Summary of Qualifications / Objective

I have extensive experience in the area of software architecture and implementation. During my nine years in the industry, I have enjoyed roles as both team player and leader, delivering on-time, bug-free solutions to problems in object-oriented design, real-time constraints, digital video, and software configuration management.

I seek 1099 work on innovative projects in the Los Angeles, CA area with a creative, dynamic team of software engineers. Permanent positions at promising organizations offering equity packages will also be considered.

Skills

Software Development Languages

C++, Perl, Java, HTML, Bourne Shell, SQL, Lisp, various assemblers.

Platforms and Libraries

Unix (Linux, Irix, Solaris, AIX), Win32, various perl modules, Swing (JFC), JDBC, various embedded RTOSes, OpenGL, Xlib, Xt, CORBA distributed systems.

Tools and Software

Unix: emacs, cvs, make, pgp, qmail, sendmail, and many more

Windows/Mac tools: Microsoft Developer Studio, SourceSafe, Rational Rose, Adobe Photoshop, Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Visio.

Employment History

Stamps.com, Inc.: Senior Software Engineer ( 4/1999 - 4/2001 ): Santa Monica, CA

Source ID Tool

• Worked with Marketing Team to develop requirements for automated promotion management and tracking tool.
• Designed Oracle schema
• Implemented and maintained multiuser, web-based interface using perl, Mason, Apache::DBI, and DB_File::Lock

Online Store

• Designed and implemented secure credit card authorization Intershop / Authorize.net module and auditing tools for multi-million dollar online store.
• Designed and implemented postal rate calculation Intershop module.
• Participated in design and implementation of coupon / gift certificate Intershop module

Infrastructure Projects

• Oracle-based project management / scheduler tool
• Revision control system design and administration, including support and training for both Unix and Windows users
• Participated in design and implementation of web site staging procedures
• Database-driven QA / site analysis tool
• General system administration for linux web team development server

Additional Web Applications

• Credit Request Form
• Search Engine Optimization Project
• Integrated Online Support application (eshare)
• Implemented Customer Support knowledge base interface in a single day
• Worked with outsourced Marketing firms to deliver automated customer usage reports
• Designed and implemented USPS Tracking Tool that interfaces with USPS XML APIs
• Worked with producers to implement navigation templates for web site

Software Elements, Inc.: Founder ( 6/1996 - 4/1999 ): Los Angeles, CA

IBM

• Designed and implemented embedded, real-time application subsystems for Windows NT 4.0 field-deployed portion of Digital Media Distributor.
• Designed client/server Java (JDK 1.2) application and implemented GUI portion.
• Responsible for automated build procedures and SourceSafe administration.

TheBrain (nee Natrificial)

• Ported server portion of associative information management tool from Windows NT to Unix.

Eco-Challenge Web Site

• Designed/implemented/customized online order form, contest entry form / customer database, online race results pages, bulletin board system using perl.

CityWeb Architecture for Warner Bros. Online

• Completed a series of documents outlining the technical architecture components of the CityWeb local television affiliate web sites.
• Addressed the following decisions: OS platform, CPU, disk subsystem, memory, HTTP server software, ORDBMS platform, asset management tools, authoring tools, and advertisement management system.

Pegasus RFP for Time Warner Cable

• Responsible for functional requirements specifications for application and operating system software of ITV system. (currently under production: Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2000)
• Coordinated applications and authoring tool portions of RFP.
• Designed and implemented set-top resident applications in C++ (PowerTV OS): Navigator and Components Manager.

Server Optimization for The Palace

• Profiled and modified multi-platform Unix server product to optimize performance (latency, bandwidth, memory).

Time Warner Cable Broadband Applications: Senior Software Engineer ( 11/1993 - 6/1996 ): Burbank, CA

SITV NFL Interactive

• Designed and implemented multimedia class library for authoring multi-threaded, real-time, multimedia applications in C++ for Time Warner's Full Service Network.
• Designed protocol over CORBA IDL to transmit generic sports data (scores) to set-top client through a multithread-safe mechanism. Implemented set-top half of communications.
• Designed generic ``Video On Demand'' engine and implemented set-top portion.

Multimedia Runtime Interpreter

• Lead set-top programmer (C++) for all TWCBBA applications launched with the Orlando Full Service Network: Catalog1, Spiegel, Eddie Bauer, Warner Bros. Studio Store, Williams Sonoma, The Nature Company, Crate & Barrel, Time Warner Viewer's Edge, The Sharper Image.
• Designed, implemented, profiled, and optimized platform-specific code for proprietary multi-platform multimedia authoring tool.
• Profiled and optimized set-top code for runtime module.
• Provided technical advice to production teams: feasibility assessment, multimedia file format conversion, custom runtime modules.
• Responsible for object-oriented design and implementation (in C++) of the following modules: ``button traversal'' algorithm, drawing paradigm, MPEG video class, timer class, text class. Helped design memory management class.
• Version control (cvs) administration, development of script-based (csh, perl, etc.) development tools, set-top & server configuration, training.

Ampersand Design: Digital Prepress Operator ( 8/1992 - 11/1993 ): San Francisco, CA

• Responsible for system administration of a Macintosh network of 30 nodes.
• Assisted digital prepress for retail marketing projects.
• Generated a video presentation of a ``fractal condensation''.
• Interviewed digital artists and wrote articles for affiliated magazine. (On Line Design)

Education

Brown University ( 9/1988 - 6/1992 ): Providence, RI

• B.A. in Computer Science. Graduated June, 1992.
• Focused in software engineering, algorithm analysis, digital hardware design

Academic Projects

• srx A speech-recognition macro package for X; Implemented recognition algorithms using Hidden Markov Model. (C++)
• ADSP2100 Integrated a signal-processing CPU and memory subsystem in a VMEbus system. Coded demonstration applications in ADSP2100 assembly.
• S.O.M. Assisted system administration of 50 node IBM RT (AIX) network.

Other

Patents

• US5818440: Automatic execution of application on interactive television
• US5805155: Virtual assets in an interactive television cable system
• US6049333: System and method for providing an event database in a telecasting system
• US6208799: VCR recording timeslot adjustment

Personal Projects

• Gnomecam: a gnome applet for displaying an updating image in a gnome panel.
• GCal: a client-server group scheduling product in Java, based on JDK 1.0.2.