Engineer Power

Location: Austin, TX

Interested in: Permanent-Hire Positions,

World-Wide Locations

Michael C. Hollinger *******@*********.***

OBJECTIVE Full-time software architecture and development. Interested in enterprise systems

development or digital convergence applications as well as leadership opportunities.

EDUCATION University of Oklahoma, Norman OK Accelerated M.S. E.E. / Computer Engr.

3.5 / 4.0 GPA with Thesis Option

08 / 04 05 / 05

Thesis Defended: Server-Side Software For Multimodal User Interactions

May, 2005 Graduation (M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering)

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK B.S. Computer Engineering

08 / 00 05 / 04

3.8 / 4.0 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, including 16 hours honors credit

03- 05 President of Eta Kappa Nu Electrical & Computer Engineering Honor Society, 04

Outstanding Senior in Computer Engr., 2004-05 Co-Chair IEEE OU Tech. Society

Applicable Courses: Engineering Leadership / Org. Management, SW Data Structures,

Computer Architecture, Microprocessor Design, Computer Hardware Design, E.E. Labs &

Design Lab, Signals and Systems, Robotics, Reconfigurable Computing, A.I., VHDL

2011 IBM Outstanding Technical 28 Patents Filed, 2 Patents Granted

HONORS /

Achievement, Delivery of POWER7 / Apollo

ACTIVITIES / Leadership Team, IBM Austin Emerging

AWARDS 2010 IBM Bravo Award, Technology & Business Innovation Board

Delivery of Power 750 Member, Out@IBM GLBT Diversity Network

2008 IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, 04 IBM Extreme Blue Technical Intern, SWG

Delivery of EnergyScale

Real-Time SW Arch.

Embedded SW Architecture Low-Level / Device-Level

SKILLS Client-facing Presentation Software / HW Interfaces

C / C++ Arch & Development

/ Communication Skills

Maven (mvn) Build Env.

Java6 SE

Hudson / Jenkins

Energy Optimization

Object-Oriented SW Arch. Continuous Integration

Embedded Linux Dev

Leading an Agile Dev Team Gerrit / Git Src Control

WORK EXPERIENCE

07/10 Current IBM, Systems & Technology Group, Team Lead for a 10-person Java Austin, TX

Firmware Development Organization Development Team

Refined requirements from stakeholders, translating into a multi-year iterative project plan, built on the Agile / Scrum

development model using Rational Team Concert.

Advocated a software development methodology built on git / Gerrit for source control, Maven for build management, TestNG as

a test framework, Hudson / Jenkins as Continuous Integration servers, and Sonatype Sonar as a quality metric framework.

Portions of this environment are now being replicated in other parts of the organization.

12/08 07/10 IBM, Systems & Technology Group, System Functional Owner, Power 750 / Austin, TX

Firmware Development Organization Power 755 Compute Node

System Firmware Platform Lead for the IBM Power Systems 750 / 755, the first shipping server for the POWER7 processor.

Led firmware bringup across multiple subsystems, brokered deals with external groups, educated peers on new technologies.

Delivered firmware drivers on-time, and met manufacturing, system test, and external extreme early ship commitments.

Achieved platform stability several months ahead of schedule, working closely with Chief Engineer and FW Release Architect.

Primary Author / Editor, IBM EnergyScale for POWER7 Processor-Based Systems White Paper.

06/06 12/08 IBM, Systems & Technology Group, Embedded Systems Developer, Austin, TX

EnergyScale Technology Power-Aware Firmware

Architected and implemented real-time firmware for power management technologies on IBM Power Systems platforms,

including the JS22 POWER6 Blade, Power 520, Power 550, Power 575, and Power 595.

Productized algorithms from IBM Research for real-time performance-aware power management (Dynamic Power Optimizer)

on systems with real-time Thermal / Power Management controllers (TPMD-enabled systems such as POWER 550).

Evangelized energy-efficient technology within the company, and to customers (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Bbm4tLFtI).

06/05 06/06 IBM, Systems & Technology Group, Bringup Engineer, POWER6 Servers; Austin, TX

Job Rotation Program Embedded Systems Coding

First power-on of POWER6-based System p 570 systems, focusing on integration of firmware with POWER6 and the PowerVM.

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