Summary

I have a diverse background ranging from theoretical computer science to systems administration. I tend to be a jack of all trades, doing whatever needs to be done. I enjoy learning new technologies and skills, solving problems, and leveraging computer technology to make people's jobs easier.

I'm looking for a Software Engineering position where I can apply my skills to design and write software and further develop my skills and knowledge base.

Education

Michigan State University
1997-1999 Master of Science in Computer Science
1994-1997 Master of Science in Mathematics
1990-1994 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Work Experience

• Designed and implemented a C++ database abstraction layer modeled on JDBC.
• Implemented prototype of next generation of our product, a Database entity resolution system that uses cyptographic techniques to assure anonymity.
• Designed and implemented various Java applications that imported and exported data from databases and talked to IBM MQ Queues.
• Helped turn the prototype into a product.
• Helped with IT support of Linux, Solaris, and Windows servers.
• Supported SAN systems and Oracle database servers.
• Authored a pending patent.

• Reimplemented a Remedy based ticketing system in TSQL and C++.
• Wrote two multithreaded windows services in C++ that interfaced to the Database via SQL and an extended stored procedure written in C.
• Implemented the ticketing system logic in TSQL stored procedures.
• Helped design and implement a web interface and backend for configuring customer data and alert processing/acquisition for the ticketing system.
• Made technology choices for the development platform.
• Designed and implemented XML and relational data models and database abstraction layer.
• Implemented XSL transforms to translate XML marked up instructions for ticket processing into HTML and other formats.
• Reimplemented the business logic layer of the web application to significantly boost performance.
• Helped rewrite the presentation layer XSP/XSLT code to boost performance and correct bugs.
• Handled deployment and production maintenance of the application.
• Helped Provide customer support for the application.
• Reimplemented a telemetry data acquisition system as a standalone Java application.
• Improved performance, reliability, and ease of configuration
• Helped design and implement an alarm aggregation system in Perl
• Designed and implement a alarm aggregation system in Java
• Improved performance and reliability.
• Improved fault-tolerance and load balancing.
• Setup infrastructure for automated server builds.
• Design and implement the build and release process for in-house software
• Helped design and implement Linux-based monitoring servers.
• Implemented and deployed new mail and DNS infrastructure.
• Supported production systems running the ticketing application, web application, mail servers and DNS servers.
• Helped debug customers mail and DNS problems.
• Maintained network consisting of Cisco equipment and Netscreen VPN appliances.

• Helped administer a network of about 200 Sparcs, SGIs, Linux and NT machines.
• Diagnosed and repaired hardware, network, and software problems for the above systems.
• Setup and maintained NFS, NIS, automount, WWW, DHCP, and FTP servers.
• Installed Sybase 11, MySql, and Postgres database servers.
• Tested new versions of Solaris and integrated into our automated install system.
• Setup automated Red Hat Linux install using Kickstart.
• Ported our Jumpstart configuration to newer version of Solaris
• Setup automated NT install.
• Upgraded and installed third party software.
• Setup Linux, Solaris and NT workstations. (Including software, hardware, and network setup.)
• Setup Linux and Solaris servers.
• Helped with network administration (basic Cisco IOS experience, troubleshooting, and firewall maintenance).
• Implemented machine database using Perl and PHP3 with MySql and LDAP backends.
• Maintained shell and Perl scripts used to administer the system.
• Provided ongoing support to users.

• Taught undergraduate mathematics classes; responsibilities ranged from running an entire class to doing recitation sections.

• Wrote graphical application to automate a paper-based forms submission process.

• Create and maintain software packages
• Handle bug reports for my packages
• Ported UltraSparc support to Debian Linux, managed the X server patches for Sparc
• Managed the Sparc release of Debian Linux 2.1

Software Development Experience

• Experience writing Java web and database applications using J2EE (JBoss), Struts, Cocoon, XSLT, XSP, XML, EJB, JDBC, and JSP technologies.
• Strong experience programming in Java (5 yrs), Perl (5 yrs), SQL (5 yrs), C (12 yrs), and C++ (5 yrs).
• Some experience programming in Common Lisp, Scheme, ELisp, Smalltalk, OCaml, Python, Fortran, TCL/TK, Bash, Visual Basic, and assembly language.
• Experience debugging and enhancing C, C++, Perl, Java, and Lisp Software written by others.

Systems Administration Experience

• Setup automated installs of Linux, Solaris, and NT.
• Built Solaris, RedHat Linux, and Debian Linux packages
• Configured NFS, NIS, DNS (Bind9), and Sendmail
• Worked with Solaris (8 yrs), Linux (8 yrs), IRIX (3 yrs), NextStep (3 yrs)