Curriculum Vitae

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Name	Matthew Porth
Location	London
Email	mcpcv@burnttoys.net
Website	http://www.burnttoys.net

Introduction

Organisation
Location
Tenure

Hi, I'm Matthew Porth. I've been interested in and programming computers since I was young. The first machine I had that I called my own was a Sinclair ZX81. Whilst a teenager I would set-up and configure software for people on their PC's as this required more skill than most users had (hacking away at config.sys and autoexec.bat). After college I worked for Pi Research providing software and support for racing car data loggers and spent much time working on MS-DOS and Windows communication and data analysis tools.
I've spent a lot of my career programming in an embedded or restricted environment and have often coded "down to the metal" experiencing and enhancing microcode, instruction set and architectures along the way. These have mostly been graphics chips although I have also coded DSP algorithms using x86 SIMD extensions.
I also have experienced several GUI toolkits and created several GUI applications. These were variously written with MFC, OWL, Qt, Silverlight and even wrote a couple of GUI toolkits from the ground up in the "old days" of MS-DOS.
My programming experience is fairly broad and I've found that almost everything I've learned has been useful in one way or another everywhere I've been.
I am part time studying for a OU Modular Degree in Astronomy.

Major Works, Full Time, Long Term Contract

Organisation	Yamaha Research Labs
Location	Chiswick, London
Website	http://www.yamaha.com
Tenure	June 2007 to present
Tools	C#, WCF, C++, Qt, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Photoshop, LINQ, MSSQL, SQLite, XML, Web 2.0

Creation of Silverlight controls and UI
C# coding of business objects and WCF services
Maintenance and enhancement of a Qt GUI application
Design and creation of media player application
RUP and Agile Development models
Interfacing with USB peripherals in C++ (Win32)
Development of C# LINQ to SQL based services and writing of LINQ queries
Use of XML, SOAP, WSDL and XSD schemas in C++ and C#
HTML, HTTP, Javascript and CSS design and development in Silverlight enabled website.
Porting of Qt application to Mac OS X
Evaluation of 3rd party tools and libraries

Organisation	archway-london
Location	Archway, London
Website	http://www.archway-london.co.uk
Tenure	January 2007, on going, part time.
Tools	Photoshop, PHP, Apache, Linux, Windows, MySQL.

Multiple MySQL database design, query design and user management
Cross platform PHP and MySQL development
PHP scripting
Keyword search facility
AJAX experimentation for a threaded forum system
AJAX live document editing system
Data collection. Yup! I actually went out and collected the data myself
Apache web server configuration (local and remote)
HTML DOM model
XML data models

Organisation	3DLabs
Location	Bristol
Website	http://www.3dlabs.com
Tenure	November 2005 to December 2006
Tools	C++, Assembler (Proprietary SIMD and ARM), Microsoft Developer Studio, Gnu Compiler Collection (GCC), Embedded C/C++, Subversion, Wiki, Ruby, PERL

Writing of 2D graphics libraries & an H264 video encoder written in a proprietary SIMD assembler language & C++
Remote debugging of embedded C and assembler code via serial and Ethernet
Optimisation of ARM assembler code
H264 Quantisation and Motion Compensation routines
Alpha blending and format conversion routines
Writing of portable code running on Win32 and Linux
Writing and maintenance of documentation in Wiki
Benchmark and profiling routines in PERL to export to CSV, GNUPlot and HTML formats
Evaluation of third party applications
Evaluation of benchmark data, profiling data, source & object code to direct future hardware developments
Creation of a suite of test routines, image quality diagnostics and persistent storage libraries
Evaluation of Linux audio subsystems
Creation and maintenance of documentation in a company Wiki
Port of a substantial Ruby application and implementation and maintenance of new Ruby applications
Maintenance of PERL applications and creation of development and reporting tools in PERL

Organisation	Symbian Software Limited
Location	London
Website	http://www.symbian.com
Tenure	November 2004 to June 2005
Tools	C++, ARM, Win32, Code Warrior, Perforce, SymbianOS

Radio Software Interfaces
SymbianOS on Win32 and ARM
Perforce source management system

Organisation	Sensaura
Location	Hayes. Later Egham, Surrey
Tenure	November 2002 to November 2004
Tools	Cool Edit Pro (now Adobe Audition), C++, Microsoft Visual Studio, MFC, MASM, NASM, WDM, DSP

Design and implementation of audio algorithms
Maintenance and debugging of Kernel WDM Device Drivers and filter drivers
MMX, SSE, SSE2 assembler coding for math kernel functions
Coding of math intrinsic functions in SSE (oscillators, filters)
C and C++ using Microsoft Developer Studio
MFC GUI Applications with interactive graphing software
ActiveX component to allow remote control of the audio subsystems
Liaison with 3rd party developers to confirm and fix bugs in both our and their products
Travel abroad to demonstrate product to new customers and to provide engineering support to existing
Port of C and C++ code to WDM environment

Organisation	Primary Image
Location	Surbiton, Surrey
Tenure	November 2001 to September 2002
Tools	Microsoft Developer Studio, C++, C, Assembler (MMX), OpenGL

OpenGL on Win32
Orthographic projections with Z Buffering
Realtime JPEG decompression
MMX optimised routines (MIPMAP generation)
Digital Photography
Embedded C and Assembler coding and debugging on the TI 32000 platform

Organisation	Videologic
Location	Kings Langely, Hertfordshire
Website	http://www.imgtec.com
Tenure	April 1997 to December 2000
Tools	MS Developer Studio, MASM, SoftICE, VTune, Paint Shop Pro, Visual BASIC, C, C++, Assembler (various)

Kernel GDI Device Drivers. 95,98,ME,NT,2K,XP
VXD and NT Kernel component coding and debugging
Assembler coding x86 16bit, 32bit and proprietary 32bit RISC
Optimisation and design of microcode
General debugging of simulator code and writing a VisualBASIC GUI front end
PERL scripts to process benchmark and profiling data output in HTML & CSV
Profiling of driver performance to allow effective design of future hardware developments
Involved in the design and implementation of future hardware, instruction sets, microcode etc.

