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Username: lrassoftware
Minimum Hourly Rate: $15/hr
Location: United States

Summary

Microsoft Software Application development including ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000 and 2005, C#.NET, VB.NET, Visual C, Win32, COM, Windows Device Drivers

Embedded Systems Software/Firmware design and development in C/C++ and Assembly languages.

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Meriam Process Technologies
2007-2009 - Senior Software Engineer
Software Engineer doing embedded systems software/firmware design and development in C-Language for the Low-Power Texas Instrument MSP430x2xx Microcontroller Family.

Development to date includes UART, I2C, and some SPI serial communications drivers using the IAR Systems Embedded Workbench compiler/debugger suit and the TI MSP430 USB-Debug-Interface MSP-FET430UIF hardware interface.

I am also developing software tools in Visual C++ and Visual Basic to support engineering R&D of new products as well as software tools to support calibration and QA for product production.

Finally, I am supplying some mentoring to junior developers for Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio .NET, and SQL Server development.
Oxford Global Resources
2007-2007 - Contractor : Software Engineer
Onsite software engineer at Par Technology in New Hartford NY. Duties included C#.NET, SQL Server 2005, XML, Software development on Point-Of-Sale and BackOffice software systems based on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile 5 operating systems. Most of the software is being developed using Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Framework. The software development involves Web Services, Windows Services, ASP.NET web forms and desktop Win forms. Portions of the ASP.NET work involve the use of XHTML and JavaScript.

Integration of C#.NET application software with a Third-Party Email/SMS Messaging Service Provider using XML, HTML, and Web Services.
Self-Employed : Client was Quote Central
2005-2007 - Independent Contractor : Software Developer
This work involves the development of a web site using IIS, ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server 2000, and some HTML and JavaScript. This is a multi-tier web and database application. Work includes the design and development of ASP.NET Web Forms, SQL database queries, stored procedures, and VB.NET procedural software. The web application is for health, life, and disability insurance plans.

Other portions of the development work include the use of and enhancements of the Microsoft Enterprise Library for .Net Framework 1.1 in C#.NET, and the development of Customer ASP.NET Controls in both C#.NET and VB.NET.

This position also required work with third-party tools like Infragistics NetAdvantage Suite.NET controls and components, and ComponentOne Reports and ComponentOne Web Reports for .NET to produce reports of SQL Server data. Reports were also created using SQL Server database as the data source and MS Excel spreadsheet as the reporting tool. The Excel reports were created using XML, XSL, and XSLT to create and populate the Excel spreadsheet.
DeVore Technologies
2007-2007 - Contractor : Software Developer
Short-term work on development of web sites using IIS, ASP 3.0, ASP.NET, C#.NET, SQL Server, and XHTML, XML, and JavaScript.
Western Reserve Systems
2006-2007 - Contractor : Software Developer
MS Access database development using VBA to develop a product quote generation software tool.
Robert Half Technology
2006-2006 - Contractor : Software Engineer
Onsite software engineer at BFG Supply in Burton, OH. This involved the development of an ASP.NET Web Portal interface to ERP system for management of Purchase Orders. This work involves the development of a web site using IIS, ASP.NET, C#.NET, SQL Server 2000, XHTML, and JavaScript.

Diebold, Inc.
Development involving the implementation of Microsoft Visual C#.NET software in the form of a C#.NET Windows Service, C#.NET Web Service, C#.NET wrapper for Interoperability with Unmanaged software in the form of DLLs (.DLL) and Executables (.EXE), and standalone C#.NET desktop applications. This position also required the development of the C#.NET XML and C#.NET Regular Expressions (Regex) code to parse and transform data.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology
2000-2005 - Senior Software Engineer
Onsite government contractor work for NASA Glenn Research Center near Cleveland, OH. This position is a continuation of the work on the NASA Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR) for fluids experimentation on the International Space Station (ISS). The work involved encompassed the full Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) including Software Requirements, Software Design, Software Test Plans and Test Procedures, Software Verification and Validation in addition to the actual software implementation.

Designed and programmed C/C++ library for VxWorks SCSI Tape hard drive and network backup system. This included the design of a custom Tape File System and support for TAR compression using high density and intelligent S-AIT tape technology.
Designed and developed production C-language software library for the 8051 derivative Infineon Technologies C515C 8-BIT Microcontroller. The library includes drivers and application software for A/D Conversion, PWM, UART and RS-232, and CAN (Controller Area Network).

Designed and developed VxWorks C++ software to control the Toshiba IK-TU40A CCD Color Camera.

Design and development of C++ object-oriented wrapper classes for the VxWorks sockets API and the Microsoft Visual C++ sockets API. The C++ sockets classes were then utilized to develop C++ classes that implemented a higher-layer custom communication protocol. Also designed and developed a Java networking library to test the C++ sockets library.

