BRIAN FOSTER                                             July/Juillet/Juli 2007
Montpellier, FRANCE
                                                          Dual USA/UK national.
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                                             references available upon request.

      Innovative software engineer experienced in kernel and embedded
         development, and concerned with process and detail, seeks
                 technologically challenging R&D position.

_ Experience __________________________________________________________________

2002-   d'Ingénieur Développement Senior: Developed and documented IDL compiler
  2007  with automated tests.  Developed filesystem with automated tests for an
        embedded componentized O/S, and migrated that O/S to UTF-8.
         NexWave Solutions, Montpellier, France.

1999-   Embedded Systems Engineer:  Developed, documented and deployed ChorusOS
  2001  based environmental monitor for server cabinets.
         Sun Microsystems Ireland Ltd, Dublin, Ireland.

2001    Raised c.IRL£1200 (c.1500€) for Amnesty International (Ireland).

1994-   Senior O/S Internals Engineer:  One of two lead engineers in a small
  1998  ISO-9000 certified team porting CHORUS real-time microkernel to an
        integrated multimedia system-on-a-chip, including advising architects
        and designers on software-friendliness of CPUs and on-chip peripherals.
        Ported system, written in C++, ran first time on first Silicon.
         STMicroelectronics Ltd, Bristol, UK.

1987-   Senior O/S Internals Engineer:  Numerous projects involving SCO Unix
  1994  System V for the Intel x86 family, including:  Power management; C2
        ‘security’; automated testing; POSIX conformance; device drivers; etc.
         Santa Cruz Operation Ltd, Watford & London, UK.

1982-   Senior O/S Internals Engineer and Technical Lead:  Numerous projects
  1987  involving multiple 7th Edition and System III ports of XENIX to
        Motorola 680x0 systems (one port a solo effort, delivered ahead of
        schedule); source code control system (which SCO used for c.10 years);
        distributed typesetting; etc.
         Santa Cruz Operation Inc, Santa Cruz, California.

c.1985- Technical editor for “Inside SCO UNIX Systems”, responsible for
  1996  verifying, clarifying, and occasionally producing technical articles
        and examples.
         August Mohr Consulting, Santa Cruz, California.

prior to 1982 Assorted student and summertime jobs.

_ Education, Papers, Patents, Awards, etc. ____________________________________

BSc (Engineering: Computer Science) and BSc (Theoretical Mathematics),
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California.

NSF summer intern in Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

“An Experimental Trusted Path Prototype”,
(1st) USENIX Security Conference, 1988.
Several talks at various SCO “Forums” (Developer's Conferences).

Co-inventor, “A Method and System for Transmitting Interrupts”,
UK (GB2339035) and USA (6,460,105) patent.

Gold Seal, California Scholarship Federation;
California State Merit Scholarship.

USENIX & SAGE; UKUUG; Greenpeace; Amnesty International; Planetary Society.
Bicycling; Folk and ethnic music; Sustainable travel; Food, cooking, and drink.

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