Resume of C. McCord
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P.O. Box 91462, Raleigh, NC 27675
Revision "C", last modified 10/25/04
Summary:
Electronic Engineer experienced in digital design, power supplies, FPGA design, microcontrollers, and Intel architecture. Intimate knowledge of Deschutes, Tanner, Cascades, and Pentium Pro (P6) architecture, including "cpu bus" characteristics. Experienced in
the use and development of custom tools, including data collection hardware. Software experience with "C" in both AIX/Unix/Linux and Windows environments.
Extensive experience with IBM Corp. in lab setup, R&D, debug, and development of custom test equipment. Excellent work attitude and demeanor; many
references available.
Employment:
Mar. 2003 to Present
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Engineer;
development of hardware and applications for Motorola
56800E family
of hybrid microcontrollers, utilizing
CodeWarrior and
Processor Expert .
Conducted analysis of Actel, Altera & Xilinx FPGA security vulnerabilities (bitstream security & encryption, configuration corruption,
data separation, TMR, microprobing, Focused ION Beam workstations, Electron Beam Testers, decapping, power analysis,
Lithium Niobate, data remanence, SEU & SEL, etc.).
Continued part time work for IBM RTP: Refresh and fabrication of IBM Power
Cycling Mouse Simulators and four port HiPot fail inducers.
Jun. 2002 to Dec. 2003
Adapticom Inc.,
P.O. Box 91461 Raleigh, NC 27675-1461 919-870-0608
Contract Engineer;
Provided Net2Phone Inc. with
new product development expertise including:
initial electrical design, power supply design,
raw PCB layout and fabrication,
prototype builds,
mechanical design,
Bill of Materials (BOM) costing / cost reduction, and
certifications (Part 15, Part 68, etc.) - mitigation work. Responsible for all hardware engineering involved in bringing to market Net2Phone's recent
product, the
Yap Jack Plus .
Continued part time work for IBM RTP: Refresh and fabrication of IBM Power
Cycling Mouse Simulators amd four port HiPot fail inducers.
Sept. 2001 to Jun. 2002
IBM RTP
Contract Engineer; duties included:
Repair of IBM Model 8658 and other similar servers for numerous projects, including Reuters Contract #CFTBK5H.
Continued work on IBM Power Cycling Mouse Simulator and HiPot fail inducers, supplying and interfacing with IBM Mexico, IBM India, and IBM UK.
Supervisor: Peter Newman
Oct. 2000 to Aug. 2001
IBM RTP
Contract Engineer; duties included:
Design and fabrication of improved interface to, and control of, Claire HiPot testers. Design and fabrication of new "four port" HiPot "failure inducers".
Attended meetings and successfully interacted with IBM personnel to develop specifications, schedules, etc. Electrical designs using Viewlogic and Orcad.
Supervisor: Peter Newman
Jan. 2000 to Oct. 2000
IBM RTP
Contract Engineer; duties included:
Refresh of IBM Power Cycling Mouse Simulator. Power supply analysis; converted units from DC power to AC-DC Power supply modules.
Updated microcontroller firmware, modified circuit boards, replaced solid state relays for improved safety and performance.
Supervisor: Peter Newman
Feb. 1995 to Jan. 2000
IBM RTP, Dept. 2S9, Server Performance Analysis,
Research Triangle Park, NC.
Contract Engineer; duties included:
Sub-system, module, power supply, and gate level design
of realtime
high speed (166 MHz)
digital systems utilizing Actel and Xilinx
Field Programmable Gate Arrays
,
Verilog, Vhdl, Synopsys, ModelSim, Synplicity, and Viewlogic schematic capture. Conducted
Verilog/VHDL
benchmarking on
Actel
&
Xilinx
FPGAs.
System level design of realtime high speed digital systems
capable of collecting data at 1600 mbytes/second.
Supervisor:
William D. Hall
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