I’m not a fan of the traditional resume and interview process, but a huge fan of process documentation followed pull requests generated from user feedback. So I will combine a chore I dred, the resume update, with a process I welcome, git project management. Meet the Chris Trees Resume GitHub project with Chris Trees YouTube interviews.
The best traditional work history information about myself is on https://www.linkedin.com/in/christrees/. So, for this project we will use the PDF generated by clicking the More… button then “Save as PDF” on Linkedin - Chris Trees. Below is the output of the “Save as PDF” process on the Linkedin - Chris Trees page. My process goal is to deep link as much project information as possible into this project.
The following is text from the Linkedin Profile PDF. Each work experience is linked to additional detail if availible.
What is next Research
In a Place, out in Space
Research Developer
Sr. Software Engineer San Jose, CA 95112 and Cedar Fall, IA 50613
Social Mobile communications platform serving the commercial nuclear power market.
Consultant / Founder Cedar Fall, IA 50613
Croft Utility Partners ( http://croftutilitypartners.com/ ) leverages and extends unique infrastructure and usage patterns of each community to reduce reliance on external commodities, encourage development of localized resources and facilitate sales of excess capacity within the network. The Croft concept was born out of the desire to serve technology to small rural communities in a locally relevant, economically maintainable and socially acceptable way. These efforts lead us to integration of power, water, sewer and emergency communications systems.
Technology / Grant Consultant
Embedded systems, software automation, and process management. Managed creative artist team through a software production process. Helped with a State Grant to commercialize the “Proto-Motion” mixed media stop motion animation automation process. This project used multiple new technologies creatively applied to the movie industry with experimental state funding. This project opened my eyes to the benefits and huge risks of socialpolitical funding, the creative mindset in an operational process and mixing multiple merging technologies. Established computer industry development practices into the animation studio production process.
Consultant
Platform provider for medical transcription technology and services. Developed tools and training materials for data center installation and testing. Acquired by Spheris.
Founder and Architect
Based on extending the idea of distributed grid computing, Pantera attempted to build a distributed storage and compute engine for accelerated batch processing. The grid matrix was used to distribute both storage, data base and compute algorithms across traditional servers. Matrix reduce was then used along with the storage index to keep working data within the various cache systems increasing the overall processing speed.
Systems Design
Monggo (changed name to Levient) developed one of the first remote desktop systems using WAP enabled devices (cell phones) as the terminal access point. Developed a redundant high availability server infrastructure stack deployed into multiple data centers. Developed automation for UI testing. Developed automation for network health monitoring. Integrated network monitoring into vendor Network Operations Centers (NOC).
Sr. Systems Engineer
Consultant and first Hardware Engineering hired by Vertical Networks. Drove hardware and mechanical design for the integrated LAN and Telephony product called Instant Office. Also aided in the recruitment of early stage engineering talent.
CAT Services
Another great group of people! Got to help them build another high-speeddensity backplane. Worked with some great S/W guys that really pushed into simulations that worked with the H/W Dev guys… Wish I could have helped them slam out some ASIC’s, but had too many people asking for my time and had to multi-plex.
CAT Services
FPGA design tool assistance.
CAT Services
Netra group consultant for hardware. One of the better jobs I’ve ever had! Developed embedded user control console for Netra server line. Invented a serial multiplexing system for the serial attached embedded control console. Integrated controller firmware and SUN OS device drivers. Designed multiple PCB assemblies. Assisted in mechanical design, compliance testing, vendor manufacturing testing and quality control.
CAT Services
Great people to work with and I meet many people who’ve become part of my lifelong tribe. If only they would have built the mock-up that AndyH carried in his pocket… or what AndyH put on the TV. I worked mainly keeping the partner development systems running. I did the mechanical and umbilical demo system for what I think was the first touch based magic cell phone prototype. BTW that is STILL my personal phone, I would LOVE to get it back (if anyone knows where it is)… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic
CAT Services
Designed one of the first ATM networking boxes in the industry. Very fun project, got to make things that go FAST!!! All the cross bar switching, cache management and learning the balance between H/W, F/W and S/W really helped me gain a sense of balance with various design domain issues. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sytek_Inc
Sales Engineer
Field sales engineer working on ASIC simulation integrations. Worked on simulation models for multiple silicon vendor libraries. Also helped various ASIC designers debug future and current silicon production issues. Worked with OAK Technology on multiple ASIC design simulations. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Technology
Engineer / Member of Board
Great idea. Still ahead of it’s time. Outsource your engineering. Reworked development system via wire-wrap boards for “Little Blue”. Little Blue (became PC Transporter) was a co-processor board for the Apple II that allowed the user to run IBM PC native software and use Apple II devices as native IBM devices. Many ideas were ahead of the times, such as clone BIOS, virtualization, distributed callbacks and storage normalization. The fun part was getting to know a LOT of ex-Apple early engineers.
Engineer
First person to introduce PLA and FPGA’s to QA test fixture design. Designed and build first meta script process to covert vendor data sheets into a functional timing simulation model. P387 - JohnK and I took a after-thought project from 1 year behind to 6 months ahead of schedule!
Summer Intern
Columbus Junction, IA and Beatrice, NE
Compression Stations. Create draft of maintenance request for compressor engine manifold replacement. Investigated and submitted RFQ that saved NGPL $50K per station on manifold replacement procedure. Observed and assisted multiple mainline replacement construction and cleaning projects.
Pipeline in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Drafted and submitted “Induced currents in gas pipelines due to common power line right away.”
Iowa State University BS, Electrical Engineering · (1980 - 1985)