CV/Resumé: Grant Oddoye

CONTENTS

Personal Details; Education; Employment History; Electronic Skills; Computer Skills; Language Skills; Physical Skills; Nutritional / Culinary Skills; Teaching Skills; Interests & Activities

PERSONAL DETAILS

Email Address: goddoye@hotmail.com / grant.oddoye@gmail.com
Skype: grant.oddoye
WeChat: goddoye
Full Clean Driving License: Yes
Nationality: British/UK

EDUCATION

02/Oct/2000 – 24/June/2004 Electrical and Information Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng)/ Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with Honours (Hons.) University of Cambridge, UK

23/July/2015 – 19/Sept/2015 120-hour SeriousTEFL Diploma Course

SeriousTeachers

(seriousteachers.com/TEFL)

14/Sept/2015 – 18/Sept/2015 Controlling Sensors Efficiently with MCUs Course

Design News Continuing Education Centre (CEC)

(designnews.com)

16/Sept/2015 – 08/Dec/2015 DelftX: ET3034x Solar Energy Course
TU Delft University through edX
(edx.org)

26/Sept/2015 – 07/Nov/2015 EPFLx: BrainX Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function Course
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) Polytechnic University through edX
(edx.org)

28/Sept/2015 – 05/Oct/2015 PIPE02x: Introduction to Running Pipe in Oil and
Gas Wells Course
Tenaris University through edX
(edx.org)

30/Sept/2015 – 19/Oct/2015 ANA101x: Human Anatomy Course
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University through edX
(edx.org)

12/Oct/2015 – 06/Dec/2015 PurdueX: nano521x Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, Part B: Quantum Transport Course
Purdue University through edX
(edx.org)

25/Oct/2015 – 01/Nov/2015 DAT203x: Data Science and Machine Learning Essentials Course
Microsoft Corporation through edX
(edx.org)

13/Feb/2016 – 07/Mar/2016 ChalmersX: ChM003x Sensing Planet Earth – from Core to Outer Space Course
Chalmers University of Technology through edX
(edx.org)

06/Mar/2016 – 17/Mar/2016 BerkeleyX: Policy01x: Solving Public Policy Problems: UC Berkeley's Eightfold Path Course
University of California, Berkeley through edX
(edx.org)

22/Mar/2016 – 28/Mar/2016 HarvardX: PH231x Readings in Global Health Course
Harvard University through edX
(edx.org)

14/Mar/2016 – 06/May/2016 ASU: AST111x Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy Course
Arizona State University (ASU) through edX
(edx.org)

08/June/2016 Vision with Precision Webinar Series: Xilinx Embedded Vision Solutions for Machine Vision Applications
IEEE Continuing Education
(ieee-elearning.org/CLE/)

13/June/2016 – 15/June/2016 NFC Online Course with Hands-On Exercises
ST Microelectronics through Udemy
(st-mooc.udemy.com)

23/June/2016 Labroots Webinar Series: DNA & RNA Sequencing Sample Prep: Automating Simple to Complex Methods
PACE Continuing Education
(labroots.com)

Sept/1992 – July/1999 Merchiston Castle School, UK

Grades obtained: STEP papers: Physics: 1, Maths (Paper II): 2; A-levels: Maths: A, Further Maths: A, Physics: A, Chemistry: A; A/S-level: Electronics: A; GCSEs: 4A*s/6As

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

18/June/2013 – Now Electronic Engineer, Software Engineer,Technician, Edugear Ltd, UK

07/Feb/2013 – 17/June/2013 CIE Physics Teacher, Nanhai International Education Center, China

25/Nov/2011 – 06/Feb/2013 Electronic Engineer, Software Engineer, Technician, Edugear Ltd, UK

22/Sept/2011 – 24/Nov/2011 ICT and Maths/Physics Teacher, NIIT and Lincoln Community School, Ghana

