Hacking on PostgreSQL code and developing other tools including pg_stat_monitor.

Being your own boss is not as pleasant as I initially thought. Its like working 24x7. But it does feel good.Leading the company technically allowed me to do what I always wanted to do; i.e. focus on software quality and thereby rapid delivery of projects.Worked on projects for a couple of Saudi Arabian companies including Saudi Aramco. In a matter of a few years, we successfully developed and deployed a number of products:1) MAGExSMotors and Generators Expert System.It detects electrical and mechanical problems with motors and generators and suggest tests and repairs. The expert system has huge core of over 50,000 lines of code containing parameteric equations and data elements. Pretty good.2) ERPA web-based ERP solution built in ASP.Net and MS SQL Server 2005. A very strong architecture and loads of modules including:a) Finance with AP/AR/GL/FAb) Inventoryc) Salesd) Procuremente) Productionf) Shippingg) HR and Payrollh) Executive SummaryThe ERP uses our reporting engine to generate reports in PDF format.3) PDF Reporting EngineBuilt on iText. Use XML to generate reports.

Worked as an associate architect in the database core team. Had a short stay there fore starting my own software company.

Had a great time at LMKR. Worked on the PetroBank MDS project for Halliburton. Working on the seismic side was a new experience. I personally worked on:1) Poststack Data2) Prestack Data3) Field Data4) Navigation Data5) Velocity DataHad loads of fun fixing up major problems and issues in the system include a porting project for shifting the entire C/C++ and shell script code base from AIX to Linux. Enjoyed every bit of.I also got a change to work on Uniface 7 and 8. A pretty good framework for rapid application development.

Worked on ZTE's IN system for PakTel cellphone company.

Fully developed an IVR application, as well as worked on tariff, billing and CDR processing applications.