David Izada Rodriguez

• Maintaining and developing Beyond Compare
• Integrating multiple cloud storage systems
• Migrating current Windows Shell Extension to support Windows 11

• Worked on “Delphi for Web”, the link between Embarcadero Delphi and Sencha Ext JS, uniGUI.
  o Documentation
  o Demos
  o Enterprise extensions
  Provided training about uniGUI and how to apply it for migrating Delphi VCL desktop applications to the Web (targeting desktop-like and touch-based WebApps)
  • Migrated the Administration module of De Novo Software to the web using IntraWeb and CGDevTools.
  • Fully designed and implemented small and medium applications, new or legacy, to the Web.
  • Updated tools for Data Science (in addition to previous courses about Data Mining, new techniques about Deep Learning using Keras, Tensorflow, SystemML, CUDA, and IBM Watson AI platform)
  • Python training plus several science packages, database access, and its use for modern Deep Learning, Neural Networks, closed-loop control systems (modeling, simulating, predicting, and optimizing using Genetic Algorithms).
  • Moved to the latest MS SQL database technologies, both on-premises and on the cloud. Specifically, PolyBase as a straightforward interface to distributed processing using Hadoop.
  • As a consultant for MedicAll Inc.
  o Designed and partial implementation of a modular X-Ray C-Arm application (Phoenix) capable of supporting devices from Philips, GE, Siemens, and other vendors.
  o Common modules for image acquisition (frame grabbers and live video), photo editing, DICOM tags for several modalities, and DICOM client (including searching and worklist support).
  o Several communication protocols like CAN, RS-422, IP, and encapsulated API/SDK.
  o Additional support for digital radiography (DR) through the vendor SDK.
  o Working on Goliath Academy (creating courses, demo applications, presentations) for students and companies.
• Migrated the Administration module of De Novo Software to the web using IntraWeb and CGDevTools.
• Worked for Goliath Academy (creating courses, demo applications, presentations) for students and companies.

Built the new Atlantis University Student Information System Portal.

• Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
• Designed the database, bac-kend, and front-end of the new portal.

• Integration software for a generic small satellite platform, both the embedded software and ground monitoring.

• Integration between the .NET Framework Virtual Testing Environment and the native control software running in the train by giving access to the legacy network services from C#
• C# library exposing classes talking to the train network services
• Simulator of the modular I/O device in C#
• Both pieces will allow a fully standalone virtual testing environment running on a developer’s notebook.

• Lead Software Engineer for the Legacy Locomotive Software
• Learned the GE SDLC
• Navigated the Toll Gates to complete the Software Release Plan
• Learned the development tools, legacy languages, SIM Lab tools
• Coordinated the technical tasks for successful release
• Introduced suggestions to improve the SDLC like Configuration Management, Automatic Regression Testing, etc.
• Developed new features and fixing issues in legacy versions of assembly language, C, and Pascal, while using emulators and LabVIEW for unit testing and software validation
• Implemented new features for the Battery Management System, Propulsion Control System, and the new MCA platform.

• Worked in a fast-paced environment integrating the Avionics software and firmware to achieve a successful rocket launch on a very aggressive time-frame
• Redesigned the software stack around a Mapping Framework which automates the Command & Data Handling, Sensors, and Actuators, from the physical connections up to the Ground Station
• The low-level development happens in C99 (MISRA 2012), using ChibiOS as RTOS, and our hardware and drivers
• Each board belongs to a stack (connected by SPI), and each stack communicates with other stacks through an industrial switch and TCP/IP
• The Guidance, Navigation, and Control algorithms use a high-level modeling tool, Simulink, which is also capable of auto coding (generating the corresponding C code equivalent to the model)
• The middle-level software, developed in Delphi as the bridge between the rocket and the Ground Station software
• Delphi 10.1 Berlin, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, GIT repository
• BitBucket and JIRA, Spring4D, DUnitX, tools used to create the desktop applications
• The Ground Station is a LabVIEW set of virtual instruments, receiving and sending information through shared network variables connected to an OPC Server
• The Mapping Editor tool takes care of capturing the design and generating the code for modifying the behavior of the Mapping Framework and OPC Bridge
• A Windows service, TMoIP, takes care of receiving IRIG 106 packets from the network, extracting the telemetry, and sending it to the OPC Bridge.

• Maintenance of EnterpriseIQ, the ERP flagship application written in Delphi with Oracle 12c database
• Migration to Delphi 10 Seattle and 10.1 Berlin
• Migration from BDE, DBX, and ADO to FireDAC
• Migration from DBF flat tables to SQLite
• Evaluation, selection, and proof-of-concept for migrating the main desktop application to the web using Delphi and UniGUI
• After approval of the new technology, architected and projected how to create the new web application (WebIQ) by using a few migration tools
• Architected and developed the basic framework supporting the new application
• Working on the migration process following Tarjan’s order (a topological sort algorithm which avoids circular dependencies).

