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Austin, Texas
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Product architecture, design, programming, or system engineering. Particular interest in Internet systems and protocols, Linux and POSIX systems, open source software, communication and networking systems.
Pervasive Software – Austin, Texas
Contract Developer
Design, research, and development for Internet-enabled products and services, reporting directly to CTO. Architected and implemented several web microsites for ecommerce and community functions. Research data mining techniques for prototype web service products. Linux, Drupal, php, Ruby on Rails, Java, MySQL, SOAP.
Metadot – Austin, Texas
Contract Developer
Lead designer for a helpdesk "trouble ticket" management system, operated as a hosted web application. Ruby on Rails, AJAX, MySQL, Linux.
BroadQ – Austin, Texas
Contract Developer
Development for an embedded steaming media application running on a multi-processor game console. Setup GNU toolchain for cross-development under Linux for a MIPS target environment. Configured and profiled Linux kernels.
Veritas Software – Austin, Texas
Contract Developer
Designed and implemented Linux environment for system recovery product, integrated into Veritas Net Backup. Implemented diskless Linux boot, root filesystem image, boot scripts, system hardware discovery and initialization. Implemented localization utilities and routines. Coding and debug for Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, Windows platforms. C++, embedded Sybase.
Unicom Systems Development – Austin, Texas
Owner
Designed and implemented an award-winning web service to aggregate community weblog messages via trackback; a web-based X.509 certificate authority with enterprise workflow management; a server-based system to process incoming emails for anti-virus scanning.
Covad Communications – Austin, Texas
Principal Engineer
Supervised team responsible for developing Internet services in the Covad nationwide network. Enhanced the original Laser Link VISP platform (see below) for support in a broadband DSL environment. Analysis and design for RADIUS, DNS, email, and web infrastructure. Produced a Linux distribution optimized for server farm applications.
Laser Link Communications – Austin, Texas
Staff Engineer
Prior to acquisition by Covad, was principal architect of an email system designed to support millions of users in a "virtual ISP" (VISP) environment. Designed protocol and implemented daemon and client library for user authentication in a distributed electronic messaging system. Integrated web and FTP services into VISP platform. Designed configuration and provisioning management.
The University of Texas at Austin – Austin, Texas
Lecturer
Adjunct instructor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Taught Introduction to Internet Resources and Services.
Deja News – Austin, Texas
System Administrator
Responsible for computer and network operations at one of the first Internet search services. Managed BSD Unix based servers and routers. Designed and implemented high-performance, high-reliability NNTP (Usenet news) server daemon.
Unicom Systems Development – Austin, Texas
Owner
Design, programming, administration, and technical consulting services, with focus on Unix systems and Internet services.
Consulting and engineering studies. Provided technology assessment incorporated into business plan of a successful Internet startup company. Developed specifications for data acquisition and analysis systems on a mobile pavement test laboratory. Developed system architecture for a nationwide fax delivery network.
Software development. Device driver for a multi-channel printer controller. Software to communicate with a Verifone credit authorization terminal.
Internet security certification. Performed remote analysis of TCP/IP networks, evaluated network designs, located areas of vulnerability and documented recommendations for engineering and management.
Dallas Semiconductor – Dallas, Texas
Senior Systems Engineer
New product design and development in the Digital Telecommunications group. Developed system specification for a T1 network interface unit, a self-contained FCC-preregistered device for interconnection to T1 networks. Designed network control logic and implemented in semi-custom VLSI.
Senior Test Engineer
Developed self-test microcode, implemented test program and performed manufacturing introduction for a DSP-based ADPCM speech compression IC. Wrote run-time environment and cross-development tools for mixed signal test system.
Intel Corporation – Santa Clara, California
Senior Test Engineer
Supervised group responsible for Intel's high-end VLSI test and computing equipment in the Microprocessor Division. Responsible for vendor interface and equipment utilization. Developed test and characterization programs, and test programming standards.
Product Engineer
Test development and manufacturing introduction of the 80186 microprocessor. Sustaining engineering of 8085 microprocessor.
Cornell University – Ithaca, New York
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1982
University of Texas at Dallas – Dallas, Texas
Graduate School of Computer Science, Masters Program, 1988-1989
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