KURT FRANCIS

Lombard, IL 60148

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 10 years Engineering experience developing microcontroller based embedded systems. Skills include C programming, Visual Basic and 8051 and x86 assembly language. Experience with BIOS development, smart cards, cryptography, USB, Linux, video games, and LabView instrument control software.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

12/2002 to present

Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and Detector Development Dekalb, IL

* Developed LabView instrument control software to collect data from a cosmic ray detector

* Developed Visual Basic and C++ software to analyze cosmic ray data

 

4/1995 to 7/2002

Panasonic/MIECOA Elgin, IL

* Software engineering for embedded systems

* Developed firmware for data encryption security terminal

* Developed 8051 firmware for Magnetic stripe card RS232 and USB interfaces

* Developed 8051 firmware for Smart Card interfaces

* Developed BIOS for DOS/x86 based data entry terminal with touch screen

* Developed firmware for pager sized Electronic dosimeters

(for measuring radiation)

* Development and maintainance of Thermoluminescent Dosimetry applications

 

9/1994 to 4/1995

V-Real, Redwood City, CA / Brian A. Rice Inc. Hinsdale, IL

* Programmed video games in C for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Genesis & Pioneer LaserActive systems

 

12/1990 to 9/1994

Panasonic Technologies (Matsushita Inc.), Franklin Park, IL

(On contract from Avalon Inc.)

* Designed and developed a Visual BASIC Time and Attendance Application under

Windows using Access Data Base and Crystal Reports report designer

* Designed, coded and maintained software for a programmable time clock using C and 8088 assembler under a real-time/multi-tasking operating system

* Designed and developed a MS-DOS Time and Attendance Application in C

* Programmed support for 8051 based Bar Code Scanners

* Provided Technical support and testing for convenience store point of sales systems and radiation measurement devices and bar code scanners

 

8/1989 to 12/1990

C&S Valve Co. Westmont, IL

* Programmed and maintained Lotus Spreadsheets for accounting

* Upgraded a BASIC language seismic analysis application

 

 

EDUCATION

Currently working toward a Doctorate in Physics

Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL

 

M.S. in Applied Physics, 2004

Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL

 

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1988

University of Illinois Urbana, IL

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Experienced programming Intel 80x86, 68000, 6502, and 8051 microprocessors

As a hobby developed adventure game programs for PC and Amiga systems in C and 80x86 and 68000 assembly language with free scrolling graphics and texture mapping.

 

 

References Available upon request