Résumé

“...Derek’s skills as a software developer proved themselves valuable to our team time and again. I’ve lost track of the number of times over the years Derek has solved seemingly impossible problems under ‘pressure cooker’ deadlines.”

Michael R. Morrisroe
Vice President/Executive Producer
Tri-Film Productions, Inc.
(Letter of Recommendation, late 2004)
“Derek is a strong performer, extremely dedicated and makes a valuable contribution to the team. He shows leadership tendencies, and takes the initiative to keep the team on task. [...] Even under somewhat difficult circumstances, Derek has pulled team members together and accomplished the required tasks. [...] He has continually helped other developers in other departments resolve development issues.”
(Corporate Annual Performance Evaluation, 2007)

Employment


2008 – Present: Cool Software Technologies Lynnwood, WA

Owner, CEO

  • Various high-tech projects, incl. local & int'l software development


Fall 2005 – 2008: Panasonic Avionics Corp. Bothell, WA

MTS III, Software

  • Project manager, designer, team lead, and core developer for multiple projects

  • Touchscreen application design and international project management (for on-aircraft IFE maintenance software)

  • High performance, multi-threaded, distributed XMLRPC server software development

  • Enterprise ACL and Session System (Single Sign-On, integrated with LDAP and SQL via XML web services)

  • Self-diagnostic BITE engineering data display (from aircraft via satellite)

    Applied skills: XMLRPC and XML, HTML, Apache, PHP, Python (daemons, scripts, mod_python and Zope), C++, Unix shell, some Perl, CVS, optimization, data center design, advanced MySQL, sysadmin and CM (wrote software build systems), GUI design and implementation, project management, proposal and documentation writing, team lead, coder


Spring 2005: UIEvolution Corp. Bellevue, WA

Software Design Engineer

  • Specialized clustered server development (Apache module and raw C socket servers for >10K concurrent connections per node)

  • Cell phone client and server software development

    Applied skills: Java (incl. JSP), C, C++, Unix shell scripts, APAPI, XML, HTML, RTSP/RTP streaming media, SVN, VPN/firewall setup, load testing, embedded development, server cluster design, FreeBSD's kqueue, Solaris' /dev/poll, Linux's sys_epoll(), proposal and documentation writing


2001 – 2005: Interactive Threshold Corp. Kirkland, WA

Lead Architect

  • Customer-driven software development and support under widely varying enviroments (.NET, Unix servers, touchscreen kiosks, etc.)

    Applied skills: Python, C, C++, Unix shell scripts, APAPI, XML, HTML, advanced Javascript, Windows Media streaming and troubleshooting, VPN/firewall/network/backup/server monitoring and administration, security audits, server clusters (incl. LVS), DNS, PKI, databases, public event mgmt., project mgmt., team mgmt., DVD production/deployment, technical presentations, proposal & documentation writing

Employment (cont'd)


2000 – 2001 Aventail Corp. Seattle , WA

Senior Software Engineer

  • Clustered security server product design, development, and maintenance

    Applied skills: C, C++, Unix shell scripts, APAPI, HTML (parser development), advanced Javascript, HTTPS protocol development (proprietary cluster key sharing protocol similar to SPREAD), F5 Big IP load balancers, TCP/IP packet analysis, customer interaction


1999 – 2000 NetManage, Inc.(formerly Wall Data) Kirkland, WA

Senior Unix Developer

  • Complete management of their Unix product “Cyberprise Security Server” and cross-platform Java development (incl. C, C++, NSAPI, CVS admin, AWT, Beans, Swing)


1996 –1999 Independent Consulting Lynnwood, WA

d.b.a. K&D Development

  • Software development and leading highly-skilled Unix subcontractors (work including serial packet analysis, SNMP development, international projects, ColdFusiontm)


1994 – 1996: CompuServe (SPRY Division) Bellevue, WA
Project Lead

  • Managing design specifications, feature additions, licensing strategy, and prototyping

Example Projects


Online Maintenance Tool (for Panasonic Avionics)

I led a senior 'agile' software development team to develop an engineering maintenance application for PAC's latest IFE products. It takes engineering data from the aircraft (transmitted via satellite) and displays it in real time on a web-based interface. Multiple protocols, data formats, and back-end architectures were involved.




Cell Phone Networked Dictionary Application

I developed an embedded application for BREW, MIDP, and Sprint Series 30 cell phones. I was solely responsible for the client application and server-side Java JSP module. (Images censored for NDA.)



On Demand TV (Launched in Japan, Mar. 2005)
http://www.AkihabaraNews.com/en/news_9308.html

From the Article: “ODTV, short for On Demand TV, means that you can watch what you want, when you want to and on what you want.”

I was on the team that developed the client side of this service (the embedded Linux user interface for the set top box). This was a major service release in Japan.

EZ Game Street! Mobile Phone Software Portal (Launched in Japan, Feb. 2005)

http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/whatsnew/2005/10022005/

From the Press Release: KDDI Corporation and Okinawa Cellular Corporation in collaboration with SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., announced the February 10, 2005 launch of “EZ Game Street!”, the first full-scale game portal service in the mobile field.

I developed one of the HTTP server modules for this portal. The module I wrote took cached search results and converted them into binary that the phones could execute. (UIEvolution is a subsidiary of SQUARE ENIX corporation.)

Targa 3D Game Engine (Hobby project)

I developed an OpenGL-based BSP game engine in C. I integrated 3rd-party C, C++, and Python libraries into a modular architecture that included scriptable entity behavior and a widget-based GUI system.

SNMP Proxy for High Bandwidth Microwave Radio Transmitters

I wrote Linux server software to integrate 2.4GHz DS3 Radio Hops into an HP OpenView-based Network Operations Center. The stateful SNMP proxy translated packets to PCOM's proprietary serial protocol.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS


  • Software Development: Java (incl. AWT, Swing, Beans), PHP, C, C++, Python (incl. language extensions), Perl, shell (bash, Korn, C), make, NSAPI, APAPI, ColdFusion, ASP and .NET, XML, HTML, 3D Development (OpenGL, OpenAL, BSPs, Cal3D, OSG, ODE), CVS administration, SVN, embedded development, 'agile' software development, team lead, project management

  • Protocols: TCP/IP (incl. OSI model, socket programming, UDP), SNMP, SMTP, IMAP, HTTP, SSL (TLS), ssh, sftp/scp, FTP, SMB, WebDAV, database protocols (SQL, LDAP, ODBC), RTSP/RTP video streaming, and other proprietary protocols

  • Networks: 802.11g (w/WPA), 802.3ae, VPN, DMZ (multi-zone firewall and proxy management), security audits, metered patch deployment, ssh, DNS, PKI, file and web servers, backup mgmt., H.A. server clusters (incl. Big IP F5s and LVS-NAT directors), security (incl. security audits, incident response, and intrusion detection)

  • Databases: MySQL, OpenLDAP (slapd), Berkeley DB, Postgres, msql, MS-SQL, ActiveDirectory (and others), schema design (w/normalization), advanced query optimization (incl. index cardinality analysis), administration (incl. configuration, replication, backups, user permissions, etc.)

  • Operating Systems: Linux (expert), Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, Irix, FreeBSD), Windows

  • Brainbenchtm Certifications (2001): Linux Administration (General), Linux Administration (Red Hat), C Programming

  • Other: Open Source Software / Free Software development and contribution, presenter at LinuxFest NorthWest (on Python, SCADA, Virtualization), wrote data analysis code for the Super Kamiokande Neutrino detector (1996), coach for F.L.L. Lego Robotics competitive team at Terrace Park elementary.

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