David L. Madison

Objective

I am currently looking for either full-time work or contract work in Silicon Valley

Home: 415.341.5555 (call between 11a-8p PST)
Email: daveola@gmail.com

Work Experience

Verification Engineer, Bluechip Systems. May 2015 - Jan 2016.

Verified secure communications between apps/device and an embedded SoC running a custom Linux on a custom CPU

Verification Engineer, 3Plus1. Jul 2007 - Dec 2013.

Managed verification for a complex, fully-custom processor under a very tight schedule
Created complete toolchain and testbenches for entire CPU verification process, from block level to full-chip to SOC.
Created highly sophisticated test packer/generator for VLIW CPU

Shareware Programmer, WizPort Project June 1993

In college I spent a number of years creating a large software project called the WizPort, a solution to a very complex UNIX problem used by a large number of users. It created a secure telnet server with a pseudo-machine and restricted shell, and it could be run without root access.

Project information and references available on request

Skills

Computer Languages: Fluent in C, Ruby, Perl, Java, Scheme, Verilog and many versions of Assembly. I often become the perl guru/resource wherever I work. I can do C++, but I'm not a fan.
Experience with: Lisp, Python, Basic, Fortran, sed, yacc, sh, ksh, zsh, csh, tcsh, etc..
Breaking things: I like to use things in new and interesting ways, this is one of the things that sets me out as a verification engineer. I have managed to break and find bugs in almost every tool I have used, such as:
gcc, cpp preprocessor, HPUX CC, HPUX linker, various assemblers, perl (2 so far), various shells (tcsh, ksh, ..), verilog simulators (VCS, ESP), rccs, etc..

Education

Degree: B.S. ECE/CS (Double major: Electrical Computer Engineering with Computer Option and Computer Science)

School: 1989-1994: University Of Wisconsin, Madison

Time's Person of the Year, 2006