CV for Reto Stamm

Experience

• July 2000 - present Xilinx, San Jose, CA
  Software Development Section Manager
  • Lead a team of 3 SW Engineers to develop a Portal with custom components
  • Guided Engineers to create accurate schedules and work with them, facilitated Software Design using UML and Patterns
  • Introduced JUnit into group, changed development methodology to be test drive
• February 1998 - June 2000 Xilinx Ireland, Saggart, Co. Dublin
  Systems Verification Engineer
  • Developed a system to view the results of the Software regression tests for the Core Generator on the Intranet.
  • Started and worked with a cross-departmental team on a Project to keep all the results from Software regression testing in a Database for rapid access to shorten development time and long term comparison to simplify management decisions.
  • Applied for several Patents.
  • Developed and deployed a Java based System that allows better utilization of existing Computers (PC/Workstations).
     
• July 1996 - January 1998 Bruker Analytical Systems, Inc. Billerica, MA
  System Integration Engineer, Software Engineer
  • Designed and built electronics for Time-Of-Flight (TOF) mass spectrometers.
  • Introduced version control and problem-tracking systems to international work group.
  • Managed and coordinated software and hardware projects.
  • Supervised an instrument assembler and an electronics technician.
  • Implemented protocol for Microcontroller System and developed routines for the interface microcontroller - environment.
  • Designed software for a DNA sequencing device.
  • Designed and implemented a complete data acquisition software package for a TOF spectrometer for Windows NT using Visual C++ and Visual Basic.
  • Maintained and improved a client server application for Sun Solaris using remote procedure calls (RPC), shared memory, PERL, C, C++.
  • Designed a platform independent problem-tracking system for software problems using Oracle.
  • Wrote product documentation in HTML.
     
• July 1992 - June 1996 Spectrospin AG Fällanden, Switzerland  Company name changed to Bruker in 1999
  Electronic Apprenticeship
  • Designed and built a microcontroller board with flexible interfaces and partly downloadable firmware, designed the firmware (Siemens 8051).
  • Designed a test station for an Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS). Wrote the necessary Software using Object Oriented Design (OOD) and Delphi.
  • Developed and built testing equipment for RF-Boards. Wrote and maintained DOS-based C software for the test equipment.
  • Designed and wrote Windows software for a development system for a superconductive Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) probehead using National Instruments LabWindows.
  • Designed and implemented firmware and software for an ISA-based real-time microcontroller card using Borland Pascal, TurboVision and the KEIL development suite.
  • Operated manual sleds and milling machines within tolerances of 1µm.
  • Wrote procedures and work instructions for ISO9001.
  • Built NMR RF Probeheads.
  • Built and repaired prototypes of RF Mixer Boards.
  • Received training on CAD System.

Education

• 1992-1996 Berufsschule Uster Uster, Switzerland
  Graduated as an Eidgenössisch diplomierter Elektroniker.
• 1986-1992 Kaufmännische Berufsschule Wetzikon, Switzerland
  Volkshochschulzertifikat Softwareentwicklung.
  Learned basics of SW engineering, object oriented design, object oriented programming.

Languages

• Fluent English (First Certificate, Cambridge University, lived for 3.5 years in english speaking countries)
• Excellent German (native speaker)
• Intermediate French
• Beginning Japanese

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