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specialist in technical architecture and production support for open systems and multi-tier, multi-vendor applications; UNIX systems programmer
Solaris; Windows NT 4; Windows 2000; Access 2000; Oracle 8; HTML; ASP; FrontPage; Java; JSP; iPlanet; Apache; WebLogic; C; Bourne shell; Windows COMMAND; i2 FP; i2 Open Commerce Network; WebMethods; SiteMinder; ClearCase; InstallAnywhere; ColdFusion; Perl
Software developer, i2 Technologies, 2000–2001
Evaluated more than 100 i2 products made by various independent and acquired i2 development groups, and made recommendations for standardization of development tools and software dependencies. Report to senior management led to adoption of standardized platform architectures for all i2 products, resulting in a substantial development cost savings due to efficiencies, third party contracts, etc. Managed relationships with software vendors.
Developed secure remote control functionality for application server (data transfer, application control) and integration with i2 Open Commerce Network (single sign-on); ported application from Windows to UNIX; developed installers for Windows and UNIX; automated daily build and test process. Managed ambitious project timeline to on-time completion and coordinated work of three other developers.
Developed secure website for sales partners to access confidential sales materials, freeing marketing team from fulfillment responsibilities.
i2 products (especially SCP, TM, CP, PP, PS, ADW); Solaris; HP–UX; OS/400; Oracle 8; iPlanet; JRun; Apache; Perl
Consulting team lead, i2 Technologies, 1999–2000
Assigned to a major sports brand to help them understand product architecture, initially for two weeks. Gained their confidence and extended engagement to three consultants and more than one year of full time billing. Designed customer's technical architecture (systems, networks, and third party software) to support world-wide rollout to hundreds of users; implemented and maintained multiple operating environments (development, unit test, stress test, production, support); helped hire and train technical architects and support specialists.
i2 products (especially SCP, FP, ADW); Solaris; HP–UX; AIX; Digital UNIX; Windows NT 4; Apache; Perl
Analyst, i2 Technologies, 1995–1999
Solved customer technical problems remotely or on site. Presented product technical architecture to new accounts. Point of contact for all internal questions about operating systems, product hardware requirements, and performance problems. Developed product demos including web-based real-time available-to-promise application. Maintained internal website for technical Q&A; also supported web infrastructure for many websites maintained by developers and engineers.
i2 products (especially FP); Solaris; HP–UX; AIX; Digital UNIX; Irix; OpenVMS; Ultrix–32; X11; MacOS; Windows NT 3; NCSA Mosaic; NCSA httpd; Perl; CVS; TCP/IP; UUCP; EtherTalk; Ethernet
Member of technical staff, i2 Technologies, 1992–1995
Responsible for technical architecture for company doubling in size every year. Replaced existing bus-architecture local area network with modular star architecture, reducing outages from daily to near zero. Installed new servers and desktops (UNIX, Macintosh, and PC) and telephone systems as needed to support growth. Designed and maintained e-mail system and managed external links. Developed automated system to manage workstation configurations. Maintained codebase. Set up portable systems for product demonstrations. Aided developers with system programming tasks such as client-server networking, signal handling, and performance optimization. Assisted users with desktop applications. Developed first i2 internal website for use by developers and engineers.
VAX; Alliant; SGI; Apollo; H–P; SunOS; HP–UX; Digital UNIX; Domain/OS; OpenVMS; MacOS; Perl; CVS; various engineering applications; TCP/IP; Ethernet
Systems administrator, University of Iowa, 1988–1992 (part time during first year)
Operated and maintained workstations and minicomputers in a research environment (Center for Computer Aided Design/Iowa Driving Simulator). Implemented and maintained code management system (CVS). Contributed to operating system specific application development projects. Ported research applications to underwriting corporations’ systems.
VAX; PDP–11; OpenVMS; SunOS; MacOS; RSTS/E; ALL–IN–1; TCP/IP; DECnet; Ethernet; BITNET; Dreams; MASS–11; SPSS; SAS
Systems coordinator, Grinnell College, 1984–1988
Systems programmer and operations team lead for central academic and business minicomputers. Position created for me. Responsible for software installations, networking, security, disaster recovery, and load management. Developed operations procedures for team. Wrote tools to automate common processes, including account management and archival storage inventory management for 2000 users (turning over 300 users per year). Wrote program for a minicomputer serial interface and modem, supporting full duplex access to remote systems. Contributed to operating system specific application development projects. Managed office automation system, and wrote custom enhancements. Managed local and wide area network including electronic mail. Performed field tests of pre-release operating system and networking software. Conducted seminars and labs in use of operating systems and office automation system. Wrote educational articles for internal publication. Answered user questions.
PDP–11; RSTS/E; WISE
Programmer, Grinnell College, 1982–1984
Systems programming and administrative data processing on minicomputers in mixed academic and business environment. Quickly progressed from apprenticeship and report writing to responsibility for projects supporting admission and financials. Integrated telephony and student billing databases to bill for long distance. Implemented fuzzy data discrimination to match commercial prospective student databases with direct inquiries.
PDP–11; RSTS/E
Operator, Grinnell College, 1981–1984
Performed all weekend minicomputer operations in mixed academic and business environment. Set new standard of reliability for the position in critical operations such as system backups.
C; PalmOS
Developed some small utilities for PalmOS.
C; UUCP; HTTP
Implemented UUCP “g” protocol for serial communications and HTTP protocol.
Red Hat; UUCP; X11
Co-managed a home Linux installation.
Wrote test programs for minicomputer processor, memory, and peripheral modules.
Wrote device driver for Printronix dot matrix line printers, conforming to ACM SIGGRAPH Core Graphics Standard, at request of faculty member in mathematics at Grinnell College.
PDP–11; Apple; 80x86
Maintain and repair “antique” home computer hardware.
University of Iowa, Undergraduate study. Full time 1988–1989.
Digital Equipment Corporation. VMS System Management 1983; VMS V4 Update 1985.
Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society. Symposia: St. Louis / Las Vegas 1983; Cincinnati / Anaheim 1984; New Orleans / Anaheim, 1985; San Francisco 1986; Anaheim 1987. Seminars: RSTS/E Performance Evaluation and Optimization 1983; VAXcluster Short Course 1984; ALL–IN–1 System Management and Tuning 1985; Introduction to VAX/VMS Performance Management 1986.
Grinnell College. Undergraduate study. Special student in mathematics 1979–1980. Full time 1980–1981. Part time 1981–1988.
Grinnell High School. High school degree 1980. Gifted and talented program in computer programming, 1976–1980.
Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society and Bi-state Local Users Group, 1983–1988. Served as Tape Coordinator 1984–1988.
compiler design; VAX–11 C; Franz LISP; SNOBOL–4; VAX–11 MACRO
Exotic Programming Languages Study Group, Grinnell College, 1984–1988. Various study topics.
National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalist, 1978. Scored in top 1% of the nation on the College Board SAT.
4/18/2002
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