PROFILE
An innovative Digital Engineering Professional, with over 20 years’ experience in designing and developing Computer/Embedded Systems and Telecommunications Equipment, seek a position for utilizing my knowledge and experience
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Excellent analytical skills to identify and resolve issues and recommend viable solutions
Expert in planning and managing large scale development projects
Proven expertise in IT product development from concept to production
Extensive experience in computer/embedded systems design
Advanced skills in hardware design with microprocessor, FPGA/CPLD and Verilog/VHDL
Core competency in applying leading edge technologies to develop products required to drive business processes
Excellent in Product Architecture definition, DFR, DFT and DFM
Demonstrated adaptability to new technology
Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering and MSc in Computer Science
TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE
Microprocessors/
Microcontrollers
:
Intel(80x86), TI (DSP 5409), Motorola(68K, MPC860), ARM(ARM7TDMI, ARM9), ATMEL(T89C51, AT91 series)), Microchip(PIC series), Phillips(MFRC500)
Analog Line interface
:
Mitel, Silabs, Connexant, Analog Devices, CML
Hardware Tools
:
Orcad
Programmable Logic
:
FPGA/EPLD, Verilog, VHDL
Device Drivers
:
Windows, Linux, VxWorks, QNX, U-Boot
Software/Firmware Development
:
C, C++, MS Visual Studio, IAR, Assembly Language
Communication Technology
:
TCP/IP. Ethernet, RF wireless, USB, PCI, MPI, SPI, I2C, SDIO, UART
Project Management
:
MS Office tool (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
Computer System Area
:
Multiprocessor system, Interconnection Architecture
Special Area
:
VOIP(SIP, H.323), DMB(Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), DVB-H, ISDB-T, RFID, Wireless Headset, Security Access System, Video streaming(MPEG II, MPEG III, H.264)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Digital Engineer
Fujifilm VisualSonics, Toronto
2009. 11. - Present
Developed firmware unit test program for the Control board of Ultrasound Transceiver
Revised U-Boot program for MC8548E Power Quick III – 1GHz ~ 1.2GHz & up to 2GB memory
Design verification Test of channel board for ultra-sonic transceiver
Completed system tuning for the best performance
Vice President of Engineering
IPware Co. Ltd., Korea
2006-2007
Planned scope, schedule, risks, resources and costs of Proxy Server development project from initiation to project close-out to meet client requirement
Managed a project, budgeted at US$ 1.5M, to develop a Proxy Server for Internet Phone service, running on SUN V440 including registrar, prepaid server, LDAP(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), provisioning, and management agent utilizing Radvision SIP(Session Initiation Protocol) stack
Completed a high-level design of a Load-balancer for multiple proxies to handle millions of concurrent calls
Assessed the budget on a continual basis to meet the expense limits
Archived the history of application change controls for system maintenance
Vice President of Engineering
Ubibro Technologies Inc., Korea
2004-2005
Coordinated and oversaw project, valued at US$3M, to develop a Digital Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) receiver in USB type and utility software to display on laptop screen
Established cross-functional teams with 7 engineers including hardware, software and industrial designer to design USB type DMB receiver
Composed USB DMB receiver with AT91RM9200 and embedded RT Linux for compact design
Crated the technical specifications and managed a contract with ASIC Design House to develop and deliver a USB/SDIO Interface ASIC with DMB chipset
Tested and coordinated production at contract manufacturer
Project Manager /
Technical Consultant
Securetech Co. Ltd., Korea
2000-2004
Designed and developed hardware circuit for VOIP Terminal Adaptor with 4 telephony interface, based on PowerPC MPC860 for main controller, TMS320C5409 DSP for voice CODEC(G711, G723.1, G726 and G729) and FPGA EP1K30(Altera) for PCM codec interface
Developed TDM FPGA in Verilog for FPGA EP1K30(Altera)
Formulated device drivers under VxWorks for DSP interface
Exploited a reader of Philips’ Mifare RFID(13.56MHz) tag for product line-up
Devised a prototype of 900MHz RF cordless headset
Initiated research projects to identify emerging embedded technologies that could be used to enhance proposed system development
Acted as a Technical Consult for the project team on Access Security System Integration project to facilitate site installation
Senior Engineering
Project Manager
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea
1998-2000
Administered a team of 35 design engineers to design the enhanced motherboard for the Alpha
processor 21264 to increase speed from 500MHz to 1GHz for on-system testing of the Alpha processor fabricated at Semiconductor Division
Solved signal integrity issues for the PCB design holding high speed signals to make ALPHA processor running on higher speed
Formulated a new system kernel for the new computer configuration of the Alpha processor test-bed
Built on-system test procedure of the Alpha processor for better yield rate
Conferred with Industry leaders to share information on new technologies
Senior Engineering
Project Manager
Hyundai Electronics(Hynix) Company, Korea
1996-1998
Managed a National Project, funded by the government, budgeted at US$2M, to develop a prototype of clustered MPP(Massively Parallel Processing System) with 16 nodes of Intel Pentium processor
Communicated with engineers from NCR and Samsung Electronics to develop a complex supercomputer for clustered MPP System utilizing BYNET multistage interconnection network
Research Member
Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, Korea
1991-1996
Finalized a research project on the Interconnection Architecture of computer system for Artificial Intelligence / Multimedia Personal Computer for better throughputs
Designed and developed prototype of High Performance Parallel computer system utilizing the message passing recursive circulant interconnection architecture with 8 node of Intel 80386 processor
Drafted an architecture of memory/cache consistency model for Massively Parallel Processing System using multistage interconnection network with crossbar switch
Guided the research direction of junior members
Senior Engineer
ARA System Co., Korea
1988-1991
Senior Engineer
QNIX Computer Co. Ltd., Korea
1985-1988
Conceptualized, drafted and produced hardware and firmware for ASIC for Korean character display
Formulated Korean character monochrome display adapter for IBM-PC utilizing two-byte coded character set displaying technology
Engineered a VGA card capable of Korean character display for higher resolution display
Consulted with outside suppliers for the quality and delivery of components
Principal Engineer
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea
1980-1985
Modeled and constructed IBM-PC compatible machine for the first time in Korea
Performed the standard engineering duties: surveying electronic components, searching design examples, and executing given design tasks
Ported MS-DOS on the computer system developed internally utilizing Intel 8086 microprocessor
EDUCATION
Master Degree in
Computer Science
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
“Direct Execution Processor
– A High Level Language Computer Architecture”
1982
Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering
Seoul National University, Korea
“Discrete design and implementation of a basic CRTC”
1980