• Worked on the Field Technology Illustration System used by NYL agents, both for maintenance and new development.
• It is based on Microsoft Visual C++, Delphi 2007 / XE, Microsoft C#, Sybase iAnywhere Server, and many other software components
• Worked on the user interface, business rules, calculation engines, and database of the Field Technology Illustration System
• Migrated the old code base from Visual C++ 6.0 to Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013 C++, Delphi 2007 to Delphi XE6, Sybase to SQL Server 2008/2012/2014/localDB
• Designed and implemented a new SDLC based on Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Final Builder Pro and Final Builder Server
• Worked on fully supporting Windows 7 and higher following Microsoft best practices
• Upgraded the file-based rate storage to Microsoft SQL Express 2014 (LocalDB for desktop and Express / Server for servers) while providing an identical replacement for the original EP3RATE.DLL (avoiding changes to available source code in C++ and incompatibilities with other libraries without updated source code)
• Instead of loading / unloading the database engine on demand, database access hosted in a RemObjects SDK service (running as a Windows Service)
• Migrated the application to n-tier by moving the data layer to a Windows service accessible through named pipes or TCP/IP (required step for moving the illustration system to back-end servers)
• Replaced Amyuni PDF driver with SynPdf (synopse.info) for providing seamless printing (preview, to printer, or to PDF file)
• Migrated several C# / JavaScript web applications from Windows Server 2003 to 2008.

• Team member for developing FCS Express, software for Flow Cytometry Data Analysis, using Delphi 2007 and Delphi XE
• New implementation of the security module, using Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and ElevateDB as databases, besides a remote repository in Amazon EC2 using RemObjects SDK
• The database scripts included tables, views and stored procedures, tailored to each database
• Reports for the security module using components from Developer Express
• Implementation of a native interface to Molecular Devices datasets (by reverse engineering their databases in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle)
• New design and partial implementation of the new basic data component in FCS Express looking for maximum performance and several strategies (like using MtxVec and taking advantage of SIMMD instructions, NVIDIA GPU, and OpenCL).

• Perform APACS migration to Delphi XE environment
• Design a new version of their flagship product, APACS, integrating Samsung/Techwin products and adding features or improving previous integrations
• Designed and developed the new driver loader, middle-tier, and the first version of APACS Video Universal CCTV Integration with several vendors: Salient Systems, Panasonic, Hikvision and Bosch.
• Design, implementation, and scheduling of the first step in the migration path (APACS 3.x to 4.x), including database design, architecture (from 2-tier to 3-tier), and modularity, a new Reporting module and CCTV integration with Panasonic NDR Series, using modular applications (based on Hydra) in 3- tier architecture (based on DataAbstract)
• The old application uses RemObjects SDK for calling services in the “background” application
• Design and implementation of a new SQL Server database which, synchronized with the old APACS database, will serve as an “integration hub” for several external systems (Time & Attendance, Human Resources, etc) including the new APACS
• Design a migration path for APACS from the current CodeGear C++ 2007 code base, to Visual Studio .NET with RemObjects Oxygene / Delphi Prism, DevExpress components, plus CapableObjects ECO V, using CodeGear Delphi 2010 with RemObjects Hydra and DataAbstract as the bridge
• Design a virtual environment for development and testing using HP servers, VMware ESXi and VMware Virtual Center
• Evaluation of several testing tools as Borland Silk, Borland Gauntlet and QA TestComplete
• Design solutions for our dealer’s biggest projects (security solutions for banks, telecommunication companies, City Surveillance, etc.).

• As external contractor for BP at TRG (The Response Group) in Mobile, Alabama
• Achieved integration between IAP Software and Honeywell Security Win-Pak Pro and Pro-Watch security systems by exchanging information between Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database (by adding triggers, tables, views, stored procedures, jobs and SSIS packages in both directions) and IAP Oracle database
• Created the specifications for innovative security products (both hardware and software) intending to start a security company or sell them to other security companies
• Designed and implemented (up to prototype level) an asset tracking / asset control system using dongles, reference nodes, repeaters and tags based on ZigBee
• User interface used GIS desktop components for tracking and controlling system devices (both on premises and out of it)
• Design of a wireless Access Control System (access control door controller for iButtons and standard Wiegand interfaces)
• This system uses the same dongle (acting like a bridge between a PC USB port and the ZigBee wireless network) and door controllers with a common main board and a pluggable CPU board (with a first implementation based on a ZigBee module).