Worked on designing and developing C/C++ VxWorks driver libraries to initialize and operate Compact PCI (CPCI) devices, Industry Pack Carrier (IPC) boards, Industry Pack (IP) modules, and PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) modular devices used in prototyping the FIR for NASA.

Developed VxWorks C/C++ driver software for the Acromag IP330ADC analog-to-digital converter industry pack module.

Developed Visual C++ 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, and C# .NET test software used to test target systems using standard Windows operating systems and PCs. This software involved the use of TCP/IP to communicate with the target system and interaction with MS Excel and MS Access for data storage and data retrieval. For the MS Visual C++ 6.0 development the WIN32, MFC, ADO, ATL, and COM libraries were used. For MS Visual Basic 6.0 development mainly the COM, ADO libraries were used.
Dynacs Engineering Co., Inc.
1999-2000 - Software Engineer
Software development on the NASA Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR) for fluids experimentation on the International Space Station (ISS). The software development includes the following:

Prototype C-language software library for the 8051 derivative Infineon Technologies C515C 8-BIT Microcontroller. The library includes drivers and application software for A/D Conversion, PWM, UART and RS-232, and CAN (Controller Area Network).

Developed software to control an Electronic Power Control Unit Simulator (SEPCU). This involved developing serial communications driver software and application software for MODBUS communications protocol.

Developed a C++ software library for PC-104 microcomputer MIL-STD 1553 communications.

Developed Visual C++ and Visual Basic test software used to test target systems using standard Windows operating systems and PCs.
Dineen Enterprises
1998-1999 - Contractor : Software Engineer at Dynacs Engineering Co.
Onsite software engineer at Dynacs Engineering Company. Dynacs was a contractor with NASA in Brook Park, Ohio. My responsibilities included the development of a multi-axis real-time motion control software for a Motion Engineering, Inc. (MEI) motion control card. Also developed some image processing software for an Imaging Technology, Inc. frame grabber and its software driver library. The software was developed using Microsoft Visual C++ for an Intel Pentium based hardware platform running the Window NT 4.0 operating system.

Received five days of Tornado/VxWorks training at the Wind River Systems facility in Alameda California in February 1999.

Worked on the installation of vendor VxWorks Board Support Package (BSP) for the PEP Modular Computer PEP302 Pentium III Compact PCI (CPCI) Single Board Computer (SBC).
Developed C/C++ file management software library and performed benchmark testing for the CPCI PEP CP390 Ultra SCSI-2 controller in the Tornado/VxWorks environment. Diagnosed VxWorks SCSI driver and performance problems and coordinated solutions with the board vendor PEP Modular Computers.
Dineen Enterprises
1997-1998 - Contractor : Software Engineer at NYMA Corp.

NYMA was a contractor company with NASA in Brook Park, Ohio. My responsibilities included the development of a real-time Microsoft Windows 95 software application for acquiring and displaying data from aerospace accelerometers and fiber optic gyro sensors. This software application was developed using C and C++ in the Microsoft Visual C++ and Microsoft Visual Basic development environments.
Ciber
1996-1997 - Contractor : Software Engineer at LumenX Co.
Software design and programming responsibilities for a Microsoft Windows NT based real-time Vision Inspection System using the C and C++ languages. The design and programming are at the Windows NT system and application level, with the implementation in Microsoft Visual C++.
Gould, Inc., Gould Instrument Systems
1991-1995 - Software Engineer
Worked on the development of signal conditioning circuitry for a Platinum Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD). This consists of a hybrid circuitry that included analog and digital components.

Developed software modules for a microprocessor-based Thermocouple signal conditioner amplifier.

Responsible for designing, programming, testing, and verification of C and Intel 8051 Assembly language device drivers and data communication software and firmware for an 8051 microcontroller based Signal Conditioner Cage Status Board.

Designed, programmed, tested, and verified C and assembly language code for a 68HC11 based Control Panel for use in an embedded test instrumentation system.

About Us

Profile Type: Business
Year Founded: 2005
Number of Employees: 9 or fewer
I offer Software Engineering in both Embedded Systems and Enterprise (Business) software design and development.

I specialize in C/C++ development for Embedded Systems, while Visual C++, C#.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET, JavaScript, and some AJAX are the main software development tools that I use for designing and developing Enterprise software.

Payment Terms

Payment due within 15 days of invoice unless other arrangements are agreed upon beforehand.


Detailed Service Description

Windows software development including desktop applications, server applications, and web applications using Visual Studio 6 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Visual Studio .NET 2008.

Open Source Development with PHP, MySQL mainly on Windows operating system platforms. However, also a some development on LINUX.
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