Denys

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Denys
Drozdov

Home Address: Kiev E-mail: [открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация»)
Year of birth: 1979 Mobile (Kiev): [открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация»)
Citizenship: Ukrainian [открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация»)
Marital Status: married

OBJECTIVE System Software Engineer

SUMMARY Over 20 years of experience in system software industry. The best way to utilize my
experience and skills is as follows: system software, Embedded Linux, drivers, end
user applications, micro-controllers and signal processors. A set of previous projects
done and my education proves the fact.

EDUCATION
2004 NTUU KPI, Kiev
Specialty: Specialized Computer Systems
Degree: Master’s Degree In Computer Engineering

JOBS/EXPERIENCE

From 1/2021 Ciklum
Yocto Linux BSP support and development for Toradex AG

11/2018-10/2020 Ring Ukraine
Linux BSP support services upon contract

Mellanox Technologies
1/2017-11/2018 Duties: Linux software services upon contract
 - Connect-X3, Connect-X5, OFED, kernel support

Global Logic
11/2014-10/2017 Duties: Linux software services upon contract
 - TI DRA7xx Based Xen virtualization (kernel, device bring-up, drivers)
 - Intel Apollo Lake kernel 4.9 bring-up
 - Qualcomm Android/Kernel bring-up under Xen

Business Owner (Sole Trader)
09/2012-11/2014 System Software facilities
- Embedded Linux
- BSP and ASSP for hardware vendors
- Linux Device Drivers
- Porting and integration
- IP verification

Mindspeed Technologies Ukraine, Kiev/Newport Beach ,
11/2004-08/2012 System SW Engineer
Duties: s/w development
Technologies: RTOS,VOIP,Linux,Multicore
09/2004 – 11/2004 Flextronics Design Ukraine, Kiev/Israel,
System SW Engineer
Duties: s/w development
Technologies: RTOS filesystem for IXI mobile

08/2001 – 09/2004 ISS/Freescale Kiev Embedded Software Lab, Kiev,
Programmer-Developer/Project Leader
Duties: system software engineering, SoW, PM,
Technologies: WDM, embedded linux, drivers

05/2001 – 08/2001 Saturn Data International, process control systems, Kiev,
System Programmer-Developer,
Duties: system software development
Technologies: OPC, COM, ActiveX

1998 – 2000 Major Computing Center of Energy Ministry of Ukraine, Kiev
Duties: misc. software development
Technologies: HTML, ISAPI, Borland Delphi, TCP/IP stack, XML, IIS 4.0

MAIN PROJECTS

1/2021 BSP support
Project description
Toradex BSP support
OS/Platform: Yocto Based BSP support for product line
Technologies: Yocto BSP
Personal Accomplishment: Participating in bootloader, kernel, BSP support

06/2020-08/2020 BLE support
Project description
Bring-up and verification of Dialog BLE chip
OS/Platform: Dialog Semiconductor SDK
Technologies: Dialog SDK for ARM
Personal Accomplishment: Peer-to-peer BLE RF testing

11/2018-10/2020 Smart Lighting bridge
Project description
Overview: Amazon Smart Lighting bridge, bootloader, kernel.
OS/Platform: OpenWrt
Technologies: u-boot, linux kernel, OpenWrt distro
Personal Accomplishment: Secure bootloader, launch, support, maintenance

1/2017-11/2018 Mellanox Infiniband drivers
Project description
Kernel space and OFED package support for the RDMA
Project description
Overview: Mellanox Connect-X3, Connect-X4, Connect-X5 driver support
Sep 2017 – Nov 2018 OS/Platform: Linux kernel, Mellanox OFED
Technologies: Linux kernel
Personal Accomplishment: Driver Maintenance for RedHat, Oracle, Suse, and other
distribution

Nov 2014 – Sep 2017 Nautilus
Project description
GL Nautilus (Xen hypervisor)
Overview: TI Dra7xx /QCOM MSM linux kernel and drivers under Xen hypervisor
OS/Platform: TI SDK, yocto, custom distros, Android kernel
Technologies: Xen, C, ARM CA15, ARMv8, IPU, Apollo Lake
Personal Accomplishment: linux kernel and drivers, Wayland backends, S/W design, RT-Xen

