Derek Ryan Hildreth
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Website: http://DerekHildreth.com
Portfolio: http://DerekHildreth.com/Portfolio.php

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID
Bachelors in Computer Engineering; GPA: 3.00
Jan. 2004 -- Dec. 2009
	
- Key Courses: Computer Architecture, Digital Systems
Design, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Electronic
Devices and Circuits, Electrical Circuit Analysis, Data
Communications, Engineering Math, Engineering Physics,
Feedback Control, Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Digital
Systems Design, Senior Project

- BYU-Idaho Linux/Unix Society:
   - Mentoring Coordinator (Web Development) - Coordinated
    members of the society with new students
   - Secretary - Documented and updated society webpage
    and communicated with other departments
   - Performed undergraduate research on Web 2.0 and Beyond


Billings Career Center
Billings, MT
Cisco Networking Academy; GPA:3.33
Aug. 2002 -- May 2003

- Graduated Cisco Semester Four comprising of coursework in
networking infrastructures including LAN and WAN design and
implementation

EXPERIENCE	

Technologic Systems
Fountain Hills, AZ
Embedded Systems Engineer - Intern
Aug. 2009 -- Present

- Wrote and formatted detailed technical documentation and 
manuals for single board computer SBC products
- Provided professional, technical customer support and 
improved documentation to reduce support volume
- Created software to troubleshoot, rigorously test, and
provide functionality to embedded system designs

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID
Student Computer Lab Administrator - Lead Tech
May 2008 -- Apr. 2009

- Trained, coordinated, and guided a small team of students
towards the completion of tasks involving all computer labs 
on campus
- Administrated 62 labs, 1,300+ computers, and 17 PXE
Servers in a two domain environment; Utilized Altiris
Deployment Console and scripting; Specialized in RHE Linux
deployments
- Wrote concise installation and deployment instruction
manuals and documentation for computer labs and 200+ 
software titles

Catch 80 Sports
Rexburg, ID
Network and Website Administrator
Nov. 2006 -- Jun. 2007 

- Implemented Windows based server with Linux based POS 
clients, reducing total cost of ownership  					
- Contributed essentially to the company in the production 
of an e-commerce website with company inventory
- Learned production of an e-commerce store in 1.5 months 
time with more than 2,800 products

Entrepreneurial Experience
Billings, MT 
On Site Computer Tech Support
Jan. 2004 -- May 2005

- Initiated a freelance computer tech support business which
provided the community with affordable, on-site computer 
service, consultation, and training

SKILLS

- Languages: C\C++ (Object Oriented), Assembly (x86), FPGA 
(Verilog HDL), MSDOS and Bash Shell Scripting, LaTeX, HTML

- Computer and OS: Proficient in Debian & Red Hat Linux, 
Windows 9x, XP, Vista, Mac OS X; Virtualization of Windows &
Linux guests using Sun VirtualBox, VMWare, and QEMU; 
In-depth H/W and S/W knowledge and troubleshooting 
techniques; OS installations (Dual & Triple Boot); BIOS & 
EFI setup; purchasing and building PCs

- Software: MS Visual Studio; Xilinx ISE; AnalogDevices 
DSP++; Cadence OrCAD; MatLab; Eagle PCB; Office suites

- Digital and Analog Projects: 4 and  8 bit RISC CPUs with 
ALUs, counters, registers, and 1K RAM;  Stereo amplifier 
with I/O, bass, treble, and volume controls;  Power supply 
basics;  Parallel port game controller;  Portable microphone
amplifier;  MP3 player;  Simple calculator;  Remote cell 
phone control (embedded system) for INL