Ricardo Abreu
Address Fracc. Villas del Lago circuito Sn. Agustin esq. Gimnasia S/N 62370, Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
Phone Number +52-777-***-**-** ********@*****.***
An Electronic engineer with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and experience in hardware development and
software engineering; adaptable, analytical and hard working person that is able to work in a team or
individually in order to give solutions and results.
ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEER
MSc Artificial Intelligence (Graduated with merit)
EDUCATION
(2011-2012)
University of Southampton
Southampton, Hampshire; England UK
BSc Electronics and Computer Engineering
(with specializations in Telecommunications and Digital
Systems)
(2005-2010)
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
(ITESM), Campus Monterrey
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; Mexico.
PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
Cisco CCNA 1 Course in Networking Basics.
Spring 2007
ITESM, Campus Monterrey. Monterrey, Nuevo León; Mexico.
Cisco CCNA 2 Course in Routers and Routing Basics.
Fall 2007
ITESM, Campus Monterrey. Monterrey, Nuevo León; México.
A Hard Look at the Movies Course.
Summer 2009
ITESM, Campus Monterrey. Monterrey, Nuevo León; México.
Course, Mobile Device Programming (Symbian) Course.
Fall 2009
ITESM, Campus Monterrey. Monterrey, Nuevo León; México.
Infosys Limited
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Systems Engineer Trainee
January 2011-June 2011 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; Mexico
Worked as part of a team that developed IT solutions
(mainly web based applications in Eclipse, using JSP and
SQL databases) in a multicultural environment.
Used organizational skills and time management to insure
that work was delivered on time.
Developed technical report writing skills and competence
in a variety of IT packages.
Semáforos de Mexico (SEMEX)
Technical and Software Developer (Professional Practice)
January 2009 – May 2010 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; Mexico
Worked as a part of a team in the development of an
embedded application for car traffic monitoring over a
GPRS network.
Responsible for the development and integration of the
GPRS communication programming over C++.
Co-ordinated the integration of an EISS microwave sensor
to the car traffic monitoring system.
Participated in analysis meetings in order to obtain
feedback on the implementation of the car traffic
monitoring system.
Tte. Juan de la Barrera Elementary School
Computer Teacher (Social Service)
January 2008 – December 2010 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; Mexico
Developed communication skills from teaching a computer
course to children from the second and sixth grade of
elementary school.
SKILLS
Computer Tools: Multisim, Modelsim, Mplab, Eclipse,
Code Composer, SimuLink, Microsoft Visual Studio,
Microsoft Office, CLIPS (Expert Systems Tool ).
Development Kits: Spartan 3 FPGA, Node Builder,
PIC18F, DSP TMS320.
Programming Language Experience
Assembly Language 3 Years
Matlab 3 Years
C 3 Years
Java 2 Years
VHDL 1 Year
Asterisk 6 Months
SQL 6 Months
JSP / JavaScript 6 Months
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native Speaker.
English: Advanced (650 Total Score on TOEFL Paper
Based Test, April 2005. 101 Total Score on TOEFL
Internet Based Test, October 2010).
REFERENCES Available upon request.
My Qualifications:
Just finished my dissertation about Item -Based Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems
developing the recommender system using Matlab for a MovieLens dataset, for a Master’s
degree in Artificial Intellige nce in the University of Southampton (Southampton, England),
where I had to work and communicate with people from many different backgrounds and
cultures.
Wrote a paper about the Naïve Bayes Feature Selection Algorithm, and developed the
algorithm using Matlab to solve a two-class classification task using a real world data set for
an Advanced Machine Learning course.
Developed an expert system for the classification of birds, using CLIPS for a Knowledge
Technologies module.
Developed IT solutions using Java, JSP and SQL while working for Infosys Technologies.
Worked with different communication standards and interfaces (UART and I2C mainly) in C
and assembly language for the Microcontrollers and Computer Interfacing and Peripheral
Equipment Design module as an undergraduate.
Bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering.
Developed ISA, PCI and USB device drivers in C language for a Computer Interfacing and
Peripheral Equipment Design module.
Undertook a Computational Finance Module, where I implemented Portfolio Optimization
algorithms using Matlab.
I appreciate your taking the time to review my qualifications and experience. Thank you for your
consideration.
Sincerely,
Jose Ricardo Abreu Pederzini