Jacques Cardinal

Background

About Jacques Cardinal

I am a seasoned System verification/validation, technology lover with 40 years of experience, including 20 in building and managing teams of up to 50 engineers/technicians. Versed in system verification/validation. After many years in team lead/management role and consulting, servicing mainly government ministry, I went back to the hands-on part of the work. Being a versed “reversed engineering” individual, I usually come up with “out of the box” approach to demonstrate systems’ reliability, functionality, portability, maintainability, efficiency and usability. Always eager to learn new technologies and put my knowledge at work. I am Experienced in different domain, such as: Hardware, Firmware, Software testing as well as Regulatory certification (FCC, CE, DOC) Complex System functional testing Non-functional testing (performance, impairments, recovery, …) Radio system 4, 6, 8 GHz Military and telecommunication Radios as well as fiber optic. Some Technologies/Protocols o SONET/SDH o TCP/IP o BACnet o WiFi o Zigbee Some Applications: o HVAC control o Voice/Data telecommunication o Web based transactional site o Network Emulation Using a coaching and brainstorming approach always involving team members to come up with the best possible approach and solution, been able build strong V&V teams throughout my career. Having strong analytical capabilities, I get involved in complex problems solving, designing test beds to stress and/or demonstrate system weaknesses/flaws. Having great capabilities to explain in simple words complex technologies to less technical people. Following is a succinct reverse-chronological of my experiences. All details may be discussed during the future interview.