Resume

Behan Webster

Ontario, Canada

Phone: 613-220-9329

Areas of expertise

Software/Firmware/Embedded designer (14 years)
Linux embedded, server, and desktop (13 years)
Embedded real-time operating systems design and programming (11 years)
C, C++, Perl, Python, XML/XSLT, Shell, PHP, SQL, Java, CSS/Javascript, assembly
Version control and automated software build systems: CVS, svn, git, hg, clearcase, autotools, make, qmake, cmake
Debian developer and Open Source contributor (13 years)
Extensive experience with: Data security, Firewalls, Encryption, Authentication, VPN, Messaging, Backups, Systems Monitoring, Web application technologies
Unix network and system administration (14 years)

Professional Experience

2006 – 2009 WebsterWood Consulting Gananoque, ON

Senior Consultant

Linux developer: drivers, embedded systems, and applications for clients
Embedded real-time architecture, design and coding
Example projects include: network based voice communications devices, imaging devices, network attached storage devices

2005 – 2006 eMOSS Ottawa, ON

Chief Analyst and Architect

2002 – 2005 Intelligent Photonics Control Kanata, ON

Senior Software/Firmware Team Leader and Code Architect

Team leader and code architect for a group of 10 Firmware and Software developers
The primary developer of an embedded Linux-based, communications chip used to allow Ethernet access and network services to one or more optical controllers
The primary developer for many parts of the DSP based Optical controller; amongst other things firmware upgrade, logging, system maintenance, memory management, messaging, persistent storage, and fixed point math libraries.
Instituted many innovative technologies: component based architecture, code generation, in-code documentation generation, and static code checking
Developed the build environment used for all software and firmware projects which allowed building FW for Motorola 563xx, TI28xx DSP, Atmel AVR, Atmel LPC or for simulation under Linux.

2001 Chrysalis ITS Nepean, ON

Senior Software Designer

Integrated a HW SSL accelerator into both apache/mod_ssl/openssl-engine on Linux and Solaris

1998 – 2001 Nortel Networks Ottawa, ON

Senior Firmware Designer

Maintained the boot loader FW used on all all Spectrum modules (various architectures)
Primarily responsible for board bring up and porting the boot loader to the new PPC750

Senior Software Designer

Designed and built the security infrastructure for accessing Nortel's next generation eBussiness platform from a mobile platform: cell phone, PDA, or with voice recognition and Text-To-Speech on a POTS phone.

1996 – 1998 Verisim, Inc. Nepean, ON

Established an Internet software gaming company

Led a software development team of 7 in developing a generic gaming framework in C++ on Linux for multi-player Internet games
Network security consultant for an affiliated web presence company
Verisim was bought by a media company in 1998

1994 – 1996 Bell Northern Research Ottawa, ON

SOS Operating Systems Group

Designed the new exception system for the XA-core family of telephone switches
Helped port the telephone switch RTOS to the PowerPC processor
Redesigned and implemented the sanity timers used in the Nortel telephone switches

1992 – 1993 Co-op Jobs

Bell Northern Research

Designed and implemented new real-time OS patching for telephone switches
Designed and implemented network authentication maps used for all computers at BNR

Education

1989 – 1994 University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON

Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering, Honours

As a full-time, co-op student, I successfully completed courses in: real-time operating systems, software engineering, communications, computer networks, artificial intelligence, digital design, and control systems.
With an option in Management Science.

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