Transcede 4000/2200 Linux OS
Overview: Cortex A9 (quad-core, dual-core) support boot and linux kernel
2010-2012 OS/Platform: debian, linaro, u-boot, armv7,bring-up,
UART/ETHERNET/I2C/NOR8/NOR16/NAND/JFFS2/PCI/SFP/SPI/NFS/SCTP/SATA,
and so on
QA System: QA team
Role: Project leader / Designer,
Technologies you used: C, assembler
Personal Accomplishment: H/W diagnostics, bring-up, linux kernel and drivers port

2010 Firmware for M823 bring-up
Overview: ARM11 Comcerto Family bring-up and support
OS/Platform: N/A, clocks, NOR8/16, NAND, GEMAC, SPI, Legerity VCP
QA System: H/W scope, signal tracing, S/W diagnostics
Role: HW co-verification
Technologies you used: C, assembler
Personal Accomplishment: H/W diagnostics, bring-up, linux kernel and drivers port
(CSP)
2004-2010
Firmware for M826xx/M827xx/M829xx Comcerto
Overview: ARM9 Comcerto Family bring-up and support
OS/Platform: RTXC, TDM/TDMA, IUUP, MMU, RTP/RTCP, Zarlink
QA System: QA team
Role: Project leader / Designer
Technologies you used: C,assembler
Personal Accomplishment: RTOS firmware modules, features (MSP)
2004
Linux Board Support package
Overview: boot, kernel, drivers, integration for Coldfire V4E MCF547X/8X
OS/Platform: Linux on ColdFire v4e
QA System: Internal testing on the lab
Role: Project leader / Designer
Technologies you used: C
Personal Accomplishment: linux kernel, drivers, PM

2003 PCI Drivers
Overview: VGA/Sound drivers for PCI adapters
OS/Platform: uClinux on ColdFire 5407
 QA System: Internal testing on the lab
Role: Project leader / Designer
Technologies you used: C,linux kernel

2002-2003
FlexRay Model Verification
Overview: Flexray bus C-model verification
OS/Platform: Win2K, Solaris
QA System: Internal testing on the lab
Role: Testing engineer
Technologies you used: Visual C++
Personal Accomplishment: test cases
2002
SoftModem
Overview: Low Data Rate Software Modem
OS/Platform: ColdFire 5407 (Embedded)
QA System: Internal testing on the lab
Role: Testing engineer
Technologies you used: C, Metrowerks Codewarrior
Personal Accomplishment: V.42bis protocol
2001-2002
USB Drivers targets
Overview: USB host drivers for communication with embedded firmware
OS/Platform: Win98, Win2K, WinXP
QA System: USB 1.1 test suite
Role: Developer / Designer
Technologies you used: WDM

2002
IEEE754 library for ColdFire
Overview: Software floating point unit
OS/Platform: Embedded
QA System: ColdFire 5XXX
Role: Developer / Designer
Technologies you used: C, Metrowerks Codewarrior

2001 Analog I/O boards drivers
Overview: Drivers for ADLink Nudam modules
OS/Platform: QNX
QA System: N/A
Role: Design/Developer
Technologies used: gcc

2001 AdLink “Nudam” device network protocol for sensors
Overview: Communication Firmware
OS/Platform: AduC812 (embedded)
QA System: N/A
Role: Design/Developer
Personal Accomplishment: everything.
Technologies used: Keil C, 8051 assembler

2001
IEEE754 library for 8051 (AduC812)
Overview: Software floating point unit
OS/Platform: AduC812 (embedded)
QA System: N/A
 Role: Design/Developer
Technologies used: 8051 assembler

MISC PROJECTS
2002 Kid Protect
Overview: stealth protection development for kids
OS/Platform: Win32
QA System: N/A
Role: Design/Developer
Technologies you used: Borland C++ Builder, assembler

Guitar Effects Processor
2002-2003 Overview: Digital guitar effects processot
OS/Platform: Win32
QA System: N/A
Role: Design/Developer
Technologies you used: MATLAB, MATCAD, C, DSP

2000-2001
Kiev realtors web service development
Overview: see above
OS/Platform: Win32
QA System: MS SQL
Role: Design/Developer
Technologies you used: Visual C++, IIS4, ISAPI, SMTP/POP3, TCP/IP, HTTP

TOP SKILLS
 Software Design/Engineering
 Embedded Software
 Device Drivers
 TCP/IP
 Firmware
 Embedded Systems
 RTOS
 Digital Signal Processors
 ARM
 Embedded Linux
 Software Design
 Microcontrollers
 FPGA

Visa Information
US B1/B2 valid till 03/02/2026