Qirfiraz Siddiqui

Software Engineer, Writer, and Project Manager in Castro Valley, CA 94546

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Qirfiraz Ahmed Siddiqui

Phone: (510) 583 6429

Email: [email protected]

USPTO issued Patents:

1 ) Near field communication (NFC) Educational device
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140113552A1/en
2) Proximity-enabled digital gesture tracking
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9674663B2/en
3) Smart surface for detecting collision forces
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US241246707&tab=NATIONALBIBLIO
4) APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A GEO-LOCATION
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020123493

Programming Skills: Java (Dalvik) Android OS, J2ME, , MFC, Visual C++, C#, iOS, Symbian C++, C#, CGI (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript,Perl), Unix shell script. mySQL, SystemC, Verilog, C for Embedded Systems, Arduino programming..

Education:

B.S Electronics Engineering N.E.D University Karachi, Pakistan, 1978

Post Graduate Research Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1993-97

Recent Projects (1997 – 2012)

  • Mobile App Developer, CellSoul,, (2006 – 2013) : Developed Award-winning apps in Android OS, etc, filed at USPTO for Educational use of NFC (Near Field Communication)
  • 2011-2012 , Consulting Embedded Linux Engineer atan Android project developing Board Support Package (BSP) for Craneboard AM3517 ARM Cortex A-8, X-Load & U-Boot , Developed LCD driver.
  • 2003-2005 Designed a location based service for Wireless Communication Systems, and developed prototype in PHP, Perl, SQL.
  • 199-2001 Virage Inc. San Mateo, CA : Vicore Installer, of a streaming media server package using Unix utilities mkpkg & pkgAdd
  • 2003 Forte Design Syestms, San Jose, CA : Verification Engineer, C, SystemC, Verilog
  • 2004 Veritable Inc. Sunnyvale, CA : C,C++ development for Verilogto SystemC translator
  • 1997- 2002 People Solutions Inc, Pleasant Hill, CA :Designed & developed following software using MFC/VC++ for Windows platform, For use of Corporate clients Safeway, Bank of America, Allstate, Sprint, CSAA, etc.
  • ServiceFirst, Job Performance Indicator (JPI), Cashier Checker Test Battery,

(1978 – 1997)

Analyst/Programmer:Database designing and implementation, Data Processing, Statistical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Technical writing and Technical Training.

For Organizations: BELLS Electronics, Johannesburg, Karachi Mass Transit Study, Pakistan, Municipality of Amman, Kingdom of Jordan, Sana’a University, Yemen Arab Republic

Human Languages: Urdu-Hindi, English, Arabic, French