Software Engineer, MTS2

Responsible for mission-critical content management system driving SGI's customer support web site http://support.sgi.com

• Designed and extended Content Management System (10,000+ documents) in Python using open source technologies including Zope, Apache, XML, CVS and Linux
• As Lead developer for project converting perl/CGI based content system to Zope/CMF (Python), scheduled, prioritized, designed, formulated standards and tested software while working with outside consultants
• Promoted from contractor to permanent engineer position with the research and development unit of SGI's customer support business
• Created internal sites using Plone and Archetypes
• Built tools to exchange and repurpose data from J2EE, Sybase, Oracle and proprietary database systems via xml and XML-RPC
• Wrote unit tests, and testing/monitoring framework
• Reduced static page build times by approximately 50% by refactoring and rewriting Perl database software and CGIs

Technology Coordinator and Computer Science Teacher

Linux and windows system administrator for a network of 35 nodes supporting over 200 faculty, students and administrators

Technical instructor for C++, MS Office, and multimedia applications courses

• Deployed and debugged database system for automatic report card generation, including writing Perl and bash code to overcome serious conflicts in proprietary software
• Decreased processing time for report cards by 50% year over year
• Maintained Samba file server, Apache web server, Squid proxy server, and sendmail on Linux, with responsibility for system security, backup, hardware/software troubleshooting and maintenance
• Created technology curriculum and taught workshops for students, staff and outside professionals
• Budgeted and authorized all technology purchases; prepared technology plan for successful grant

Electrical Designer, Computer Consultant

Responsible for system administration, automation and many aspects of business development for a small startup company

• Windows operating system maintenance, backup and evolution consultant
• Wrote text processing software that greatly decreased entry time in AutoCAD
• Instrumental in building up a client base via face-to-face sales presentations.
• Produced electrical construction documents for a wide variety of commercial sites using AutoCAD

Computer Consultant

Worked with senior researcher to build pharmaceutical research software

• Integrated a 3-D visualizer with a molecular-simulation program
• Partially ported a UNIX application to Silicon Graphics IRIX with a Graphical User Interface in C