Tyler Olmstead

Current

• Firmware Engineer at Awarepoint
• Research Assistant III at SDSU Research Foundation

Past

• Consultant at Tachyon Networks
• Senior Engineer at NextWave Broadband

Education

• San Diego State University-California State University
• San Diego State University-California State University

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Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Company

Tyler Olmstead’s Summary

My background is in Computer Science, but the majority of my interest is in low-level systems software for embedded devices. I enjoy the unique challenges that working in a highly application-specific and resource-constrained environment presents. I feel that my strongest contribution is theoretical knowledge and practical experience with the analysis and implementation of algorithms and data structures, which I believe is a skill that is less common among embedded software engineers. I also have a strong background in object-oriented design, and as a result I have implemented mission-critical components that are stable, low maintenance, and extensible.

Tyler Olmstead’s Specialties:

Software development (C/C++, Java, Python), object-oriented design, embedded software engineering.

Tyler Olmstead’s Experience

• Firmware Engineer

  Awarepoint

  (Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 2009 — Present (10 months)

  At Awarepoint I am a member of a small engineering team responsible for the design, development and maintenance of an 802.15.4/ZigBee RTLS system targeted at the health-care industry. I am responsible for the firmware development and testing of the tags, which are small, heavily resource-constrained battery-powered wireless sensors that are physically attached to the device to be located. Additionally, I support myself and others through the development of Python-based tools and automated test frameworks.

• Research Assistant III

  SDSU Research Foundation

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  I am currently working on an underwater-glider-based instrument for the real-time detection and classification of odontocetes (toothed whales) by audio analysis of their echolocation clicks and whistles. I am responsible for feature-driven hardware selection, system design, software, detector implementation and testing. The platform is a Texas Instruments OMAP single-board computer running an embedded-Linux kernel.

• Consultant

  Tachyon Networks

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2009 — June 2009 (3 months)

  I was hired on at Tachyon as sort of a software handyman, with exceptionally diverse tasks ranging from programming embedded controllers for failover switch actuators to tools scripting and customer-facing web-based UI development. Tachyon has a mature product line, and this has given me some perspective on the day-to-day challenges with obsolescence, reliability and other operational problems presented when supporting a product in the field.

• Senior Engineer

  NextWave Broadband

  (Public Company; Wireless industry)

  May 2007 — April 2009 (2 years )

  In my time spent at NextWave, I worked on numerous aspects of a WiMAX mobile platform, ranging from embedded-Linux host-based middleware to ARM9-based MAC protocol software. This included the design and implementation of several modem control-plane software modules. I also spent some time performing code instrumentation and system-wide performance analysis, as well as the implementation of systems software.

Tyler Olmstead’s Education

• San Diego State University-California State University

  Master of Science , Computer Science , 2007 — 2009

• San Diego State University-California State University

  Baccalaureate of Science , Computer Science , 2004 — 2007

  Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 3.71 GPA overall, 3.85 GPA for courses in major.
  
  - Distinction in Computer Science
  - Most Outstanding Graduate of the Year 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Audio Engineering Society

Additional Information

Tyler Olmstead’s Websites:

• My Company

Tyler Olmstead’s Interests:

rock climbing, jazz guitar, motorcycling, music, engineering, outdoor photography, flying, snowboarding

Tyler Olmstead’s Groups:

•    Wireless Telecommunications Worldwide
•    NextWave Wireless
•    LTE (Long Term Evolution) - 3GPP
•    San Diego Technical Professionals

Tyler Olmstead’s Honors:

- Distinction in Computer Science
- Most Outstanding Graduate of the Year 2007

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