Marco Moreno is a senior engineer with 15+ years of experience developing embedded systems and software. He has expertise in C/C++, Linux, Android, Windows, FPGAs, DSPs, networking, audio, video, and industrial automation. Most recently, he consulted for 3M developing a toll transaction platform using Ruby microservices. He seeks new project opportunities involving embedded systems.

1. Marco A. Moreno
Objective Seeking project opportunities for embedded systems environments.
Summary Senior Engineer with 15+ Years of Design and Development Experience
 Languages: C/C++, Assembly, Ruby, Lua, Verilog
 Platforms: Linux, Android, WinCE/Windows
 HW Tools: ICE/JTAG, oscilloscopes, signal generators, logic analyzers
 Domains: Real-time, Device drivers, HW bring-up, DSP/SOC/FPGA,
Video (imager/CCTV capture, processing pipeline, LCD/OLED displays),
Audio (DAC/ADC, I2S, Bluetooth A2DP/AVRCP), USB (Bulk, Isochronous),
Networking (TCP/IP, DHCP), Bluetooth Smart (BTLE)
Experience 3/15 – 6/16 Consultant at 3M TSSD Austin, TX
Software Developer VI – Traffic Safety and Security Division
Responsible for the development and productization of a commercial toll road
transaction generation platform. Traveled extensively to remote 3M facility in Cottage
Grove, MN to perform tasks for 3rd party (SRTA) certification. Implemented Ruby
micro-services using Rackspace's ETCD (CoreOS) distributed database as the lookup
mechanism. Developed HTTP APIs in road-side equipment for uplink to cloud
aggregator services.
3/09 – 3/15 Emerson Process Management Austin, TX
Principal Engineer – I/O Systems, Protocols, Tools
Developed IEC61850 compliant client-side embedded software for electrical
substation monitoring and control on the QNX/Momentics Linux platform. Previous
projects include firmware for oil & gas SIL3 rated industrial automation I/O modules.
Developed ADC/DAC and other drivers for the TMS570 and STM32 ARM based
processors and supporting peripherals. Implemented custom Wireshark network
dissector. Created a manufacturing and test Lua based scripting system to integrate
with internal APIs and coordinate with DMMs and power sources.
3/08 – 11/08 Isochron, Inc. Austin, TX
Senior Engineer – HW bring-up, SOC drivers, WinCE 6.0
Developed WinCE BSP for vending machine analytics product. Performed board
bring-up activities including processor boot-strap, Ethernet PHY troubleshooting, in-
system programming, and OS boot-up. Ported device drivers from Intel PXA270
platform to Atmel AT91: SPI, I2C, D1W, RTC, etc. Implemented rapid prototypes for
peripheral evaluation.
11/06 – 9/07 Conexant Systems, Inc. Austin, TX
Senior Engineer – ASIC drivers, Set-top video, MPEG-2 stream demux
Programmed specialized DVB ASIC hardware to de-multiplex and deliver MPEG-2
streams to A/V codecs in linux based HD set-top boxes. Worked closely with micro-
code team to develop firmware interfaces. Contributed to public API for reference
designs.

2. 9/04 – 11/06 SigmaTel, Inc. Austin, TX
Senior Apps Engineer – Audio DSP, Video drivers, Bluetooth audio
Developed firmware for portable audio/video DSP56004 and ARM926 based EVKs.
Worked directly with value-added resellers in the MP3/MP4 market. Provided
firmware development and design guidance services. Acted as technical lead for
various projects: new LCD/OLED display drivers, Bluetooth A2DP/AVRCP streaming
MP3 player reference firmware and FM radio tuner integration. Supported
MPEG4/H.264 video development activities at the system and driver layers. Worked
with IC design team to define and review new SOC hardware features and
requirements.
5/00 – 7/04 NetBotz, Inc. Austin, TX
Senior Engineer – Linux audio/video/USB drivers, CMOS imager capture
Developed digital camera firmware for web enabled security appliances. Performed
board bring-ups: CMOS imagers, CCTV capture and audio codec ICs, Ethernet NIC &
PHY, and temperature/humidity sensors. Designed system for frame capture with
rapid resolution switching and motion detection. Programmed frame buffer post
processing and JPEG conversion. Implemented image time-stamping, digital pan/tilt,
scaling, auto exposure and white balance features. Developed a USB image capture
and audio class device with custom Linux host kernel driver. Wrote preliminary patent.
8/99 – 5/00 Marconi Commerce (Gilbarco) Greensboro, NC
Software Engineer – Linux drivers, Flash EEPROM, UML
Designed and developed communications protocol software in C++ for Mobile-
SpeedPass
TM
product integration. Added support for new EEPROM parts to Linux
kernel flash device drivers. Setup Linux flash file system for data storage. Built gnu
gcc cross compiler and C libraries for Power PC target. Used Rational Rose for use
case analysis and UML object oriented software design.
9/98 - 8/99 Ericsson, Inc. RTP, NC
Software Engineer (Contractor) – Nucleus OS, CDMA
Developed AT command set for a CDMA wireless phone on Nucleus OS. Performed
feature and release planning.
8/97 - 5/98 The Gelphman Camera Co. Dallas, TX
Software Engineer (Contractor) – Video capture, Windows GUI/Driver
Developed Windows software for a PC hosted digital panoramic camera. Wrote DLL
device drivers for an ISA based line-scan camera interface card and a serial port
controlled stepper motor system. Designed and implemented GUI in Visual C++.
5/97 - 8/97 Lockheed-Martin Vought Grand Prairie, TX
QA Engineer (Intern) – Ada, RS-422
Debugged Ada 95 telemetry software and RS-422 communications for the QA
department of a munitions project.

3. Education
5/96 - 5/97 Motorola, Inc. Ft. Worth, TX
Test Engineer (Intern) – Linux drivers, VRTX, CDMA
Assembled CDMA base station simulation hardware. Ported test applications and
drivers from HP-UX to Linux. Tested and debugged CDMA phone software. Setup
factory calibration hardware and software. Gathered processor load figures during
various call processing states. Participated in formal design and code inspections.
2008 - 2012 The University of Texas Austin, TX
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Integrated Circuits and Systems, Analog/Digital IC Design, DSP, VLSI, FPGA, Verilog
1992 - 1998 The University of Texas Arlington, TX
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
Expertise in real-time operating systems, servo/stepper motor control and GPS.