02/June/2011 – 03/Aug/2011 Science/English Teacher, LinguaTutor, Berlitz and British Education, China

01/Aug/2010 – 01/June/2011 Electronic Engineer, Software Engineer, Technician

01/Aug/2009 – 31/July/2010 CIE Physics/IELTS/Oral English Teacher, Shanghai Guanghua College, China

02/Feb/2009 – 30/June/2009 GAC ICT/Science/English Teacher, Suzhou Foreign Language School, China

01/Sept/2008 – 01/Feb/2009 Renewable Energy Engineering Student, Newcastle University, UK

17/Sept/2007 – 18/Aug/2008 Business English Teacher, Education First and Nova, China and Japan

02/May/2006 – 17/Nov/2006 Conference Technician, Brähler ICS, UK

24/Sept/2005 – 09/Mar/2006 Electronic Prototype Development Engineer, Macbeth Studio Systems, UK

04/July/2005 – 18/Aug/2005 Office Messenger, Scottish Executive, UK

11/Apr/2005 – 16/June/2005 Software Test Engineer, Cisco, UK

14/Feb/2005 – 06/Apr/2005 Administrator, British Telecom, UK

29/June/2004 – 17/Aug/2004 Customer Services Advisor, Scottish Widows, UK

01/June/2001 – 31/Aug/2001 Computer Programmer, RFX Ltd, UK

Nov/1999 – July/2000 Administrator, NHS, UK

ELECTRONIC SKILLS

Schematic and PCB layout design; Test instrumentation system design; Embedded C, Verilog and VHDL firmware system design; Circuit design using ARM cortex microcontroller units (MCUs); Hardware knowledge incorporating both analogue and digital components and signals; ADC/DAC development; Experience of Soldering, Surface Mount Technology (SMT) / Surface Mount Devices (SMD), Fault Finding to Component Level, Oscilloscope use, Test Bench analysis and Digital Multimeter/Logic Probe use.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proprietary and Open Source application development; 2D/3D CAD model development; Several years of experience with C/C++, Python, ARM and PIC Assembly Language.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Native English Speaker; Intermediate German, French, Mandarin Chinese; Basic Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.

PHYSICAL SKILLS

Removal Skills; Heavy Lifting, Multiple Person / Object Simultaneous Maneuvering; Long Duration Energy Management; Team Working; Morale Boosting; Multiple Mechanical and Electromechanical Tool Use for Assembling and Dismantling various goods on and off site; Multiple Personnel / Resource Management across Several Sites and Locations; Cleaning Skills: Large, Medium and Small Property Deep Clean Operations including Multiple Cleaning Fluids and Pieces of Equipment.

NUTRITIONAL / CULINARY SKILLS

Cooking Various Dishes comprising Different Styles and Sauces (with Noodles, Pasta, Rice, etc…); Recipe Formulation: Original and Nutritious Meals designed with High Endurance, Mental Awareness and Tastiness in mind, as well as Low Cost, Cooker Energy Consumption and Preparation Time.

TEACHING SKILLS

Classroom Management: Large Classes of up to about 40 students, down to Medium Classes of about 25 students and Smaller Classes of 3 to 4 students and 1-on-1 Tutorials; Lesson Plan Development: Technical and Non-Technical Subjects for Adults, Senior Students and Junior Students of Varying Complexity and Syllabi.

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Composing and Performing Songs using Digital and Analogue Hardware Music Synthesizers, Workstations, Hard Disk Recorders, Microphones, Electronic and Acoustic Drum Kits, Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars; Writing and Producing Songs using Various Software Packages; Filming and Editing Video Footage; Digital and 35mm Film SLR Photography; Fitness Training, Long-Distance Walking, Football, Basketball; Reading Publications and Journals regarding Engineering (Biomedical e.g. Emdt, Qmed; Electrical/Electronic/Software; Semiconductor; HVAC; Renewable Technology), Science (Environmental; Astrophysics).