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| Technical Resume | |
| Highlights: | |
| Board-level Hardware: | GAL/PAL, CMOS, TTL, microcontrollers (PPC401/3, PIC16/17, 683xx, SH family), microprocessors (80x86,68xxx), UARTs, RS232, FPGA, EPLD, DRAM, SRAM, RAMBUS, ROM, Flash, PCMCIA, FAX, A/D, D/A, MOSFET, JFET, Bipolar, and a host of analog technologies |
| VHDL-level Hardware: | Familiarity with design and back-end flows in IMD's CORE+ASIC programs (ClockPro, Einstimer, TSV, Booledozer, etc), complex finite state machine design and implementation in Verilog, design synthesis and timing in Synopsys, ASIC design verification, and development environment design and management. |
| Software: | CAE development tools (AutoCad, Orcad, PADS2000); vendor-specific development tools (Xilinx, Actel); enterprise-wide networking tools (PCTCP, Novell, Banyan Vines, various flavors of Windows); desktop software development tools (Visual C/C++, Turbo C/C++, various assemblers); embedded networking software (Spyglass, Pacific Softworks); embedded software development tools (ISI, Diab, Green Hills, GCC, Perforce, SCCS); hardware description tools (Verilog with Synopsys' LogicModeling Libraries -- SWIFT and PLI Interfaces, CUPL, ABEL, Tango); Web tools (Composer, Paint Shop Pro) |
| Operating Systems: | DOS; embedded (pSOS, VxWorks); Macintosh (sys, 7.x); MPE/iX (HP3000); NeXTSTEP (1.0-3.3); UNIX (MACH, SUNOS, SOLARIS); Windows (3.1, WFW, Win95/98) |
| Programming Languages: | Assembly (80x86, 68xxx, PPC40x, PIC16/17, SH family); Basic; C (numerous cross-compilers); HTML; LISP (Scheme); SPSS (syntax); SQL; Verilog HDL; Visual Basic; some Java. |
| Professional Experience: | |
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maincampus.com
Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Director of Technology | "We are to the new millennium's college audience what Rolling Stone was to the 60's counter culture." Conceiving and implementing the technology to make real this mandate in the internet space is the scope of my current responsibilities. I am the locus for all technology related decisions of the company which seeks to give a voice to the oft-ignored college demographic by publishing content authored by college students for consumption by college students. |
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Xionics Document
Technologies
Burlington, Massachusetts |
| Advisor to Executive Management | In this advisory role to the CEO and Board of Directors, I helped to provide a vision for and a direction to the company’s business interests, by leveraging the company’s core technologies into new media and Internet-related venues. In addition, I was instrumental in planning and executing Xionics' "Internet Appliance" business strategy. These efforts resulted in the creation of a new business unit within Xionics, whose charter was to develop and market a new Internet Appliance (code named NewsBoy) which would perform unattended, PC-less retrieval and printing of Web content for the consumer marketplace. |
| Manager of Engineering /
Chief Architect: Internet Appliances |
My responsibilities included the oversight of all levels of project planning, technical marketing, system architecture design (H/W & S/W), and engineering management for Xionics' first Internet Appliance, the NewsBoy, an Internet-enabled printing device to deliver a daily, personalized newspaper to the home. In addition, I was extensively involved in the development of the business plan, the selection of vendors and partners, the development of marketing materials and the execution of the sales strategy. |
| Manager of Engineering:
ASIC Verification |
In addition to the above duties, I was also responsible for all levels of project planning and execution (including staffing, budgets, and reviews) for a rotating team of junior and senior software and hardware engineers engaged in the ASIC design verification process of Xionics' flagship microcontroller family, the XipChip. |
| Engineer
ASIC Verification |
In this capacity, I was involved in the design verification and simulation of system and module-level functionality for the XipChip family of devices. Additionally, I was responsible for the design and implementation of bootstrapping code to bring up the XipChip ASIC device and its reference boards, and for the creation and management of the simulation environment. |
| Engineer
OS development / Hardware Design |
My list of tasks in these roles was quite
extensive, and will, therefore, be bullet delineated::
-- design and implementation of the MFP I/O subsystem -- design of pSOS device drivers for FLASH file system, including downloader -- design of socket and socket-stream simulations of parallel & serial I/O devices -- design verification for Redwood reference board and coding of boot sequence -- design of all logic and finite state machines for I/O and memory interfaces. |
| 1/95 - Present | IX
Gothic Playground
Cambridge, Massachusetts / New York, New York |
| Writer / Director
Inventor / Principal |
I act as sole proprietor of the startup which produces Intellectual Property (IP) for the consumer electronics and entertainment industries. The company's vision is to act as a prototype for communities of talented individuals to gather and produce valuable IP for sale to the public. To date, the company has in development two patents, three stage plays, two books of poetry and four screen properties. March 2000 will see the physical production of the first IXGP film. |
| 10/93 - 1/94 | Bolton Engineering
Melrose, Massachusetts |
| Consultant | As part of the engineering team, I was responsible for finite state machine design, embedded CPU architecture implementation, FPGA/GAL logic design, and layout of three projects: a Motorola 68332/PCMCIA-based, pocket-sized fax machine; a test rig for a three-camera; video positioning system; and a high-speed (telecommunications-grade) memory upgrade board. |
| 1/92 - 9/94 | IX Development Technologies
