Chris Patterson

Experience

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  Dunvegan Ltd

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Embedded Software Developer

  Designed and programmed software for several successful products, including a domestic gate entry system written in FORTH and Intel x86 assembly language.

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  GPT Payphone Systems

  Jan 1995 - May 1998

  Technologist

  Maintained magnetic card reader software written in C and assembler, running on an Intel 80C51 microcontroller.

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  GenRad Ltd

  Jun 1998 - Sept 1998

  Applications Engineer

  Maintained automotive diagnostics programs written in a proprietary language.

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  Marconi Interactive Systems

  Oct 1998 - Dec 2005

  Embedded systems software development in C and C++ for public Internet terminal running on Windows XP Embedded with payment subsystem running on embedded microcontroller. Embedded systems software development in C and Hitachi H8S assembly language.

  • Software Team Leader

    Jan 2001 - Dec 2005

  • Software Engineer

    Oct 1998 - Jan 2001
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  Promethean

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Software Applications Developer

  Designed and implemented a Software Development Kit (SDK) to enable both internal and third-party developers to build applications on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X that use Promethean’s student assessment devices via a USB-connected 2.4GHz wireless communications dongle. Written in C++ using Qt4 cross-platform framework.

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  Promethean

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2012

  ScrumMaster for team of seven developers utilising Scrum framework; line management; management of project plan; allocation of work to developers; removal of impediments to progress; performance management; project status reporting.* This team successfully delivered cross-platform desktop middleware in C++ and PHP using the Qt4 framework on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X to support new product development.* This team successfully delivered an iPad App to the App Store.* Implemented Agile methods such as Iterations, Daily Scrum and Retrospectives, and Agile technical practices such as Continuous Integration and Automated Developer Tests.* Managed interface between two teams in different time zones to push a new product release to market.* Built a roadmap for future development of the middleware to support multiple products such as presentation software for the education market.* Created a 'team development roadmap' to support performance management. This brought together objective setting, appraisals and team retrospectives into a coherent plan in line with the company values and personality assessments for team members. Show less Communicate a new development framework to multiple software teams; ensure consistent software development methods used across projects; improve software development process.* Deployed a new framework for software development that enabled component-based development of new functionality for use by multiple products, and interworking with Web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS.* Championed the adoption of Agile development methods and Scrum framework.* Championed the introduction of development tools such as JIRA for Agile project tracking, Hudson for continuous integration, and Doxygen for automating the generation of API documentation.* Supported development of extensions to a proprietary 2.4GHz wireless communications protocol.* Took part in the evaluation of a company acquisition and its subsequent integration into the company.* Wrote C++ Coding Standard and Peer Review Process for use by all software teams.* Built a library of software development books for the department, ran software development video sessions at lunch times, and took a group of developers to the ACCU conference. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2011 - Oct 2012

  • Solution Architect

    Jan 2009 - Jul 2011

  • Software Development Team Leader

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
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  Self Employed

  May 2013 - Sept 2017

  IT Consultant

  Working as a technical consultant for M2M Intelligence Limited, a startup that supplied multi-network mobile phone SIMs and develops solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) markets such as vehicle telematics.

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  Mobica

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  Consultant

  * Developer and later Project Manager for a team of three working on applications for an automated system that validates images generated by applications using Open GL and Open GL ES APIs against reference images. Inter-process communication using TCP/IP: Berkeley sockets API on Linux, Winsock2 API on Windows. Development in Java and C++ on Android using Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and Native Development Kit (NDK). Development in C++ on Linux and Windows.* Project Manager for a team of three developing an Android client library for a Cloud Gaming solution. Activities included project reporting, budget tracking and risk management. Technologies included Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and H.264 video compression.* Project Manager for a team of five authoring documentation for an Adreno graphics processing unit (GPU) software development kit (SDK).* Project Manager for a team of four developing an IDE in Qt.* Mentor for seven software developers, dealing with HR issues and appraisals. Show less

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  M2M INTELLIGENCE LIMITED

  Oct 2017 - Sept 2021

  Software Engineer

  M2M Intelligence is the former name of Caburn Telecom.

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  Caburn Telecom

  Oct 2021 - Jun 2024

  Software Engineer

  Caburn Telecom supplies multi-network mobile phone SIMs and develops solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) markets such as vehicle telematics. It was acquired by CSL Group Ltd in 2022.[See CSL Group section for common description of activities and skills.]

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  CSL Group

  Jul 2024 - now

  Software Engineer

  CSL Group is a leading provider of Critical IoT Connectivity.* Developing a web portal (using ASP.NET) and web API for customers to manage large populations of IoT SIM cards.* Developing implementations to interface to IoT Platform APIs (REST- and SOAP-based APIs).* Technical and operational support to customers, including analysis of mobile (GSM/GPRS) to Internet networking issues in embedded telematics systems.* Developing cellular network test programs on a Raspberry Pi embedded platform with GSM and LTE modems. Show less