PHONG THANH TRAN

San Jose, CA 408-***-**** ac2b5m@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

A position in software development where my experience in video/audio/DRM at firmware and QA tool and test development provide positive values to the company.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced in video/audio transport, stream crypto, digital rights management, developing firmware APIs, software QA tools, and test suites.

Work efficiently face-to-face as well as with remote teams and customers across continents.

Quick learner who can submerge into existing project development and be able to contribute in the shortest time.

Excellent problem solving skills, having helped numerous projects through with solutions toward on-schedule project closure.

Jovial and helping personality, having helped companies close project proposal deals due to my dedication to teamwork and my ability to promote positive energy among working partners.

SKILLS

Proficient in programming languages (C/C++, Visual C, Visual Basic, Python), embedded RTOS, GUI-based application development, networking APIs (TCP/IP, UDP), hardware debugging tools (ARM emulator, I2C bus analyzer, HDMI protocol analyzer, …)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Staff Engineer, Lattice / Silicon Image Corp. January ‘2007 – present.

Developed GUI-based test tools to provide guidance to assist manufacturers in designing Consumer Electronics products that attain the highest levels of interoperability among HDMI/HDCP1.2 devices from different manufacturers.

Developed tests to qualify HDMI/HDCP (v1.1 and v2.1) test tool on every test cases base on the HDCP Compliance Test Specification, and managed QA tasks using HDCP GUI application.

Defined and performed initial debugging procedures to triage sources of failures

Developed HDMI/HDCP2.2 official test tool certified by Digital Content Protection (DCP).

Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.

Develop standards, methods and procedures for product quality and release readiness process

Plan test schedules in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.

Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance or completeness.

Document software defects using bug tracking system and reports defects to software developers.

Developed EDID editor and checker tools to edit and verify contents of Extended Display Identification Data Standard.

Work closely with customers to resolve issues on their products.

Support QA department for their tool needs.

Developed official CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) test tools for ATC (Authorized Test Center). This test tools was approved by seven committee members of HDMI.

Sr. Application Engineer, LSI Logic Corp. April ‘2005 – November 2006.

Developed GUI-based diagnostic tool suite to facilitate functional and performance testing of DVD/CD optical drive systems.

Developed Servo system QA test tools for optical drive manufacturing.

Developed drivers to interface between embedded target and development host using Wind River Transfer Exchange (WTX) protocol.

Responsible for tools and development support for all optical drive platforms in development.

Developed the characterization test suite to characterize OPUs.

Developed the ActiveX library for real-time data capture in embedded control systems for diagnostics and failure analysis.

Support hardware integration, ASIC, servo groups in the lab.

Work closely with customers to customize diagnostic tools to specific needs.

Sr. Application Engineer, Zoran Inc. / Oak Tech Corp. April ‘2002 – April 2005.

Developed firmware for the MaestroLink FPGA and IC platform, a solution for bridging multimedia information between home DVD players and PCs. Wrote RTOS-based code which handled AV Bus, IDE protocols, VMAC driver, and all client tasks for communicating with server application. Responsible for system integration with DVD reference designs.

Optimized firmware of high-speed CD-RW drives to run in the smallest possible SDRAM sizes.

Ported Nucleus RTOS and IDE interface drivers to ARM7-based platform.

Responsible for all demos on CD-RW platform to potential customers.

Custom tuned firmware for optimal system configuration with shared SDRAM.

Supported field engineers overseas and effectively solved problems and issues for customers.

EDUCATION

BSEE with minor in Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

HONORS/AWARDS

General Electric (Martin Marietta) Lightning Award.

NASA Productivity Award for the Command and Archive Systems for NIMBUS Satellite.

NASA Award for TOMS/METEOR-3 Satellite.

University of Minnesota Scholarship.

PERSONAL

Musical talent, plays piano, guitar; gives vocal performance at charity and community events

Enjoys volley ball, tennis, reading

US citizen, had Secret Clearance when employed at defense contract company

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