TOM FONES

606 Alvarado Ave. #44

Davis, California 95616

(510) 521-2987

E-mail: tfones@htfconsulting.com

WEB site: http://www.htfconsulting.com

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OBJECTIVE:

Device Driver development and/or Q.A. in a Windows environment

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

I have built device drivers and integrated test harnesses for many classes of devices on the

Windows 2000, XP, & Vista platforms. This includes USB, NIC, Video and Digital-IO devices.

I have also developed a template procedure for converting NT 4.0 non-plug-n-play drivers to

Win 2K/XP plug-n-play compliant drivers.

I have built Computer-based-FAX products running on Windows 2K, DOS & Win 3.1.

These product were built in C++/MFC, C/SDK. & Assembler, and include printer device drivers,

serial device drivers and DLLs. Please see the above WEB site.

I am experienced with Windows diagnostic tools: SoftIce, WinDbg, SPY, and WinObj, as well as

LAN-Sleuth and various protocol monitors.

I am experienced with Network Device Interface Specification device drivers.

I am experienced with socket programming in TCP/IP and IP Protocols: SNMP, DHCP, PPP,

Telnet, ARP.

I am experienced as a developer with Win32K.sys, the standard Windows graphics GDI – both as

an application developer and kernel developer.

I have experience with software validation products TestQuest/Validor Pro, and Q.A. Partner/Silk.

LANGUAGES

C/C++, (MSVC/MFC), Intel 80x86 Assembler, PASCAL, TAL

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE I have experience on the following:

1. Intel Pentium, Tandem CLX, Himalaya

2. Microsoft Windows NT/2K/XP, Windows 3.1, DOS, Guardian, Unix

3.TestQuest/Validor, Silk/Q.A. Partner, LanSleuth

4. TACL, Envoy, Envoy/ACP, Guardian internals

PERSONAL

I have been a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals.

I am conversant in French and Spanish.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jan. 93 to Present - HTF Consulting in Alameda, CA.

Built device drivers and device dimulation test harnesses for validating device control, plug-n-play

and power mngt.of drivers on Windows 2K/XP. This includes miniport drivers for NIC/NDIS and

Video, asl well as drivers for USB, Digital-IO, and Serial.

Built computer-based-FAX products for end-users and developers on Win 2K, WIN 3.1, DOS.

Development tasks included printer and serial device drivers, MFC, SDK programs, and DLLs.

(WIN-2K, C/C++, 80x86 MASM, SoftIce, InstallShield) Please visit the WEB site listed above.

Dec. 1999 to March 2002 - Wyse Technology in San Jose, CA.

Extensive use of TestQuest to automate software validation of many components of Wyse's Thin-Client terminals: Firmware download over FTP, TFTP, SNMP, DHCP; RAS Server connectivity;

Remote Administrator; terminal emulations over serial/dialup; IBM 3270/5250 emulations over Telnet.

(Win-NT embedded, Win 2K, Win-CE; C/C++, TestQuest, Visual SourceSafe)

Aug. 97 to Dec. 98 - Bank of America in Concord, CA.

Win-NT system administration. QA and analysis of a data transmission product, (Data-Express).

Exercised Zmodem, Xmodem, Bisync and SNA protocols. (WIN NT, Tandem/Guardian)

May 95 to Jun 97 - Tandem Computers in Cupertino, CA.

Built a testware suite in Q.A. Partner to exercise Sysgen. Developed testware in C & TAL exercising

various components of the NSK. Ported components of SafeGuard from TAL/TNS to pTAL/RISC.

(Tandem/Guardian, TAL,C, Q.A. Partner)

Jan 94 to Jan 95 - U.S. Sprint in Overland Park, KS.

NT System Administration. Tandem System Management. C++/SQL programming on WIN/NT for the

Presentation of Real Time Call Monitoring data and Call Detail Records for fraud analysis and

effectiveness of Telemarketing. System configuration of OSI/FTAM and TCP/IP over X25AM.

(WIN NT, C/C++, MFC; Tandem/Guardian, TAL, C/SQL)

Apr 91 to Dec 92 - Pacific Bell, San Ramon, Ca.

System Management and configuration management on a Tandem CLX and an MLAD connected to

Gemstar workstations. TCP/IP socket programming. Enhancements to Call Application Mngr product.

(Tandem/Guardian, C, TCP/IP)

Jun 88 to May 90 - IBM Communications Product Division in Palo Alto, Ca.

Built trace facilities to aid in examining the higher layers of the OSI protocol stack. (MVS, PASCAL)

Jan 87 to Apr 88 - Tandem Computers in Dallas, Tx.

Built data-links between half-dux Tandem ports and full-duplex Unix ports, between Tandem &

several PBX's. Interfaced a Tandem node to a network of Unix-based processors transmitting

digitized voice. (Tandem/Guardian, TAL, Envoy)