Organisation	Chadwyck-Healey Ltd
Location	Cambridge
Website	www.proquest.co.uk
Tenure	June 1995 to April 1997
Tools	PERL, C++, C, Windows, MSDOS, MS TestBASIC, Visual FoxPro, SQL

Software testing and test suite construction in MS TestBASIC
Design and implementation of a multi-user data edit application in Visual FoxPro with SQL
Creation and debugging of database front ends and search engines using C++ and OWL
Creation and maintenance of C based MSDOS data processing tools
Creation and maintenance of massively parallel PERL based data processing tools

Organisation	Pi Research Ltd
Location	Cambridge
Website	www.piresearch.com
Tenure	June 1990 to August 1993
Tools	C, C++, MFC, Windows, MSDOS, Hardware Interfacing (UARTS, CGA, EGA, VGA), uEmacs

Creation, Design and Maintenance of data analysis tools and the appropriate GUI
Creation of tools using C on MS-DOS
Creation of tools using C++ and MFC on Windows 3.1, Workgroups and NT
Software serial protocols to interface with data loggers and telemetry systems
Implementation of software simulators for testing
Numerous bespoke applications for customers
Customer liaison and on-site support
Hardware interfacing to CGA, EGA, VGA, Parallel and Serial ports with x86 assembler
Implementation of mathematical analysis tools and graphic procedures
Implementation of hiresolution printouts under MS-DOS
Implementation and design of GUI components, dialogue boxes, realtime graphical displays etc.

Work. Short Term Contract and Part Time

Organisation	Arcane Apparatus
Location	Bournemouth
Website	www.arcane-apparatus.com
Tenure	Short term contract, On going site for 2 artist friends of mine
Tools	HTML, PERL, Formmail, FTP Scripting, Javascript, AJAX, Photoshop

Web site design, implementation and maintenance.

Organisation	Laluna Central
Location	London
Website	www.lalunacentral.com
Tenure	Short term contract
Tools	HTML, PERL, Formmail, FTP Scripting, Javascript, Photoshop

Web site design, implementation and maintenance.

Organisation	Seraphim Lingerie
Location	London
Website	http://www.seraphimlingerie.co.uk
Tenure	2003/2004 Short term contract
Tools	HTML, DHTML, Photoshop, PERL, Javascript, Photoshop

Web site design, implementation and maintenance.

Organisation	Trash Inc.
Location	London
Website	www.trashinc.co.uk
Tenure	Short term contract
Tools	HTML, DHTML, Javascript, PERL, FTP scripting, Photoshop, Digital Photography

Web site design, implementation and maintenance.

Organisation	purrpurrpussy
Location	London
Website	www.purrpurrpussy.co.uk
Tenure	Short term contract

Web site design, implementation and maintenance.

Organisation	Codeplay
Location	London
Website	www.codeplay.com
Tenure	August/Sept 2001
Tools	Windows, C++, NSIS,

Integration of Codeplay compiler tools with MS Dev Studio across all Windows platforms.
Development of an NSIS based windows installer

Organisation	Titan Metals
Location	Haverhill, Suffolk
Tenure	Full Time. Summer 1988 & Summer 1989

Shrink Wrapping, Degreasing, General Dogs body. Mostly worked with volatile chemicals and dangerous piles of metal.

Organisation	Helions Bumpstead Parish Council
Location	Helions Bumpstead, Essex
Tenure	Part Time. 1986 to 1988

Tended to parish grounds.

Education

Organisation	Middlesex Polytechnic
Location	London
Tenure	October 1993 to May 1995

Combined Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence.

Organisation	Cambridge College of Further Education
Location	Cambridge
Tenure	September 1988 to May 1990

BTEC Nation Diploma in Computer Science. Pass/Merit

Curriculum Vitae

Name

Matthew Porth

Introduction

Organisation

Major Works, Full Time, Long Term Contract

Organisation

Yamaha Research Labs

Organisation

archway-london

Organisation

3DLabs

Organisation

Symbian Software Limited

Organisation

Sensaura

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Primary Image

Organisation

Videologic

Organisation

Chadwyck-Healey Ltd

Organisation

Pi Research Ltd

Work. Short Term Contract and Part Time

Organisation

Arcane Apparatus

Organisation

Laluna Central

Organisation

Seraphim Lingerie

Organisation

Trash Inc.

Organisation

purrpurrpussy

Organisation

Codeplay

Organisation

Titan Metals

Organisation

Helions Bumpstead Parish Council

Education

Organisation

Middlesex Polytechnic

Organisation

Cambridge College of Further Education