Please contact me by e-mail only: bernie@codewiz.org
-=== Objective ===
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-Firmware and software engineering positions, possibly employing open source software
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=== Summary ===
- * Founder, CEO and R&D director at Develer s.r.l. (see DevelerCompany);
- * OpenSource maintainer and contributor in several areas, including GCC compiler and the Linux kernel;
- * Firmware engineer at SEAC s.r.l. (see SeacCompany).
+ * Co-founder, board member, [[SugarLabs | Sugar Labs Foundation]];
+ * Volunteer operating system engineer, [[OneLaptopPerChild | One Laptop Per Child]];
+ * Founder, VP and director of R&D at [[DevelerCompany | Develer s.r.l.]];
+ * Maintainer/contributor of [[OpenSource | Open Source]] projects including GCC and Linux kernel;
+ * Embedded systems [[ConsultingWork | design & consulting]] for companies in greater Florence area;
=== Education ===
* High-school Diploma in Math, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in Firenze, Italy;
- * Non-formal in areas of CS such as compilers, algorithms, OS design, networking, databases;
+ * Non-formal in CS subjects including compilers, algorithms, OS design, networking, databases.
=== Skills ===
=== Experience ===
-==== Volunteer developer for One Laptop Per Child ====
- * In-house maintainer of the X11 windowing system
- * Work on localization, input devices and keyboard layouts
- * Miscellaneous operating system development, packaging engineering
- * Porting existing applications to the OLPC environment
- * Miscellaneous Linux kernel development
+==== Volunteer developer for One Laptop Per Child (May 2007 to present) ====
+ * In-house maintainer of the X11 windowing system;
+ * Work on localization, input devices and keyboard layouts;
+ * Miscellaneous operating system development, packaging engineering;
+ * Porting existing applications to the OLPC environment;
+ * Miscellaneous Linux kernel development.
-==== R&D manager, founder and CEO at Develer s.r.l. ====
- (November 2001 to May 2007)
+==== R&D manager, founder and CEO at Develer s.r.l. (November 2001 to present) ====
* Firmware, software, embedded and high-level development for several customers;
* CTO of embedded division;
* Sales and customer relations for most of Develer's customers;
* Created and managed network, IT and development infrastructure of whole company.
-==== Freelance software engineering consultant ====
- (April 2000 to present)
+==== Freelance software engineering consultant (April 2000 to present) ====
* Firmware development for SEAC s.r.l.;
* Development of credit card drivers and system software for Marconi Commerce Systems;
* Developed compiler/interpreter of a specialized OO langauge for Telecom Italia Labs;
* Created DSP firmware for air traffic control radio communication systems.
-==== Teacher in courses for the European Fund ====
- (2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007)
+==== Teacher in courses for the European Fund (2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007) ====
* D-Lab: Multimedia course of 600h for 20 students;
* GFactory: Videogame development course of 450h for 15 students;
* PAW (Web Application Programmer): 300h for 15 students;
- * Advanced C++, Embedded Linux and Software Analysis & Design for 40-50 employees of Gilbarco Veeder-Root (200h).
- * Workshop on GIS Systems in Iannina, Greece (30h)
+ * Advanced C++, Embedded Linux and Software Analysis & Design for 40-50 employees of Gilbarco Veeder-Root (200h);
+ * Workshop on GIS Systems in Iannina, Greece (30h).
-==== Firmware engineer and owner of Sirius s.r.l. ====
- (late 2000 to mid 2001)
+==== Firmware engineer and owner of Sirius s.r.l. (late 2000 to mid 2001) ====
* Developed firmware and high-level software of cooling and telemetry system for laser surgery;
* Created and managed network, IT and development infrastructure of whole company.
-==== Firmware engineer at SEAC s.r.l. R&D laboratories ====
- (June 1996 to April 2000)
- * Team member of robotized clinical analyzers ARIO and Alisei
+==== Firmware engineer at SEAC s.r.l. R&D laboratories (June 1996 to April 2000) ====
+ * Team member of robotized clinical analyzers ARIO and Alisei;
* Developed firmware for several devices, including photometers and blood cell analyzers.;
* Created and maintained the network and development infrastructure of the R&D lab.
=== Activities ===
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- * OneLaptopPerChild volunteer OS developer (2007 to present)
* RedHat / FedoraLinux OS developer (2007 to present)
* Xorg (X Wingow System) developer (2007 to present)
* GCC compiler maintainer (2003 to present)