Alexander Chiang
2507 Flintridge Pl. - Fort Collins, CO 80521 - (970) 988-2827 - alex@chizang.net

Summary

Extensive low-level software development experience, including Linux kernel 
development, ia64 hardware diagnostics, HP-UX kernel development, and 
architectural simulators. Capable of leading and delivering complex, multi-team 
projects. Fluent in C, and various assembly and scripting languages. 


Experience & Accomplishments

Hewlett-Packard - Linux kernel development - 05/2007 - Present
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* http://marc.info/?a=118306143800001&r=1&w=2
* Backported upstream features for ia64 RHEL and SLES distributions
* Supported HP internal QA teams with debug and triage

Hewlett-Packard - Rage hardware diagnostics - 11/2005 - 05/2007
* Designed and developed Linux userspace tools to verify, diagnose, and exercise
  IA64 CPU architectural features, such as data and instruction cache integrity, 
  register rotation and renaming, and cache coherency engine
* Championed multiple process improvements within the Rage team, including an 
  improved source code management system, unified shared library architecture, 
  and isolated build environments; gained buy-in and adoption of these processes
  from 14 senior engineers plus management 
* Delivered Rage 2.0 to HP manufacturing for use as the primary hardware quality
  assurance and burn-in tool

Hewlett-Packard - HP-UX kernel engineer - 8/2002 - 11/2005
* Led development on dual-endian kernel project; coordinated scope, schedule, 
  and resources among multiple kernel teams including compiler toolchain, kernel
  debugger, kernel integration, WTEC, kernel ACPI consumers, and Japanese OEM 
  partners
* Lead kernel engineer on first IA64 blade platform (BL60p); coordinated with 
  multiple teams across HP, including mechanical, electrical, thermal, and 
  firmware to bring full product lifecycle to completion, including 
  investigation, design, development, bringup, and delivery
* Delivered HP-UX 11i v2 Enterprise Release and four Operating Environment 
  Update patch releases
* Ported and maintained ACPI Component Architecture (CA) in kernel, feeding 
  defect fixes back into Intel codebase, and improving code quality for all 
  ACPI CA customers, including Linux and Windows
* Debugged and triaged kernel defects; analyzed kernel crashdumps created by 
  internal test partners; forwarded defects with analysis to appropriate kernel 
  teams
* Designed test plans and developed userspace and kernel tests to verify 
  multiple hardware layer components and interfaces, including speedyboot, 
  page deallocation table, and iCAP
* Developed architectural simulators for PA-RISC and IA64 platforms, 
  implementing chipset and processor components, providing months of development
  lead time prior to hardware prototype availability for firmware and kernel 
  teams 
* Deployed and championed internal wiki; promoted culture of sharing knowledge 
  and best practices across section, lab, and division boundaries, creating one 
  of the oldest and most extensive wikis within HP today

Intel Corporation - intern, Graphics Component Division  - 1/1999 - 8/1999
* Developed architectural simulator of high performance graphics card; led 
  development on video capture engine
* Supported hardware team during design and debug of video capture engine


Papers

* US patent application: System for Automatic Generation of Arbitrarily 
  Indexed Hyperlinked Text, No. 09/986,221
* HP patent disclosure: Method to Eliminate Bytestream Endianness Defects 
  Using a Dual-Endian Binary, No. 200507062
* HP Tech Con 2006 abstract: New Adventures in ACPI: It's Not Easy Being 
  Big-Endian


Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - B.S., Computer Engineering,  2002
* IEEE Executive Board member, student branch
* Engineering Council Leadership Committee member