P AUL S UGHROUE
13348 Southview Lane
Dallas, Texas  75240-5811
pinetech@pinetechusa.com
(214) 575-7139
(214) 288-4937

E XPERIENCE:

American Microsystems Ltd,   Euless, Texas,  11/2009 - 02/2010;
Bar code, Wireless Handheld and RF Data Collection Solutions

Embedded Software Engineer
- Designed new industrial mobile devices based primarily on Windows CE 6.0 and embedded Linux.
- Designed, built, and maintained embedded operating systems for core products.
- Ported existing Board Support Packages to install and configure Windows CE on newly designed hardware platforms based on ARM SoCs.
- Contributed software design considerations for new projects in early electronic design stages.
- Worked closely with hardware engineers to debug and prove new designs.
- Designed and completed feature enhancements for existing and legacy products.
- Developed test processes and software for production test fixtures.
- Debugged, tested, and solved customer reported issues.

Comforce Information Technologies,   Dallas, Texas,  10/2009 - 11/2009;
Leading provider of Contingent Staffing, Information Technology Consulting and Human Resource Outsourcing Solutions to Fortune 1000 and emerging growth companies.

Contract Program Engineer @ Presagis USA
- Converted CG graphics to GLSL graphics for compatibility with OpenGL using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

HBS Systems,   Richardson, Texas,  7/2007 - 5/2009;
Leading systems, software, and technology provider to Agricultural and Construction dealerships.

Senior Software Engineer
- Participating team member on the service software package which increased sales twenty-five percent in a declining economy.
- Developed web applications using C, JavaScript , HTML and XML for Internet Explorer.
- Enhanced, maintained and documented, business management, point of sale, service and accounting systems running on a UNIX platform.
- Defined structures for reading and writing of records in a C-Tree database.

Trimble Mobile Solutions,   Dallas, Texas,  10/2006 - 5/2007;
Leading provider of advanced positioning solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability.

Software Engineer 3
- Completed problem analysis, solution design, and custom programming for users of Trimble Route Power software in a professional services environment with eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0
- Enhanced, maintained and documented, handheld embedded and Windows CE based Pocket PC 2002 and Pocket PC 2003 route management applications.
- Improved simulators to model hardware and software for embedded systems as well as externally interfaced computer systems with Microsoft Developer Studio 6.0 Enterprise.
- Assisted customer support with application troubleshooting.
- Built software version cabs for release to customers.

Volt Technical Resources,   Richardson, Texas,  12/2005 - 10/2006;
Volt supplies the energy behind the services your business depends on every day.

Contract Website Tester @ Terion, Inc.
- Developed test plans for testing new website application.
- Entered bugs in XPlanner bug tracking software and verified they were fixed.
- Enhanced User Guide with HTML, JavaScript, CSS and screen captures in RoboHelp.

Contract Software Engineer @ Siemens Postal Automation
- Enhanced and designed reports generated by Visual Basic 6.0.
- Developed C++ Dynamic Linked Library with Microsoft Developer Studio 6.0 Enterprise.
- Worked with team to complete software release on time and under budget.
- Tested applications running on server with Microsoft SQL queries.
- Updated Software Reference Manual with HTML, JavaScript and screen captures.
- Wrote Visual Basic 6.0 Graphic User Interface test application for enhancements that were difficult to test live.

PineTech USA,   Dallas, Texas,  10/2001 - 4/2007;
Freelance Software Engineering, Application Development, Web Page Design and Graphic Artist Services by PineTech USA from Pine, Colorado.

Software Engineer
- Gathered specifications, coded and documented, cross platform system information utility Dynamic Linked Library called from Visual Basic.
- Designed and installed websites for clients and my corporation.

Office Depot,   Waxahachie, Texas,  7/2002 - 10/2003;   Dallas, Texas,  10/2003 - 04/2007;
What you need. What you need to know.

Technology Sales Specialist
- Answer customer questions, sell and stock technology items.
- Scan and total purchases using Point Of Sale Version 4.11 running on Windows 2000/NT.
- Answer telephone, direct calls to the appropriate department, provide customer support and correct problems.

Lockheed Martin Distribution Technologies,   Dallas, Texas,  1/1998 - 10/2001;
A leader in the design, production and integration of mail automation systems, material handling systems, recognition systems and information processing systems.

Senior Software Engineer
- Led Quality Control Verifier project, improving general documents read rate 10 percent and blue/green documents read rate 100 percent.
- Designed, coded, maintained and documented, Windows Visual C++ Graphic User Interface simulation applications.
- Analyzed digital images from Wide Area of View Cameras to determine coding and design enhancements for Digital Signal Processor applications.
- Preformed full life cycle development of C, fluorescent barcode reader software running on Texas Instruments C5x Digital Signal Processors.
- Developed test applications for Digital Signal Processor memory at power on and black box digital image processing, for repair personnel diagnostics.
- Organized simulation and live run test results data in a clear and concise manor using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
- Prepared software versions for release to internal and external customers.

Lone Star Park,   Grand Prairie, Texas,  4/2000 - 12/2000,  4/2002 - 11/2002;
Hosting the Breeders' Cup Saturday, October 30, 2004.

Mutual Teller
- Take bets and punch tickets.
- Make change and pay winners.
- Balance cash drawer daily.

Truswal Systems Corporation,   Arlington, Texas,  12/1989 - 12/1997;
An innovator in the metal-plate-connected wood component manufacturing industry, investing millions of dollars in the development of state-of-the-art software programs for component design, engineering, building layout, and truss plant management.

Software Engineer
- Designed, coded maintained and documented, 3D Architectural Layout software running on Personal Computers.
- Created an interface protocol for passing truss profiles from 3D Layout applications to a specialized engineering application.
- Developed Windows Computer Aided Design applications with Visual C++.
- Prepared software versions for release to customers.

DOS Programmer
- Developed DOS Graphic User Interface applications with Borland C.
- Innovated a DOS based mixed language, Lahey Fortran and Borland C, Graphic User Interface application.
- Enhanced a Graphic User Interface application in MS-DOS based Microsoft Fortran and Microsoft C, mixed.

Tom Heinrich Custom Harvesting,   Davenport, Nebraska,  5/1982 - 10/1989;
Custom harvesting wheat, barley, corn, milo and soybeans.

Crew Foreman
- Reduced significantly, the down time by an efficient maintenance and observation program.
- Managed part of the crew when the crew split.

Russ´s Market,   Lincoln, Nebraska,  8/1983 - 4/1988;
We consider it a privilege to serve you as your friendly neighborhood supermarket.

Checker/Stocker
- Check out groceries.
- Stock shelves and place orders.
- Assistant night manager.