Steven B. Dunham
dunham@cse.msu.edu
702 349 1525

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

2003-current -- Member of Technical Staff
Systems Research and Development

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.

1999-2002 -- Software Engineer
SiteROCK Corporation

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.

1997-1999 -- Graduate Assistant (Student Systems Administrator)
MSU Department of Computer Science

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.

1994-1997 -- Graduate Teaching Assistant
MSU Department of Mathematics

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

Summer 1995 -- Summer Intern
State of Michigan, Secretary of State

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

1996-Present -- Developer
Debian Linux

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)

References available by request.