WISSAM MARROUCHE

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Montreal QC H3T1J8

Skype account: w_marrouche

514-***-****

abo0gi@r.postjobfree.com

Languages: French, English, Arabic, German basic

Exceptional programming skills C/C++, VHDL, html

Solid background in embedded systems design and computer programming

Knowledgeable in digital design and testing cycle with focus on low power

Familiar with rapid prototyping on Xilinx Virtex 4/5, Altera FPGAs

DSP experience: Motorola board

Web programming experience

Responsible, energetic, self-motivated, creative, organized, professional, inquisitive

with strong interpersonal, leadership, teamwork and communication skillsPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Panaxion Montreal Current

Design and programming: I am contributing to the hardware design of Axion painting

machine and the software design. Software used: QT, C++, php.

Freelanceweb-designer2011-2012

iSpeaky Montreal 2011

Consultant Programmer: e-learning project

AUB 2009-10

Research Associate: multi core processor project

Design of configurable caches (multiword and set associative) and fast inverse square

root accelerator in VHDL

Memory Experts International, Montreal Canada 2008

Tester Technician (Test &Validation): New firmware project

Responsible for testing the firmware managing the secure USB keys

Apply test cases on different platforms and report bugs in Bugzilla

Track the reported bugs

Taglogic 2006

Freelance Bash Script Programmer: Automatic software release and documentation

Freelance project: Banner design 2007

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal2004-2005Research Associate, Cortivision lab project

Achieve an implant at the level of the visual cortex VC to record electrical activity

- Conceive the digital part of the brain interface acquisition system

- Optimize the system to increase the number of recorded channels at VC level

- Introduce a lossy pipelined PWL compressor and integrated it to the system

- Maintain research reports

- Worked on a wavelet spike detector, and neural networks

EDUCATION

ALARI (Advance Learning and Research Institute), Switzerland 2002-2003

Master of engineering in embedded systems design (Quebec equivalence obtained)

Thesis: Design of the compressor bloc for the IPSEC accelerator

LAU (Lebanese American University), Lebanon 1997- 2002

BE in computer engineering (Quebec equivalence obtained)

Thesis: Parallel control synthesis in test mode with low power consumption

COMPUTER SKILLS

Specification languages: VHDL, System C, UML

General programming languages: C/C++, C#, Java (applications and applets), J2ME,

Matlab, Simulink, Python, Pascal, Delphi, bash script

Operating systems: Windows, Linux

Embedded systems design tools: Mentor Graphics (ModelSim, Leonardo Spec), Or CAD,

Synopsys Design Compiler, EWB, Hspice, XLINX (virtex), Altera, Quartus, Synplify

Analog tools: Cadence (experience with ADC)

Assembly language: 80x86, MIPS, Motorola

Graphic programming: OpenGL, java2D, 3DMax

Database programming: Oracle, SQL, vb.net

Web programming: HTML,xml, PHP, javascript, OpenLaszlo

Compilers: Parsers

Graphic design: Photoshop, Autocad

DISTINCTIONS & REALIZATIONS

Publications

Multichannel wireless cortical recording: circuits, system design and assembly

challenges. IEEE BIOCAS, 2004.

Distributed control in testable high-level synthesis with minimum area and power

overhead, IEEE NEWCAS in Montreal, 2004.

Graduate Scholarship

ALARI (Advanced Learning and Research Institute) in Switzerland

CERTIFICATES

Advanced data access with visual studio (New Horizons)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) from 2000 to 2006

Member of Ordre des ingenieurs de Beyrouth

Member of GRM Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal till 2005

PERSONAL INTERESTS

References: Available upon request.

Note: Canadian citizen.

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