Devin Sundaram

Architect and primary developer of enterprise build and development infrastructure for Intel FPGA Software (Quartus Prime Design Suite). As part of the Software Production Engineering & Services group, lead migration and integration of existing Altera software development systems and processes into the Intel environment. Successfully re-architected existing infrastructures to seamlessly straddle both environments while maintaining developer productivity levels. Implemented C++ library for Linux cross-distro compatibility, as well as significant LSF vs Netbatch abstraction layer. Example projects: Designed and implemented Powershell-based Windows configuration management system for all department machines. Seamlessly enforced required development & security configurations for both OS and Visual Studio installations. Architect of custom build artifact solution, managing multiple terabytes of new content per day. Provided local-site Netapp replication for load-balancing, plus cross-site replication for global developer support. Technical Lead for Django web applications. Data modeling architect for build and development related web tools. Member of team developing new git-based devops system. Designed interfaces for exchanging data with existing devops infra. Led team of junior developers and operations staff with regular frequent guidance sessions, providing insights into problem areas and direction on both solutions and new projects.

As part of the Software Development Infrastructure Group, directed teams of engineers across US, Canada, and Malaysia to standardize all EDA tools in the FPGA Design Suite to operate under a single development, source control, and release management model. Earned successive promotions due to the following achievements: -> Constructed cross-platform build system core architecture and workflows to collapse 6 disparate flows into a single Python-based platform compatible with LSF compute farm and home-grown monitoring solutions. Innovated single-core ‘build and development’ architecture used to design 32- and 64-bit products on Windows and Linux, and built cross-platform configuration-driven engine. -> Co-created Perl continuous integration system and Python pre-commit build platform on a Django database to expedite the work of 1,000 engineers. Drove integration with Perforce Source Control system and LSF-based compute farm. -> Consolidated 3 source control systems into a single Perforce instance and served as the primary sysadmin for the new system, including offline backups, server monitoring, storage and server forecasting, and upgrades. Wrote scripts to automate transition to Perforce and define fixed consistent flows.

As part of the Framework & Porting Group, built, upgraded, and continually improved internal C++/MFC-based platform-agnostic infrastructure used to create abstraction between developers and operating systems. Leveraged OO DBMS, STL, Tcl, and Flexim technologies. -> Led design elements for Quartus proprietary chip-design software platform doubling as a synthesis tool and place-and-route tool, supporting both 32- and 64-bit systems. Invented communication vehicles to relay messages between processes and queue-based system supporting messaging APIs for both front-end and back-end. Delivered a suite of GUI tools, including MFC-based apps using doc/view architecture and dialog prompts. -> Created compiler and third-party libraries, porting C++ code base from Windows to UNIX. Set up cross-platform library linkage and loading functionality and built GNU makefiles to abstract away platform and compiler differences. Supported Mainwin SDK and innovated a framework for integrating third-party libraries. -> Autonomously rewrote licensing and encryption functionality permitting third-parties to securely sell IP to customers. In gaining notoriety for this, joined IEEE 1735 Committee to establish Verilog open framework defining IP encryption standards industry-wide.

Debugged and ported C-based scientific software from UNIX to Windows, integrated plug-ins for Pro/Engineer and EDS Unigraphics, and wrote Perl scripts for compiler and build system. Doubled as a Windows sysadmin and Tier-2 support specialist, managing and supporting the entire enterprise network (in addition to engineering responsibilities).

Wrote GUI control and reporting architecture in Visual Basic for a PC control device used to measure porosity and permeability of materials. Also, served as resident sysadmin, rolling out a 20-node peer-to-peer network.

Used neural network to analyze data from laser particle detector in low-earth orbit. Designed proprietary telemetry analysis software used on satellite, including UI design, Monte Carlo simulations, and mathematical analysis routines.

Coursework in Mathematical Physics and Electronic Circuits, Computer Science, Telecommunications Networking, Computerized Instrumentation and Control Devices, Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Thermodynamics, Laser Theory and Construction