/DTMF, UL/ULC

approvals procedures

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BSquare at Google, Mountain View, CA January 2015 to present

Member of QA Team

Quality Assurance for Google's new Android platform "Tango" that provides

real-time 3D imaging, mapping and virtual reality.

Responsible for ensuring quality of the hardware and software for each 2

week sprint and overall quality of the final product.

Designed test strategies and plans using Java, C, C++, Gtest, Python

scripts, and various automation tools such as Gtest, UI Builder, Jenkins,

and Agile process tools.

INTEL, Santa Clara, CA May 2012 to January 2015

Senior Software Individual Contributor

Member of team that delivered Intel's Android smart-phone and -pad

products, with main focus on WiFi (802.11), Bluetooth, and overall system

integration of Intel custom AOSP software. Organized AOSP software

integration and testing of the WiFi and Bluetooth stacks and the digital

camera quality testing as well as achieving quality and performance

standards using Bugzilla, Klocwork, git/gerrit, and the Android suite of

build and debug tools.

Wrote a test and performance measuring interface to the WiFi and Bluetooth

stacks in Python and C/C++ in the Android JNI. Used an Android Binder

interface to provide a Python-scripted replacement for the whole GUI layer

as a way to provide a test and monitoring tool for the development of

Intel's specialized chips and SOC's for use in Android devices.

Wrote the software for a prototype secure Loader for a Mobile Device

Management project on an educational Android tablet using Java and Python,

and the Android version of SQL. Also provided Python back-end scripts on an

Apache web server for a device monitoring service to be incorporated into a

custom app.

Developed a Group Chat enhancement to the Intel "Pocket Avatars" app which

runs on both Android and iOS devices, using Java, Eclipse and standards

such as XMPP and JSON to communicate with commercial Jabber and REST

servers.

Contractor and Consultant, Ottawa, Ont Feb 2010 to May 2012

Major contracts with:

MACADAMIAN, Gatineau, Que.

Member of the development team for the Flextronics IMERJ Android smart-

phone/pad product. Coded in Java and C++ on the Google AOSP platform, using

Eclipse and Google's adb suite of development and debugging tools.

Responsible for several features and enhancements in the Application

Manager and Workspace layouts that required complex real-time management of

screen layouts and displays.

Working environment and management procedures based on Agile using git,

gerrit, jira and related tools.

LOBENN INC., Ottawa, Ont.

Developed the software for an IP/Telephony gateway device that provides

interworking between digital alarm panels and analog receivers which was

delivered to General Electric/UTC. This was implemented in C++ and Java on

the LoBenn LNS platform using KDE, Linux, TCP/IP and VoIP protocols, DES

encryption, and Pika hardware. Extensive use of threads, semaphores,

mutexes, etc.

Wrote system performance test tools and S/W management tools using bash,

subversion (svn), python.

Implemented a custom web browser service to provide an enhanced user

interface into the CLI on the server, as well as a Java-based window

display.

Co-authored a patent application and delivered an implementation on the

LoBenn platform of an Elevator Monitoring telephony interface system.

TELLABS INC., Santa Clara, CA Sep 2008 to Jan 2010

Engineering Manager

Managed Tier 3 Support and Sustaining departments on 8800 Multi-Service

Router product line. Protocols supported include: MPLS, VLAN, LSP, LDP,

VPN, VPLS, STP, 10/100Gig Ethernet. Tier 3 group was responsible for 24x7

problem solving and customer support, as well as support for scheduled

maintenance windows.

Implemented several major process improvement initiatives using tools such

as Kepner Tregoe and Lean-Kaizen to improve efficiencies with Tier 2 and

Sustaining teams.

Built up Sustaining team to 28 engineers located in India, Santa Clara and

Chicago, and integrated technical support procedures, problem solving and

release management across all departments.

Contractor and Consultant, Ottawa, Ont Jan 2002 to Sep 2008

Provided technical consulting and management services to local and multi-

national businesses.

