Thank you for viewing my resume online. Please take a minute to browse my company website by clicking here.,
and then call me toll-free at (877) 247-7116. You can get back to the resume by clicking on the "about us" link at the top of any page in my company's website, and then clicking on the HTML version of the resume. Thanks!.

 


Robert Thoelen, III
Phone: (877) 247-7116
E-mail: rthoelen@rtcubed.com

 

OBJECTIVE:  To obtain a lead developer or testing position in software engineering, or the development and testing of software control systems.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2003-Present      RTCubed Consulting, LLC      Enfield, CT

- Principal of RTCubed Consulting, LLC:

·         Provider of IT support to several small businesses

·         Advised business owners on hardware and software solutions

·         Created and hosted several websites for businesses

·         Responsible for sales and marketing of the company

·         Obtained several short-term contracts over $15,000 each in revenue

October 2004-Present      Belcan Corporation      Windsor Locks, CT

·         Developed test scripts and aided test rig development for an aircraft anti-ice controller

·         Responsible for software development in LabVIEW and TestStand for the anti- ice controller, including development of low-level drivers and interfacing to driver libraries

·         Assisted in using the Real Time Workshop in MATLAB/Simulink to export a model to a real-time data acquisition system

·         Designed simple electronic circuits, developed software for a test rig, and assisted with development and checkout of a production acceptance test (PAT) rig for an electronic engine controller

·         Assisted and mentored another associate in development of a script-based platform for EMI testing

·         Designed a parser to read in text data files, and initialize a Simulink model

·         Developed a MATLAB/Simulink GUI front-end for a aircraft system model

·         Responsible for test rig maintenance and support for several components of an air management system for an aircraft

March 2005-December 2005    T-VEC Technologies, Inc.      Herndon, VA

·         Assisted in testing of a MATLAB/Simulink translator tool

·         Developed small Simulink and Stateflow models for testing

2004      Goodrich Pump and Engine Control Systems      West Hartford, CT

·         Developed open-loop tests and a assisted with writing a test plan for an embedded engine control based on the MPC555 microprocessor

·         Testing involved use of a background on-chip debugger, logic analyzer, and scripting

1998-2004      Hamilton Sundstrand      Windsor Locks, CT

·         Worked in a systems modeling group that produced physics-based models of aircraft systems and components

·         Integrated Fortran code with models developed in MATRIXx/SystemBuild

·         Assisted with engineering aide duties, such as analyzing bode plots and determining gain and phase margin with various inputs to systems

·         Coded modules of an engine health monitoring system in C

·         Supported verification and validation with real-time data acquisition systems based on UNIX and LINUX kernels

·         Supported EMI, systems, and software testing

·         Worked with many acquisition devices and circuitry, including A/D and D/A converters, discrete I/O, LVDT/RVDT/Resolvers/Synchros, thermocouples, resistive strain gauge circuitry, and arbitrary waveform generators

·         Administrated the UNIX/Linux test stands

·         Wrote VME drivers for the testing platforms

·         Extended user-level GPIB drivers on a test stand

·         Developed wrapper routines to interface Real Time Workshop generated code to code used by a real-time operating system scheduler

·         Co-developed a Java-based monitor program for a device which communicated over an RS-422 bus

EDUCATION:

Fall 2006          Brandeis University             Waltham, MA

Enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering and Master of Software Engineering Programs.
Expected completion date:  2008/2010

Relevant courses: Introduction to Windows Proramming in in C#, Advanced Java Programming

2005      Boston Baptist College      Boston, MA

Degree earned:  Bachelor of Biblical Studies

Fall 2000      Western New England College      Springfield, MA

Relevant course: Physics II (Electricity & Magnetism)

1997-2000      Boston Baptist College      Boston, MA

Degrees earned:  Four year Diploma in Biblical Studies, Associate of Science in Biblical Studies

1996-1997      Stevens Institute of Technology      Hoboken, NJ

Studied first year of engineering

Relevant courses: Calculus I, Physics I (Mechanics), Intro. to Computer Programming, Materials Science, Music & Multimedia Technology, Chemistry I & II, Materials Science

CERTIFICATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:

Brainbench Job Role Certification (Transcript #4917999)
        -Linux System Administrator

Full Member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society

 

Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

 

Associate Member of Evangelical Theological Society

SKILLS:

Microprocessors:  Intel x86, PowerPC 603/604, MPC555

Operating Systems:  MS-DOS, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, Small Business Server 2003, Linux (RedHat, Debian, Slackware), RT-Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris/SunOS

Programming Languages:  C, C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python, TCL/TK, shell scripting, Pascal, Assembly, XML, XSLT

Tools:  Microsoft Office 2003, QuickBooks Premier 2005, Macromedia Studio CS3, Adobe Acrobat Professional 6, OpenOffice, LabVIEW 8, TestStand 3.5, MATRIXx 62.2, MATLAB 14/Simulink, Visio, Visual Studio .NET 2005, GNU utilities, debuggers, RCS, CVS, Agilent Logic Analyzer, WindRiver Single Step Debugger

Laboratory Equipment:  Digital Voltmeter, Oscilloscope, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Frequency Counter, LCR Meter

Networking:  TCP/IP, SNMP, Firewalls, NFS, Securing computers

Data buses:  RS-422, RS-423, ARINC-429, GPIB (IEEE-488), CANbus, AFDX

LEADERSHIP & OTHER SKILLS:

·         Served as Deacon at my church from 2002-2006, which included communication with members, helping establish the annual budget, helping make decisions related to the direction of the church

·         Teach a weekly Sunday School class, 2001-Present

·         Perform Sunday ministerial duties occasionally in the CT/Western MA area for pastors when they are on vacation or away from their congregation

 

OTHER INTERESTS:

Advanced Class Amateur Radio license, January 1995-Present  (callsign: KD1ZD)

Member, United States Air Force Military Affiliate Radio System Region 1 (callsign: AFA1ZD)

Member, United States Shared Resources High Frequency Radio Program