Tom Richins
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Computers have been my interest and passion in life. Even in high school, before computers where common, I studied and even attempted to build one. I had heard of such things as 'Univac' and Turing machines.
I attended Utah State University and received a bachelors degree in Physics and Math. However, before graduation, I took one class in Fortran programming. I was consumed with the computing environment. I studied books on digital logic and designed many different computers as thought exercises. I pursued this direction and became a computer operator of a Burroughs B6700 at Utah State University Data Center. I soon joined Sperry Univac with the charge of maintaining and bug fix for the operating system, EXEC 8, on Univac mainframes.
I was excited when the microprocessors, such as 8080, 6800, and Z80, were announced. I immediately obtained evaluation kits and built several computers, designing the circuitry and wire wrapping the boards. Soon, computers were available from some 'hobbyist' manufacturers and I participated by using them to create an operating system and application environment. I developed an accouting system including receivables, payables, payroll, and balance sheets.
The IBM PC was soon available and I designed and developed a satellite data broadcast system using PCs and ATs for Bonneville Telecommunications. I was responsible for the head end computing that received data through dial up and through data feeds from USDA, news sources, and stock market data.
Computers have been my interest and passion in life. Even in high school, before computers where common, I studied and even attempted to build one. I had heard of such things as 'Univac' and Turing machines.
I attended Utah State University and received a bachelors degree in Physics and Math. However, before graduation, I took one class in Fortran programming. I was consumed with the computing environment. I studied books on digital logic and designed many different computers as thought exercises. I pursued this direction and became a computer operator of a Burroughs B6700 at Utah State University Data Center. I soon joined Sperry Univac with the charge of maintaining and bug fix for the operating system, EXEC 8, on Univac mainframes.
I was excited when the microprocessors, such as 8080, 6800, and Z80, were announced. I immediately obtained evaluation kits and built several computers, designing the circuitry and wire wrapping the boards. Soon, computers were available from some 'hobbyist' manufacturers and I participated by using them to create an operating system and application environment. I developed an accouting system including receivables, payables, payroll, and balance sheets.
The IBM PC was soon available and I designed and developed a satellite data broadcast system using PCs and ATs for Bonneville Telecommunications. I was responsible for the head end computing that received data through dial up and through data feeds from USDA, news sources, and stock market data.
SUMMARY of EXPERIENCE:
Firmware Development:
· Definition, design, code, and test embedded 80386 firmware
for control of Liquid Chromatograph
· Definition, design, code and test embedded Rabbit processor
firmware for LC Preheater.
· Definition, design, code, and test of embedded Motorola 6805
processor for Symbion Centrifugal Blood Pump.
· Enhance and maintain embedded firmware for Pipeline Inspection
tool. Based on INTEL and HITACHI architectures
Applications Development:
· Visual Basic development for various medical databases and
image collection
· Visual C++/MFC for large database applications
· Delphi development of windows based medical image databases.
Operating Systems:
· PC-DOS, WindowsNT/98/2000/XP
· UNIX/Linux
· MAC OS X
· Maintenance of Operating System for Control Data mini-
computer. Enhancement of disk driver for larger capacity and ECC.
· Maintenance of UNISYS 1100 EXEC 8
Communications Developer:
· Project Manager/Lead engineer in development of emulator for
IBM 5394 communications controller. Involved programming
to IBM 5250 SNA and TWINAX protocols.
· Lead programmer for Bonneville satellite network. Define
software architecture, C code, and test of network front-end
processor based on PC platforms.
· Lead programmer for inter-computer serial interfaces using
various protocols.
Technical Management:
· Manager of worldwide support for UNIX Operating System
internals and Network products.
· Data Automation Officer, Utah Air National Guard
· Commander, 151st Communications Flight, Utah Air National Guard
Languages and Platforms:
· Embedded Controllers
· C++/MFC
· C in both systems and applications environments
· Visual C++
· Assembly
· Visual Basic
· Delphi
· PC: DOS, Windows NT/98/2000/XP
· Mac OS X
· Mainframes and Minicomputers
· UNIX/Linux
· HTTP protocol
· HTML markup
· Ruby/Ruby on Rails
· serial protocols/RS232