Helped to found and acted as Director of R&D for a startup company, LoBenn

Inc. Provided the basic design of a product to transport home and office

security systems' alarm data over internet using VoIP (SIP, RTP etc.) and

proprietary protocols encrypted and tunneled through TCP/IP to a PC using

the Pika Montecarlo telephony platform.

Wrote functional spec, then implemented first version on Windows XP using

Microsoft .NET C and C++. System was ported to Ubuntu and RedHat/CentOS

for final testing and release. Made extensive use of real-time object-

oriented techniques in C++ and Java such as socket factories, threads,

singletons, virtual methods, etc.

Wrote a custom web server to provide HTML access to the CLI user interface

in real time.

Managed company growth by building R&D team, managed projects using mainly

Agile techniques.

Contracted to Azisa (later acquired by Flextronics) in South Africa to act

as their North American Business Development representative.

Identified business opportunities for offshore development projects, and

provided project, program, and technical management expertise in execution

of projects.

Deliverables included G.SHDSL line card project worth $1M, and support and

maintenance contracts worth $100K/month.

MSSBU, Cisco Systems, San Jose CA Oct 2000 to Dec 2001

Director, Software Development

Managed 60 developers and testers, with another 15 remote subcontractors in

India.

Responsible for PNNI routing and signaling software used on ATM WAN

switching platforms produced by Multi-Services Switching Business Unit.

Delivered features and product maintenance releases.

Supported sales of Orion and WAN Manager products to major carrier

customers such as Covad, Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, etc.

NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS, Ottawa, Ont 1993 - 2000

Director, Frame Relay and X.25

Senior technical architect and engineering project manager responsible for

software development departments for X.25, Frame Relay (including voice

access) and Frame Relay to ATM interworking on Newbridge Mainstreet 36120

system, shared responsibility for product management roles and was overall

Engineering Project Manager.

Built department to 5 managers and their departments (40 engineers) with

very low turnover. Also managed joint developments with an outsourcing

company in South Africa (Azisa) contracting 20 people to work on X.25 and

Frame Relay projects. Granted a patent for X.25 access to Frame Relay

networks.

Responsible for delivery and ongoing support of several significant

products involving both hardware and software design to customers such as

PacBell and Southwestern Bell (Frame Relay to ATM interworking device),

Bloomberg (Frame Relay compression enhancements), and Telstra in Australia

(Transparent HDLC service), and software and hardware development of 3608

and 3609 network access devices. Overall product line revenues reached

$120M/year.

NORTHERN TELECOM / BELL-NORTHERN RESEARCH Nepean, Ont

pre-1993

Senior Manager responsible for system testing and quality assurance of DPN

packet switch products.

Overseas assignment as Manager of DPN European Technical Operations Group

responsible for building two software and one hardware technical support

department. Managed pre- and post-sales technical support for all Nortel's

X.25 networks in Europe in conjunction with 3rd line support in Ottawa.

Software development manager responsible for ITU (CCITT) protocols on DPN

Packet switch

Project manager and system designer for RAPID/DPN-100 packet switching

System analyst, designer and programmer on SL-10 packet switching product

line.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

M. Math in Computer Science, University of Waterloo

B.Sc., High Honours in Math and Computer Science, University of

Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

Additional Training:

6 years of night classes in Business Administration at University of Ottawa

ISO 9000 quality certification training in-house at Nortel

Object-Oriented design course from PSC

Effective Presentations and Time Management in-house training at Nortel and

Newbridge

Strategic Decision Making course from Strategic Decisions group

SEI CMM Quality Systems training with Nortel and Newbridge

Corpedia/PMI and Algonquin College Project Management training courses

Working knowledge of spoken and written German

Kepner-Tregoe Decision Making and Problem Analysis

Patents:

U.S. Patent 5,917,823 - X.25 access to frame relay network

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Running - marathons, 10K

X-country skiing - completed the World Loppet Master Skier circuit and the

Canadian Ski Marathon

Photography, music, gardening

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