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Boxborough, Massachusetts, United States

This book store attends Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions bringing approximately 2000 quality, gently used hardcover, paperback and trade books to each convention. In addition, the store has probably the best collection of signed Anne McCaffrey books in the USA (as stated by other knowledgeable dealers). The store’s inventory exceeds 12,000 signed and unsigned Science Fiction and Fantasy books. Conventions attended, where books were sold, include: Boskone, Arisia, Readercon, Balticon, Albacon, two World Fantasies and the 2021 World Science Fiction Convention held in Washington DC. The Mind’s Eye Book Store was invited to sell at the 2021 World Science Fiction Convention as well as the 2022 World Science Fiction convention in Chicago, however in the latter case the distance was too far to travel. Duties include:Purchase booksAdd books to inventory spreadsheetSelect books to bring to conventionsDesign and set up booth based upon booth’s location and sizeSell books keeping track of salesOffer suggestions if neededSearch database per customers’ requestsLocate books both on premises and in physical inventory at customers’ requestDismantle booth at end of conventionAdd unsold books back into physical inventory.

Maynard, Massachusetts, United States

Used MagicDraw for C++ to capture requirements, tests, glossary, and design in UML including: system diagram, state diagrams, use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams and activity diagrams. Created MagicDraw templates to create user documentation such as regression testing and design documents.Used MagicDraw to generate C++ code from class diagrams.Used MagicDraw to reverse engineer C++ code.Created a server based upon a design created in MagicDraw.Worked on a radar simulator in the area of calibration.Created a set of XSL style sheets and a C++ converter used to generate text files from XML in the case where there is no access to a browser.Worked on the FishEye Real-Time Platform (RTTK) for real-time machine data capture, analysis and distribution.Ported radar software from Power 6, running AIX 6.1 using xlC 13.1, to Power 9, running AIX 7.2 using xlC 16.1. Created and documented tests for the newly ported radar software.Tested, and documented the results of running the radar software on the new platform.Ported radar software from Power 9, running AIX 7.2 using xlC 16.1 to a Linux VM running within a Windows desktop system and using g++ 11. Documented all porting issues in a wiki and created a porting White Paper.

Hopkinton, Ma

Worked in a small team performing research and developing the guest OS infrastructure for the VMAX and Powermax family of storage systems. Researched and tested various algorithms using NVIDIA GPUs, embedded within a storage system, which may eventually be used in offload engines to save CPU cycles. Created a Java-based GUI that can run a suite of performance tests remotely on a Linux system from a Windows system. The results of the tests are sent back to the controlling GUI where they can be automatically graphed and compared to prior results. The GUI was eventually modified to also allow testing of various GPU algorithms on remote Linux servers. Created new performance tests for validating the performance of the GuestOS and vVMAX. Made many modifications to another performance test written in bash and python by a coworker. Produced an itemized list of proposed changes for making the coworker’s test more flexible and usable by other groups. Created a prototype messaging service to be used between SymmWin and VMAX microcode. Based upon Apache MQ and the STOMP protocol this service can be used for sending log files, blobs, commands, status updates and logs messages. Created a prototype system that negated the need for “gatekeepers” in Solutions Enabler through the use of Ethernet socket connection to a listener thread in the IM of the VMAX microcode.Managed a small team in the US and was technical lead (remote management) to 4 engineers in Bangalore, India (2 QA and 2 sustaining) working on a Symmetrix Emulator. Hired and trained the remote team. Created a User’s Guide, Developer’s Guide, and PowerPoint presentations. Gave presentations and training internally and externally. Gave presentations to internal customers in India, Japan, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

Southborough, Ma

• Created diagnostics in C++ for our DAEs, LCCs, fibre drives, jbod and other storage systems.• Created multi-threaded software in C++ to simultaneously load firmware into up to 120 fibre channel drives.• Created a menu-driven suite of tests and loading software for use by Dell in the manufacturing of our co-branded storage systems. Consulted, on site, with Dell engineers in Austin to help them set up their manufacturing software.

Manchester, Nh And Marlborough, Ma

• Helped to develop software to allow the electronic delivery of manuals and software to end customers. This software, although virtually complete, was never put into actual production, as similar capabilities were made possible by the web.• Created a new language and interpreter to allow the easy construction of menus, graphics, and control on an automated chip tester we created. Built in a save an restore mode that allowed the saving of interpreter state and data structures as a ‘binary’ and a very fast reload.• Designed and developed software in C that drove a robotic chip tester. My algorithms allowed for movement in the x, y, z and theta directions.

Natick, Ma

• Modified the Prime OS as desired by customers.• Modified the OS to allow the testing and use of new, emerging types of disk drives.• Designed and developed software to utilize optical disk drives in an optical disk drive library carousel.

Sudbury, Ma

• Took over development and maintenance of a seismographic graphing package used by the oil industry to discover deep pockets of oil from data collected via monitoring of controlled explosions.• Worked on board the USNS Observation Island, maintaining ship-based radar software as well as manning the radar during two-month missions at sea. Ran diagnostics of the radar system as required. Trained for this mission at Patrick Air Force base in Florida. The homeport was Pearl Harbor.• Developed diagnostics and the initial boot loader for a militarized VAX built for the US Air Force. Helped to port Linux to the new hardware. Helped to develop the graphics software for the new built in display.• Researched close to 750 pages of undocumented assembly code for a fault-tolerant space-borne computer developed in-house. Created a set of flow charts for the code and added headers and inline documentation to the code.

Master'S Degree, Computer Science

Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematics