MATTHEW D. STROUP
stroupm (at) surewest (dot) net

Objective

To secure a challenging and rewarding engineering position where my programming skills, engineering skills, and program management skills may be utilized to their full potential, and where I can make a significant contribution and be a benefit to others.

Professional Summary

• Over 25 years experience working with many types of computers and operating systems such as Windows 3.x/9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2K3/Vista/7/CE, Linux (NLD9, Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu, others), MacOS 8/9/X, Netware 3x/4x/5x/6x, HP-UX 9/10/11
• Programming proficiency in C, C++, C# and Java
• Proficiency with Visual Studio, Eclipse, GCC, ClearCase, Subversion, Git
• Enjoy working with other people, believer in teamwork and collaboration, can also work well independently
• Comfortable in leadership and program management positions
• Always eager to learn new skills and technologies

Work Experience

6/97 – Present

Hewlett-Packard Company, Imaging and Printing Group (IPG)
Firmware Design Engineer Specialist (10/09 - Present)

• Helping to port Embedded Jetdirect firmware to Windows CE 6. This includes porting low-level OS and hardware abstraction layers all the way through high-level applications. This is primarily programming in C with Visual Studio 2008.

Firmware Design Engineer Specialist (3/09 - 10/09)

• Implemented Department of Defence Common Access Card capability with HP multi-function printers running Windows CE 6.0. This included programming in C, C++ and C# using Visual Studio, and includes such technology as Kerberos, SSL, LDAP, CIFS, CCID, PC/SC and others. I created the original design for the implementation, and I ported OpenSSL to Windows CE 6.0.

Firmware Design Engineer Specialist (10/08 - 3/09)

• Engineered Jetdirect firmware for printers with embedded networking, which run on Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded on X86 and ARM architectures. This is primarily programming in C, C++ and C# using Visual Studio. I designed and implemented the IP configuration backbone.

Firmware Design Engineer Specialist (7/05 - 10/08)

• Engineered JetDirect firmware for printers with embedded networking, which run on VxWorks, LynxOS, Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded and Linux, and run on many architectures including MIPS and ARM. This is primarily programming in C and C++ using GCC in HP-UX and Linux and proprietary development tools.

Software Design Engineer Specialist (5/00 - 7/05)

• Designed and implemented a standardized API that allows code assets to be compiled and run on any platform that implements the API. I created the test harness, and implemented the API on Windows, Windows CE and Linux. The Windows versions were created using Visual Studio. The Linux version was created using GCC. My code is included in the Windows Vista and 7 print monitor and in the HP Universal Print Driver.
• Program manager and lead engineer for a test management web service used to test all network-connected IPG devices (printers, print servers, projectors, copiers) as well as ProCurve routers, switches and hubs. Worked in Java and C using Eclipse, Visual Studio, GCC, and created installers with InstallAnywhere. Created custom Java implementations of the following servers and protocols: BOOTP, DHCPv4, DHCPv6, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL, FTP, TFTP, SMTP, Syslog, Telnet, Radius (including EAP-TLS, TTLS, PEAP and LEAP modes, and the common cipher suites DES, 3DES, SHA and MD5), NetWare NDS and Bindery (including full NCP emulation with authentication and encryption), LPD, and WINS. Each module includes test hooks so error conditions can be created that are difficult or impossible to create on production servers. Worked with many network technologies, including: IPv4, IPv6, IPX, DLC/LLC, 802.11a/b/g/x, BlueTooth, AppleTalk, IPSec, HTTPS, SSL, SLP, UPnP, SQL, RMI, SNMP v1/v3, SOAP, XML, IXA, HTTP, HTTPS, HTML and JavaScript. Created IPX and AppleTalk network stacks for Java, and created a way to send and receive raw network data from Java. JNI modules were implemented in both Windows and Linux.

Firmware Design Engineer Specialist (6/97 - 5/00)

• Engineered JetDirect firmware, working with the IPX stack, SNMP, PML, FTP, Telnet, network I/O, printer I/O, and embedded OS. These were developed in C, C++ and Motorola 68000 assembly using HP-UX GNU C and proprietary development tools.

3/95 – 5/97

California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Industry Division
Student Assistant
Administrated Windows, Linux and NetWare servers. Managed Novell GroupWise e-mail system. Software and hardware installation, repair, troubleshooting, training. Computer Help Desk manager. World Wide Web page creation with HTML, CGI, Java, Javascript, SQL. Delphi troubleshooting. Helped create the first California State web page. Helped convert from using green-screen serial terminals to Internet-enabled PCs on every desk. Recognized by Governor Pete Wilson for my contributions.

Education

Sierra College
A.S. Degree in Computer Science
Graduated with Honors 1995 - GPA 3.8

California State University of Sacramento
B.S. Degree in Computer Science
Concentrations in Network Communications and Computer Graphics
Graduated 1998 - Major GPA 4.0
Senior Project: Help desk management web service. Used ASP and MS SQL.

Coursework Completed

Advanced C	Advanced Java	CLR via C#
Intel Assembly	Advanced Pascal	COBOL
Data Structures	Software Engineering	Computing Theory
File Organization	Systems Programming	Programming Languages
Advanced Computer Architecture	Operating Systems	Modeling and Simulation
Data Communication	Data Privacy	SOAP Fundamentals
Intermediate Graphics	Program Management	Technical Leadership

Other Experience

Husband and father of six kids.

Certified for fostering and adopting in California

Volunteer mentor and leader for all ages in musical groups for The Rock of Roseville.

Volunteer Director of Sound for The Rock of Roseville

Recognized as a Deacon of The Rock of Roseville for my service there

Volunteer work with a group to create a 3D-animated short film. We won a Scollie award for it.

Volunteer producer and director of weekly TV shows for college and public access TV stations in Placer and Nevada counties

Volunteer youth group leader for Church on the Rock in Grass Valley, CA

Volunteer work on the Stella and Virtual 2600 open-source projects.

Worked in after-school programs and summer day camps for kids in kindergarten through 8th grade.