I have excelled in senior technical and leadership roles for large scale development projects on both Unix and Windows. I aim to increase ROI for stakeholders by continuously soaking up code, domains, projects, leveraging my 30+ years of software development experience to create features, eliminate bugs, overcome technical hurdles, and streamline the business of shipping working code.As a developer, I strive to leave behind correct, malleable, readable, elegant code that meets current and future business needs. I am happiest when I can maximize my rate of return - both on the learning curve and in the turnaround of highly complex, working systems.As a team leader, I tend to cultivate technical excellence in my team, balancing high expectations (gained through experience) with grounded common sense. I bring excellent communication skills and a steady personality into the management of smart people in technically challenging roles, driving business directives deep into everyday agendas, bridging the gap between conceptualization and realization.Specialties: Highly productive coding (C++/C/Ruby/Python/bash/unix); Unix/Linux/Windows (development, debugging, scripting, admin, deployment); Breadth (x86/amd64, performance analysis, compilers, kernel drivers, server side CGI/Apache, digital video, security, DBs, sockets/ssl); Depth (embedded systems, libraries/APIs, CLI, GUI, backends, event-driven, batch systems); Comprehension (code reading, analysis, listening); Creativity (design, context switching, business expression)