Michael Benedict

                     Email:      benedict@zosima.org
                     Phone:        (617)-820-0876
                    Address:        4 Rheims Ct.
                             Lake Saint Louis, MO, 63367

    Profile

     * Proven engineer whose successes range from keeping a multi-million
       dollar project on time to managing a company's premier product
       release
     * Dedicated, conscientious team player with outstanding leadership
       and communication skills
     * Technical expertise in Real-time, Embedded, Middleware,
       Multi-threaded, GUI, Networking, I2C, USB, Streaming Media,
       and Video Conferencing.
     * Programming experience in C, C#, C++, Java, SQL, Javascript, AJAX,
       Haskell, Ocaml, Scheme, Perl, Python, assembly, PHP, and shell.
     * Experience with MacOS, DOS, Windows, multiple Unix variants, and
       common office applications.

    Experience

      Senior Software Engineer - Mobile Armor, Chesterfield, MO, October 2008 -
      March 2009

     * Maintained and enhanced Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (GUI).
     * Transferred to new project to fix critical-path bug in SUSE/Linux
       platform that gated customer acceptance testing.
     * Implemented Linux boot loader detection and regeneration on host
       installation.
     * Fixed numerous bugs in Mono/C# and C in preboot environment, kept
       projects on time.
     * Responsible for maintaining and enhancing cross-platform C# and C++
       libraries.

      Senior Engineering Specialist - Aclara Technologies, Hazelwood, MO May
      2006 - September 2008

     * Ported link-layer protocol stack to Linux and DSP/Bios.
     * Designed secure, TCP/IP and SSL-based protocol to replace link-layer
       protocol.
     * Wrote UART driver for DSP/Bios.
     * Became resident Real-time Linux expert for new Real-time
       Linux-based board release:
          + Responsible for prototyping and proof-of-concept work and
	    documentation demonstrating how the platform would allow all
	    performance criteria to be met.
          + Took on all software configuration management responsibilities
            including design, development, and testing of a reliable,
            reproducible, backed-up build system.
          + Designed filesystem layout and system initialization process
            and selected packages to distribute.
          + Designed, Implemented, and tested new drivers in Linux - UART,
            watchdog, LED, 4-segment digital display, and more.
	  + Co-Designed, implemented, and provided unit tests for real-time
	    dual port RAM communication channel shared with Microblaze
	    application.
	  + Designed, Implemented, and provided unit testing for BSP.
          + Designed, Implemented, and provided unit tests for real-time system
	    logger with runtime tuning capabilities and lost message reporting.
          + Fixed critical bugs in upstream Linux kernel.
          + Instructed and tutored team-members on all levels of using
            Linux and memory protected systems in general.

      Senior Engineer - Starbak Communications, Waltham, MA October 2001 - May
      2006

     * Individual Contributor Accomplishments:
          + Designed, implemented, and documented the XMLRPC-based, SQL
            backed API and middleware for several products, implemented in
            C.
          + Extensively reworked a code and documentation generator in
            perl to support the above application.
          + Analyzed Linux's usb-serial driver to identify problem code.
            Identified and fixed problem areas, implemented associated
            debugging device driver, all ahead of schedule.
          + Implemented mp3 streaming through Microsoft Media Server
            Protocol on time.
          + Bug fixes and feature additions for the system console program
            in shell.
          + Created troubleshooting web page leveraging JavaScript to
            debug embedded MMS streaming data utilizing Windows Media
            Player.
          + Improved system build process, written in shell.
     * Team Leadership Accomplishments:
          + Managed release cycle of the VCG, at that time the premier
            product offering - managed five other developers and three
            testers, delivered on time.
          + Promoted to manage System Integration team - team of three
            developers including myself.

      Intern - Hewlett Packard, Dallas, TX June 2000 - December 2000

     * C and C++ programming on embedded, real-time product.
     * Responsible for design and implementation of feature additions.
     * Responsible for critical path bug-fixes with a hardware team on
       multi-million dollar Superdome project.
     * experience with VxWorks OS and OS-less programming.

    Education

      The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH August 1997 - March 2002

     * Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineer, Software/Hardware
       systems specialty with an overall GPA of 3.0.
     * Vice President of the OSU Open Source Software Club.
     * Presented on several topics for the OSU Open Source Software Club:
       LaTeX2e, GNU Programming utilities, Ocaml.
     * Organized Open Source Software Awareness Day, Feb 17, 2000.