Software developer for IBM OpenPages GRC Platform• Brainstormed, prototyped, architected and lead development effort of new features called Global Search using Agile method.• Global Search is full-text search feature for OpenPages that allows end-users to search across different object-types and fields as well as on content of attached files.• Provided both simple and complex search capability and facade search on various meta-data contents to help end-user better narrow down their searches.• Provided a fully integrated UI and command line interface tool to administer Global Search.• Used Apache Solr and Tika as the backend search engine.• Took ownership of OpenPages's Object Manger and Environment Migration feature to optimize their performance and stability.• Worked with Java, WebSphere, Oracle and DB2 databases. Supported Windows, Linux and AIX platforms.• Provide training and leadership to fellow team members internationally; also worked closely with support teams, answering questions and providing training.

Project lead and PMC member of Apache C# Lucene• Lead the porting effort of Apache Java Lucene from Java to C# Lucene for versions 1.4.0 to 2.9.1.• The port is a line-by-line port from Java to C#.• Both a committer and a PMC member of Apache Lucene (Emeritus since 2014). See https://lucene.apache.org/whoweare.html

Software developer for IBM Rational ClearQuest• Lead development of new features using Agile method.• Worked with customers directly on new features, testing, and demos. Presented to customers both through design partners program and annual Rational conference.• Provide training and leadership to fellow team members internationally; also worked closely with support teams, answering questions and providing training.• Designed and implemented ClearQuest full-text search feature (from proof of concept to final delivery) using Apache Solr as the backend search engine.• Took ownership of key core components: Packages, EmailRelay, EmailPlus, and ALM to name some.• Worked with mix languages and technologies: C++, Java, PERL, Jython, Windows, Liinux, AIX, Solaris, HP, MS SQL, DB2 and Oracle.

Ported Java Lucene 2.9.1 to C# Lucene.Net 2.9.1

As a Principal Software Engineer and Architect for a startup company that provides Expertise Location solutions, I was responsible to oversee the company’s flagship product ExpertSeek.• Re-factored ExpertSeekService to enable multi-site searching and scalability. Each site is based on ExpertSeekService server built using VS.NET utilizing web services.• Designed and specked the technical and functional requirement for a P2P Expertise Location system.• Addressed performances and bug issues in ExpertSeek. Improved incremental update performances by a factor of 60% and searching by a factor of 35%.

Software engineer and architect for a startup company providing NLP solutions for the CRM market; was responsible for many aspects of the technology and business development.• Designed and implemented the company’s NLP engine for the proprietary Natural Language Processing technology - a patented technology. Highly optimized the engine to perform nearly 2000 queries a second. Developed a SDK that provides an easy integration for third party application with the NLP engine.• Designed and implemented a Web-based client/server “Conversation Manager” application to be used as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the company’s CRM initiative to clients and VCs. The server communicated with the company’s NLP engine and the Speech Processing engine. Based on the source of the incoming query, the server construct a response by generating DHTML or VXML output using XSLT.• Designed and implemented “The Wizard" application to be used by linguistic engineers to create and manage NLP “Knowledge Database”. Used Swing for version 1.0; used MFC for version 2.0.

• Architecture, reviewed, and over-sighted of clients’ solutions before and during development.• Leaded a team of up to five developers to oversee Dataware’s Cartridges development initiative.• Cut down a Cartridge development time from an average of six month to less than four weeks.• Took a lead role to architecture Dataware’s flagship product: Knowledge Management Suite version 3.0 (KMS) from design to development and finally to release.• Re-implemented KMS’s Clustering engine. The new engine is up to 400% faster and 60% smaller and provided the ability to scale based on system load.• Ported Dataware’s Knowledge Query Server (http://www.queryserver.com) from NT to Solaris and Linux platform.

Project Leader for the WebSPIRS client/server CGI engine (a WWW version of SilverPlatter’s Retrieval software.) Made significant contribution to the project’s design and implementation; ported to NT, Solaris, SCO, AIX & Linux platform. Implemented using OO design using C++; introduced template-driven Web forms (e.g. ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, etc. style forms) over a CGI gateway to provide server-side processing.

Implemented the recovery subsystem for LASIK system in which the system would shutdown if a fault of any kind should occur. The program was coded and tested by means of “burning” the code into an EPROM.