Patrick Chapman

Summary

Experience

Software Engineer

• Programmed PIC micro for Neighborhood Electric Vehicles motor controller for multinational company.
• Designed and implemented device drivers for sensors and other features.

Embedded Systems Engineer

eRoomSystems Inc., St. George, August 1995 - June 1999

• Represented the R&D group in the majority of management meetings.
• Designed Real Time Multitasking Operating System. Implemented cooperative multitasking operating system in MC68HC11F assembly language
• Designed and implemented device drivers using In-Circuit Emulator by Ashling, Logic Analyzer, Logic Probe, Oscilloscope and Digital Multimeter.
• Characterized proprietary sensor arrays.
• Designed and implemented minibar system to automate minibar inventory, security, users-interface and advertising using I.A.R. C compiler (about 10,000 lines of code).
• Designed and implemented reliable communications protocol stack similar to LonTalk (a TCP/IP derivative for data networks).
• Implemented a segmented boot loader in EEPROM in about 400 bytes.
• Designed and implemented embedded FORTH interpreter and compiler.
• Programmed 40,000 lines of assembly code in one year.
• The majority of units manufactured had the software I produced. This replaced software that was valued at over $500,000.
• Fulfilled the position of team leader to a small group of Software Engineers.

Chief Information Officer

eRoomSystems Inc., St. George, Utah. January 1996 - June 1996

• Recommended and approved new information technology.
• Installed and maintained 10-Base-T Local Area Network and file server.
• Designed and maintained web content.

Software Engineer

eRoomSystems Inc., St. George, Utah. June 1994 - August 1995

• Maintained legacy database and database software written in Topaz/PASCAL.
• Designed and implemented daily report automation system in Clipper.
• Designed Property Management Interface simulator.

Vending Clerk

• Vending machine maintenance.
• Accounting for three departments. Included writing accounting software in FoxPro.
• Order and restocked products for three departments.
• Created so much profit for the company that they put me on profit sharing.
• When I left, the job was divided up among one full-time and four part-time employees. They have not matched my accomplishments.

Teacher Assistant

• Assisted the installation of the Computer Science Lab with Prof. Smith.
• Maintained three local area networks: 1) Computer Sciece Lab, 2) Advanced Lab and 3) Graphics Lab.
• Assisted users on the three networks.

Information Technology Consultant

• Fix and upgrade personal computers.
• Write business plans for internet companies.
• Program and install Ademco security systems.
• Web site design with html and java script.

Production Worker

• Signetics in Orem consisted of two class-10 military fabrication facilities.
• Member of several large teams.
• Photo-resist Operator including photo-resist, critical dimension measurement and supervisor assistant.
• Epitaxial Deposition Operator including scrub, deposition and critical dimension measurement.
• Buffered Oxide Etch Operator.
• My engineering report on process improvements was implemented.
• Helped the Computer Department plug security leaks in the Vax mainframe.
• Janitech.

Missionary

• Missionary for the Mormon church.
• Learned Castillian Spanish.
• Junior and senior missionary.
• First and Second councilor in a Bishopric.

Education

• Electrical Engineering Technology major, Computer Science minor with an emphasis in business law.
• Designed and implemented Inference Engine (Artificial Intelligence) on HyperStack.
• Designed and implemented recursive, two look-ahead parser.
• Used Basic, C, LISP and PASCAL.
• GPA - 3.49

• Graduated with an Associates of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Electrical Engineering Technology (E.E.T.)
• Part-time student.
• Work experience in E.E.T at Signetics, Orem, Utah.
• Honor Roll.
• Notorious for breaking the top end of the bell curve.
• Built an embedded system using the i8088. Programmed several embedded systems in assembly. I was able to make the robotic hardware work using an HP Logic Analyzer.
• Implemented and demonstrated Surround Sound System.

• Microprocessors I & II from Don Lancaster. Interfaced and programmed the Apple computers (6502 CPU) in assembly language.
• Implemented a Page Description Language (like PostScript) using HPGL and WordStar.

• Graduated with a High School Deploma.
• Took college preperation classes including self study classes.
• Media Club President.
• Student body representative. Wrote a new Student Body Constitution which was unanimously adopted.
• Helped institute, and participated in, Project Shadow in 1980.

Awards/Honors

• 1998 International Who's Who of Information Technology candidate.
• 1989 Embedded Systems Programming/Harris Semiconductor Design Contest, design winner. Programmed Harris RTX2001A (DSP-like CPU) in assembly.
• 1980 Who's Who Among American High School Students for leadership ability.
• On the Dean's list for many years.
• Above average in all areas on the S.A.T. I scored 99% in mathematics.
• I.Q. Tests - Genius.
• Problem Solving Test - One of the only persons to get 100% of the answers correct. Score of 29+ out of 29.

Referrals

• Chuck Wilts, Product Engineering, 235 E. Airway Blvd., Livermore, CA.
  (925) 961-1088
• Ron Ward, V.P. of Research & Development, 1030 W. 4800 S., Murray, UT.
  (801) 262-4043
• Shawn Sunyich, V.P. of Field Operations, 390 N. 3050 E., St. George, UT 84790-9000
  (800) 316-3070 x3629