Richard Bergeron's Resume

Richard Bergeron has 24+ years experience in the software industry. He has 20+ years of experience with 80x86 assembly and Microsoft C/C++ programming on an industry-standard PC. Good experience in writing proposals, specifications, designs and implementation for small to medium applications. These applications involve communications (ISDN, X25 and RS232), database (Access 97 and MySQL) and networking (LAN and WAN). Strong problem-solving and interfacing skills. An accurate, responsible, hard worker that can be part of a team or individual player. Obtained a BSEET degree at a certified University.

His qualifications include:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Hired to create a Windows GUI application to monitor messages from the Voice over IP (VOIP) system using Visual C++/MFC. Completed initial phase on schedule.
• Was asked to continue contract and worked on feature enhancements and bug fixes to the SIP IP phone using Wind River’s embedded VxWorks OS, Tornado IDE and the Radvision SIP Stack.
• The project shipped on schedule

• Part of a design team adding features and fixing bugs to a dating web site. Among other achievements, designed and implemented the internal mail system and the e-commerce system. Discovered and fixed major flaw in using Javascript for verification of data.
• Learned PHP language and became productive very quickly. Involved using HTML, PHP 4.x, PostgreSQL and some Javascript.
• Project shipped on schedule.

• Part of a design team that redesigned an Access 2.0 database and GUI for Access 97. Involved working with Visual C++ MFC 6.0 and Access Basic 97.
• Independently designed and implemented an import subsystem with minimal specification. Imported data from three different vascular testing instruments. Involved converting data from instrument output to Access tables. Worked with the designers of the instrument software. This feature helped sell more units because these instrument makers would recommend the product to their customers.
• Worked with another engineer to redesign the database and UI.
• Wrote helper utilities, import subsystem & other DLLs in VC++/MFC to add capabilities to the system that were not available in Access.
• Wrote an ActiveX component to plot waveforms on Access forms & reports using VC++/ATL.
• Project shipped on their schedule.
• All these new features were requested by customers or were required by law, so sales grew because of the improvements made to the program.

• Wrote specification and designed System Utilities for VxWorks embedded Communications device. Some utilities include Backup, Restore and Upgrade using TAR and GZIP. FTP was used for remote backup, restore and upgrade.
• Created a logging mechanism for errors using a FLASH RAM.
• The Upgrade feature was critical to the success of the product since this was an embedded product and there were units in the field that needed to be upgraded regularly.
• Involved working with VxWorks and Tornado IDE, make files, GNU compiler and debugger, remote debugging and hard disk utilities.

• Came in first day and solved a problem immediately that they had been working on for a couple of days.
• Wrote 4 ATL COM components for e-commerce system. Ran on NT server under MTS and accessed SQL Server database using OLE DB. These components output the data in XML format. Created installation for these components using InstallShield. Involved working with Visual C++ 6.0, InstallShield, XML, OLE DB and SQL Server queries and interfacing.
• System was already designed and well documented but helped redesign some of the components
• Mentored a younger engineer
• Project was completed and placed on-line within the allotted stringent schedule.

• Created application to automatically backup a SMART Hard Drive when it predicts failure. Used DMI 2.0 as the alerting mechanism and Cheyenne Backup as the backup engine. Involved working with Visual C++ 5.0 and DMI 2.0 SDK.
• Created system software architecture for new PC product. Also implemented driver DLLs for some parts of the system. Involves working with Visual C++ 4.2. Also involved helping with the engineer working on the audio driver. Created a couple of small utility applications.

• Ported the PCS50 product to Windows 95. Involved working with Visual C++ V4.x. Also involved working with Windows 95 driver installation issues - INF files and the Registry.
• Wrote installation and configuration utility for Windows NT version of the LAN Video Configuration editor. Required using Visual C++ 2.0.
• Expanded LiveManager Configuration editor to use SNMP on a Novell network and made the UI more graphical. Involved writing a Novell NLM to install software on the server. Used WinSNMP to send/receive SNMP packets over Novell. Used the Encode/Decode functions of WinSNMP and wrote code to use IPX to transport the data.
• Wrote Windows application to edit Configuration files for LiveManager - management software for a new LAN Video Conferencing system. System shipped in Nov 1994. Used the MFC class libraries to create an MDI application with toolbar, status bar and context-sensitive help. Application has ability to edit four different types of files including an ODBC database file. Required using Visual C++ 1.5 with the MFC classes version 2.0.
• Internationalized the System 1000 User Interface for Japan. Involved working with translator and changing fonts and various aspects of the UI to better fit with Japanese usage. Required using Japanese DOS and Windows and understanding differences required to make them work with the present system.
• Wrote DLLs (Dynamic Link Libraries) and .EXE for User Interface for System 1000 Video Conferencing system. System shipped in Nov 1993. Involved subclassing and superclassing controls, using resource-only DLLs and code-locked DLLs for interrupt handling. Required using MS C/C++ 7.0 and Windows 3.1 SDK.
• Investigated, designed and tested two schemes for handling interrupts under Windows. Documentation included a "How to" for handling interrupts. Gained detailed knowledge of how interrupts work under Windows.
• Wrote up a Functional Requirement document for modifying a Windows 3.1 VGA driver for their system. Gained knowledge of VGA and Video Drivers under Windows.

