Dave Olson
           (650) 387-3618 (cell), PO Box 624, Palo Alto, CA 94302
             olson@unixfolk.com,  http://www.unixfolk.com/olson
                        Updated: 12 December 2009
   
   Seeking a position at a startup or other small company,
   in system software (architecture, design, and implementation),
   with a hardware focus.
   
   Extensive experience in Unix/Linux kernel and system infrastructure
   design, implementation, and debug (including hardware bringup
   and chip architecture), in device drivers, schedulers, interrupt
   handlers, filesystems, exceptions, networking (TCP), system boot
   (PROM, proprietary and linuxbios).  Experienced with SysV Unix, IRIX,
   NetBSD, Linux, QNX.  Programming in C, assembler, scripting (Python,
   shell, tcl), using RCS, SCCS, CVS, bitkeeper (bk), mercurial (hg),
   and git for source code control.  Low level familiarity with x86_64
   (AMD and Intel), IA64, MIPS, and PPC.

   Mar 2003 - Present:  QLogic, Corp (formerly PathScale and Key Research)
       Consultant Engineer (director equivalent on technical track)
       lead architect for InfiniBand chips (4 generations), driver
       and library software, chip and board bringup, release planning
       and content, etc.  Technical lead, as well as original author
       of driver (and still part of driver team).  Provided engineering
       support to sales and support organization.  Applied for 6 patents,
       four granted to date.

   Mar 2001 - Jan 2003:  Tahoe Networks, San Jose, CA - Technical Lead
       Tahoe Networks product was a GGSN/PDSN (cell phone
       data and management platform), with a fault tolerant design
       The OS was QNX a commercial UNIX-like micro-kernel RTOS.

       Largely responsible for overall system architecture, focused on
       reliability, serviceability, and performance.  Worked with the
       hardware design team.   Helped select, port, and debug the OS (QNX).

   Nov 1999 - Feb 2001:  Geocast systems, Menlo Park, CA. - Senior Engineer
       Geocast built a MIPS-based consumer appliance for digital data
       broadcast, running NetBSD.  Worked on architecture, bringup,
       performance, drivers (Digital TV, USB, satellite), and partner
       deals.

   1988 - 1999:  Silicon Graphics, Mt. View, CA - Principal Engineer
       Design and implementation in many kernel subsystems, mostly focused
       on design and implementation of I/O subsystems (including the core
       crossbar used in the desktop and SMP systems).   One of 3 principal
       engineers with full red-book who evaluated the IA64 architecture
       and Merced implementation for use in SGI SMP servers.  Led the
       team that converted the IRIX kernel to use fully preemptible
       threads to support real-time multimedia (audio/video).

       Technical lead on a redesign and implementation of the
       overall software development and release process, working with 
       VPs on down to engineers; the process was in use for over 8 years,
       greatly improving the schedule predictability and quality of the
       releases.