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From: sompel@hplabsb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Senior Tech looking for evening work. Bay area.
Message-ID: <2986@hplabsb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 11:47:45 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 11:47:45 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 02:04:46 EDT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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I'm looking for some short term or part time work that I can do in the
evenings.  I'm enclosing a brief resume.  References will be supplied
upon request.


                                  MARK A. SOMPEL

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4240 Darlington Ct.,  Palo Alto, CA 94306	 H 415-493-6506  W 415-857-4998


                                   OBJECTIVE

Engineer -- Senior Technician

                                   EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATE ENGINEER -- Recommended and implemented design changes to existing
digital hardware that is being used as an intellgent multiplexer . . . Wrote
firmware and test software for the multiplexer . . . Designed and implemented 
a communication protocol between the multiplexer and master cpu 

-- Designed digital and analog interface circutry and software for a test 
system that is used for the characterization of thin film magnetic materials
on rigid disks,  and used to characterize the different recording properties 
of combinations of disks and heads . . . Software was written in Basic on a Hp
9836 workstation . . . Instruments were controlled via the GPIB and GPIO
interface busses (Hewlett-Packard  January 1983 to 1985)

LEAD TECHNICIAN -- Supervised a group of technicians who were responsible for
repairing and maintaining in-house S-100 computer systems . . . Generated
engineering changes for hardware and software bugs (Cromemco 1982)

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN -- Designed hardware and software for a low cost 
signature analysis test system that utilized a Z-80 based controller . . . 
Wrote HPL and Basic programs for a test system that utilized Hp instruments
. . . Coordinated and setup a R & D lab for five people . . . Responsible for
maintaining two in-house telecommunication systems 
(Bell Northern Research 1981 to 1982)

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN -- I was involved with speech synthesis research . . .
The synthesizer utilized Intel's 2920 processor and a Z-80 controller
(Intel Corporation 1979-1981)

                               RELATED EXPERIENCE

Currently working on a new design for a high end audio preamp and power amp .  
Designed and developed a speech synthesizer for a new venture company (1980-
1983) . . . Designed a music synthesizer using the Z-80 as a controller . . .
Familiar with Basic, HPL, UNIX, and 8080/Z-80/68000 assembly language

                                   EDUCATION

Currently studying for my EE degree.

Associates Degree -- Engineering Technology -- Penn Technical Institute 1979

                                    PERSONAL

My hobbies include cooking,  bicycling,  climbing,  backpacking,  and piano