Samuel A. Smith
Madison AL  35758
256-883-4493
ssmith@smithuel.net

Education:	M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky, August 1983 (4.0 GPA)
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky, May 1981 (3.93 GPA)	
		
Languages & Tools:	C, C++, BASIC, Visual Basic, Pascal, FORTRAN, RPG-II, Perl, various assembly languages (including Intel 80x86, Motorola Power PC, Motorola 68xxx, 8085, Z80, 64180, 6809, 6502, 8048, 8051, TI DSP, et.al.), PC-lint, Splint, Klocwork	
		
O/S:	Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/7, Linux (various distributions, including Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Slackware), RTXC Quadros, VxWorks, HP/UX, SunOS, Solaris, Novell Netware	
		
Qualifications:	•	Over 25 years of experience in software/algorithm design, analysis, coding, research and development, and software engineering management
•	Cross-platform development skills
•	Embedded development skills
•	Internet-savvy
•	Self-starting
•	Competent, Diplomatic, Patient, Tenacious	

November 2003-Present  DRS Test & Energy Management LLC, Huntsville Alabama
Senior Systems Software Designer, Software Test Engineer, Systems Engineer

•	Software Engineering Department Supervisor:  2002-2010
•	Certified Scrum Master:  November 2008-Present

During my tenure at DRS I have participated in software development projects in the following areas:  On-Board Vehicle Power Systems (OBVP), Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems (FTTS, UGCV, HEVC), Radiometric Calibration Systems (GACS), Vehicle Simulation Systems (OBVP, EDS), et.al.

I have also participated as a member of various committees, including:  Various Requests For Proposal (RFP), SCM PAT (Software Configuration Management Process Action Team), committee to update Software Peer Review training, committee to create StarTeam training.

Between 2002 and 2010 I was also a Software Engineering Department Supervisor.

In November 2008 I became a Certified Scrum Master (one of the Agile Software Development methodologies).

In early 2011 I was transferred to the Systems Engineering department at DRS, where in addition to my existing role as a Software Designer, I also function as a Software Test Engineer, and am loaned out occasionally to the SCM (Software Configuration Management) department.

July 2001-November 2003  PEI Electronics Inc., Huntsville Alabama
Senior Systems Software Designer

(In November 2003 PEI Electronics Inc. was bought by DRS and became DRS Test & Energy Management LLC.)

•	Project Engineer:  GACS.  Also software lead, and design and coding of Radiometric Calibration subsystem.
•	Industrial Committee:  JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems).  Participation in standards committee with many industrial representatives (U.S. Robotics, CMU, etc.).
•	Software Lead:  HEVC.  Also software architecture, design, and coding.
•	Project:  PEI-CIM2.  MPC850 reprogramming facility via HMI BMD emulator.

1984-2001  Huntsville Microsystems Inc., Huntsville Alabama
Senior Software Engineer / Network System Administrator / De-facto Software Department Manager

•	De-facto Software Department Manager
•	Revision Control System Manager
•	Network System Administrator (Firewall and system security, DNS administration, e-mail management, FTP site creation and maintenance, World Wide Web site creation and maintenance, Usenet News administration, corporate intranet)
•	Network System Backups Manager
•	Software:  Ported HMI’s legacy dBase databases to the corporate intranet (for internal web-based access to company business records)
•	Software:  Executable file format converters (various, including Motorola ‘S’ records, Intel hex records, Extended Tekhex, IEEE-695.1, COFF, IAR (UBROF), ELF/DWARF, et.al.)
•	Chief Architect:  SourceGate II.  Also design and coding.
•	Software:  SourceGate series source-level software/hardware debugger
•	Software:  ECS200 series source-level software/hardware debugger
•	Firmware:  HMI-200 series emulator
•	Software:  ELINKS series symbolic software/hardware debugger
•	Software:  8085, Z80, 6809, 6502, 8048, and 8051 cross assemblers

1977-1984  Various
During high school and college years I held a variety of jobs, starting as a member of the Louisville Heritage Weekend crew for the Louisville Heritage Weekends in Louisville Kentucky.  For the Armor Elevator Company office in Louisville Kentucky I held positions as Data Processing Assistant, Assistant Programmer, and System Programmer.  For the University of Kentucky in Lexington Kentucky I held positions as Grader (for the Rotating Machines lab), Teaching Assistant (Rotating Machines lab and Logic Design), and Instructor (Logic Design and Senior Electronics lab).

Academics:	U.K.R.F. graduate research fellowship; Robert L. Cosgriff Award; University of Kentucky Honors Program; 3M Scholarship; National Merit $1000 award; HKN (Electrical Engineering honor society); TBP (Engineering honor society); Graduate thesis: “A Microprogrammed Processor to Generate Prime Implicants”; Independent studies:  LOGSIM Logic Design Simulator, and 16-bit microprogrammed computer design.

Miscellaneous:	•	Member of IEEE
	•	Manager and chief content provider for several sites on the World Wide Web.  See <http://www.smithuel.net/> for details.