1. Andrew Kuplevakhskyi
C Software Engineer
Technical Communicator
Expertise Overview
Email: a.kuplevakhskyi@gmail.com
Mobile: +380 50 830 28 82
Tackle. Elevate. Share. November 2015

2. Expertise Summary
 ~8 years – Software Engineer
in EchoStar Corp
 5x C Linux projects
10K+ files
 SW development for electronics
operating 24/7
supporting HDMI, Dolby Digital
 Constantly present/report in English
e.g., to senior engineers and managers

3. High-level Task Summary
 Bug fixing
50 fixes delivered
 Design & Implementation
4 value-adding but vague features
 Code Reviewing
◦ 100 change sets
◦ Architecture & MISRA compliance
 Documentation & Reporting (English)
20 specifications, designs, reports, presentations

4. About EchoStar Corp
 World’s 7th digital TV,
broadband Internet business
 $3B revenue
 Customers in 100+ countries
 Geographically distributed
multicultural development

5. My Projects
Project Code
name
Features Marketing
area
Porting project
onto another HW
(20K+ files)
- Satellite/
Terrestrial
HD
USA
Unified
downloader
development
DL2 HD Any
TV set-top-box
development
HDS210 Satellite HD Latin America
DishMex Satellite SD Mexico
Rio Cable HD Germany
DSB646 Satellite SD Latin America,
Poland

6. HDS210: Project Summary
 Satellite TV set-top-box for
Latin America
 Cost-effective
 HDMI
 Dolby Digital
 50,000+ sold
 15+ GUI and feature variations

7. HDS210: Duties
 Feature design & development
 Bug fixing
◦ Memory
◦ HDMI
 Code reviewing
 Compliance Testing – HDMI
 Reporting – managers
 Fine-tuning SW processes
 Training – fresmen

8. HDS210: Achievement #1
 Developed customer-critical
vague feature
 Core functionality affected
 Only 30% testable in-house
 4-member multi-disciplinary team
 Tech coordinator & contributor
(to be continued…)

9. HDS210: Achievement #1
(…continuation)
Tech coordinator & contributor:
 Requirements clarification
 Design
+Backward compatibility
 Implementation
 Documentation
 IT & Test Engineer training:
◦ Verification
◦ Environment set up
0 issues found by customer

10. HDS210: Achievement #1
Vague feature development –
work sample

11. HDS210: Achievement #2
 Supported manufacturing –
resolved SW issue at factory
In 1 day:
 Investigated production SW blocker
 Convinced factory managers –
resume halted manufacturing
(200 units)

12. HDS210: Achievement #3
 Developed Git branching strategy
 Investigated typical strategies
 Developed and documented proposal
with project specifics in mind
◦ 5+ customers
◦ 3 GUI flavours
 Agreed with team and managers
from 1st go

13. DL2 Achievement #1
 Quickly implemented and debugged
module
 2,000 lines of code
 1 week

14. DishMex Achievement #1
 Captured Leading Engineers’ ideas
 Created design document
 Reviewers approved
from 1st go

15. Rio Achievement #1
 Designed and deployed
automated testing environment
 Design, installation, scripting
 1st automated testing set up in office
 5-unit ecosystem operating 24/7

16. DSB646 Achievement #1
 In Junior Engineer role
acted as initiator
 Proposed develop
unified defect description template
 Helped ~7 software & test engineers
find understanding

17. Contact Info
Questions? Feel free to contact me!
Andrew Kuplevakhskyi
Email: a.kuplevakhskyi@gmail.com
Skype: kupleva
Mobile: +380 50 830 28 82
LinkedIn:
https://ua.linkedin.com/in/akuplev