1. 1054 Charlesgate Circle
East Amherst, NY 14051
Phone 716-348-1101
E-mail trudell.bill@gmail.com
WilliamK. Trudell Jr.
Summary of
qualifications
 Senior Software Engineer, experienced in the design and development of
Real-Time Control Systems using a variety of technologies and architectures
including Embedded Microprocessor/Microcontrollers, Personal Computers
and Programmable Logic Controllers; past background in PC and Unix
Middleware Development
Professional
Experience
 Senior Software Engineer at Moog Inc. in East Aurora, NY 10/05 to Present
 Real-Time Embedded Control Systems and Programmable Logic Controller
development for Precision Motion and Motor Control Applications
 Senior Engineer at Honeywell in Clearwater, Florida 7/04 to 10/05
 Test Systems Software development for Automated Test of Inertial
Navigation Systems
 Development Specialist at Capital One in Tampa, Florida 7/99 to 7/04
 Middleware development for Call Center and Internet Customer Service
Applications
 Software Engineer at Vela Research in Clearwater, Florida, 3/99 to 7/99
 MPEG Encoder software development for broadcasting applications
 Principal Engineer at Raytheon Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida 1/98 to 3/99
 Architecture and Software development for tactical software radio protocols
 Software Consultant at ConnectTel in Austin, Texas, 7/97 to 1/98
 Point of Sale embedded software development consulting.
 Software Engineer at Fisher-Rosemount in Austin, Texas 1/97 to 7/97
 Process Control Testing Tools development and performance optimization
 Staff Engineer at Wayne Dresser in Austin, Texas, 1/92 to 1/97
 Retail Point of Sale software development for Convenience Stores and Gas
Stations installed nationwide for Chevron, Mobil, Shell, and Citgo
 Software Engineer at LTV Aerospace in Buffalo, NY, 1/90 to 1/92
 Test and development of software for Real-Time Command Control and
Communications simulation systems, Embedded Systems development for
High-Powered Radar Transmitters and Receivers

2.  Systems Engineer at Amherst Systems Inc. in Amherst, NY 6/86 to 1/90
 Development of digital and RF threat signal generation software for testing
radar receivers on modern fighters, bombers and jammer aircraft
 Test Engineer at Bell Aerospace in Wheatfield, NY 9/82 to 6/86
 Development of DSP software for testing accelerometers used in
navigation, oil exploration and scientific applications
Present Core
Competencies
(last 10 years)
 Real Time Embedded Systems development on Freescale Microcontrollers
written in C and Assembler using WindRiver tools
 Real Time Control Systems on PC platforms written in C++ using RTX and
Windows Operating Systems for networked motor drives, performing precision
motion control
 Programmed PLCs for Six Degrees of Freedom (6DOF) Systems having
payloads of 28,000kg; processing Power, Digital I/O discretes, Analog inputs,
a realtime control interface and various safety switches, written in Siemens
Sematic Manager, S7 Distributed Safety PLC and Ladder Logic
 Fieldbus Protocols: CANopen, EtherCAT, DeviceNET, SERCOS and Firewire
 Middleware development with JSON, JavaScript, Node.js, RESTful API, XML
(1 project)
 Sockets Programming
 Devices: Encoders, Resolvers, BLDC Motors, Electro-Mechanical Actuators
 Some experience with Matlab, Simulink, Realtime Workshop
 Miscellaneous Tools: UML, SVN, CVS, Inno Setup, Visual Studio, Cygwin,
Mantis, Code Collaborator, Mantis, TestLink, DOORS
 Extensive experience with the complete Software Development Life Cycle
(SDLC), with some exposure to Agile methods
Prior
Background
 Client/Server, n-Tiered Architectures, Middleware, Distributed Systems,
Design Patterns, Adaptive Computing Environment (ACE), BOOST
 Operating Systems: Unix, Windows, VxWorks, Posix, iRMX(Intel)
 Databases: Embedded SQL, Oracle, ProC, DB2
 Languages: C++, Java, Assembler, LabWindows/CVI, Microsoft COM/DCOM
and MFC , FORTRAN, some Visual Basic, Intel PLM , Turbo C
 Applications: MATLAB & Simulink
 Devices: Intel and Motorola/Freescale Microprocessors/Microcontrollers, GPS
receivers, Software Radios and Tactical Protocols
 Previously held DOD Secret Clearance
Education  State University of New York at Buffalo, 9/1980 to 6/1982, BS Electrical
Computer Engineering, Deans List
 Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, 9/1978 to 6/1980, AS
Engineering Science, Deans List
 Graduate Courses in Optimal Control Theory, Random Signals and Noise,
Digital Signal Processing

3. Publications  “The Application Watchman Class”, C++ Users Journal, July 2002
 “The Secret Partner Pattern”, 9th Conference on Pattern Languages of
Programs 2002 Conference
 “Redirection Through Function Pointers”, Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2001
 “A Better Way to Process Messages”, Embedded Systems Programming
Magazine, May 2001
 “The Access Proxy Pattern”, Journal of Object Oriented Programming,
January 2001
 “Keys to Writing Efficient Embedded Code”, Embedded Systems
Programming Magazine, Oct 1997