• Coded, tested and documented a Multimedia Wave driver under Windows 3.1 for Fluent's audio card. Documentation included a Functional Specification. Required Windows 3.1 SDK & DDK and MSC 6.0. Also required use of DMA and interrupts under Windows.
• Documented, implemented and tested a modification to enable their system to use the Wave driver. Documentation included a Functional Specification and a "How To" manual for others to use when changing the part of the system I worked on. Required Windows 3.1 SDK and MSC 6.0.

• Project leader for MS Windows 3.0 applications to support voice communications on a Pen-based PC. Utilizing MSC 6.00 and Windows SDK 3.0
  • Wrote proposal, functional spec and detailed design spec for above project
  • Scheduled tasks for another software engineer and myself.
  • Coded, tested and documented a voice record/play DLL in Enhanced mode
  • Application to test DLL - application and DLL debugged with Codeview
• Project leader for hardware/software project to build a DSP FAX/DATA modem as an add-on to a PC's serial port.
  • Wrote proposal, functional spec and detailed design spec
  • Scheduled tasks for a hardware engineer and myself.
  • Evaluated all aspects of the project
  • Coded and tested DSP code for FAX - ported from an 8 bit processor
• Project leader for MS Windows applications to support NETBIOS emulator. Utilizing MSC 5.1 and Windows SDK 2.0. Debugged with Codeview and Soft-Ice.
  • Designed, built and debugged support utilities for the emulator including a configuration editor and background support for incoming call ID (ICLID). Involved message passing for ICLID to get to other Windows apps.
  • Co-designed, built and debugged a NETBIOS emulator using an ISDN PC card. Planned and wrote detailed functional and design specifications for using ISDN & NETBIOS together. Obtained detailed knowledge about NETBIOS and the ISDN software.
  • Worked with another software engineer providing direction and expertise.
  • Cooperated with another company (Hayes) on the driver implementation.
• Voice Software Tools on Industry-standard PC. Written in MSC 5.1 and 80286 assembly.
  • Designed, built and debugged a speech editor, waveform display and report generating tools needed for further development of TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS).
  • Involved multiple modules, multiple programs and using data sharing.
• Prompt Development Workstation (PDW). Designed and developed programs to create prompts for a Voice Store and Forward system. Utilized MSC 5.1 with CodeView.
• Evaluation of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) devices. Designed and executed a plan for evaluation of various vendor's ASR boards. Involved software and hardware interfacing with these boards, using interrupts and writing TSR drivers. Written in MSC 4.0 and 8086 assembly.
• VT100 (VAX terminal) graphics add on. Added graphics capability to VT100 software emulator on PC. Designed and developed a driver which intercepted and interpreted data from VAX. Required knowledge of BIOS and debug of code without listing. Overrode RS232 interrupt and made graphics code run before original code. Written in 8086 assembly.
• Reviewed and improved TEXT-TO-SPEECH (TTS) algorithm using C language and 8086 assembly. Involved interrupts, DMA, MSDOS and BIOS on the PC. Re-wrote I/O subsystem for DSP part of TTS.
• Speech synthesis. Wrote simulation of GI SP0250 speech chip on a TMS32010 DSP board on PC. Involved debug of real-time code using XDS emulator. Required detailed understanding of internal chip algorithm.
• Designed and developed run-time firmware for 8051-based telephone answer and transfer device (Call Interceptor). Debugged with Intel Development System. Used and helped design a complex protocol using touchtones. Helped on hardware design and selection of components for device. Received U.S. patent in 1986. System shipped on-schedule.

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