Tareq Darwish, Engnieering Mgr.

Tareq Darwish

Engnieering Mgr.

Intel Corp

Location
United States
Education
Master's degree, Applied Computing
Experience
26 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 11 Months

Engnieering Mgr. at Intel Corp
  • United States
  • My current job since May 2007

- Manage and lead a team of Power and Performance PnP system engineers that validate (12nm) core /Uncore PnP features test plans including characterization, benchmarking and tuning features.
- Standardizing PnP methodology, metrics, frameworks, Design PnP test plan suits, Design Uncore test plan, UX OoS test plan test cases and test contents.
- Present Daily status and working with Architects and stakeholder on validation strategy, perform review analysis of daily regression and benchmarking. Provide recommendations and postmortem, Divide tasks and ownership cross PnP teams. Including managing team budget and resources.

Power-Efficient & Performance Validation PEPV, Engineering Manager at Intel Corp, System Validation Group
  • United States
  • June 2012 to April 2014

Intel Corp, System Validation Group, Folsom, CA 6/2012-Present
Power-Efficient & Performance Validation PEPV, Engineering Manager.
- Manage and lead a team of Power and Performance PnP system engineers that validate (12nm) core /Uncore PnP features test plans including characterization, benchmarking and tuning features.
- Standardizing PnP methodology, metrics, frameworks, Design PnP test plan suits, Design Uncore test plan, UX OoS test plan test cases and test contents.
- Present Daily status and working with Architects and stakeholder on validation strategy, perform review analysis of daily regression and benchmarking. Provide recommendations and postmortem, Divide tasks and ownership cross PnP teams. Including managing team budget and resources.

Platform Validation Engineering PVE, Sr. Lead /Tech. Program Manager at Intel Corp, Intel Architecture Group, Folsom CA
  • United States
  • September 2010 to July 2012

Intel Corp, Intel Architecture Group, Folsom CA 9/2010-7/2012
Platform Validation Engineering PVE, Sr. Lead /Tech. Program Manager.
- Owned, executed and maintain PDT regression tests framework. Build releases, tracked roadmap and schedules to deliverable.
- Worked with build automation team to upload unit and integration test suites. Set up and ran debug toolkits validation metrics to track QA success/fail and published reports. Performed Risk analysis
- Standardizing PDT unit/integration solution, writing and co-author 4+ validation user guide BKMs docs for process improvement and optimal team productivity. Help writing unit and integration tests in C# with PDT developer, test designer and product owners.

Developer Relations Division (DRD), Sr. SW Engineering Lead at Intel Corp, Software Solution Group, Folsom CA
  • United States
  • May 2007 to August 2010

Intel Corp, Software Solution Group, Folsom CA 5/2007-8/2010
Developer Relations Division (DRD), Sr. SW Engineering Lead.
- Led globally and culturally diverse SDP lab managers at Client Consumer Enabling team that worked on performance & power optimization services to the world's leading client software vendors providing benchmarking metrics and proof-points for the successful launches of market-leading Intel platforms based on Core 2 Duo, Core i3, i5, and i7.
- Worldwide Engineering lead for enabling deliverables to platform programs; define competitive performance optimization metrics, enabling goals, platform configurations & enabling processes
- Developed and promoted tools to measure software energy efficiency and assist in development of energy efficient software by Leading and developing projects such as Intel Application Energy Graphic Tool kits on C/C++ and published white papers.
- Owned HD Blu-Ray playback performance and power characterization and benchmarking studies on Cyberlink, Corel, Nero and Arch soft ISV apps on Intel Merom, Penryn, NHM, and SNB generational CPU and its power saving technological feature to extend battery life.
- Drove and enabled Intel Security AntiTheft AT technology on OEM and ISV platforms.

Field Support and Workflow Solutions, Software Developer Engineering Lead at Lexmark Int. Inc. Business Printer Division
  • United States
  • September 2005 to May 2007

Lexmark Int. Inc. Business Printer Division, Lexington, KY 09/2005-05/2007
Field Support and Workflow Solutions, Software Developer Engineering Lead
- Worked on Rapid Response Team RRT, very fast paced development, and responded rapidly to customer Special Project Request (SPR) using fast SDLC models on multi threaded environment using C, C++, and Java languages.
- Performed specification, sizing, development, and designing, testing SPRs by building embedded solutions on Lexmark's Multi Functions Printers (MFP) products by customizing new customer requirements or enhancing an existing one and roll it on a new release for customer to verify.
- Wrote engineering documents requests, acting as Voice of the Customer in Lexmark's development area and RRT's spokes person to different Lexmark's stakeholders.
- Ensured that customer escalation issues are being resolved on a timely basis. Attended and scheduled conference calls as necessary to resolve software development cycle issues.
- Delivered breakthrough levels of improvement in process capability of designs and business processes to reduce defects and attaining world class levels of quality.
- Isolated and corrected customer reported concerns and defects. Provided the fixes that development devise and released them to customers in the form of patches and service packs. Tracked and logged the fixes that need to be integrated into our future products.

SW Engineering Lead at Lexmark Int. Inc
  • United States
  • January 2001 to May 2007

- Worked on Rapid Response Team RRT, very fast paced development, and responded rapidly to customer Special Project Request (SPR) using fast SDLC models on multi threaded environment using C, C++, and Java languages.
- Performed specification, sizing, development, and designing, testing SPRs by building embedded solutions on Lexmark’s Multi Functions Printers (MFP) products by customizing new customer requirements or enhancing an existing one and roll it on a new release for customer to verify.
- Wrote engineering documents requests, acting as Voice of the Customer in Lexmark’s development area and RRT’s spokes person to different Lexmark’s stakeholders.
- Ensured that customer escalation issues are being resolved on a timely basis. Attended and scheduled conference calls as necessary to resolve software development cycle issues.
- Delivered breakthrough levels of improvement in process capability of designs and business processes to reduce defects and attaining world class levels of quality.
- Isolated and corrected customer reported concerns and defects. Provided the fixes that development devise and released them to customers in the form of patches and service packs. Tracked and logged the fixes that need to be integrated into our future products.

