Alex Paval

• 20+ people are now working with Nokto Studios • 200+ freelancers in the network • 5+ clients • Created the only marketplace for embedded engineers in Romania • Set up a network of freelancers that can take up all kinds of embedded projects, from automotive to IoT • Created multiple teams of freelancers for different customers • Consulted other companies on how to create and organize teams

• Coordinating, defining, and enabling the efforts for the BSW platform activities (AUTOSAR Classic) on the vehicle level • Efforts including Cybersecurity, bring-up, FBL, MCAL Configuration

• Performed HW/SW integration for the first samples. • Done a software bring-up in 2 months together with the team on an Infineon Aurix TC3xx, full Autosar stack (from Vector Informatik) including Cybersecurity features, Diagnosis, FBL, and Boot manager. • Team-lead for 3 people that are part of Nokto Studios. • Full ownership over the BSW development.

• Support the sales team in figuring out solutions for different customers in the automotive industry. • Support the HR team with technical interviews to extend the teams for different projects. • Technical consultancy on an ADAS project using both an Infineon Aurix and an Nvidia Xavier controller. • Team-leading a team of 6 people. • Help build a team of 7 people for another project.

• Extended the location's Battery Management System portfolio • Introduced a 2-week sprint software development model with continuous integration, reducing the need for a dedicated Software Integrator • Kept the personnel fluctuation to 0% over 2 consecutive years • Introduced a process updates • Had a key role in designing the new generation of product software feature set together with the customer • Held a conference speech about electric vehicles at a job fair (Angajatori de top, Timisoara, 2019)

• Started the development of a new Battery Management System component with full responsibility • Increased the team from 2 to 5, creating their integration plan, training them, assigning them to trainings, and coaching them • Together with the team, we fixed 3 critical bugs discovered in production with the use of an internal process we called “Task Force” • Interviewed people for increasing the team while also taking part in job fairs

• Offered internal trainings on communication protocols (CAN, LIN, I2C, SPI) for over 50+ people • Offered the communication protocols training for Politehnica University of Timisoara as part of a collaboration • I created the full module test method and process using on-target solutions (iSystems TestIdea) • Completed various development tasks for Fuel Control Module team and DCDC Converter team, primarily regarding Communcation stack, RTE and Vector Autosar delivery package integration

• Created an ERP application from scratch in C# that had to integrate with the existing database (MS-SQL) of a customer • I designed the UI and the UX of said application and also provided user support • I launched it in production in less than one month

• I brought improvements to the UX, and the UI, fixed some bugs, and added around 5 new tests to an Android application that runs self-tests during manufacturing, increasing the quality of produced parts and decreasing the time needed for testing on production side • I also created the scripts in Bash to run those tests from a PC before putting them in Android using JNI