| Change-capable Software Engineer/Architect |
| OBJECTIVE | To obtain a Software Engineer/Architect position in an exciting, fast-paced, Internet-oriented environment, that utilizes my abilities as a designer and implementor of quality C/C++ software. |
| TARGET JOB | Target Job Title: | Prinicipal Software Engineer or Architect |
| Desired Job Type: | Employee |
| Desired Status: | Full-Time |
| Site Location: | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Career Level | Mid Career (8+ Years of Experience) |
| Date of Availability: | 1/5/2004 |
| TARGET COMPANY | Company Size: | No Preference |
| Category: | Internet/E-Commerce |
| EXPERIENCE | 12/2001 - 12/2003 | America Online, Inc. | Mountain View, CA |
| Principal Software Engineer |
| Technical lead for C/C++
webserver add-ons to do identification, authentication and
authorization of AOL-based users (AOL, CompuServe, AIM, etc). - Designed, coded, and maintained plugin modules for multiple webservers including Apache, NES/iWS/SunONE, IIS, and AOLserver, on Solaris, Linux, and Windows platforms. - Provided second-line support for the products above, backing up a support organization that helped 100+ internal sites and 10+ external sites install, configure, and tune this software to meet their needs. - Wrote test programs to load test and monitor the plugins mentioned above as well as tools to plug into other load testing tools such as SilkPerformer and LoadRunner. - Wrote test web pages in Perl, JSP, and ASP to test and make use of the data gathered from the plugins. - Worked as part of a larger group to define the longer-term global authentication goals for AOL. - Promoted from Senior to Principal Software Engineer in January 2003 for this work. |
| 2/1998 - 12/2001 | America Online, Inc. | Columbus, Ohio |
| Senior Software Engineer |
| Software Engineer for
C/C++ webserver add-ons to do identification, authentication and
authorization of AOL-based users (AOL, CompuServe, AIM, etc). - Designed, coded, and maintained plugin modules for IIS webserver on the Windows platforms, as well as core components for similar plugins on Solaris and Linux. - Wrote InstallShield and SMS Installers for the IIS plugin mentioned above - Designed and implemented the original version of the CompuServe web-based login at login.compuserve.com that was used to allow users to authenticate in conjunction with the webserver plugins. - Provided support for the products above, for almost all CompuServe web sites and several other AOL, Inc properties. - Wrote test programs to load test and monitor the plugins mentioned above as well as tools to plug into other load testing tools such as LoadRunner. - Wrote test web pages in ASP to test and make use of the data gathered from the plugins. |
| 6/1996 - 2/1998 | CompuServe, Inc. | Columbus, Ohio |
| Software Engineer |
| Technical lead for IE and
Netscape web-browser plugin for CompuServe's RPA authentication. - Wrote plugin in C/C++ using COM, WinInet API, Windows registry, and MFC. - Wrote supporting account configuration executable and UI for users of this plugin. - Wrote InstallShield installer for the software above. - Provided integration support for the products above for internal users of this and for packaging with larger CompuServe software. - Received a CompuServe Ovation Quarterly Award for Outstanding Performance in Spring Quarter 1997. |
| 7/1995 - 6/1996 | CompuServe, Inc. | Columbus, Ohio |
| Software Engineer |
| - Maintained hub of
cc:Mail Post Offices running on Novell filesystems with OS/2 cc:Mail
Routers running X.25 connections into it. - Maintained portions of old cc:Mail to CompuServe Mail Gateway that made use of the cc:Mail import and export utilities to communicate with the Post Offices. - Designed and developed new cc:Mail to CompuServe Mail gateway in C++ as a Windows NT Service, using cc:Mail VIM library to communicate with the Post Offices. |
| EDUCATION | 5/1995 | Mount Union College | US-Ohio-Alliance |
| Bachelor's Degree |
| Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science Minors: Math, Music GPA: 3.958 in Major, 3.765 overall |
| SKILLS | Skill Name | Skill Level | Last Used | Experience |
| C++ | Expert | Currently used | 9 years |
| Java | Intermediate | 2 years ago | 2 years |
| HTML | Expert | Currently used | 9 years |
| HTTP | Expert | Currently used | 7 years |
| Windows System Service Programming | Intermediate | Currently used | 8 years |
| Unix/Linux C/C++ Programming | Expert | Currently used | 3 years |
| Perl | Intermediate | Currently used | 6 years |