Development Alliances Team, Senior Software Developer Engineer at Lexmark Int. Inc
  • United States
  • January 2001 to August 2005

Lexmark Int. Inc., Business Printer Division, Lexington, KY 01/01- 08/05
Development Alliances Team, Senior Software Developer Engineer
- Converted Delphi application's modules to MS Visual C++ 6.0. Designed, coded and tested a C/C++ GBK-936 wide char. as stand a lone and system function interface similar to MS Window Unicode library tool MultiByteToWideString () using MS Visual C++ 6.0 platforms to be used in LINUX like system for DBCS UTF 16.
- Architected and developed merge module subsystem for Lexmark Document Solution Suites (LDSS) as middleware using MS Visual C++ 6.0 via incremental SDLC model.
- Used C++ wrapper to manipulate 3rd party PFDLib tools in Windows environment to perform the eForm merge to generate PDF job by mapping the incoming XML DataStream.
- Established vendor's (PDFLib) relationship by testing early Beta releases, reporting bugs and/or design and propose alternative solutions and view suggestion and recommendations in a professional
Way. Participated in the testing and debugging process through test review, schedule and analysis.

High-End Printer Solutions, Firmware Developer Engineer at IBM Corp. Business Printer Division
  • United States
  • June 1998 to January 2001

IBM Corp. Business Printer Division, Lexington, KY 06/98- 1/01
High-End Printer Solutions, Firmware Developer Engineer
- Owned Special Modes (SM) & Diagnostics (DG) Firmware Subsystems. SM: Subsystem responsible for printing of internal test pages (i.e. Menu Map, Flash/Disk Directory, Job Accounting, Quality Page )
DG: Cross subsystem responsible for various printer test that can be run for assuring the proper printer's
functionality. The output can be in the forms of report or it can be visible on the LCD panel (i.e. Device
Test, Input Tray Test, Finisher Test, Mailbox Test.
- Wrote C functional tools in diagnostic printer mode to assist developer, testers and technical
service teams to examine printer functionality and performing troubleshooting in the field.
- Developed specifications, Designing, programming, testing, debugging and documenting in
Embedded firmware environment using C programming based on waterfall SDLC model.

Firmware Engineer at IBM
  • United States
  • June 1998 to January 2001

- Owned Special Modes(SM) & Diagnostics (DG) Firmware Subsystems. SM: Subsystem responsible for
printing of internal test pages (i.e. Menu Map, Flash/Disk Directory, Job Accounting, Quality Page...)
DG: Cross subsystem responsible for various printer test that can be run for assuring the proper printer's
functionality. The output can be in the forms of report or it can be visible on the LCD panel (i.e. Device
Test, Input Tray Test, Finisher Test, Mailbox Test.
- Wrote C functional tools in diagnostic printer mode to assist developer, testers and technical
service teams to examine printer functionality and performing troubleshooting in the field.
- Developed specifications, Designing, programming, testing, debugging and documenting in
Embedded firmware environment using C programming based on waterfall SDLC model.

Internship at Intel Corporation. Rio Ranch NM
  • United States
  • January 1997 to June 1997

Intel Corporation. Rio Ranch NM (Full Time)
Internship (Fab7: YIELD: Quality Reliability System Engineering) 01/97-06/97

Internship at Intel corp
  • United States
  • February 1996 to August 1996

Internship (Fab7: YIELD: Integration and Parametric Engineering) 02/96-08/96

Education

Master's degree, Applied Computing
  • at Eastern Kentucky University
  • December 2006

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 01/01-12/06 - MS in Applied Computing, Interests Software Engineering/PM, GPA: 3.3/4.0

Master's degree, Software Engineering and Project Mgt
  • at Eastern Kentucky University
  • December 2006

M.S. in applied computing hand on projects/course with focus area on SW engineering and PM. Earned the degree while working full time at Lexmark Int. Inc. as SW. Engineering lead.

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Southern University
  • May 1998

Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 06/92-05/98 - BS in Computer Science., Overall GPA:3.5/4.0 Major's GPA:3.9/4.0 PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS: (Key Classes) - Performance Tools workshop -Hands on Power tool NetDAQ 4.0x - Apps Tuning - Introduction to Reliability - Statistics Process control - Process flow - Electrical Testing. - Probe and Yield Analysis. - Six Sigma. - Hands on C, C++, C# Prog. - C++ for C programmer. - SW Engineering I & II - Hands on Java Programming - Hands on PERL Programming - Hands on Linux & - Engineering. - Introduction to UNIX. - System Upgrade and Config. - PnP Analysis and Benchmarking - Strategic Relation Management.- PMP Fundamentals - PMP Preparation classes.

Specialties & Skills

Benchmarking
QA Automation
Full SDLC
CC++ STL
Technical Training
Programming
Power and Performance Benchmarking
ACROBAT
ENGINEER
METRICS
SOLUTIONS
TESTING
Tech. Program Managment

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

ACM
  • Member
  • January 1996
Folsom Soccer Club
  • Assistant Coach
  • August 2008
California Family Fitness
  • Member
  • July 2009

Training and Certifications

C/C++ Professional programming (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Volleyball
    Intel Volleyball team.
  • Swimming
    Part of California Family Club.
  • Soccer (Football)
    Folsom Soccer Club