Working for a small company in a variety of software rolesPerform real time monitoring of a machine producing cartons for the packaging automation industry. A 53 microsecond timer is used to read bar codes, check sensor status, and extrude glue onto cartons. Technologies used include: C++, embedded Yocto linux, Xenomai real time kernel, Qt widgets, GUI programming, TCP/IP socket programming, firewall configuration, OPC UA, shell scripts, touch screen, fingerprint readerConverted a product originally written to run on WinCE using Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) to run on Yocto Linux using Qt WidgetsWorked on all aspects of a cloud service utilizing Amazon Web services (AWS). The cloud service collects data and stores it into a MySQL database. A Web site based on PHP and Javascript is provided to display the data. Roles include AWS administration, security, Web site development, database administrator. A custom TCP/IP server written in C++ using the Boost Asio API is used to allow devices from around the world to connect to the cloud and provide data.

Lead Software Engineer for the C version of the Ultra Performance API (UPA) and C++ version of the Robust Foundation API (RFA). The UPA and RFA APIs are used internally and by customers to communicate with Elektron and the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform for Real Time to access and distribute OMM data. Added the shared memory transport to the UPA API providing data delivery with sub-microsecond latencyAdded the multicast transport to the UPA API allowing non-interactive providers to deliver data to multiple clients through one interfaceIncreased performance of the RFA C++ API by improving the inter-thread queuing mechanisms

Software engineer on a globally distributed team developing financial software for the credit card industry with a code base of 2 million lines. Main focuses are multi-threaded C++ development and Database performance.Refactored and added performance measurements to the mutex APIs and libraries used the by the application. Added checks for deadlock conditions and warnings when mutexes were held too longRefactored C++ methods used to retrieve temporal data from the database resulting in a 44% decrease in database requestsChanged the database requests made by the product to use parameterized SQL statements resulting in a much higher SQL Server cached plan hit ratio and a 50% reduction in database CPU usageManaged and analyzed results from the stress test team in matters dealing with performance measurements including the specifications for a new testing environment including a RAID array.

Managed a globally distributed team testing the Workbench product. Wind River Systems is a manufacturer of VxWorks and Linux operating systems and tools for embedded systems. Responsible for overall testing performed for multiple major releases each with over 200 requirements and 2 million lines of source code.• Planned testing for 4 major releases and several patch releases resulting in on time delivery• Direct/indirect management of employees at sites in California, Austria, and France.• Management of a team of 16 offshore testing contractors from Pune, India resulting in a 5 times improvement in the number of defects submitted• Improved infrastructure, methodologies, and processes used by the test team to plan, execute, and report on the results of testing.• Pioneered methods to analyze, plan, and track testing for all requirements in a release.• Worked with project management to plan, execute, and track testing for each product release

Managed a team of 10 engineers developing a modular multithreaded custom debug server that was 600,000 lines of C++ at completion. The team was part of the globally distributed Wind River Workbench project utilizing eclipse technology.• Developed a 2 year long project plan and successfully delivered on time• Negotiated requirements for each release with marketing, program management, and other engineering leads.• Defined and tracked feature development plans and task lists along with the associated schedules for the team utilizing Microsoft Project.• Provided guidance and set policies/processes for development which included high level designs, peer reviews, coding standards, source code control using Rational Clearcase, nightly builds, defect resolution, and automated unit testing.• Interfaced and coordinated with other development teams in France, Austria, and multiple US locations.• Conducted performance reviews and set goals for members of the team.

Served as a member of an engineering team developing a low cost Cellular Switching System. Specific duties included development of a statistics reporting system and an Informix database utilized by all facets of the switch.

Managed eight employees in the areas of system testing, problem/defect tracking, tool development, technical documentation, source code tracking, and release project management. Managed the budget, conducted team member performance reviews, hired new engineers, and established incentive goals. Leadership of the Management Information Services Area: As the acting MIS manager, coordinated the move of the company computing facilities to a new building. Converted the e-mail system to Microsoft Exchange Server, and oversaw the installation of a new firewall. Obtained and installed new PCs for employees. Finally, directed the transition to a new internet service provider.Process Improvements: Defined the process and implementation strategies for a new source code control systems utilizing the clearcase source code management system. Also, defined a process for QA problem/defect tracking.

Lead Engineer on a project utilizing computer telephony integration (CTI) to distribute incoming calls across a number of ACDs. Specific duties included high level design and implementation of virtual routing application (VRA). Communication between processes was accomplished using TCP/IP sockets and CSTA formatted messages.

Served as a contract developer for various companies including Baxter Healthcare, AT&T Bell Labs, Honeywell Environmental systems, and Rockwell Switching Systems

Designed and implemented a user interface for a radar tracking system utilizing Visual Basic. A radar image had to be constructed by users by entering data about objects within the radar’s range using latitude and longitude coordinates.

Assisted in the software development of a color control system for a printing press. The system used video imaging techniques to compare the same image that was printed at different times during the press run to determine color quality, and preset the press before running a job. This involved software applications to preset the press, windows graphing software to present the differences between printed images, and a low level protocol interface to an Allen-Bradley DH-485 network.

Designed and implemented large portions of the user interface for a UNIX server controlling a hospital drug dispensing system. The system was written in C with the user interface using UNIX Curses and ETI packages. Embedded SQL was utilized to update and access an Informix database containing information about patients and drugs.In addition, developed large portions of the dispensing system controlled by an INTEL 80386 PC. The system was originally written using Microsoft C, ported to Borland Turbo C++, and then redone in Visual C++ with MFC. During the port, a portion of the code was rewritten using object-oriented techniques. The system had to keep track of and dispense drugs that were being stored in the unit by interfacing with hospital personnel and manipulating a mechanical set of dispensers.

Designed and constructed set of tools to aid in the automated testing of a telephone switching system. A set of tools written in C, YACC and LEX generated input for a software package running on an IBM PC called Autotester. This interfaced with a set of routines running on the telephone switch written in C++.

Responsible for new features and the maintenance of C software generation systems for the INTEL 8086, MC68000, MC68020, and AT&T 3B20 Duplex platforms. The tools included compiler, link editor, optimizer, and assembler.Designed and implemented a set of tools for replacing code, data, and symbolic information in COFF object files destined for MC68000 and INTEL 80286 platforms. The tools allowed a user to take an object file built by a C compiler and incrementally link the file into an already existent program thereby saving time and machine resources. As a member of a project team, defined the computing and development environment for a new project. The team identified the machine resources, programming languages, debuggers, and tools to be used by the project. Sun workstations, a Tandem Integrity S2, and Amdahl mainframes were chosen to be networked together for the computing resources. C was chosen as the programming language using AT&T's Sablime tools for source code control.

Constructed the user interface for an environmental control system. The system used a Honeywell Level 6 minicomputer and was written in assembly language.

Provided systems and network support for a group of DEC-10 and PDP-11 computers.