Design Software

Justin Forrester

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Objective: A position in the field of computer hardware or software design.

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering CSU, Sacramento 200*-****-** Units 3.515 CSUS GPA Cum Laude

Honors

General Education Fresno City College 200*-****-*** Units 3.504 GPA

Coursework:

Advanced Logic Design Analog and Digital Electronics Advanced Computer Organization

C Programming in Unix CMOS and VLSI Computer Hardware Design

Computer Interfacing Computer Network and Internet Computer Software Engineering

Data Structure/Algorithm Analysis Database Management Differential Equations

Electronic Materials Embedded Processor Sys. Design Numerical Analysis

Operating System Pragmatics Probability and Statistics Programming Concepts and Methodology

Computer Engineering Senior Project

Projects:

Senior Project: Team planning, designing, documentation, prototyping, implementation, and packaging of an embedded system

which communicates wirelessly between vehicles on the road for the purpose of location mapping.

Embedded System Design: Soldering and wire-wrapping flash and static memory, an ADC, input switches, output LEDs, and an

LCD display to a Motorola CPU and writing assembly code to access the various I/O components, moderated by a CPLD.

Verilog PCI Bus: Design, document, and simulate complete PCI read and write cycles, arbitrated with a timing test fixture.

Vending Machine Controller: Using L-Edit, design a vending machine coin detection circuit at the substrate and medal masking

level.

Knowledge and Skills:

Programming and Hardware Description Languages:

Assembly, C/C++, Java, HTML, PHP, SQL, Verilog, VHDL

Operating Systems:

Dos, Windows 9x, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux/Unix

Software:

L-Edit, Microsoft Office Suite, OpenOffice, PSpice, Xilinx ISE, Modelsim, Variety of Compilers

Laboratory Skills and Equipment:

Flash Programmer, Function Generator, Logic Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Soldering, Wire Wrapping

Leadership Experience:

Team Leader Course in Software Engineering, CSU Sacramento 2007

Manage the team effort during the software design cycle for a web-based employee payroll and scheduling system.

Produce a variety of design documents at different stages of the software design cycle.

Communicate with client, instructor, and team members to synchronize system requirements understanding.

Team Leader Course in Programming Concepts, CSU Sacramento 2005

Organize and coordinate the team effort during the production of a Linux-based, C++ coded asteroids game.

Work Experience:

Student Assistant Air Resources Board, Sacramento 2009-Present

PC configuration, re-image, data backup, virus removal, optimization, troubleshooting, printer maintenance.

Communicate with clients for the purpose of scheduling PC maintenance and instruct users on issue avoidance.

Student Assistant Board of Equalization, Sacramento 2009

Configure personal computers, re-image, deploy, data restoration, and troubleshooting.

Perform client interviews for the purpose of data backup.

PC Sales PC Club, Fresno 2005-2006

Provide complete and appropriate computing solutions for customers.

Sustain personal knowledge of the latest computing technologies.

Perform sells, returns, cash count, RMA, stocking, store maintenance.

Achievements:

Maintained 3.5+ GPA while working 25 hours per week during Senior year.

CSU Sacramento and FCC Dean s Honor Lists

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