Paul Cefalu
Senior Partner Proprietor at MSC Software Company
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Cefalu is a seasoned lead architect and senior engineering partner with over 25 years designing, implementing, and testing real-time, networked multi-threaded data acquisition and control systems across industries from semiconductor fabrication to medical testing and defense. He blends hands-on individual contributor skills with product ownership experience, driving systems from cradle to grave and mentoring engineering teams while consulting across organizations. Technically versatile, Paul has delivered cross-platform client/server, embedded, and mobile applications on Windows, iOS, Android, OS X, UNIX, and Linux using languages from C/C++ and C# to Swift, Java, Objective-C, and even assembler. He has deep expertise in hardware interfaces (Ethernet/TCP-IP, HPIB, RS-232/485, USB, memory-mapped I/O) and automated testing disciplines (TDD, unit/whitebox/blackbox/regression/load testing) within agile environments. Known for pragmatic design, documentation, and source-control practices, he also builds tooling—having created automated test frameworks and cross-platform apps with Xamarin and Qt. Based in Massachusetts, Paul pairs an electrical engineering foundation with a master’s in mobile gaming to approach complex control problems with both systems-level rigor and creative product thinking.
12 years of coding experience
B.S.E.E., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.4, B.S.E.E., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.4 at New York Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Mobile Gaming, 3.8, Master's degree, Mobile Gaming, 3.8 at Full Sail University
English, ItalianGithub contributions (1)
pcefalu/Space_Patrol
Jan 2014 - Feb 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 22 days
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