## BIO
Muhammad Usman Ilyas [login to view URL]: 778, St. No: 11, G-11/1, Islamabad – 44000, Pakistan. Tel. No: [login to view URL] (Mob), [login to view URL] email: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] Date of Birth: 13th September, 1976. Age: 26 Marital Status: Married Languages: German (14 year stay and schooling in Bonn, Germany), English, Urdu. Nationality: Pakistani. Summary: q Currently doing MS Computer Engineering at LUMS: My interests are High Performance Computing Architectures, Supercomputing. q 2 Years experience as Design Engineer: VoIP/ VoP, SoC System Design, Hardware/ software partitioned RTOS, system simulation, RTL coding. q 1 Year experience as a Network/ System Engineer: Network planning, adminstration and support of LANs and WANs. q Part-time Teaching Experience: Unix Server Administration Course for Post Graduate Diploma Students at the Comsats Institute of Information Technology. Academic Qualifications 1. MS Computer Engineering Fall, 2003. q Lahore University of Management Sciences ([login to view URL]) q Cumulative GPA 4.00/ 4.00. 2. BE (Honors) Electrical Engineering (Electronics) November, 1999. q National University of Sciences & Technology ([login to view URL]) q Cumulative GPA 3.502/ 4.000. International Publications q A Clustering Heuristic Algorithm for Scheduling Periodic and Deterministic Tasks on a Multiprocessor System, IEEE International Multitopic Conference (INMIC) 2001, Lahore, Pakistan. q A Configurable Platform for Simulating Multiprocessor Based SOCs, International Symposium Wireless Systems & Networks 2003 (ISWSN’03), King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Certifications & Certified Training 1. Cisco Systems: Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA (640-407) 2. Microsoft: MCSE (Windows NT 4 track) 3. Citrix: Citrix Certified Administrator - CCA (arranged by UNiSYS) Networking Skills: Network Equipment: Cisco/ 3Com routers, 3Com hubs, switches, 3Com/US Robotics Access servers, VSAT base station (SDM-300 satellite modem). Operating Systems & Network Applications: q Novell Netware 4.1, Linux RedHat 5.1, 6.0, 7.2, Windows 95/ 98/ 2000 (Professional), Windows NT 4 Server (EE & TSE)/ Workstation, DOS. q MS Proxy 2.0, Squid, Deerfield Wingate 4 for Windows NT 4, Citrix Metaframe Server 1.8, 3Com Transcend Enterprise Manager NMS, MRTG, AT&T VNC, Lotus cc:Mail 8 Server, Lotus SmartSuite 4, MS Office 95/ 97/ 2000, Sun StarOffice 5.1, CA’s InoculateIT 4.5. Network: q WAN across Karachi, Daharki, Lahore, Multan, Hyderabad, Sahiwal & Bahawalpur. q 200+ user 100-BaseT LAN and dialup internet service. Programming Skills: Tasks: q Design and development integrated Verification Environment for a high density SoC in Visual C++ and its documentation. q Hardware/ software partitioned RTOS in C/ C++/ Assembly & its documentation. q System simulations using C/ C++/ Visual C++, SES/ Workbench 2000 Programming Languages: Aldec Verilog HDL, C/C++, Visual Basic 6, 80x86 Assembly, MCS-51 Assembly, PIC16 Assembly, VZM-2000 Assembly Tools: Visual Studio 6, Kdevelop 2.0, SCCS, Source Safe, MULTI 2000 Embedded & Digital System Design Skills: Tasks: ASIC/ SoC design, Distributed RTOS design and implementation. Tools: ActiveHDL 4.2, Xilinx Foundation Series (FPGA Synthesis Tool), VerilogXL, NC Verilog, SynaptiCAD Verilogger 7, Undertow, Signalscan, SES/ Workbench 2000, Protel 99 SE Work Experience: Avaz Networks/ Communications Enabling Technologies 12/2000 – 09/2002 Design Engineer I worked on hardwired and cycle accurate simulators for various systems. I worked as a System Level Designer on the development of the AVAZ VZM-2000 Ultra-high Density Media Processor. I was one of the four designers in its Top Level Hardware Architecture team. I managed small teams of engineers that worked on its simulation, integrated verification and verification application. I designed and implemented its Distributed RTOS and spent 1 month doing the routing of a high speed board. Comsats Institute of Information Technology 02/2002 – 04/2002 Lecturer ([login to view URL]) Course: Unix Server & IP Services Administration. Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd. 12/1999 – 12/2000 Systems Engineer I was responsible for the administration, maintenance, monitoring, planning and upgrades of ECPL’s corporate network infrastructure. I guided the Management in making technical decisions regarding purchase of new network applications and equipment. For the last 4 months of my employment period I worked in the position of Section Head because no other suitable candidate was available to fill in for that position. During that period I reported directly to the General Manager (Operations). East West Infiniti (Pvt.) Ltd. 08/1999 - 12/1999 Electronics Engineer I was responsible for the development of a GPS based Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) System product. I worked with the PIC16 family of microcontrollers and developed software components of various other company products in Visual Basic 6. I also managed the company LAN in the Administration and Engineering departments.
