Steve Finney's
resume
(somewhat out of date) in
.pdf
or plain text format
This page mostly exists to provide a place for my resume, but I'll
provide a bit of context as well. I got started with UNIX as an
undergraduate intern at "old" SCO in Santa Cruz, CA, initially doing
support and development work on PDP-11 installations, and later working
on Xenix on early PC's and on the Apple Lisa (much of this work was
drivers of various sorts). At some point I wanted to do something
different, so I went off to get a PhD in Cognitive Science
(where I did a fair amount of programming in C and Python,
supporting my research as an experimental psychologist).
After doing academia for 10 years, I decided it wasn't what I
really wanted to do, so I went back to doing computer work,
and got hired
(thanks to
Kip McAtee,
an old boss at SCO)
to do Linux development work
for
high-end networking
test equipment (so: "embedded" Linux). My subsequent jobs have
also been embedded Linux, often (but not exclusively) on
ARM processors. This typically involves bringing up Linux on
prototype hardware, as well as a lot of work at the kernel/user
interface, providing debugging support and diagnostic tools for
hardware engineers, and providing API's (often hardware-related)
and debugging support for applications programmers.
At Zing/Dell, I worked with battery-powered
consumer devices, which was a new and interesting world. At
Palm/HP, I worked on the (in-)famous HP Touchpad, which was
actually a pretty cool device. At Roku, I worked with a top-notch
group of people on well-designed products that sold very well
(enabling users to watch mind-numbing TV even more efficiently :-) ).
However, working with Linux is similar whether it's on an
embedded device or a server, so I don't want to be narrowly
classified as a "Firmware Engineer" (though I've enjoyed
working with hardware folks!).
