Gobi by Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated
www.qualcomm.com | www.gobianywhere.com

Gobi™ is the first embedded mobile wireless solution designed to allow different high speed wireless networking technologies, deployed around the world, to be used on one device. Gobi-enabled notebooks are commercially available through such prominent notebook manufacturers as Acer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Panasonic and Toshiba.

PC Software Engineer
April 2007 – Present

Major Contribution:
Sample Connection Manager – Wrote application to demonstrate the preferred
Windows 7 Location Sensor – Researched, designed and implemented of a User Mode Driver Framework location sensor driver. (Work in progress)
Installation Packages – Created custom Windows Installer packages for PC Software deliverables including SDKs, Windows Services, drivers and firmware. Features include multi-language user interface using transforms, 64-bit operating system detection, user access control accommodations, patches for firmware updates, custom actions and properties for notebook manufacturer customizations.
Release Management – Manage master schedule for all Gobi PC Software deliverables,
Test Environment Development – Wrote several internal applications for testing and debugging various components.

Technology Used:
• C++ with MFC, STL
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• Windows Driver Development Kit
• User Mode Driver Framework
• Microsoft Logo Certification
• Windows Installer
• DebugView
• Perforce
• SlickEdit
• WinDbg
• Agile
• Perl
• SQL
• CScript

Classes and Lectures Attended:
• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Awareness
• Object Oriented Design Patterns
• C++ Standard Template Library
• Secure Coding Standards
• Secure Coding Examples
• Introductory Topics in User Experience
• Overview of Software Testing Techniques for Developers
• Introduction to Open Source
• Code Complete
• Wireless Industry Perspective
• Introduction to Microchip Design and Fabrication
• New Experiences in Mulit-Device UX [Jeff Pierce, IBM’s Almaden Research Center]
• The Role of Smartphones in Cloud Computing [Mahadev Satya, Carnegie Mellon University]