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Lexington, Ky, Us

1st asgn (5 years):Host based Formatter team. Worked to develop/design a print datastream generator component. Component had to be flexible to handle multiple printhead designs and mechanical designs of the printers themselves. Designed and developed an automated test system to allow testing prior to hardware availability. Extensive use of C++ and OO methodologies.2nd asgn(1.5 years):Application Test Harness Team Lead. A new movement to develop applications led to a need… Show more 1st asgn (5 years):Host based Formatter team. Worked to develop/design a print datastream generator component. Component had to be flexible to handle multiple printhead designs and mechanical designs of the printers themselves. Designed and developed an automated test system to allow testing prior to hardware availability. Extensive use of C++ and OO methodologies.2nd asgn(1.5 years):Application Test Harness Team Lead. A new movement to develop applications led to a need for new testing methodologies. Extensive use of C++, C#, NUnit, JUnit, Prefast, FXCop, OO, Com, .Net technologies and test design methodologies.3rd Asgn (1.5 years):XPS Driver Team Lead. Faced resource contraints due to Microsoft not being clear about requirement or timeframe. Worked through certification issues on the OS side and delivered on time for the next round. Extensive work in C++, COM, OO, Microsoft Certification Processes, Over seas development, and low resource management. Show less

1st assignment:Internet Enabled Device Printing team(4 months). Worked on a variety of devices designed to connect to the internet from phones to set top boxes. Extensive use of C++ and OO. Use of a variety of operating systems from Mac to Qnx.2nd assignment:Windows 9x printer driver team(21 months). Worked as an Integration engineer for the team. I integrated the newly designed GUI and status reporting system. Including working with 3rd party driver companies. I also… Show more 1st assignment:Internet Enabled Device Printing team(4 months). Worked on a variety of devices designed to connect to the internet from phones to set top boxes. Extensive use of C++ and OO. Use of a variety of operating systems from Mac to Qnx.2nd assignment:Windows 9x printer driver team(21 months). Worked as an Integration engineer for the team. I integrated the newly designed GUI and status reporting system. Including working with 3rd party driver companies. I also worked to integrate the newly designed print datastream generator. Worked extensively in C, C++, MFC, Win 32 APIs, and Com programming. Show less

Initially(13 months) developer on a 16 bit point of sale Kitchen an Bath Design Suite. Developed context sensitive help system, in the days before this was standard. Provided standard bug support. Worked with customers on requirements for special deliveries of the suite. Extensive use of C++, MFC, Com, and OO principles.Became team lead(20 months) of the 16bit version of the suite and a designer on the 32 bit version. Worked directly with customers on requirements for the 32bit… Show more Initially(13 months) developer on a 16 bit point of sale Kitchen an Bath Design Suite. Developed context sensitive help system, in the days before this was standard. Provided standard bug support. Worked with customers on requirements for special deliveries of the suite. Extensive use of C++, MFC, Com, and OO principles.Became team lead(20 months) of the 16bit version of the suite and a designer on the 32 bit version. Worked directly with customers on requirements for the 32bit version. Worked with a team of 8 to continue support and enhancement of our 16 bit suite during design of 32 bit version. Extensive use of C++, MFC, Com, and OO principles. Worked to deliver apo suite on regular scheduled release plan while supporting new work on the 32bit app.Company was purchased by a privately held British company. Worked as a transition co-oridinator(2 months) to enable our product to work in the Euro market. Show less