Resume for Kurt Miller

Home Address: 44 Wyoming St. Apt. 2 Pittsburgh, PA 15211 (412) 390-6956

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a software engineering position in a creative environment that utilizes object-oriented C++ design.

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

GPA: 3.01/4.00� Bachelor of Science, May 1999.

Major: Computer Engineering

� Achieved honor of Dean�s List.

� Engineering student ambassador.

� [Member of] Penn State Engineering Club.

� [Captain of] Penn State intramural football and basketball team.

Projects

� Designed, implemented, and then simulated an elevator using basic IC chips. Simulated two different computers using VHDL.

� Simulated synchronization in an operating system using JAVA.

� Coded several different image filters and tools in C.

� Simulated a Sliding Window network transmission using C++ and UNIX sockets.

� Built a simple computer in VHDL that included interrupt and communication capability

� Built a 1kilobit memory using VLSI CMOS technology and Magic and then tested it in HSPICE.

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer Medrad Inc., Indianola, PA

�� June 2000 to Present

� Designed and coded a Visual BASIC prototype of an injector in development. The prototype was used extensively to support GUI design decisions by the marketing and software teams.

� Member of GUI design team for the Envision II CT injector.

� Designed and implemented the error managing task in C++ for the Spectris Solaris II MR injector in the Tornado C++ environment.

� Developed a task to interface with the real time clock for the Spectris Solaris II injector.

� Designed and coded a general-purpose date and time class for use on the common Medrad platform.

� Planned and wrote the Flight Recorder, a task that kept track of the most recent events leading up to a critical error.

Software Engineer Union Switch and Signal, Pittsburgh, PA

April 1999 to June 2000

� Repaired and updated several C++ tasks from previous projects to fit Copenhagen requirements.

� Coordinated C++ code and Perl scripts to archive and retrieve files containing system executables and event information. These files were then used to playback previously recorded system events.

� Updated and added new functionality to a C++ task that retrieved, sorted, then displayed system log messages from a given time period.

� Completed a C++ task that captured a snapshot of the state of every device in the Copenhagen Metro Railroad.

� Wrote several tools for developers and testers using the GUI capabilities of Perl/Tk. One such tool was a print screen utility.

� Currently working on a Visual C++ task that utilizes serial communications to coordinate all voice communications on the New York Transit System.

Software Test Engineer Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

�� June 1998 to September 1998

� Worked with Microsoft Access and Microsoft Raid to enter and regress bugs.

� Gained understanding of testing fundamentals and product cycles through Microsoft classes.

� Performed setup testing on Japanese versions of the Microsoft Developer�s Network.

� Designed and coded a testing aid using Visual BASIC that compared and contrasted two directories and their included files.

COMPUTER SKILLS

�� Operating Systems

�� Windows, UNIX/Linux, VxWorks

Languages

�� C++ (Visual C++), Turbo Pascal, Perl (Perl/Tk), Visual BASIC, JAVA, HTML, JavaScript, VHDL, assembly

�� Programs/Tools

�� Emacs, Adobe Photoshop, Cantata, Macromedia Dreamweaver, PSPICE, HSPICE, Magic, ILOG, Software Through Pictures (UML tool), Tornado C++ development environment

�� Theory

�� operating systems, web page design, compiler construction, data communication, testing theory, digital integrated circuit design, Motorola 68000 assembly, digital image processing, object oriented design, embedded systems, user interface design