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•	Customer Support
o	Communicated in Chinese with the Huizhou facilities to create quotes and specifications for approval
o	Translated communications from Chinese into English to provide customer support
o	Provided timely sales quotations to customers
o	Traveled to trade shows to discover new leads
•	GE LED Driver
o	Responsible for coordinating customer visits to the Huizhou, China facilities
o	Coordinated the yearly factory audits
?	Managed a team of engineers to complete all of action items due to audit failures
?	Negotiated with GE to subsidize the cost related to environmental safety
•	UTC UL Certification
o	Served as a liaison between UL and the Huizhou factory
o	Ensured that testing was completed in a timely manner
o	Communicated all failures to factory and managed the correction process
•	Liaison to Corporate Counsel
o	Liaison between the CEO and the corporate attorney
o	Responsible for coordinating defense efforts related to an employee labor dispute

Sales Manager

•	Translated various texts from Chinese into English
o	Buddhists stories
o	Medical articles
o	Children’s stories
o	TV subtitles
•	Learned Chinese at a higher proficiency 
o	Devoted at least 10 hours a week to translation activities
o	Worked directly with friends and colleagues to ensure my translations were correct

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Next Generation OCT Reconstruction Performance – (C++, C#, CUDA, C)
•	Tested updated reconstruction algorithm from Advanced Development into prototype PC
o	Created a multi-threaded MFC application that acquires OCT frames and coordinates the reconstruction
o	 Integrated application into prototype data acquisition module
•	Evaluating TI DSP 
o	Learned DSP programming techniques  (i.e., buffering,  TI compiler, TI libraries)
•	Provided feedback to Advanced Development with respect to overall performance of alternative reconstruction algorithms.
•	GPU Based Reconstruction Prototype (CUDA)
o	Ported  reconstruction code into CUDA code
o	Created managed C++ module to be used by the digitizer module
o	 Investigated reconstruction times based upon number of threads per block, circular buffer size, data transfer bottlenecks
o	Helped design Data Acquisition architecture


Cirrus HD-OCT ® - C#
•	OCT Analysis Engine (OAE)
o	The engine is a component used by another Zeiss product
o	Worked with German counterparts  to coordinate the interface development
o	Provided integration support for both the German and US teams
?	Discovered issues with master hard drive OS 
?	Troubleshot software integration
?	Ensured that SQA had a functioning system for testing
?	Gave feedback to Service about DB transfer issues with field (i.e., what should be done if the system must be replaced?)
o	Fundus Registration
?	Updated the GUI for workflow
?	Integrated registration algorithm 
?	Authored SWTPs
•	Calibration Support
o	Wrote common UsbPower meter software for reuse in calibration tools
?	Coherent LabMax Top
?	Newport Power Meter
o	Updated existing software to include Beam Uniformity test
?	Gathered requirements from Systems, Manufacturing and Service
•	Cirrus Data Acquisition Refactor
o	Redesigned the current data acquisition 
o	Separated business logic from presentation logic
o	Helped design interfaces for common hardware components for reuse in future products
•	SW Sustaining 
o	Traveled to customer sites to diagnose escalated customer issues
o	Gathered customer feedback with respect existing software interface
o	High success rate 
?	Analyzed customer workflow in high throughput retinal centers for defects not caught during validation phase of product release
?	Prevented the return of units ($30k of savings per unit)
o	Created strategies for debugging instruments in the field
•	Drussen Analysis Drawing Tool 
o	Created Prototype GUI for application specific drawing 
o	Utilized GDI+ to draw on Bitmaps such as pencil, eraser, and flood fill
o	Developed robust application that retains 1:1 aspect ratio independent of input image size
o	Implemented zoom and opacity.
•	Replaced existing LSLO based auto focus system workflow for Model-400 system that is based on OCT image – feature was not planned for first version of software, delivered early
•	Code reviewed existing LSLO auto focus algorithm for thread safety; identified troublesome areas and implemented fix
•	Auto Alignment Feature
o	Implemented new workflow to align instrument to previous patient settings automatically
o	Investigated and solved memory leaks in the algorithm supplied by advanced development
o	Worked closely with Marketing/Clinical/Advanced development to determine features
o	Modified menus in GUI for features 
o	GDI+ to draw border around LSLO image as an indicator of algorithm success/failure
•	Tracking Prototype
o	Implemented Auto Alignment with prototype tracking
o	Created and Released PRO software – similar to an ECO, necessary to ship prototype 
•	Updated Product Requirements for Cirrus features
•	Master Hard Drive
o	Created base master hard drive image to be used for manufacturing of multiple OCT devices
o	Helped develop a revised MPI for setting up the OCT computer
?	Reduced the effort of technicians on manufacturing floor by identifying unnecessary parts
?	Added a mechanism to undo problems without re-imaging the PC – saving fifteen minutes of time
o	Identified the service requirements for the MHD and integrated them

Stratus OCT ®
•	Stratus Radisys PC
o	Coordinated the development of DirectShow filter for a frame grabber with Matrox Imaging to replace an existing ATI frame grabber.
o	Discovered issues with overlay drawing and the on boards graphics card
o	Qualified graphics cards for use in Stratus PC
o	Refactored existing Calibration tools to work with new Matrox frame grabber
•	Worked with marketing to design and implement repeat functionality for acquiring OCT data 
•	Developed an imaging algorithm to calculate the distance between various points for use with z-galvo calibration.  
•	 Converted algorithms written in Matlab® to C#
•	Updated the installer to install the appropriate frame grabber based upon the system configuration

Sr. Software Engineer

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Ten Pao USA

Tzu Chi Foundation

Carl Zeiss Meditec

Southwestern Oklahoma State University