John Grabow
Objective:
Pursuing a challenging engineering position in the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
Education:
The University of North Texas
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, GPA:3.58
Tyler Junior College
Associate of Arts, General Studies, GPA: 3.48
Projects:
RFID Inventory System (Senior Design Project)
• Attached high-frequency, 13.56 MHz, RFID antennas to retail shelving units.
• Created a web application (C# and ASP.NET) to view and manipulate inventory.
• Stored all RFID tag information in a MS SQL database.
• Ported web application to Windows Mobile platform for use with mobile devices.
Game Design
• Created simple adventure game using MIPS assembly language.
• Schematically drawn and coded in VHDL using the Xilinx ISE Simulator.
• Coded and implemented in C++ using a Xilinx Artix series FPGA.
Experience:
Embedded Software Engineer (10/2011 - Present)
John Deere (Urbandale, IA)
• Developed embedded software for FPGAs as part of an agile Scrum team.
• Engineered infrastructure applications using the Qt framework, C, C++, and Cmake.
• Designed ISO and AEF compliant CAN software for vehicle controllers.
• Composed Bash, Python, and Perl scripts for unit, integration, and acceptance testing.
• Created and maintained a custom X11 window manager.
• Maintained translations for over 35 languages.
Systems Administrator (7/2010 - 1/2011)
Transfield Holdings (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
• Administrated Active Directory, including group policies and scripting.
• Managed over 1000 Exchange 2003 and 2007 mailboxes.
• Installed and administrated Blackberry Enterprise servers for Exchange.
• Migrated physical to virtual servers using VMware ESX.
• Supported over 500 users in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K.
Systems Administrator (11/2009 - 4/2010)
School of Medicine, University of Sydney (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
• Diagnosed and maintained multi-platform UNIX, MAC, and AD network.
• Administrated CISCO 2600 series switches across multiple bridged networks.
• Installed, diagnosed, and repaired PCs and Macs for the School of Medicine.
• Implemented various software titles across Windows platforms and Macintosh OSX.
Network Administrator (8/2005 - 8/2009)
Children’s Advocacy Center (Lewisville, TX)
• Created small scale Active Directory 2003 domain environment.
• Administrated all group policies and login scripts.
• Installed and maintained Dell PowerEdge and HP Proliant M series servers.
• Migrated Lotus Notes 7.2 databases to new servers.
• Created RRAS VPN server for satellite offices.
Network Manager (8/2005 - 7/2009)
Denton County (Denton, TX)
• Administrated Active Directory environment for large scale, enterprise level network.
• Installed over 75 Dell Power Edge servers, Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
• Exchange 2003, 2007 installations: Edge, Transport/Hub, and Mailbox cluster roles.
• Physical to virtual server migrations using VMware, Virtual Server, and Hyper-V.
• Migrated IBM RS6000 mainframe to Windows AD environment.
• SQL Server 2005 i...
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