Trained volunteer mediator in Alameda County Small Claims Court (Alameda County Superior Court)

Restarted electrical contracting business as result of dot-com collapse. Provided complete residential and commercial wiring services, consulting, service, energy management, safety reports.

Product Built: A suite of automated graph layout tools (libraries) for application developers• Extended and fully automated a make-driven build/release system in an existing cross-platform environment • Maintained existing build/release tools and developed new build/release tools• Implemented configurable build process to target specific compiler, platform, OS, and OS version• Build Elements: C++, Java, HTML, CORBA, RMI • Build Process Outputs: out-of-the-box product installers for multiple platforms • Toolsets: standard Unix tools (vi, sed, awk, make, etc.) + MKS Unix tools (Microsoft platforms), CVS, Java obfuscation tools, InstallShield (Microsoft platforms), InstallAnywhere (Unix platforms)

Product Built: Hand-held client/server prescription drug application • Designed/implemented fully automated, state-sensitive build/release system: - Fully automated from source check-out to out-of-the-box installer generation - State-sensitive design with excellent diagnostics facilitated simple restart after clearing errors - Cross-Platform Builds: Palm and Windows CE clients; Win2k (servers)• Designed/implemented installer features: - Downloaded/updated Palm application from company website to customer’s Palm Desktop using Palm API libraries within InstallShield - Configured Sybase MobilLink conduit - Updated customer’s server website• Toolsets: MKS Unix/PC tools (vi, sed, awk, make, etc.), Perforce (source control), Java obfuscation, InstallShield

Build/Release/Configuration Management Engineer (1997-1999)Product Built: Large web-based client-server workflow application • Designed/implemented fully automated, configurable cross-platform (Solaris/WinNT), state-sensitive build/ release system. State-sensitive design with extensive diagnostics facilitated simple restart after clearing errors.• Product Elements: Java, C++, CORBA, HTML, database, various scripting language components• Build process outputs: out-of-the-box InstallShield installer for NT4.0, PackageAdd-based installer for Unix• Designed/implemented installer features: - Configurable client and/or server installation - Dynamically creation/configuration of MSSQL or Oracle database (for server application on NT4.0 and Unix platforms)• Toolsets: MKS Unix tools (on Windows), standard Unix tools (on Solaris), ClearCase, Java obfuscation, InstallShield