Benjamin J. Ousborne

EDUCATION

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, Development & Programming December 2013

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

B.S. Business Information Technology, Decision Support Systems July 2009

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Cubic Transportation Systems Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia

Electrical/Software Engineer (Contract Position) June 2015 – January 2016

Designed and developed upgrades to real time operating system embedded microchip code in PL/M-80 and C/C++ to upgrade from a paper based Magnetic Strip Ticketing system to a Smartcard tap-on/tap-off only system on all Sydney Transportation Train legacy gates

Worked with a team to develop an implementation plan, and integrate software and hardware upgrades to Sydney Transportation Train legacy gates

Deployed into field on time, and now 300,000 to 400,000 people use the code every day

Developed, with a team, applications in object oriented C++ to analyze train gate information

Wrote scripts in Bash to analyze any critical in field failures and reproduce failures in test lab

Applied unit, subsystem, and system level testing to embedded project and application projects

Western Services Corporation Frederick, MD

Electrical Engineer February 2014 – August 2014

Developed, in object oriented C/C++, electrical system process models of generators, transformers, transmitters, breakers, electrical buses, substations, motor control centers, and emergency systems for Xcel Energy and Alstom North Bangkok Generating Stations

Edited and maintained electrical systems on simulation projects of combined cycle power plants

Compusearch Software Systems Incorporated Dulles, VA

Technical Consultant August 2009 – August 2010

Provided PRISM Classic Grant Procurement System support to Department of Homeland Security clients to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and foster compliance with regulations

Assisted and supported users with creating contracts, awards, modifications, delivery orders to existing contracts, and general issue resolution

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

University of Maryland College Park, MD

Light Weight Data Flow of Object Tracking Applications; C and Verilog

C and Verilog Language: Designed and implemented a full application to track a reference image point given an input image

Applied unit, subsystem, and system level testing to both C and Verilog Applications in UNIX

Programming in Microelectronics; Assembly Language

Designed and developed an audiometer that allows the examination of levels of frequencies and decibels along with a digital screen output in both C and Assembly languages

Synthesized for and driven by an ARM Cortex STM32F4 Discovery Microelectronic Board

Hovercraft Sub-group Leader and Designer – Engineering Design

Designed, and implemented code for the control of autonomous programmable hovercraft

Collaborated with team members to prepare a formal preliminary and final design report of completed hovercraft using C++ Arduino Development Platform and Pro/Engineer

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Habitat For Humanity International Global Village (Zambia) June 2002, June 2003

University of Maryland IEEE Member January 2011 - Present

SKILLS

Proficient In: C/C++, PL/M, Java, Verilog, Assembly, FPGA, ClearCase, KEIL uVision, Linux, Emacs

Exposure To: Pro/Engineer, Bash Scripting, Python, VB.NET, PHP, SQL, MATLAB, UML OO Design

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