Experience
2005 — Now
2005 — Now
Create dlls in C++ with Visual Studio for use in NIS-Elements
o Create and maintain installers for products developed
o Create and maintain framework used by software group for creating new visual programming language tokens
Regularly develop algorithms
o To detect different objects and calculate the area of a large specimen from a list of points
o Create a binary tree for managing stage locations to ensure no duplicates
o Create a calibration routine for a printed microarray within a wellplate
Documentation development
o Create detailed user instructions, product specifications and sequence diagrams
o Successfully transitioned software group from Visual Source Safe to GitLab
o Create detailed GitLab Wikis
o Prepare detailed bug reports and product requests for NIS-Elements
o Prepare and present educational PowerPoint presentations for colleagues
Extensive troubleshooting experience
o Provide efficient technical support utilizing WebEx on a regular basis
o Provide support to software group for GitLab
o Provide support to software group for visual programming language
o Experience with use of oscilloscope or voltmeter to diagnose issue
Imaging processing experience
o Use image processing in Mosaic [structured illumination] and Micropoint [pulsed laser] drivers in order to calibrate hardware devices for microscopes
o Use image processing to locate center of Tissue Micro Array cores in an irregular grid and calculate proper grid location and stage location for imaging at higher resolution
o Developed NII 2 Pass Solution, an NIS-Elements Job, that analyzes imaging at low resolution to find samples/objects in order to image them at a higher resolution
Develop hardware device drivers
o Mosaic, Micropoint, Tokai Hit Incubator and OKO Incubator
o Developed and implemented a more accurate calibration routine for both Mosaic and Micropoint
o Create detailed wiring specifications for custom cables
Education
Appalachian State University
Master’s Degree
2003 — 2005
Appalachian State University
Bachelor’s Degree
1998 — 2003