171 Picketts Run

O’fallon, IL 62269

Cell: (618) 210-4767

Email: videogameboy76@yahoo.com

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Eric Fortin

Objective

To maintain comprehensive understanding of the latest programming practices and development tools, and use these tools to develop state-of-the-art applications.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer - January 1, 2007–Present Coin Acceptors Inc., Saint Louis, MO

  • Key developer of the Guardian 6000 coin changer firmware and software, which employs the embedded uC/OS-II RTOS operating on a distributed Freescale HC9S12 microcontroller system utilizing a CAN bus - Online: Guardian 6000

  • Applied for a patent in coin validation as sole inventor - provisional application # 60/862,351, on 10/28/06.

Software Engineer - October 9, 2004–January 1, 2007 Coin Acceptors Inc., Saint Louis, MO

  • Worked as key designer and developer of the Guardian 6000 coin changer firmware. Main responsibilities included PID motor control firmware design, optical and electromagnetic sensor firmware driver development, and implementation of sonic pulse coin level sensing.

Electrical Engineer - March 9, 2004–October 9, 2004 Coin Acceptors Inc., Saint Louis, MO

  • Worked on various research projects to develop and improve coin validation using pattern recognition methods applied to features extracted using electromagnetic sensors, employing various digital signal processing tools and methods.

  • Researched and designed various sonic coin level sense hardware and software systems as part of a next-generation coin changer.

Electrical Engineer - June 25, 1999–Sept. 28, 2003 Videojet Technologies Inc., Belleville, IL

  • Worked with an engineering team on the design, development and programming of carton-coding products with software based in Windows 95/98 and embedded Windows CE platforms.

  • Developed numerous unique software programs to integrate embedded processor based case-coding systems to meet customer requirements. Examples include custom counts, barcodes, communication protocols, and date codes for customers such as Tropicana, M&M Mars, Chiquita, and numerous other companies in the food and beverage industry.

Education

2000-2006 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

  • M.S., Electrical Engineering

  • Unofficial Transcript available upon request.

  • Master's Project - Speech Pattern Recognition Using Statistical Analysis.

1994–1999 Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN

  • B.S., Electrical Engineering.

  • Official transcript available upon request.

  • Senior Project - Digital Thermometer.

Skills

Strong grasp of pattern recognition principles and applications, utilizing neural networks and other statistical pattern recognition methods.

Possession of the ability to approach any task with a can-do attitude, and implement software solutions for both PC and embedded applications.

7 years experience with multiple programming languages, from several assembly languages (Intel, Microchip, Motorola, and Zilog) to C, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft Visual Basic (6.0/.NET).

7 years experience in embedded microcontroller programming and embedded system design and development.

4 years object-oriented programming using MFC/Microsoft Visual C++.

The ability to quickly delve into and understand existing code for re-use or modification, and to quickly (1-2 weeks) grasp new programming languages.

Mastery of many computer-based business applications, such as the Microsoft software family – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visual Studio 6.0/.NET, etc.

Experience with Xilinx CPLD/FPGA schematic design using visual/VHDL tools.

Familiarity coding in embedded RTOS architectures (Windows CE, uC/OS-II).

5 years electronic schematic design, circuit simulation, and in-circuit debugging experience using industry-standard tools (PSpice, Electronics Workbench, Tektronix DPO/TDS7100).

2 years experience with ATE software tools such as HP VEE and LabView.

DSP programming experience.

Summary

A senior software engineering candidate with extensive programming and embedded system experience that is committed to seeking internal and external customer satisfaction.

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