• Security Projects for NA S.A Building with Apollo Security products
• Provided security solutions using the systems I was certified on (Honeywell Win-Pak and Pro-Watch, Suprema Technologies, Apollo Security, etc.)
• Developed fingerprint solutions with Suprema Inc Technology
• Sold some CCTV solutions (using my own DVR) and several Access Control solutions (mostly with Honeywell products)
• Several of these solutions involved integrations with 3rd party systems (because of my previous study of Honeywell software products)
• Consulted in projects related to Honeywell Security:
• PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN (CCTV with ASC’s DVR)
• Designed and installed their first industrial Ethernet network, looking for a good foundation both for automation and distributed CCTV over IP
• NORDELTA (perimeter with Senstar Stellar, fiber optic network with Siemon and D-Link, CCTV with Honeywell Video, integrated to Honeywell’s Win-Pak Pro 2005)
• ALUAR (migration from Win-Pak Pro 2 Release 3 to Win-Pak Pro 2005)
• Developed a DVR based on hardware compression PCI boards (H.264)
• Started developing a hybrid DVR / NVR

• Provided technical support to local integrators and users of Apollo Security Products in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal
• Provided both solutions to their customers and technical help during installation and troubleshooting
• Provided marketing support (with several projects)
• Integrated Security Project for Telecom Argentina
• Support “in situ” for Vivo in Brazil
• Provided several suggestions and improvements for Apollo software products
• Designed and implemented GoliathReporter for Apollo Lyrix as an alternative tool for extracting information from Lyrix database (3-tier application developed in Delphi, with an optimized Oracle database and using DevExpress components and RemObjects products – RemObjects SDK and DataAbstract)
• Designed, installed and started up a complex Lyrix system for PEMEX, Tabasco, Mexico as Technical
• Support for RBTEC de Mexico
• Compared GENETEC & VERINT as software providers for Public Security, Baja California, Mexico
• Added Suprema Technologies to the OEM Product List after selling a totally biometric solution in Portugal (almost 100 biometric readers)
• Designed and programmed a Time & Attendance solution for DIF, Baja California, Mexico (using Suprema BioStation, CodeGear Delphi 2007, MS SQL Server and Oracle).

• Learned and used Constructor() – www.constructor4.net – as a RAD-MDA tool for .NET applications in several projects
• Designed and programmed a sales control application, Internet-based, with Microsoft SQL Server, Borland Delphi and RemObjects
• Designed and programmed a fleet control application, GIS-based, with TatukGIS control and maps in several formats (MapInfo and ArcView)
• Ready to be integrated with GPS-enabled devices linked by GSM/GPRS/radio
• Selected hardware, designed and developed a last generation digital video & sound recorder as a Borland Delphi n-tier application
• Hardware compression for video (H.264) and sound (G.726)
• RemObjects communication, Microsoft SQL Server database.
• Designed and installed a wireless network in the Yacht Club of San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Developed a Voice over IP Business Plan for a local company with products from Flash Horizon (www.flashorizon.com)
• Designed the full solution, including database (xBase, Paradox, Access, SQLite, MySQL, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Interbase / Firebird, etc.), and a client/server or 3-tier, development framework (similar to WinSafe)

• (www.bcgroup.com.ar), Added new product lines: IP Telephony, Apollo Security access control system (www.apollo-security.com), Standalone DVR with hardware compression, several CCTV products for distributed applications.
• Designed and partially programmed an access control system for CAN-based controllers
• Designed and partially programmed DigitalGuard 3.0 DVR with hardware compression video capture cards
• Worked hands on with Apollo Security Products
• Designed the full solution, including database (xBase, Paradox, Access, SQLite, MySQL, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Interbase / Firebird, etc.), and a client/server or 3-tier, development framework (similar to WinSafe).

• Migrated a financial application from IIS + SQL 2000 to IIS + Oracle 9i (T-SQL to PL/SQL) database with 250 tables, 1600 stored procedures, 400 views, a connection page and hundreds of ASP pages
• Project for CODELCO (copper mining company) for tunnel monitoring using fiber optic sensors (from www.smartech.ch)
• Designed a database for an Agricultural System
• Supervised Project for Easy stores
• Designed and programmed several Delphi 7 programs (Actas4Tutor, Registro4Tutor) to be used in Chilean colleges for exporting statistical data required for MINEDUC (Ministry of Education)
• Created an Object Relational Mapping software for Microsoft SQL Server and Delphi
• Designed a College System, with object-oriented database, web services, fat client, to replace TUTOR
• Created a tool for viewing and processing medical images in DICOM format
• Created a front-end web application with JavaScript based on ER Mapper GIS system for selling satellite images (Geonova)
• Project for a geospatial clearinghouse (based on ArcGIS) as requested for the National Forest Corporation of Chile, designed after standards ISO TC-211 / 19115

• Redesigned, programmed and implemented DigitalGuard 2.0 DVR in Borland Delphi 6.0 and 7.0
• This was a standard, PC-based DBV, using capture boards and software compression
• Watchdog Service (for services and applications)
• Logger Service (to text files or database)
• Kernel Service (DVR’s recording engine)
• DVR’s Local Client (configuring and monitoring)
• Remote Server Service (publishing video to remote clients)
• DVR’s Remote Client (configuring and monitoring)
• Finished the DVR and designed, programmed, and delivered a totally new remote client (even using a totally different compression codec, On2, instead of DivX).

