Robert Rubendunst

1018 Woodlawn Drive

Charleston, IL 61920

(217) 766-7563

A self-motivated, experienced, problem solver willing to learn new skills and environments., looking for an interesting and rewarding position. Knows C, C++, assembly, Python, Tcl/Tk, UNIX, Linux, Windows, MFC, real-time O/Ss, embedded systems, simulation, TCP/IP, USB, HDLC. Familiar with development, debugging, testing, and packaging tools. Created complete products, and new components to existing products. Understands product life cycles.

Designed, wrote, and debugged simulations of hardware components (e.g. USB) using C, C++, Python, SystemC, TLM, and Tcl/Tk. Also found and debugged errors in the simulation environments.

Freelance Contractor 10/2001 – 1/2008

Created embedded products to supply serial connectivity and secure tunneling. Designed Cross-platform GUI firmware installers using wxWidgets. Added signature capture, catalog lookup, and hypertext linking abilities to existing applications. Designed and built addressable wireless modem controllers for collecting real-time animal tracking data.

Digi International 6/1999 – 9/2001

Created and debugged device drivers for a wide range of Unix and Linux operating systems that used SCSI or Ethernet transport for device connectivity. Improved serial POSIX (NIST) test suite, and driver POSIX compliance.

Soft Machines 10/1981 – 5/1999

Founded a small software and hardware company catering to multi-user business users. Created and supported system level products to improve system performance, connectivity, and storage. The software products were originally written in assembler, and one was ported to C for UNIX, Linux, and Windows. The hardware business was spun off to another company.

Champaign Computer Company 7/1977 – 10/1981

Serviced early multi-user computer hardware and software. Wrote hardware test programs. Composed automated aids for program production, maintenance, and distribution. Created and maintained order entry and financial accounting software. Wrote cross-assembler macros for 1802 and 8080 CPUs.

Digi International Most Helpful Engineer 2000

Alpha Micro User’s Group Vendor of the Year 1996

Alpha Micro User’s Group Un-dealer of the Year 1987

Astronomy

Available on request.