Technology Consultant
Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- Consultant at PrO Unlimited
- Technical Consultant at M.V. Ball Technical Consulting, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
- SISWG P1619.x Chair at IEEE Computer Society
- Past
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- Firmware Engineer at Quantum Corporation
- Software Engineer at Bosonics, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Connections
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173
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- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- Websites
Matt Ball’s Summary
Embedded software engineer with 8 years experience writing tape drive firmware. Currently hold chair position in IEEE P1619 standards committees, and worked with Trusted Computing Group and INCITS/T10. Experience with error correction codes and cryptography.
Matt Ball’s Specialties:
Standards Development and Representation, Programming (including C and Java), Cryptography Design, Error Correction Design, Project Management, and Engineering Representation.
Matt Ball’s Experience
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Consultant
PrO Unlimited
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Human Resources industry)
February 2008 — Present (9 months)
- FIPS 140-2 certification of the T10000 Tape Drive at Sun Microsystems
- Standards representation -
Technical Consultant
M.V. Ball Technical Consulting, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
- Chair of the IEEE P1619 Security in Storage Working Group
- Software design for cryptographic features (C, C++, Java)
- Standards development -
SISWG P1619.x Chair
IEEE Computer Society
(Computer Hardware industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
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Firmware Engineer
Quantum Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; QTM; Computer Hardware industry)
May 1999 — October 2007 (8 years 6 months)
Designed the error correction code for the DLT-S4
Designed the cryptographic features for a Quantum tape drive
Developed standard for encryption of tape cartridges (IEEE P1619.1)
Wrote embedded software in C and assembly for the DLT series tape drives -
Software Engineer
Bosonics, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
- Developed programs in Java, C, MATLAB, LabView, and AVS Express for optical experiments involving wave guides
- Paper: SPIE: Couple: an integrated model for optical interconnect modules
Matt Ball’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
1995 — 1999
Additional Information
Matt Ball’s Websites:
Matt Ball’s Interests:
cryptography, programming languages, guitar, biking, truth
Matt Ball’s Groups:
IEEE Security in Storage Work Group, IEEE P1619, INCITS, T10, IEEE
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RSA Conference -
The Official IEEE Group
Matt Ball’s Honors:
Stanford Computer Security Certificate
Professional Education class on Error Correction Codes
Matt Ball’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
