TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
Operating Systems:
Linux 2.x, Windows NT/2000/XP
W3C Standards and proposed IETF RFCs:
HTTP, HTML, XML, XSL, XPath, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, SOAP
Languages, frameworks, and APIs
Java, J2EE, JPA/EJB3, Spring MVC, JDBC, Hibernate, Struts, Python, TurboGears, JavaScript, C, C++
SDKs and Development Tools:
Eclipse, Netbeans, Vi, WingIDE, Eric3, Subversion, CVS, Ant
Databases
Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase
Messaging/Internet Protocols, Security and WAN Connectivity
JMS, SonicMQ, ActiveMQ, JbossMQ, TCP/IP sockets, HTTP, SSL, SSH
Web Servers, Servlet Engines, Application Servers, E-mail Servers
Apache, Tomcat, JBoss AS, ATG Dynamo, QMail, IIS, Exchange
EXPERIENCE:
August 2009 - present
General Dynamics Information Technology, Fort Lewis, WA
Principal Software Developer
Developing SMS services and server-side software for mobile applications.
Key technologies: Python, SQLAlchemy, CherryPy, Genshi, Amazon EC2, Google App Engine
May 2008 - July 2009
Consulting for First Circle Consulting, LLC clients
Key technologies: EJB 3.0, Glassfish, GTFS
May 2007 - May 2008
Principal Architect, Kadoink, Inc
Developed asynchronous messaging software for Kadoink's social networking service.
Key technologies: ActiveMQ, Java Persistence API, Spring 2.0, PostgreSQL
Oct 2006 - May 2007
Consulting for First Circle Consulting, LLC clients
Key Technologies: Spring MVC, Hibernate 3.x, Tomcat, JSP, JMS, ActiveMQ
Sept 2005 - July 2006
Feb 2005 - May 2005
Consultant to the California Department of Justice
Provided consulting, mentoring, and software development for the
California DOJ. Worked to bring developers up to speed on Hibernate,
JMS, and general J2EE architecture issues. Designed and coded key
components of a new messaging middleware application.
Prototyped a messaging service based upon Enterprise Service Bus technologies using the ServiceMix ESB.
Key technologies: JBoss, Hibernate, ServiceMix ESB, JMS, JNI, Struts, XSLT, Oracle, Web Services, JWSDP
Nov 2004 - present
First Circle Consulting, LLC
Founder, Architect
Designed and developed a Virtual Office Website product for real estate
agents and brokers. The service is hosted in-house and offered to
customers on a subscription basis.
Key technologies: Python, TurboGears, Hibernate, Struts, XSLT, JBoss, Linux
Mar 2004 - June 2004
Classmates Online, Inc
Software Engineer (contract)
Created enhancements for, and performed bug-fixing on, the classmates.com web site.
Key technologies: ATG Dynamo, Oracle, JSP, SQL
Aug 2001 - March 2004
VoiceLog LLC
Platform Architect
Enhanced and extended VoiceLog's Java-based platforms. Designed and
implemented J2EE-based solutions for call processing and reporting.
Created servlets and EJBs (entity, session, and message) to access an
Oracle database. Designed and implemented JMS-based applications
(SonicMQ). Received advanced JBoss training from the JBoss Group LLC.
Key technologies: JBoss, Oracle, J2EE, JMS, Servlets, XML/XSL/XPath, SonicMQ
Sept 2000 - May 2001
Tenzing Communications Seattle WA
Software Architect
Researched and designed an extension to Tenzing's air-to-ground e-mail
service to allow retrieval of mail from Microsoft Exchange servers.
Gathered requirements, authored a technical white paper on the problem
domain, and recommended solutions. Implemented the preferred solution
as an XML/XSL-based web application using JavaMail.
Key technologies: Java, Servlets, XML/XSL, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP
Sept 1999 - July 2000
teamOn Systems, Issaquah WA
Project lead/Software Architect
Designed features and enhanced the core functionality of teamOn's
web-based B2B, e-mail, and collaboration service. Added XML-based
templates to support bulk-mailing to contacts. Refactored e-mail
attachment management code to greatly improve efficiency and speed.
Prototyped a SOAP-based API that provided administrative functionality
to business partners.
Key technologies: Java, Servlets, IMAP, POP3, HTTP, J2EE, JDBC, XML, SOAP
June 1998 - March 2004
ETA Associates, Inc. Seattle WA
President/CEO
Performed contract software development for corporate clients.
Developed an Apache module for content filtering. Performed extensive
bug fixing on a leading commercial web-based collaboration product.
Added event-based user notification services to the product. Provided
consulting services and bug fixing for a prototype e-school service.
Key technologies: Java, Servlets, Applets, JDK 1.1/1.2, NT services, HTTP, XML
Apr 1998 - May 1998
Contracting at Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
Software Design Engineer
SDE Engineer/designer for internet-based license server project.
Developed an ISAPI extension to replace an existing ASP-based component
and provide enhanced performance. Developed an Active/X control to
convert RTF-formatted text to HTML.
Key technologies: ISAPI, Active/X, multithreading, COM
Jul 1997 - Mar 1998
Contracting at Microsoft Corp., Issaquah WA
Project Lead
Responsible for the definition, architecture, design, prototyping, and
implementation of a reverse proxy server and associated web monitoring
software. This system was similar in functionality to F5 Lab's BigIP
product. Supplied technical leadership to three contract software
engineers. All software development was performed under NT4 using VC++
and STL.
Key technologies: Winsock, HTTP, ISAPI, multithreading, MAPI
Mar 1997 - May 1997
Metainfo, Inc., Seattle WA
Staff Development Engineer
Developed and enhanced various components of the Windows NT-based
NewsChannel news server. Added support for moderated newsgroups and
local SMTP delivery. Made extensive use of VC++ and the
STL library.
Sept 1995 - Jan 1997
Contracting at Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
Software Engineer
Responsible for the NNTP modules of the Exchange
Internet News Server, a Usenet news gateway. Developed client and
server protocol modules using VC++ under Windows NT. Also developed
various support components including a persistent article queuing
mechanism. Fixed bugs on the Exchange Internet Mail Connector, an SMTP
gateway. Worked on all aspects of the product, including the SMTP
engine, the content conversion modules, and the interface to MAPI.
Apr 1994 - Sept 1995
ConnectSoft, Inc., Bellevue, WA
Project Lead
Project lead for Internet Connection, an Internet
e-mail and WWW client. Managed a team of five engineers in ongoing
design and development. Developed an Internet mail driver (Windows DLL)
for e-mail Connection, ConnectSoft's universal mail client. The driver
implemented the POP3 and SMTP protocols to perform Internet mail
transactions.
Oct 1993 - Apr 1994
Crystal Point, Inc., Bothell, WA
Software Engineer
Developed TLI and SPX network modules to integrate PCs with Tandem hosts. Produced a TCP/IP to SPX gateway for Windows.
May 1991 - Oct 1993
Attachmate Corp, Bellevue, WA
Project Engineer
Technical lead for a Windows-based network management product.
Responsibilities included product definition, architecture, component
design, project planning and tracking, and supervision of six
engineers.
EDUCATION:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
B.S. in Computer Science
