Firmware Development Engineer at AMI

B.S. Computer Systems Engineering

The University of Georgia - 2019

Phone: (770) 561-3305

Email: contact@traviswhitten.com

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After graduating from The University of Georgia College of Engineering with a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering, I was hired at AMI and was trained in BIOS/UEFI x86 firmware development. As a Field Application Engineer at AMI, my duties are centered around facilitating the flow of information from development teams to non-development teams and customers in an easily understandble way. I create, maintain, and present informational and demonstrative presentations to current and potential customers, as well as internally to sales groups and other employees. I'm passionate about firmware development and embedded systems -- things I enjoy working with professionally and as a hobby.

Work Experience

AMI (American Megatrends)

Firmware Development Engineer

June 2021

Present__

Responsibilities
  • Develope and improve various x86 UEFI firmware components, included DXE driver components and EFI applications
  • Participate in review and submission of changes to core code to address bugs, gaps in code quality, or additional functionality
  • Assist with development and troubleshooting of cloud development platform utilizing GitLab and Docker

AMI (American Megatrends)

Field Application Engineer

June 2019

June 2021

Responsibilities
  • Created, maintained, and presented informative and engaging materials to describe new products and features and demonstrate their capabilities to current and potential customers
  • Assisted in presenting internal training materials to sales teams and other employees throughout multiple regions
  • Assisted in development, testing, and tracking of new products and features – including software engineering efforts, hardware setup, and troubleshooting – throughout the product lifecycle
  • Facilitated the flow of technical information from engineering roles to non-engineering roles in an easily understandable fashion
  • Participated in various firmware industry forums and active working groups as a liaison of AMI
Accomplishments
  • Created presentation materials for, hosted, and presented at the 2020 AMI European Summit webinar series - AMI's first successful virtual company event

The University of Georgia College of Engineering

IT Support Staff

August 2015

_May 2019_

Responsibilities
  • Led the training of 3 new student workers in the scope of their responsibilities and use of various tools, software, and the systems deployment appliance
  • Provided hardware and software support for classrooms and labs for faculty, staff, and students
  • Tested and maintained various software and scripts used for software deployment.
Accomplishments
  • Developed and maintained the use of a K2000 systems deployment environment, used to quickly and uniformly set up new college computers, reducing deployment time and employee resources by more than 50%
  • Developed strong and professional written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to efficiently update supervisors with information on project development
Testimonial

I wanted to take a couple of minutes to thank you for taking on our Kace administration. You have no idea how important having an automated system deployment for our systems build is for our team. Our time is extremely limited so everything/anything we can do to streamline that process is important for us. I understand/respect the difficulties you had to accomplish and I praise you for your success. No other student worker has been able to accomplish what you have accomplished with our Kace deployment.

Projects

Gulfstream Virtual Reality Experience with Eye-Tracking

Senior Capstone Design

A virtual reality experience within Unity3D. Implements emerging technology -- eye tracking within a head-mounted display -- in a virtual cockpit environment. Using Pupil Labs HTC Vive Eye Tracker, a visualization of the user's gaze over a period of time can be created using 3D heatmaps.

Arduino "Knock Lock"

Independent Microcontroller Project Coming Soon

Detailed Information

About Me

I am a Georgia native -- born and raised in the metro Atlanta area. During my time at The University of Georgia, I discovered my passion for embedded design. I was first introduced to assembly in my Embedded Systems class, and I immediately took to it. I enjoyed the many hours I've spent in the lab coding firmware in assembly for the Motorola 68HC11 and interfacing with various sensors. I will continue to pursue a long successful career as a firmware engineer, software developer, or field application engineer in a related field.

In my spare time, I enjoy playing disc golf, board games, and video games. I also like to design and work on personal embedded/robotics projects using my 3D printer and Arduino/Pi!