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Inventor / Principal | I acted as co-founder, President and chief architect of the startup which designed, manufactured and sold proprietary DSP architectures and algorithms for the entertainment industry. Additionally, I was the sole inventor of IXdt's debut product, the "Janus Machine." |
| Appointments, Patents & Publications: | |
| 1/93 - 5/93 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Lecturer | Appointed as a recurring lecturer for 2.942j, MIT's Entrepreneurship class in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The appointment was by invitation of Professor David Hoult. |
| 09/93 & 04/96 | IX Development Technologies |
| Inventor | The
"Janus Machine" -- Patent Numbers: 5,245,663
and 5,509,079
Sole inventor of the Janus Machine, a device for producing back-masked audio in near-real time. My work on this device has earned me a membership in the Who’s Who of American Inventors (‘94-’95 and ‘96-‘97). |
| 07/97 | The Wall Street Journal |
| "The Odd Couple: How Omar Green, 27, Became the Point Man and Protégé for a CEO" | Featured in July 22, 1997 cover page article on my efforts as a change agent within Xionics. The article focused on my ability to excel in environments that would not be traditionally open to a young African-American, on my relationship with the former CEO of Xionics, and on my efforts to give the company a presence in the Internet space by leveraging our core competencies in embedded systems into the Internet Appliance business. |
| Education: | |
| 06/92 | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts Combined S.B. in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering |
| 06/88 | Village Montessori School
West Palm Beach, Florida Who’s Who among American High School Students three years, 4.0/4.0 upon graduation |
| Writer's Resume | |
| Publications: | |
| 08/99 - 02/00 | The New York Screenwriter Monthly |
| Staff Reporter | Monthly contributor of feature pieces and reviews for the only screenwriting-related magazine specifically geared to the New York-based filmmaker. |
| 03/93 | Rune 14
"Accident" |
| Selected Poet | A breathless riff on violence in film, this poem was selected for publication in RUNE, MIT's most prestigious Journal of Arts and Letters. |
| Written for the Stage: | |
| 03/93 | ETC Presents: An Evening of One Acts -- Washington, D.C.
"Game" |
| Playwright | Game, the story of one woman's decision to end an unhealthy affair with a married man, was produced as the last of three one-acts which featured the work of James McLure, specifically, Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star. Directed by Stephen Strasser, the play was presented at the Catholic University of America. |
| 05/91 | Playwrights in Performance -- Cambridge, MA
"Game" |
| Playwright | Game, was first produced as one of four one-acts, performed on three consecutive nights in May of 1991. The plays were all directed by Alan Brody, Director of Theatre Arts at MIT, and produced in part by an endowment of the Richard Price Rudy Fund. |
| Written for the Screen: | |
| Screenwriter | IX Gothic Playground
-- Cambridge, MA
"Afterlife" |
| On Wednesday, August 20th, in the new millennium's largest city, seven lives will crisscross in the crime of the century. A director, a producer, a cop, a smuggler, a hustler, a nurse, and a star will all see their lives unravel, but one of them will not see the morning. Welcome to the new Hollywood. | |
| Screenwriter | IX Gothic Playground, NY
-- New York, NY
"The Prophetic Way" |
| The Proper family is in a bad way. Its eldest is dead, taken by the hand of its youngest -- all for the love of the wrong woman. Pray for Mercy; pray that God hears you on The Prophetic Way . | |
| Screenwriter | IX Gothic Playground, NY
-- New York, NY
"Lick The Earth" |
| A sequel to "The Prophetic Way" and a retelling of the Orpheus myth, this story follows the journey of Bethany, the cursed and banished offspring of Bilal and Tirzah Proper, as she attempts to resurrect her fiancée from an eternity in a man-made hell. This script is currently in development. | |
| Screenwriter | IX Gothic Playground, NY
-- New York, NY
"PG-13" |
| A twelve-year old with a public access TV show reeks havoc in his family life when he decides to do a show on God. | |
| Screenwriter -- Assignment | InKlein Entertainment -- New York,
NY
"Vanguard" |
| A political thriller set in 2020, this animated TV pilot concerns the investigations of an elite fighting and intelligence team into a seemingly unsuccessful coup d'état on the American Presidency. This heady mix of JFK and The X-Men is currently under consideration at Artisan Entertainment. | |
| Filmmaker's Resume | |
| 05/00 | IX Gothic Playground, NY
-- New York, NY
"Bris" |
| Writer / Director / Producer | A short film about a two-timing, Hemingway-type who gets his comeuppance when he has a dalliance with the wrong woman, a cuttter" in the underground sexcommunity. She castrates men. |
| 03/00 | IX Gothic Playground, NY
-- New York, NY
"a bit of malevolence -- part 1: the bad day" |
| Writer / Director / Producer | Meet "M" -- "M" for Misanthrope, "M" for Meat Puppet, "M" for Misdirected Empowerment. A short film of questionable character. |
| 10/99 | Wrong Room Productions -- New York, NY
"Nice Guys" |
| First Assistant Director | A love triangle plays host to a bent morality tale in this short film about an obsessive neighbor who learns a valuable lesson about getting the girl after he kidnaps her boyfriend. |
| 09/99 | Film Flow Productions -- New York, NY
"On Becoming" |
| First Assistant Director | This eponymously-titled short film, based on a poem by a notable Harlem poet, concerns a woman who reinvents herself after leaving a troubled, violent relationship. |
| 07/99-08/99 | Loud Gong Productions -- New York, NY
"DonteMcKenzie -- An African Gigolo in New York" |
| First Assistant Director | A bit of feature length, non-linear, slapstick about a Nigerian college student who in trying to avoid deportation, winds up the adopted son of a dysfunctional Jewish family. |