Mark J. Taylor
Computer Engineer / Software Developer

   2959 Green Valley Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48103
   Mobile: (734) 657-4288
   Mark.Taylor.HQ@gmail.com
   mark@taylor-hq.com

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.