Kristopher S. Urquhart

mailto:kurquhar@yahoo.com

General:

· Strengths: team leadership, software development process and environment, Unix application development, Linux system administration, network management, real-time embedded SW, object oriented design, networking, client/server architecture, library development & maintenance, software debugging, performance tuning

· Languages: C/C++, Unix shells, Tcl/Tk, HTML, Perl, X-Windows/Motif

Employment History:

ENGINEER, PRINCIPAL, Qualcomm Inc. (October 2002 - Current)

· Leading UE prototype development for LTE

· Investigated scalable, asynchronous modem design

· Implemented packet-based RLP for EV-DO Rev. A (VoIP) handset

· Developed networking and kernel software for BREW client

SOFTWARE CONSULTANT, Various (April 2002 - October 2002)

· Linux firewalls, network design, and security

DIRECTOR, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, Littlefeet Inc. (September 1999 - March 2002)

· Managed complete life cycle of software development for GSM distributed antenna system with wireless backhaul (2 managers; 11 developers)

o Embedded Linux hardware controller, fault management, SNMP agent w/ web browser, wireless modem

o SNMP network management platform on Linux server, GUI/CLI, analog modems

ENGINEER, SENIOR STAFF/MANAGER, Ericsson Wireless Communications Inc. [acquired from Qualcomm 3/99] (October 1998 - September 1999)

· Led operational software development for radio air interface (IS-95) side of CDMA base station controller (4 sub-teams; 25 developers)

· Managed the integration and release of all CDMA base station controller software features (9 sub-teams; 75 developers)

· Supervised engineers under matrix management (4-6 engineers)

ENGINEER, STAFF/MANAGER, Qualcomm Inc. (November 1996 - October 1998)

· Led software development team for radio-link management group (8 developers)

· Developed software for radio-link management of CDMA base station controller

· Led software development team for offline data analysis group (4 developers)

· Developed software for offline data analysis of CDMA base station diagnostic log data

GROUP MANAGER, CliniComp, International (August 1992 - October 1996)

· Managed group of software engineers (4 developers)

· Developed hospital software system for medical charting and diagnostics

· Approved software releases and oversaw installation processes

VARIOUS, details provided upon request (1983 - August 1992)

Education:

· PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering (Computer Generated Holography), UCSD, 1992

· MS Electrical & Computer Engineering (Applied Physics), UCSD, 1989

· BS Electrical Engineering (Electro-Optics), with Honors, NMSU, 1987