Principal software engineer and hands-on project manager experienced in software product development, software based service business operations, and third-party integration projects. Able to take ownership of projects for full life cycle from requirements and functional specification through design, coding, testing, debugging, deployment and support. Specifically experienced in large distributed systems with high quality, performance, reliability, and scalability requirements - e.g. financial trading, enterprise middleware, distributed management, and protocol stacks. Demonstrated ability to quickly master new technologies, large existing code bases, and application domains. Dynamic yet disciplined developer, experienced with short-cycle, agile-type approaches as well as processes requiring more formality and documentation. Experienced with direct and matrix management of geographically dispersed software development and IT teams. Completely comfortable with customer and vendor interaction and with moderate travel. Excellent communicator and writer.Specialties: Expertise in UNIX, Linux, C, C++, Python, Perl, Korn, LAN/WAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, GNU, Clearcase, Perforce, XML, SOAP, SQL.