Keith Olson

Current

• Senior Staff Engineer/Manager at Qualcomm

Past

• Software Engineer IV at Cisco
• Principal Architect at ATCOM/INFO
• Consultant at Precision Computing Arts, Inc.

• Consultant at Precision Computing Arts, Inc.
• Consultant at Computer Engineering Services, Inc.
• Engineering Supervisor at General Dynamics - Data Systems Division
• SW Engineer at DTSS

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Education

• University of Arizona
• University of Arizona

Recommended

13 people have recommended Keith

Connections

148 connections

Industry

Wireless

Websites

• My resume

Keith Olson’s Summary

Seeking a position as a team lead or individual contributor in software projects.

Technical
• Individual contributor and team leader
• Software architect
• Microsoft Windows software
• ASP and J2EE web applications
• Microsoft SQL
• UNIX software
• Wireless embedded systems
• IP networking
• Graphics firmware and software
• Smart cards
• Logic analyzers
• SURFs
• In Circuit Emulators
• Packet sniffers
• IP switches and routers
• Military communications firmware and software
• Real time medical data acquisition and graphics display software
• Real time simulations
• Unix and Windows device drivers
• MIL-SPEC design, code and documentation
• Operating system utility software

Management
• Project scheduling and tracking
• Requirements analysis and definition
• Technical lead
• Matrix management and employee mentoring
• Agile Scrum leader

Other
• Lapsed secret clearance

Keith Olson’s Specialties:

Embedded development, Windows and Unix, Wireless technology, TCP/IP networking, graphics, ASP.NET web development, team lead and individual contributor

Keith Olson’s Experience

• Senior Staff Engineer/Manager

  Qualcomm

  (Public Company; QCOM; Telecommunications industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  • Audio firmware developer on advanced cell phone chip project (C, C++, Qualcomm mobile embedded AMSS, ARM)
  • Tech lead and individual contributor of Qualcomm Hours of Service team (Microsoft Windows, IIS, ASP.NET, C, C#, SQL)
  • Tech lead of Critical Event Reporting software team 2008 (J2EE, JBOSS, Java, SQL)
  • Founder and tech lead of BREW Target Group (C, C++, Qualcomm mobile embedded AMSS, ARM)

• Software Engineer IV

  Cisco

  (Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years )

  • Member of Cisco NMTG Patent Committee
  • Member of Cisco NMUSE Architecture Committee
  • Architect and lead developer for Cisco BBSM Server
  • Led and/or implemented many projects to add networking features to Cisco BBSM Server

• Principal Architect

  ATCOM/INFO

  (Computer Networking industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years )

  • Designed, coded, and tested first three versions of IPORT/BBSM Server, including ASP web apps. (Microsoft Windows NT, IIS, ASP, SQL)
  • Architect and lead developer for ATCOM/CAIS kiosk software
  • Designed, coded, and tested kiosk interfaces to smart cards and magnetic stripe card readers. (Microsoft Windows NT)
  • Designed, coded, and tested kiosk interfaces to various credit card and hotel billing systems. (Microsoft Windows NT, SQL)

• Consultant

  Precision Computing Arts, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years )

  • Designed, coded, and tested 3-D graphics device driver software in SunOS environment. (Sun SunOS)
  • Designed, coded, and tested 3-D graphics accelerator firmware in SunOS and Solaris environment. (Sun SunOS, Solaris; Intel i860; Motorola PPC)
  • Helped debug new hardware in SunOS and Solaris environment. (Sun SunOS, Solaris; Intel i860; Motorola PPC)

• Consultant

  Precision Computing Arts, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  1987 — 1991 (4 years )

  • Wrote requirements, designed, coded, and tested PC- and Windows-based military tactical message editor and communications software. (IBM AT; MS-DOS, Windows, C, MASM)
  • Designed, coded, and tested 8086 firmware, running under VRTX, to provide secure military communications. (8086; VRTX, C, MASM)
  • Wrote requirements, designed, coded, and tested real time PC-based communications simulation used in testing military communications system. (IBM AT; MS-DOS, C)
  • Wrote SUN Unix SCSI disk device driver to interface with Megatek 928 graphics terminal. (SUN-3; UNIX, C)
  • Wrote requirements, designed, coded, and tested PC-based sleep apnea study system. System collects, stores, and graphically displays data in real time and analyzes data offline. (IBM PC/XT/AT; MS-DOS, C, MASM)
  • Implemented firmware to interface Megatek graphics system with various peripheral devices. Enhanced Tektronix graphics system emulation in Megatek graphics system. (80286,80386; PL/M, MASM)

• Consultant

  Computer Engineering Services, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  1984 — 1987 (3 years )

  • Designed, documented, and implemented host resident Megatek graphics system diagnostic software. Implemented and documented high performance Megatek graphics system firmware. Designed and implemented Tektronix graphics system emulation in Megatek graphics system firmware. (VAX/VMS, GOULD/SEL, 8086,80186,80286; MPX, UTX, FORTRAN, PL/M, MASM)

• Engineering Supervisor

  General Dynamics - Data Systems Division

  (Defense & Space industry)

  1983 — 1984 (1 year )

  • Supervised team in design, code, test, and MIL STD 483 documentation of real time, hardware in-the-loop avionics simulations. (VAX/VMS; FORTRAN)

• SW Engineer

  DTSS

  (Wireless industry)

  1981 — 1983 (2 years )

Keith Olson’s Education

• University of Arizona

  MS , Computer Science

  Activities and Societies:

  Tau Beta Pi

• University of Arizona

  BS , Systems & Industrial Engineering

  Activities and Societies:

  Tau Beta Pi

Additional Information

Keith Olson’s Websites:

• My resume

Keith Olson’s Interests:

Software Engineering, Wireless Technology, TCP/IP Networking, Graphics, Embedded Systems, Team Management, Hiking, Cars, Fitness, Reading, History, Music

Keith Olson’s Groups:

IEEE, Tualatin Valley Community Band

Keith Olson’s Honors:

Tau Beta Pi, Several patents in TCP/IP networking and mobile device power management

Keith Olson’s Contact Settings

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