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A software consultant with over 15 years of experience and broad exposure to different platforms

and distinct segments of the software industry. This experience provides a unique perspective on

the software development process as well as an intuitive understanding of the development cycle.

In recent years, Shaun has split his time between project management and embedded device

development; more specifically in critical system design for software based control systems as

well as graphical user interface design and development for embedded displays.

When not writing software, keeping projects on track, or drumming up business for Bytown

Technology Group, Shaun manages a few rental properties in the Ottawa area. In his spare time

he enjoys sailing on the great lakes and if the weather co-operates, loves to kite-surf.

SKILL SET

Experience with software guidance control systems, PID loops.

Extensive experience in both user interface design and development both from a theoretical

human factors approach, especially with respect to touch screen/embedded displays form

factor, and implementation (Photon 1.14, Photon 2.0, Win32/MFC/.NET, Apple QuickDraw,

Java AWT/SWT, Storyboard).

Project management, analysis, team leadership (3-4 developers).

Eclipse RCP & IDE plug-in development.

QNX Photon MicroGUI GURU.

Extensive software architecture and design experience, especially in the embedded systems

niche.

Familiar with formal engineering practices and processes specific to Medical Devices,

Defence, and critical software systems & writing corresponding validation protocols, hazard

analysis.

Embedded device development, embedded UI, high availability framework expertise.

Development experience with the 8051 (and variant) micro-controller, software-based

hardware simulation.

Familiar with ANSI/AAMI SW 68 software life cycle processes, IEC standards, FDA guidance

for software validation and agile software methodologies.

Development experience on MacOS 8, Windows (3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP), POSIX UNIX (Linux,

Solaris, FreeBSD, QNX 6), QNX 4.

Depth of knowledge in the field Artificial Intelligence, traditional heuristic and expert systems,

genetic algorithms, genetic programming, and other modern learning systems.

XML (expat) parsing, Javascript/ECMAscript/AJAX, server-side scripting/CGI development

experience.

Netscape 4.x compatible web browser plugin development (both client and server-side)

Proficient with GNU toolchain (gdb, gcc, makefiles, etc.), Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio.

Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities, porting experience.

Unix administration (sendmail, bind, apache, mysql, shell scripting, perl, sed, etc.).

Solid foundation in 3D graphics, 2D primitives, openGLES, lighting algorithms.

Experience in algorithm design for hyper-cube and 2D mesh architectures and development

with MPI library.

C, C++ 14 years QNX 4, QNX 6, Photon toolkit 11 years

Smalltalk 3 years BSD, Linux 2 years

Java 2 year

8051, 8086 assembly 1 year

Technical Experience Summary

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CONTRACT EXPERIENCE

ERL Phase (Winnipeg, CA) Mar 2010 Present

ERLPhase is a world leader in the production of protection relays and recorders for the power

industry. I adapted their framework and developed the UI for a front panel display for two of

their products. (power transmission line relay).

National Bank Services Inc. (Plymouth, USA) Oct 2009 Present

National Bankcard Services is a leading provider of electronic payment and loyalty services. I

managed a project for which Bytown Technology Group was contracted to provide low-level

software components for their next generation server platform. (financial transaction

processing).

Proven Process Medical Devices Inc. (Boston, USA) Feb 2007 June 2009

PPMD are experts in the design, development, validation, and manufacture of Class II and

Class III therapeutic and diagnostic devices. I assisted in the architectural design of QNX

based software control system & led team of 3 software developers to produce core elements

of control system as well as the user interface for a Class III medical device (artificial heart).

Coherent, Inc. (Portland, USA) July 2008 Sep 2008

Coherent is the world s leading supplier of photonics-based solutions. I was responsible for

performing analysis of the code-base for an existing product to determine areas of deficiency.

Through several improvements I enabled their team make exceptional performance gains (laser

power meter)

FlightFab Inc. (Maryland, USA) Nov 2005 Dec 2005

FlightFab, Inc. is a quick response aerospace fabrication and design company. I provided

training as well as produced documentation so their staff could maintain and deploy an existing

QNX 4 based system (gamma-ray detector).

Teather & Clifton Ltd. (Ottawa, CA) Sept 2004 Apr 2005

TCL provides design and development services in the areas of installation planning, software,

electrical/electronics, mechanics, control systems, and safety analysis. I designed and

developed the software for an 8051-based control system for a self-contained class II medical

device (x-ray blood irradiator). Blood-irradiation is used to treat blood to reduce the risks to

immuno-suppressed patients when receiving a transfusion.

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MDS Nordion. (Kanata, CA) April 2003 June 2004

MDS Nordion is a global leader in radioisotope technology used to prevent, diagnose and treat

disease. I designed and developed the user interface and in-room displays for their next

generation of cobalt-based class II medical device (cancer therapy machine). I also assisted in

the design of the underlying dual-redundant software control system. Cobalt-based radiation is

widely used to treat cancer patients and is especially effective for soft tissue applications such

as throat and neck therapy.

