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Technical Skills

• Proficient in a number of computer languages and shells: Perl, PHP, Javascript, Ruby, C, Python, Java, bash, c shell, DOS.
• Wide range of web technology experience including CSS and AJAX, covering static HTML pages to data driven pages based on a combination of templates (XML and others), dynamic content, and user content. Have used Apache, IIS, Tomcat, MySQL, Oracle, and Access.
• Working knowledge of common office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and their Open Source equivalents.
• Knowledgeable in Linux video processing; contributor to the mjpeg video project (http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/).

Experience

Independent Contractor 2002-current

• Wrote and performed tests for dataConductor, a web based statistical analysis tool. (See Syntricity Inc. below, too.) Wrote automated tests using WinRunner. Created standard test data.
• Took over development and maintenance of several web sites and internet based applications. Languages used: perl and php; database: mysql.
• Enhanced and improved on-line editor for NextEdit (http://nextedit.net); mostly php. Also introduced source control with subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/).
• Modified perl web application to run on Linux and Windows. Also added new features and fixed bugs.
• Developed browser interface in php for a network storage application.
• Wrote several applications in Perl and Java based on customer specifications. Applications included an NNTP client and a script that built web pages based on a directory structure and contents.
• Wrote and modified various applications in JavaScript and VBA.

Syntricity Inc. San Diego, CA. 1998-2002

Software Engineer

• Designed, built, and tested various portions of dataConductor, a web based statistical analysis application targeted at semiconductor companies.
• Built a Python interface that allowed scripts to drive the product as an alternative to the browser interface. XML outputs made accessible through classes that permitted XML tables to be queried like database tables.
• Addressed basic problems in the product's C library, such as string handling and table construction.
• Wrote a web based catalog in Perl with an Oracle back end. Customers loaded their own images and descriptions; displayed pages would format automatically based on the product type (art, cars, etc.).

Quality Engineer

• Introduced source control, established repeatable testing, and created a release process.
• Wrote servlet based web applications for both source control and the release process.

Brooktree/Rockwell San Diego, CA. 1986-1998

Quality Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer (4 years)

• Member of four person ISO 9000 project team.
• Performed manufacturing simulation using the Promodel software package. Captured production statistics from electronic reports using Perl scripts; constructed simple models to predict how changes in production processes would change processing times.
• Analyzed manufacturing process times using SAS.

Test Engineer (8 years)

• Wrote test vector generator in a form similar to Knuth's Web system of structured documentation.
• Wrote various ATE test programs for RAMDACs, A/D converters, and a few strictly digital devices.

Other

Technical editor for two books: "1001 Java Programmer's Tips" and "The Intranet Bible."

Education

BSEE, Cleveland State University.

BA in Mathematics, Cleveland State University.