RICHARD BRISK

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acp19c@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications

Embedded Design: Over 25 years of hands-on experience in a broad range of

product design tasks including software, firmware and hardware design. Can

function as a hands-on contributor; writing and debugging product code in

RTOS environment, or as project manager writing requirements, design

documents and scheduling project tasks.

. Product development: Developed products based on embedded

microprocessors, microcontrollers and digital signal processors operating

under real-time operating systems.

. Real-time firmware, software and hardware: Hands-on design, debug, and

unit test using C, C++, MFC, Basic and assembly in Windows or other

embedded microprocessor environment.

. Embedded software design experience: motion control, medical electronics,

data acquisition, telephony, instrumentation, marine, games and consumer

products.

. Software design: Involved in upper-level control logic, mid-level logic,

and low-level device drivers, as well as, diagnostics and test utilities.

. Product design: Designs that consider market requirements and MTBF

analysis to assure many generations of sustained sales and convenient

upgrade.

. Government clearance: Inactive secret clearance. Last active in 6/2008

Achievements

. Improved the attitude and performance of an entire group at Draper by

creating a success oriented strategy that had the endorsement of the

group.

. Identified the root cause of a problem with the Affymetrix Fluidics

Station after launch of a GeneChip that was critical to company sales.

That work enabled Affymetrix to continue its critical GeneChip offering

and generate revenue in excess of $100M without recalling the new

GeneChip.

. Received great performance reviews over many years and many projects.

. Defined, designed and launched many new products for companies and

divisions while a consultant at Barsook & Brisk, Inc, the firm I founded

and ran for over 15 years.

Professional Experience Software Engineer 7/2010

to present

. Kopin Corp (contract) Hands-on design and debug of C code in an STM

environment 4/2015 - present

. Cyient Consulting Co.(full time): Worked at AS&E to create a product

emulator on a PC, using C#/C++ code. 12/2013 - 4/2015

. Philips Life Line: (contract) Worked as part of a V&V team on a new

product release. 7/13 - 11/13

. Beltronics, Inc. (contract) Hands-on design and debug of C/C++ in a MIPS

processor. 7/10 to 5/31/2013

Used JTAG and SVN as part of a 3 man team developing an

optical/mechanical/electronic/software-based IC inspection system. Also

worked with inventor to develop a PC-based optical/electronic medical

instrument for measuring the eye with a low power laser sensor. Helped

design and test subsystem pieces ranging from commercial devices to custom

designs controlled by C++ and C# code on a Windows platform.

EMC Corporation Software Engineer Southborough, MA 9/08 to

6/10

Software engineer engaged in hands-on design, debug of software for

CLARiiON system in C/C++.

Draper Laboratory Software Lead Engineer Cambridge, MA

2007 to 7/08

Lead a group of engineers and analysts to develop and implement a plan for

inertial guidance test SW on a new guidance system. Set strategy,

schedules and assignments to insure maintainability thru 2042

Affymetrix, Inc. Software Engineer Bedford, MA

2002 to 2007

Worked in the, now closed, Instrument Division of a biology-based company.

Served as a member of the software design group writing C, C++, MFC. Helped

develop precision equipment to prepare and read the genetic information

from Affymetrix GeneChips .

FS450 Fluidics Station: Responsible for modification of 8051 embedded

"C" software and custom scripts used to develop, stabilize and fix genetic

information on a GeneChip cartridge.

GCS3000 Gene Chip Scanner: Part of a team that developed C/C++

software, running under vxWorks/Tornado, for 4 generations on three

different platforms of opto-mechanical scanners to read the photo

luminescent information on a GeneChip. This is a leading edge product that

won a prize as one of the best product designs in 2005.

Diagnostic testing. Wrote diagnostic applets in MFC and C++ to test

various modules in the GCS300.

Personal System Scanner: Helped develop the layers of C/C++ software,

below the GUI layer, needed to drive a low cost CCD scanner.

iQ Net Solutions, Inc. Software Engineer Westborough, MA

2000 - 2002

A defunct startup company developing peer-to-peer distributed telephony

system that interfaced standard telephones to CO lines, voicemail and

background music software over CAT5 cable. The embedded telephony system

was in "C" and assembly on an ARM processor; and accounting system was in

C++. Wrote, debugged and customized the embedded software to meet the

market specification until the company halted operations.

Bose Corporation Embedded Software Engineer Framingham,

MA 1999 - 2000

Worked on the Bose DVD-based home theater system designed to run on a TMS

DSP. Helped define the product architecture that would run on a 32-bit

MIPS processor to implement the user interface.

Raytheon Company Senior Software Engineer Marlborough, MA

1997 - 1999

Lead software engineer for portable encrypted 64-channel satellite-to-

ground communication system. Co-wrote product specification. Structured

system hardware and firmware. Did hands-on coding and debugging of

system's real time ?P controller and oversaw TMS DSP channel coordination

code.

Defined, wrote and debugged C code firmware for precision clock

distribution system that synchronized local clock in remote hub to best

choice from among a remote atomic clock, a local rubidium standard, and

three local oscillators. Developed and implemented the choice and

optimization algorithms to meet severe requirements.

Contracting and other short term situations

1994 - 1997

Specialized in companies experiencing technical and market challenges.

. Wrote firmware drivers for the serial and parallel ports on a print

server. The code included C

and assembly compiled for an ARM/MIPS processor. The system operated under

a custom, non-preemptive RTOS running on the ARM in an ASIC that included

the I/O and memory.

. Wafer Transport System in clean room environment: Wrote firmware for

controlling wafer transport

system for moving wafers in clean room. System ran C++ code on STD

hardware under an RTOS.

. Wrote custom drivers to interface System BIOS code to a 'smart battery'

?P for use in state-of-the-art lap top computer.

Barsook & Brisk, Inc., Design Consultants Founder Wayland, MA

1976 - 1994

A high-tech consulting firm that operated as design facility for variety of

companies in different industries. Projects involved helping clients'

marketing departments define product, then do the hands-on D&D work

required to create working pre-production prototypes of the new product.

Worked with clients on an on-going basis to define, design and manufacture

new products. Directed all facets of B&B company development including

planning, budgeting, marketing, sales, customer service, as well as, hands-

on product design.

. Designed and developed the first product for a company that enabled it to

successfully launch a new division that reached $30M in first year sales.

. Designed and developed line of products that allowed client to add

revenue of $100M in four years.

. Designed and developed products that worked flawlessly in the field for

10+ years, without repair.

. Wrote several production ATE programs for PCBs I designed and put into

production.

Arthur D. Little, Inc. Staff Consultant Cambridge, MA

1972-1976

Worked in Electronics Systems Section of high-tech consulting firm.

Projects involved marketing studies, design and hands-on development of

state-of-the-art products for large companies.

Education

Northeastern University, Boston, MA MS in Electrical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS in Electrical Engineering

Amherst College, Amherst, MA BA in Physics & Liberal Arts

Technical Skills

uP Hardware Intel uC/uPs from 8051- IpX86. Motorola uC/uPs from HC05 -

68000

Hitachi uC/uPs, ARM, MIPS, Seimens C166

Systems Most uP RTOS's, RSX-11, Windows, CP/M, VxWorks/Tornado,

Nucleus, Visual Studio

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