R E S U M E
of
KAZUHISA TERASAKI
COMPUTER ENGINEER
San Jose, CA, U.S.A
Computer skills
Software Language
C++ & C (1986 -, Visual Studio, Code Warrior),
Objective-C (Xcode),
C#, Java (J2SE, J2ME/CLDC/MIDP, DoJa), JavaScript,
PHP, Perl
SQL (informix, MS-SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL),
ASSEMBLER (80x86, ARM, H8, PIC, 680x0, 6809, Z80)
Hardware Language
Verilog-HDL (Xilinx FPGA)
Operating Systems
unix (hp-ux, Sun OS/Solaris, linux)
Windows (3.1 - Vista), CE (H/PC, P/PC, PocketPC)
iPhone OS (ver.2.0 -)
Palm OS (ver.2 - 5)
DOS, OS/9
Employment
1/2008-Present Memeo, Inc.
1735 N. First St., Suite 250
San Jose, CA 95112 U.S.A.
Senior Software Engineer
- Design and develop Twitter client application with photo sharing feature for iPhone
- Design and develop photo sharing software for Apple iPhone / iPod touch
- Design and implement photo slide show application for photo sharing application
using .NET 3.0 framework
10/2004-1/2008 MediaTek USA, Inc. (NuCORE Technology, Inc.)
2860 Junction Avenue
San Jose, CA 95134 U.S.A.
Senior R&D Engineer
- Develop new algorithm for Vertical Voltage Drift Compensation (VVDC)
for analog front-end chip and implement as C-model
- Work directly for CTO to prototype new concepts of image processing systems
- Design and implement the eVJ (Electric Video Jockey) firmware
for embedded solutions such as digital camera, photo storage device and HDTV
- Improve the performance of the JPEG transcoder software (YUV 4:2:0, 4:4:4 to 4:2:2)
- Help customers to release their photo viewer consumer products
11/2003-9/2004 Twin Communications of America, Inc.
2010 North First Street, Suite 404
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Chief Architect
- Design and development the PDA based I2C Bus Protocol Analyzer
- Maintain XOE (Java based Web Service Engine, previously owned by Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.)
and Kaffe Pro (Java compatible runtime engine) to port to modern PDAs such as Sharp Linux Zaurus
6/2003-10/2003 Work as independent Software Consultant
- Design and development the siRNA analysis software for
biotechnology company (B-Bridge International, Inc. in Mountain View)
- Design and development the IrDA protocol stack for embedded
systems (RATOC Systems, Inc. in Japan)
- Design and development the network controlled Bipedal Walking Robot (Weird-7)
for technology demonstration of some ISP in Japan
6/1998-5/2003 Intellisync Corp. (Pumatech, Inc.) (Puma Technology, Inc.)
2550 North First Street, Suite 500
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Senior Software Engineer
- Design and development the Web-based configuration tools
for server synchronizing software
- Port an existing RuntimeVM to Palm OS 5 devices
- Design and development the development tools for
Windows CE devices (Pocket PC/2002)
- Port an existing RuntimeVM to Pocket PC/2002 devices
- Design and development the development tools for
Java-based devices (cellular phone, PDA)
- Enhancement the development tools for Palm devices
- Design new Plug-In API and development the Plug-In
for server based synchronizing software
- Development the data synchronizing software for
specific devices (cellular phone, PDA)
7/1996-5/1998 America ADO / T-Zone, Inc.
1190 Kern Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 U.S.A.
Information Technologies / Manager
- Design and development Web based query interface for
regacy style (VT-Terminal based) system
- Manage the unix based POS system for computer
retail store (hp-ux, informix, TOLAS)
- Make the World Wide Web based online shopping
systems (Virtual T-ZONE)
- Manage the internal information systems
Included Intranet and Accounting systems
4/1992-8/1995 Hewlett Packard Japan, Ltd.
3-29-21 Takaidohigashi
Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-8585 JAPAN
Unix Workstation Systems Engineer
- 2 year project to developed a system to proces OLTP
on distributed computing envionment (DCE/Encina)
- 6 month project to developed a system to monitor
phone-switching networks
- 6 month project to developed a system to
monitor submarine-cables
Experience
9/1988-3/1992 Seiwa Giken Co.,Ltd.
Microcomputer System Programming/Development Hardware
- Developed systems to control factory machines
- Design to Z80 or MC6809 interface boards
- Design and Development to Assembler softwares
to control factory machines
3/1988-8/1988 Toyo Joho Systems Co.,Ltd.
Programmer for Mainframe computer
- Developed systems to Banking Online System
- COBOL programming
4/1986-3/1988 DYNAWARE Co.,Ltd.
Programmer for PC
- Developed systems to database software for PC
- Developed to DBMS engine
- Developed GUI based applications
(On the original windowing environment)
Additional Independent Developments
2003-Present Bioinformatics Software Development
Help Bio Researchers to develop their own analysis software includes sh/siRNA and miRNA prediction
2005 Biped Walking Robot Kit
Licensed the Biped Robot Technology to robot kit manufacturer in Japan
Developed and manufactured by Kyohritsu Electronic Industry Co, Ltd.
2003 Biped Walking Robot
Built for Biped Robot Competition ROBO-ONE in Japan
Got a special prize from BANDAI Corporation
Sold in U.S. market by KoKoShop, LLC as complete robotics kit
1999 ThumbType keyboard for Palm Devices
Original idea and developed prototypes, device driver software
U.S. Patent 6,876,354 (April 5, 2005)
Japan and EU Patent Pending
Developed and sold by Link Evolution Corporation
1998 Passive 3port Ethernet HUB
All schematics design and developed trial product
U.S. Patent 6,281,605 (August 28, 2001)
Developed and Marketing by S.K.International, Inc.
Sold by RadioShack Corporation
1998-2001 http://www.smartbookmark.com/
Developed and managed bookmarking services on the Internet
Domain name was registered on April 1998
1994 HP 200LX Japanese Language Kit
Developed and aquired copyright of a program to
display Japanese characters on HP100/200LX
Palmtop Computer
Purchased and marketed by Okaya Systemware Co.,Ltd.
Since 1996 it was bandled with HP 200LX product in Japan
1985 TEGAKI-RENGO
Developed a program to print Japanese handwriting
characters on PC printers
Purchased and marketed by TsuboiNorio Shouten Co.Ltd.
1983 PC-8001 Casette Interface 7000bps
Developed and aquired copyright of a PC additional
board and control program to increase speed to save
datas to cassette tape
Purchased and marketed by CIF Computer Co.,Ltd.
Publications
Rookie Programming
A Newcomer's Guide to Programming in BASIC, C
and Pascal, 1994
TOPPAN PUBLISHING
- Translation of following publication from English
to Japanese
DOS/V Power Report
- The development history of HP 200LX Japanese Language Kit
- About the mobile computing, telecommunication,
and new technologies about PDA...
- Introducing new network products in U.S. market
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
How to use HP 100LX
K.Terasaki and others, 1994
BNN PUBLISHING
PC WAVE
- Mobile Computing
Apr, 1995 to July, 1995
ASCII DOS/V Issue
- About mobile computing
Internet ASCII
- About the Ricochet Wireless Internet Environment
Education
3/1992 B.S. degree in Industrial Management (Information Technology) major
Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan
Information Systems Design and Computer Programming
9/1995-7/1996 Study of English language at Language Pacifica, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.