Jeffrey Schwab

(617) 407-2542
jeff@schwabcenter.com
http://schwabcenter.com
25 Crescent Street, Unit 238, Waltham, MA 02453

Objective

    Software Architect seeks interesting projects, great code, and great people.

Accomplishments at General Electric / Morpho Detection, July 2009 - Present

    Led the redesign and re-implementation of a scientific application for a
    hand-held device.  Moved existing functionality from Windows CE to Linux.
    Drastically improved performance, capacity, and reliability.  The changes
    have received extremely positive reviews from existing clients.  Work was
    mostly done in C++, but with C device drivers and a hand-rolled, dynamic
    DSL.  Most development was done without functioning hardware.  Contracted
    through Adecco Engineering and Technical.

Accomplishments at CLK Design Automation, April 2008 - February, 2009

    Improved the performance, functionality, and quality of a commercial
    EDA timing tool. Extended C and Tcl APIs, and added a C API to
    annotate semiconductor designs with SPEF-style parasitics.  Fixed
    existing bugs. Increased the concurrency of code that was already
    heavily threaded. Served as C++ language expert.
    
Accomplishments at Silicon Navigator, September 2007 - March, 2008

    Led new development of a commercial Schematic Editor. Enhanced
    support for visualization and manipulation of logical connectivity.
    Introduced support for multi-bit connectivity. Closed numerous
    existing bugs. Interfaced with the OpenAccess EDA database.
    Implemented graceful error-handling, adding descriptive visual
    markers for conditions that previously caused crashes. Collaborated
    in the design of a general-purpose event distribution mechanism to
    replace Qt signals, and in the refactoring of a graphical selection
    mechanism. Served as C++ language expert.

Accomplishments at IBM, June 2004 - September 2007

    Ported FreeBSD device drivers to IBM blade servers. Led a small,
    dedicated team. Defined and automated a special-purpose build and
    release methodology. Wrote and integrated proprietary and Open
    Source C code. Added support for USB, mass storage devices, and
    TCP/IP over Ethernet.

    Developed firmware for military avionics project. Wrote and debugged
    self-test software and extensions to Phoenix BIOS. Complied with
    International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Merged C, MASM,
    and application-specific languages.

    Worked with IBM's advanced research division to perform early chip
    design analysis. Generated custom VCD stimuli to stress designs in
    specific ways. Created, coordinated, and interpreted thousands of
    simultaneous simulations. Automated tool-chain feedback loop,
    enabling rapid, iterative approach to corner-case analysis.

    Integrated tools into project-specific tool chains. Converted data
    formats using Perl, Python, and C++. Ported legacy infrastructure
    code from AIX to Linux. Provided ad hoc solutions for architecture,
    verification, and circuit design teams.

    On-boarded successful new product delivery team. Coordinated team of
    twenty-five engineers. Managed VHDL designs using ClearCase and CVS.
    Established small server farm for batch simulations of RTL.

Accomplishments at Sun Microsystems, May 2000 - June 2004

    Developed in-house software for use by microprocessor design teams.
    Rewrote an event-based functional coverage tool, for 100x
    improvements in performance and capacity. Wrote circuit analysis
    tools based on SPICE and MATLAB. Implemented a data mining program
    to track the release readiness of circuit designs. Provided
    documentation and support.

    Demonstrated leadership ability on diverse, distributed teams.
    Achieved highest ratings on all performance reviews. Contributed to
    the tape-out of the UltraSPARC-V microprocessor. Helped define
    methodologies for design verification and I/O data management.

Technical Expertise

    * Languages: C++, Java, Perl, assembly, shell scripting, Tcl,
      Ruby, Python, Clojure (Lisp)
    * Tool chains: GNU (GCC and binutils), Microsoft, and Apple
    * Profilers: gprof and oprofile
    * Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris/Unix, AIX,
      Microsoft Windows, and Apple OS X
    * Version Control: CVS, Subversion, ClearCase, and Git
    * Issue tracking: Bugzilla and Lighthouse
    * Libraries: Boost, POSIX, Qt4, Intel TBB, the STL, and others
    * Design styles: Object-Oriented, Functional, Procedural, Generic
    * Web related: (X)HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
    * Editors: Vim, XEmacs, and IDEs including Eclipse, XCode,
      and Visual Studio
    * Open Source Licensing: GPL, LGPL, and BSD/MIT
    * Other: C++ Template Metaprogramming, Design Patterns, Simulation,
      and Documentation 

Formal Education

    * Graduate engineering course in Photonics
          o Boston University, Fall 2003

    * Baccalaureate Degree (BS) in Computer Systems Engineering
          o Boston University, May 2000
          o Dean's List

    * Academic Awards
          o National Merit Scholarship
          o Perfect score (1600) on GREs

Professional Education

    * Conferences and seminars, including Synopsys Users' Group (SNUG)
      and Cadence design tool classes
    * Sun Microsystems training on Solaris Administration and Six Sigma
      Methodology
    * IBM training on Intellectual Property law, with focus on patents
    * Wind River intensive courses on VxWorks
    * Delivered poster presentation on API usability at IBM Software
      Engineering for Tomorrow (SWEFT)

References available upon request.