MICHAEL WALLACE

• Awarded Top Performer for 2020 which signifies being in the top 10% of all employees at a certain experience level
• Cross-compiling, building, testing, running, and debugging C++ applications on an embedded target via Xilinx SDK
• Executing and tracking releases of various CSCIs to establish baselines for version control and configuration management
• Facilitating team meetings and enforcing Agile practices in order to increase transparency as Scrum Master

• Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation Lab
• Managed a team of 3 students to construct a hexapod robot that has capabilities such as walking and changing directions
• Programmed the functionalities of the microcontroller using Arduino, while gaining experience with Raspberry Pi and CAD
• Learned new techniques on how to resolve different hardware and software issues

• Expanded HackMerced’s core platform and their website, Tomoe, Helix, and Core via Agile web development
• Personally designed the UI such as inputting personal information, forgot password, and volunteering pages

• Developed a RESTful web service for downloading large files from server to client on the front-end
• Analyzed the network performance (i.e., latency and throughput) while sending and receiving data files using a Tomcat server
• Utilized front-end and back-end operations including Spring, Maven, J2EE applications and Java

• Worked on the Software Engineering team as a back-end engineer to help optimize and replace their data archival system
• Constructed a C++ unit testing framework for the back-end of the system using Google Test
• Researched and implemented Docker by containerizing the entire project as a Docker Image

• Created a tool in C and C++ that is utilized by engineers up to 70,000 times per month, saving valuable time and resources
• Collaborated with team to build an application that simulates interactions between system components when offline
• Implemented multithreading (e.g. PThreads) and thread-safe queues to efficiently record the data being generated
• Conducted educational outreach events at local elementary schools