Engineer Developer

Franklyn L. Sledd Jr.

* **** ******,

Hudson, MA 01749

Phone: 978-***-****

Email: ******@***.***

Objective

Seeking a challenging position creating and developing electronic

systems for an industry-leading organization.

Qualifications

Decades of hardware design and development experience creating and

enhancing dozens of products, from hand-held portable devices to multi-

million-dollar servers and high-precision industrial robots. A proven

creator of digital, analog, power conversion and low-frequency RF hardware,

with talents that encompass reverse engineering, multi-layer PCB layout

using open-source, proprietary and commercial ECAD tools, embedded software

development in C and assembly language programming for multiple

architectures. Skilled at bringup, debug and troubleshooting, using

laboratory instruments including oscilloscopes, ICE, logic analyzers,

protocol analyzers, and metering. Led small and medium-sized "skunk-

works", corporate R&D, and conventional product teams.

Experience

January 2009 - present, Directing Engineer, Oneubium Concepts. Hudson, MA

Independent engineering contractor and consultant.

Architect and designer for video surveillance circuitry.

Authored proposal for multi-channel wireless video delivery system.

Developed step-up/step-down power conversion unit for battery-operated

video systems

March 2004 - January 2009, Principal Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,

Burlington MA.

High performance software, computer systems and storage manufacturer.

Key enterprise-class SATA, Flash and Fibrechannel storage subsystem

hardware designer

Leader of engineering team shepherding off-shore manufacturing of high-end

storage servers.

Hardware designer for cellular database storage subsystem using Solaris OS

Developer for large server diagnostic, analysis and exerciser equipment and

software.

Developer of embedded control software for high-performance storage

devices.

Led non-volatile-storage replacement program for world-class storage

system.

Generated storage system specifications and user manuals.

Coordinated and led UL, CSA, FCC, OSHA, and other regulatory testing for

storage products.

January 2003 - March 2004, Principal Software Engineer, 888 Consulting,

Inc. Hopkinton MA.

Captive consulting firm for EMC Corporation.

Architect and developer of extreme high-end storage embedded control

software.

Directed product development based on ThreadX multi-thread embedded RTOS.

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Experience (continued)

September 1999 - October 2002, Principal Engineer, EMC Corporation,

Hopkinton MA.

High performance data storage system manufacturer.

Architect and developer of CLARiiON midrange NAS product embedded software

.

Sole developer of industry-leading SAN and NAS enclosure monitor software.

Driver developer for SPI and I2C interfaces

BIOS team leader for midrange SAN and NAS products

February 1996 - September 1999, Principal Engineer, Data General

Corporation, Westboro MA.

High performance computer system manufacturer.

Designer for corporate server pre-boot diagnostics using SCSI and

fiberchannel protocols.

High-end server console embedded software architect and developer.

Corporate SAF-TE and enclosure monitoring architect.

September 1994 - November 1996, Principal Engineer, Avid Technology. Inc.,

Tewksbury, MA.

Video editing system manufacturer

User interface device embedded software developer

July 1974 - September 1994, Principal Engineer, Digital Equipment

Corporation, Maynard MA.

Enterprise computer system and software manufacturer

Invented servo motor calibration tool avoiding $5M corporate mitigation

outlay.

Lead software architect for advanced motion-control and robotic research

programs.

Hardware designer for electro-migration investigation/mitigation program.

Developed and conducted training courses for corporate products.

Developed ultra-high-speed continuous-motion probing devices.

Team leader for MPTS motion control language initiative.

Created ultra-high-precision topological-distortion-insensitive probing

system.

Co-author of RAFT instrumentation language interpreter.

Leader for automated analog and power supply troubleshooting software

development team.

Developer and maintainer of RS232 computer terminal diagnostic systems.

Chaired technical panel sessions at industry seminars.

Authored and presented peer-reviewed technical papers at industry design

and test symposia.

Authored articles appearing in electronics industry publications.

Represented corporation on international standards bodies.

Created and implemented BIOS for proof-of-concept laptop computer.

Corporate analog product diagnostic expert.

Created innovative table-top microprocessor-controlled power supply test

system

Education:

Bachelor of Science E.E. Technology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA.

Certifications:

Certified Phoenix Technologies BIOS Developer

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