THOMAS D. ZABEL
2820
Daybreak Drive Home:(972)
306-5043
Dallas,
Texas 75287 Cellular:
(972) 839-0402
zabelt@acm.org
SOFTWARE
ENGINEER
Software
engineer with over 15 years designing, implementing, and supporting real time
embedded systems software. Experience
with full product and software project life cycle. Proven record in a variety of industries
including telecom equipment, medical electronics, and defense. 8 years as instructor of computer science and
mathematics in community college system.
SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
Languages: C, Assembler, PL/M, PL/1, FORTRAN, BASIC,
Pascal, Perl, UNIX Scripts, C++
OS: UNIX, MS-DOS, iRMX II/III,
RT-11, RSX-11, Linux, ThreadX
Platforms: Embedded Intel Machines, PC, VAX, PDP-11
Techniques: Software and System Testing, Formal Design
and Software Inspection, Quality Control, ISO 9000, Structured Programming,
Object Oriented Design and Programming
EXPERIENCE
REFRACTION TECHNOLOGY, Inc.
- Dallas, Texas 2001
- 2003
Privately held manufacturer of seismic and geophysical
recording equipment and systems
Software
Engineer
! Designed, implemented, tested, and project
managed incorporation of a commercial PPP software stack into existing system
to implement serial communication for a new seismic Data Acquisition System
(DAS).
! Enhanced use of GPS-based realtime clock
on DAS system.
! Added enhancements to DAS filesystem.
TELTRONICS, Inc. - Addison,
Texas 1999
- 2001
Publicly traded manufacturer of telecommunications
equipment and systems
Software
Engineer
! Specified, designed, implemented, tested,
and project managed maintenance and enhancement for 911 system Automatic
Location Identification server.
! Led project to upgrade ALI for continuing
use with new 911 data requirements.
! Provided 3rd level engineering
support to investigate and resolve critical problems at 911 sites.
! Led project to investigate recurring ALI
problems. Designed, coded, and tested
changes to eliminate them.
! Designed, implemented, and tested
enhancements to PBX switching platform configuration software.
! Investigated, designed, implemented, and tested changes to PBX software to prevent
switch field outages.
! Participant in project to specify the
design for next generation switching system.
! Provided engineering support to system
test group to validate PBX and ALI test procedures.
ALCATEL USA (DSC
Communications Corporation) - Plano, Texas 1995
- 1999
Worldwide manufacturer of telecommunications equipment.
Software
Engineer
! Specified, designed, implemented,
inspected, and tested platform software upgrades for cellular switch.
Some
of these projects included dealing with a foreign contract vendor developing
support software.
! Led project to redesign, implement, test,
and deploy new switch boot code.
! Led project to significantly revise
processor internal memory controller software.
! As 3rd level engineering
coordinator for cellular switch problem investigation task force, successfully
dealt with field service and external customer organizations. Defined corrective actions for switches.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Diagnostics Division - Irving, Texas 1983
- 1994
Fortune 500 manufacturer of healthcare products.
Software
Engineer
! Led project to upgrade functional test and
automatic test system software.
! Recognized as recipient of division
presidents award as a major contributor to project to create and upgrade
clinical chemistry blood analyzer.
! Led project to document and verify
departmental processes as part of obtaining ISO-9001 certification.
! Helped save existing sales by diagnosing
operational problem of analyzers in field.
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TANDY CORPORATION - Fort
Worth, Texas 1982
- 1983
Electronics retailer now known as Radio Shack
Corporation.
Software
Engineer
! Designed, implemented, and tested server
operator interface software for Local Area Network.
! Designed multi-tasking priority based
kernel for LAN.
! Supported several utility programs for
existing retail computer products.
RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT, INC.
- Irving, Texas 1980
- 1982
Manufacturer of document processing systems now part of
Banc Tec.
Senior
Software Engineer
! Designed, implemented, and tested device
driver and diagnostic software for document processing system.
! Designed, coded, and tested tape backup
system for document processing system.
E-SYSTEMS - Garland, Texas 1979
- 1980
A major electronics systems manufacturer specializing
in defense systems now part of Raytheon.
Software
Engineer
! Implemented software subsystems for video
conference switch.
! Designed, coded, and tested data
compression algorithm for document storage system.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS - Dallas,
Texas 1978
- 1979
A Fortune 500 manufacturer of electronics products.
Scientific
Programmer
! Upgraded circuit board design system to
allow faster copy of existing designs saving 40 minutes per copy.
! Acted as problem solver for CAD system,
resolving operator problems with minimum disruption.
DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT - Dallas, Texas 1979
- 1987, Present
Adjunct
Instructor
! Taught academic computer science courses
using IBM PC Assembler, IBM 360 Assembler, FORTRAN, BASIC, PL/1, and Pascal
languages.
! Taught various academic, technical, and
developmental mathematics courses.
EDUCATION
Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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M.S.
Computer Science
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1978
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Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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B.A.
with Majors in Mathematics - Statistics and Economics
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1976
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University
of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
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Classes
to update and enhance skills
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1987
- 1993
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AFFILIATIONS
Association
for Computing Machinery
IEEE
Computer Society
American
Statistical Association
North
Texas PC Users Group
DFW
UNIX Users Group
Association
for Software Engineering Excellence
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