• Designed, programmed, and implemented a full control access application to be used as a replacement for Honeywell’s Win-Pak Pro
• It was an n-tier application in Borland Delphi 7, with RemObjects as communication tool, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 as database and usedr an object oriented framework developed for achieving persistence and a generic presentation layer
• The system was compatible with N-1000 and PW-2000 panels, emulating N-485 protocol
• The hardware was a modern implementation of the Northern Computer's N-1000-IV controller
• Tested the firmware and developed the software (WinSafe)
• Designed a totally new firmware using OOD (Object Oriented Design) and RTOS (Real Time Operating System) - µCOS-II.

• Marketing Research Company specialized in quantitative studies
• Structured cabling Project for CIMA S.A
• In the Paris Tower:
• Designed and installed CIMA’s local area network with a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Designed and programmed several databases with SQL Server
• Upgraded several existing programs in Delphi 5 and 6 (BPTO – Brand Price Trade-Off, CimaTrack - Brand Tracking)
• Designed and programmed several programs for the COPEC fuel service stations (Administration, Data Entry, Processing and Reporting)
• Designed several programs for questionnaire editing, data entry and analysis
• Performed marketing research data processing with SPSS and other statistical programs
• Used and integrated neural networks tools for data analysis and optimization
• Designed an application prototype for relating KPI and BPI using recurrent neural networks for short- term planning and optimization
• These neural networks served as a powerful alternative to traditional models in marketing research.
• The final network accurately predicted BPIs for up to 6 months and allowed for achieving financial goals based on KPI constraints and minimizing costs
• The optimization used genetic algorithms and Monte Carlo simulations
• Performed Visual InterDev application development with several SQL Server database servers in replica configuration

• Structured cabling Project for 4 buildings in the Miramar Trade Center (with over 270 business offices)
• Flexible structured cabling (for telephony, data and TV)
• Hybrid telephony solution (POTS and Voice over IP)
• Data network with Gigabit Ethernet collapsed backbone and virtual networks
• TV signal sent through cat 5 cable in baseband.

• Involved with the WAN Project for “Refrescos Nacionales”, Coca Cola distributor in Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
• CODETEL's Frame Relay linked the main office and 22 remote offices.
• Structured cabling project for the first 2 buildings in the Miramar Trade Center (with solutions for telephony, data, CATV and intranet for building administration) turnkey solution
• Integrated low-current project for Hotel “Taínos V”, Varadero, Cuba
• Computer and network sales in PCNET climbed up to 4 million dollars in 1998.

• French company settled in Havana, Cuba
• Computer equipment provider for Cuban companies
• Worked with end-users (companies), becoming the primary provider for PCNET.
• Provided software design (SQL Server and Oracle databases, Visual Basic Access and Borland Delphi), computer selection and network design for several hotels, industrial companies and stores.

• Director of the Research Team.
• Worked with 37 researchers and selected students on Software Engineering and Application Development (also related to hardware)
• Designed and implemented most of GOLIATH, a 4GL language and development tool programmed in Assembly, C, and Pascal
• Worked on several hardware-related projects creating firmware in Z80 and 80x86, reverse engineering firmware (using our C-developed DIS8, a disassembler supporting 8080/8085/Z80 and Motorola 6805), and connecting them to high-level applications written in C and Pascal
• Taught in several faculties like Psychology and Chemical Engineering (about Statistics for Social Sciences, Modeling, Simulation, etc.)
• Lectured over 40 post-graduate courses in the UCLV and other higher education centers along the country, and several computing courses for undergraduate level
• Involved in many research projects related to other faculties and research centers in the country (Chemical Engineering, Hospitals, Factories, Sugar Cane Factories, etc.)
• Created a Multiple Regression Program “Stepwise”, written in OMSI Pascal (for PDP-11/32) and IBM PC (widely used in Cuban universities nowadays)
• Created a Statistical Analysis and Optimization Programming Library with applications for Modeling, Simulation, and Neural Networks
• Learned and introduced SPSS as the leading statistical application for survey analysis in Social Sciences
• Designed, programmed and updated the first antivirus program in Cuba in 1987, VAC-ACE (it included over 50 viruses)