Vyass Ramakrishnan, Page 1

VYASS RAMAKRISHNAN | 4600 Monterey Oaks Boulevard, 621

SUMMARY

Austin, Texas 78749 (469) 213-9145 rvyass@gmail.com

A highly skilled and driven embedded software engineer with experience in firmware and system development, high-level and assembly programming, RTOS and quality assurance. Develops innovative embedded applications and solves complex technical issues with analytical thought and creativity. A collaborative performer who works with diverse teams to create and deliver designs that contribute to corporate visions. Supports practical knowledge with degrees in electrical and telecommunications engineering. Adaptive Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing Microcontrollers / Microprocessors COMPUTER SKILLS Programming Languages: C, C++, MATLAB, Assembly, VHDL, Verilog, VB CPU Architecture and RTOS: ARM Cortex M0, M3; TMS320F24/C54xx; TI AIC32XX; 8051, 8086; C/OS-III and Custom RTOS EXPERIENCE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Austin, Texas Firmware Design Engineer, Touch Controllers, 2012-2013 Digital Communication Noise in Linear Systems Bipolar IC Design Embedded Systems State Control Variables Digital Logic

Implemented pipelined, interrupt-driven digital signal chain involving interactions among ADCs, buffer-switched DMA, DSP, and Cortex M0. Designed finger orientation detector based on PCA and spatial filter in MATLAB and implemented in C on ARM Cortex M0 running custom RTOS for capacitive touch screen controller. Optimized de-interleaving and FIR as well as IIR routines for node-maps, speeding up DSP filtering algorithms 2 to 3 times. Created Flash update tool in C++ running on Cortex M3 host communicating with device over I2C. Developed and executed quality assurance test plan for I2C protocol and touch device functionality Generated EVM-host communicating over I2C protocol with touch screen controller. Presented to internal management and offered written documents detailing design and architecture of system. Completed week-long workshop on embedded system development as part of companys new college graduate program. Earned award for best project in the workshop for building maze-solving robot simultaneously tracking distance and controlling blinking of LEDs on Cortex M3 host running C/OS-III RTOS.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Dallas, Texas Software Design Engineer, Portable Audio, 2012

Designed system-level audio enhancement components for embedded-DSP Audio Codecs coded in assembly and integrated into GDE as drag-and-drop modules in bigger audio process flow. Tested, debugged and optimized echo and noise suppression algorithms for devices ranging from mobile phones to high-end headsets. Implemented active noise cancellation Technology for Headsets in embedded DSP of AIC32xx audio codecs. Visited customers, demonstrated reference designs, and helped achieve major design wins at major headphone manufacturers with active noise cancellation technology. Wrote production-level code optimized to run in memory and cycle constrained system for maximized performance.

Vyass Ramakrishnan, Page 2 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Dallas, Texas Software Development Intern, Portable Audio, 2011

Designed acoustic feedback suppression system using Adaptive Notch Filter. Implemented the system on mini-DSP enabled Audio Codec within short time frame of three months and tested real-time. Presented to audio team with live acoustic feedback suppression system demo running on the DSP with microphone and speaker setup.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida Technology Consultant, Academic Technology, 2011

Assisted computer lab users with hardware and software.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, Bangalore, India Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering, 2009-2010

Published research paper on efficient post-processing techniques for single-microphone speech enhancement. Developed novel noise suppression algorithm using Matlab, and evaluated process using MOS and segmental SNR.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2011 M. S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bangalore, India B.Eng., Telecommunication Engineering, 2010

AFFILIATIONS Eta Kappa Nu, IEEE

LANGUAGES Fluent in English, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Kannada.