Software Engineer - Project Manager

Gaurav Sharma

*** * *** **** ******, Mesa, Arizona 85201 (480) 522 – 4788 ********@***.***

RESUME SUMMARY

Present Title – Research Engineer (DSP):

Developed an acoustic based signature verification device with emphasis on firmware programming and debugging using IDEs and hardware tools such as logic analyzers,oscilloscopes and In-Circuit Emulators.

Programming expertise in C and assembly for 8051, AVR, Atmel,PIC microcontrollers, DSP chips: Freescale (DSP5685x) and TI (TMS320VC5510).

Experience working with SPI and I2C connection protocols and Real-time DSP in developing audio applications and image processing algorithms along with proficiency in programming peripherals such as LCDs and Real-Time Clocks.

Education - Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Specialization in Digital Signal Processing and Communications Systems Academic projects involved working in the image classification, motion tracking (both using Intel’s Open Source Computer Vision library in C) and audio signature extraction (using MATLAB)fields.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Engineer (DSP)–Alaris, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (October2009 – Present)

Developed a new signature verification device based on Rolls-Royce s acoustic based signature capture technology and programmed the microcontroller peripherals such as character and graphic LCDs and Real-Time clocks.

Programmed the firmware for the microcontroller C8051F340 along with developing a USB interface with the computer and working with peripheral connection protocols such as SPI, I2C, SMBUS.

Redesigned the C algorithm used for processing the data received from the microcontroller so as to improve its performance according to the present market needs.

Researched on various components that could be used in the final product so as to minimize the manufacturing cost and maximize performance.

Developing an application which will act as a user interface along with performing the user verification process according to a pre-developed algorithm.

Software Analyst –Verizon Data Services, India Pvt.Ltd.( July2007– December 2008)

Researched recurring errors with Verizon s online ordering applications and coordinated efforts with the development and design team to rectify them.

Identified the important test cases and devised an appropriate execution plan.

Prepared a Post Test Analysis report after carefully investigating the testing trends for the past three months which highlighted the areas of improvement for both the testing and the development team.

EDUCATIONALQUALIFICATIONS

Arizona StateUniversity,Arizona, USA(2009 – 2010) Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Chandigarh College of Engg. &Tech, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India(2003 – 2007) Bachelor of Engineering(Electronics & Electrical Communication) Percentage: 73.27/100 (1st Division)

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

“Content-based Audio Signature Extraction and strength assessment” (May2010)

An audio processing project aimed at implementing an algorithm for the assignment of audio signatures to music files based on the composition of their spectrograms via Matlab.

“Remote Video Control through color based Finger motion tracking” (December2009)

A video processing project based on tracking the motion of finger at server to perform user interactive operations on a client video using Intel’s Open Source Computer Vision(Open CV) library in C++and TCP/IP protocol.

Research Paper on “Hardware Support for CPU Virtualization provided by Intel for x-86 and Itanium Architectures”

(May2009)

“Classification of Lgl and Wild type neurons using Support Vector Machines after histogram based feature

selection.” (May2009) A Medical Images classification project using Open CV and Matlab. IEEE Research Paper review “A New Perceptual Quality Metric for compressed video” (December2009)

“Networking and Internet Communications in the various units of TI Automotives worldwide” (May – July 2006) Institution: TI Automotives, Plot#39 &40, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon-122050, India.

“Embedded System Design and Programming Assembly and C language” (June – July 2005) Institution: Netmax Technologies-An organization established in the field of Embedded Systems, Network Support & Training, Chandigarh-160019, India.

“Transportation model in C language”(May 2006) An Operations research project involving the design of a linear programming model (transportation model) in C language. SKILL-SET

Assembly Language: Intel 80x86,Freescale-DSP5685x,TI-TMS320VC5510,Intel8051 Languages: Perl, C, C++,SQL,MATLAB, VHDL, Verilog Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, MS-DOS,MAC Tools and IDEs: SiLabs IDE, Keil-uvision, LabView, Matlab, MW CodeWarrior, Code Composer Studio Foreign Languages: French(Certificate Course from Panjab University, India) AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

Member, Eta Kappa Nu, the international Honor Society for Electrical Engineers, Arizona State University. Recipient of the “College Color for outstanding achievements in Extra-curricular activities (March 2007). Secured the first rank in the school and the third rank in the district in the Class X examination. Boys’ hostel executive at the Panjab University for a period of 3 years.

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