Hassan Masoom
Computer Engineering graduate from York University. Experience as Software Developer at IBM Canada, Research In Motion (RIM) and Robert Bosch GmbH.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Industries: | Computing, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded systems, Java, Languages and Platforms, Perl, Software Engineering |
| Next step: | I am currently looking for a technology startup to get involved in. |
| Location: | Toronto, ON |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Shadowing, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Schools: | York University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Position: | Advanced Engineering Software Developer |
| Time period: | May 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | - Worked on a static binary translator for engine control units.
- Developed a method to visualize dependencies in legacy build systems. |
| Employer: | York University, Toronto, Ontario |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2008 - April 2008 |
| Description: | - Researched methods and their associated costs of preventing adversarial sensor network topology estimation. |
| Employer: | Research In Motion (RIM), Waterloo, Ontario |
| Position: | DSP Software Developer |
| Time period: | May 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | - Researched solutions for noise cancellation algorithms.
- Developed noise cancelling algorithms for future BlackBerry devices in Matlab. - Wrote Matlab scripts for internal builds. - Implemented C-level audio codec for BlackBerry devices. |
| Employer: | Research In Motion (RIM), Waterloo, Ontario |
| Position: | Camera Development Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2007 - April 2007 |
| Description: | - Responsible for the development and verification of camera modules.
- Wrote camera module device drivers for BlackBerry 8300 handheld in C. - Communicated with vendors to test cameras for future devices. - Performed and analysed data from reliability tests. - Wrote Visual Basic programs to compile data into a single location. |
| Employer: | IBM Canada, Markham, Ontario |
| Position: | Software Developer |
| Time period: | September 2006 - December 2006 |
| Description: | - Tested J2EE connector tools component of Rational Application Developer.
- Responsible for testing XML mapping tool for Rational Application Developer. - Created tests for new functions from design documents. |
| Employer: | York University, Toronto, Ontario |
| Position: | Vision Research Assistant |
| Time period: | May 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | - Refined algorithms for computer assisted air-to-ground search and rescue.
- Developed software for compression and transmission of multiple video streams using the Windows Media Encoder platform in C++. - Learned to adapt to changing projects with a steep learning curve. |
| Employer: | York University, Toronto, Ontario |
| Position: | NSERC USRA Scholar |
| Time period: | May 2005 - August 2005 |
| Description: | - Developed an algorithm for locating missing nucleotides in gene sequences.
- Published and presented findings at the 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. - Demonstrated ability to drive solutions to open-ended problems with minimal supervision. |
EDUCATION
| University: | York University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Computer Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Tenure & Promotions Committee Member York University, 2007
RIM Campus Ambassador York University, 2007-2008 Fall Campus Day Volunteer York University, 2007 Ontario Universities Fair Volunteer York University, 2007 Co-chair of the RIM Student Social Committee RIM, 2007 Future Blue IBM, 2006 IBM Toastmasters IBM, 2006 IBM Children's Holiday Party volunteer IBM, 2006 |
| Awards: | Murray G. Ross Award York University, 2008
Science and Engineering Silver Convocation Medal York University, 2008 Professional Engineers of Ontario Gold Medal York University, 2007 Allen S. Berg Award in Engineering York University, 2007 London International Youth Science Forum Delegate York University, 2006 Best 4th year Engineering Design Project York University, 2006 Continuing Students Scholarship York University, 2005 Dean’s Honor Roll York University, 2004-2007 |