Minnetronix Incorporated. (Minneapolis, USA) April 2002 Dec 2002

Minnetronix is a medical device product company specializing in the design and manufacture of

custom embedded software and electronics. Assisted in the design of a QNX-based control

system for monitoring and management of a class III medical device (left ventricle heart pump).

Also developed the graphical user interface used to monitor the pump.

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EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Bytown Technology Group Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario) June 2008 Present

www.bytowntech.com

Partner, Software Consultant

Bytown Technology Group is an integrated hardware/software solutions provider. We are a

collection of very senior consultants with a long history of technical achievement in the

embedded device industry. We offer a wide range of services including embedded device

development, analysis & design.

QP Software Systems Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario) April 2002 April 2008

Principal, Software Consultant

Founded QP Software Systems Inc. in early 2002 to offer consulting services targeting user

interface design and development for embedded platforms.

MMIST. (Kanata, Ontario) Sept 2006 July 2007

Software Developer

Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology Inc. (MMIST) is a world leader in the

development, production and support of precision aerial delivery systems. I was the software

lead for the CQ-10 SnowGoose aerial cargo delivery UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).

Responsible for all software elements of the control system including guidance and hardware

integration. Responsibilities also included direct involvement in live flight testing and post-flight

analysis. Obtained level II national security clearance.

QNX Software Systems Ltd. (Kanata, Ontario) Jan.1998 Jan. 2002

Software Developer

QNX Software Systems is a leading provider of real-time operating system (RTOS) software,

development tools, and services for embedded design. As a senior developer in the Photon

MicroGUI group, was involved in many R&D initiatives, notably;

Team-lead for the skin project that enabled the customization of the look and feel of the

graphical widget toolkit. This involved both the creation of a full-featured editor and the

development and integration of corresponding runtime libraries.

Contracted to customers for on-site custom engineering services.

Met with customers and third parties to assess technologies and forge relationships.

Development was mostly in C although a strong proficiency in C++, as well as with the gamut of

UNIX tools, was required. Development tasks often involved assuming responsibility for a

project from start to finish, including design and unit testing. Porting third-party software was

common, along with the maintenance of the existing code-base. I was involved in many

software projects, for which was a key developer in the following:

Voyager and Mozilla web browsers (client front-end, SSL integration, plug-in support).

Photon File manager (integration with desktop environment, file manipulation).

Email client (IMAP 4, POP 3, SMTP support, fully threaded).

Network configuration tool (DHCP, routing table, dialup setup).

Build tools (front-end for library linker, floppy image creator).

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Dialer (PPP, PPPOE support, integration with CHAT & native scripts).

Webhost Canada (Ottawa, Ontario) Nov.1999 August 2004

Founder-Partner, Technical Lead

Managed and co-administrated an internet based website, virtual domain and email hosting

service. Required proficiency with advanced Solaris and Linux administrative tasks.

Axia Multimedia Corp. (Calgary, Alberta) Jan.1996 Aug.1996

Software Developer

Built proprietary authoring tools (for windows) used to create Axia's training software.

Developed multimedia engine for Microsoft Windows based learning products. Much of the

work involved a re-implementation from a previous Smalltalk code-base to C++.This software

was developed prior to the widespread adoption of the MFC libraries and thus third party C++

framework was used. Designed and implemented a framework to separate appearance from

functionality, allowing content creators to work independently from the development team; a

feature which is common-place in most applications now - but quite a novel idea at the time.

EIC. LAN Operations (Hull, Quebec) May 1994 Aug.1994

Network Administration and Support Jul. 1993 Aug.1993

Employed for two terms with EIC (Employment and Immigration Canada) as part of small team

that provided IT support to several hundred users. Acquired level II government of Canada

security clearance. Designed and developed database-driven software (for windows) for client

and inventory administration.

EDUCATION

Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario) Sep. 1995 Apr. 1998

Sep. 1992 Dec. 1994

Bachelor of Computer Science degree with honours. The computer science faculty was well

ahead of its time, known for its publications on Object Oriented Programming and its

research in Parallel Computing, both areas with which I became very familiar. In my fourth

year I concentrated my studies on applications for Artificial intelligence and chose Classifier

systems and Genetic Algorithms as the focus for my honours thesis.

University Of East Anglia (Norwich, England) Jan. 1995 Jun.1995

I enrolled in the Information Systems program at UEA for the spring term of 1995 on an

exchange through my faculty at Carleton. During that period I focused on subjects for which

the faculty was well known, namely advanced graphics and human factors in user interface

design.

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OTHER

Board of Directors, Kanata Sailing Club (Kanata, Ontario) Nov. 2002 Nov.2003

The Kanata Sailing Club is a cooperative club that has been operating on the Ottawa river, just

west of Lac Duchesnes, for more then 20 years. More information on the club and its services

can be found at www.kanatasailingclub.com.

LANGUAGES

Native English speaker

Basic French (10 years of immersion, very little use in recent years) but can quickly re-acquire

proficiency.

Minimal Japanese

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