Background
I have over thirty years of professional software development experience, in many computer languages and systems.
My experience includes working with databases, Unix programming (kernel and user-level), computer networking, embedded systems, vision, robotics, and web programming.
I have been the technical lead on many of the projects that I've worked on, and have team leadership experience.
I have much experience in integration and enhancing large existing code bases.
I am a co-inventor on six force-feedback robotics patents.
Skills
| Education: |
BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Wayne State University, 1990 |
| Computer Programming: |
35+ years (30+ years with C, 10+ years with Python, 5+ years with Go) |
| Unix systems programming: |
30+ years |
| Web (HTML/CGI/SSI/JavaScript): |
25+ years |
| Computer Languages: |
C, Go, Python, PHP, Perl, AWK, shell-script, TCL, PL/SQL, Pascal, BASIC, FORTRAN, Forth, Intel x86 asm, Java |
| Operating Systems: |
Unix (Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, SunOS, Solaris, VxWorks, AIX, SGI/Irix, A/UX), DOS, DOS/32, Windows, MacOS |
| Networking Systems: |
IP; Ethernet; IPSec; BGP; MS-PPTP; routing, bridging, firewalling; proxy serving; NAT |
| Softwares: |
PostgreSQL, Apache, OpenSSL, sendmail, BIND, OpenLDAP, SAMBA, Git, SVN, CVS, gcc, MS Visual Studio |
Experience
Cisco Systems
Software Engineer /
August 2014 - present (9+ years)
- Develop, deploy, and monitor (Linux-based) malware analysis software and services for static and sandbox forensics, analyzing network activity, file i/o, registry changes, etc.
Arbor Networks / Ann Arbor, MI
Senior Software Developer /
Feb. 2006 - May 2014 (8 years)
- Seven years developing software for on IP-based traffic monitoring, reporting, notification, and mitigation.
- More recent work was as dev/ops for cloud-based (Amazon/OpenStack) data feeds.
- Developed a database and API to millions of attacks processed through Arbor products.
- Wrote software in C, Python, PHP, TCL, and KSH for Linux and OpenBSD.
- Provided development support for customer engineers / customer support staff.
- Filed bugs, tracked bugs, worked with VersionOne, and supported QA teams to solve issues.
University of Michigan Health Systems, Medical Center Information Technology / Ann Arbor, MI
Senior Software Developer /
Feb. 2002 - Jan. 2006 (4 years)
- Wrote CGI scripts for enterprise medical record viewing.
- Wrote PL/SQL stored procedures, Perl, shell, and AWK applications.
- Provided on-call support for all related systems.
- Implemented data quality monitoring, and provided reporting.
- Secured Solaris server system from unauthorized access.
- Responsible for a Unix-based Oracle server system.
Adapted Wave Technologies / Ann Arbor, MI
Software Engineer /
Feb. 2001 - Oct. 2001 (8 months)
- Responsible for performance optimization of wavelet-packet based audio codec. Mathematical transforms included FFT, DFT, DCT, and Hartley.
- Developed a public API for this codec.
- Developed a streaming media format for multi-mode distribution.
- General web programming, networking, etc.
Cybernet Systems Corporation / Ann Arbor, MI
Software Developer and Researcher /
Dec. 1990 - Jan. 2001 (10 years)
- Principle software engineer for the NetMAX commercial product. This involved team leadership responsibilities, programming for a web-based GUI using CGI, and massive code integration.
- Developed and patented a virtual force-feedback control system, implemented in DOS, DOS/32, Irix, and VxWorks. U.S. patent numbers
5,389,865,
5,629,594,
6,104,158,
5,459,382,
5,831,408, and
6,801,008.
- Developed a man-portable Unix-based wireless force-feedback vehicle remote control system.
- Developed a PC/104 embedded DOS-based network web camera with image processing capabilities.
- Developed an embedded processor based serial port digital interface for SINCGARS analog military radios.
- Developed a Macintosh-based computer vision system that included a custom programming language tokenizer and executor.