birthdate: February 27, 1959 <br>
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<H3>Objective</H3>
To obtain a position solving challenging problems in which my scientific, analytical, and numerical
 <br>computing talents are highly utilized.
 <br>Accomplishments
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<H3>Professional Experience</H3>


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1997-present
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Sun Microsystems
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Staff Software Engineer
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1995-1996
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Sun Microsystems
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Consultant to Sun Labs and SunSoft
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1994-1995
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UC Davis and LLNL
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Research Scientist / Computer Simulations
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1993-1994
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UC Davis
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Research Scientist and Lecturer
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1990-1993
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Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
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Post Doctoral Scientist / Computer Simulations
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1989-1990
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Cornell University
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Post Doctoral Scientist / Computer Simulations
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1986-1989
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New York University
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Post Doctoral Scientist / Computer Simulations
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1983-1986
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Cornell University
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Graduate Research Scientist / Physics
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<p><strong>1997-2005:</strong>  Staff Software Engineer in the <A href="http://www.sun.com/">Sun Microsystems</A> Application Binary Interface (<A href="http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/programs/abi/index.html">ABI</A>)
project of the Solaris Operating System organization.
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   <LI>Involved in the design, specification, and implementation of projects in the Solaris ABI program.  Includes  creation  of  developer  tools  and  utilities  for  Sun  ABI  certification  programs,
      the Solaris-wide library specification project, and Customer education about the ABI.
   <LI>Project lead for 4 engineers on the <A href="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/programs/abi/appcert.xml">appcert</A>, apptrace, SolCAT, and additional ABI projects.
   <LI>Ancillary programming activities related to our projects including:  automation of tasks using
      scripting  languages,  creation  of  GUI's  to  speed  up  repetitive  activities,  and  programming
      involving statistics gathering, data analysis, regression tests, HTML/CGI, etc.
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<p><strong>1996-1997:</strong>  SurfSoft engineer consultant to <A href="http://www.sun.com/">Sun Microsystems</A>' <A HREF="http://www.sun.com/research/">Sun Labs</A> and Architecture, Tools,
and Technology group on Assertion Definition Language (<A HREF="http://adl.opengroup.org/">ADL</A>) projects.
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   <LI>Created C modules for dynamical interposition assertion testing of the Solaris API via <A HREF="http://adl.opengroup.org/">ADL</A>.
      Enhanced and maintained parts of the C++ <A HREF="http://adl.opengroup.org/">ADL</A> translator.
   <LI>Implemented tools and framework in Perl to automatically generate large build tree C source
      code and Makefiles from interface assertion files for the assertion testing project.
   <LI>Created product installer and Tcl/Tk GUI for the dynamic assertion testing tool.
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<p><strong>1995:</strong>  400+ hours of Contract Programming and System Configuration Consulting involving Software development, UNIX networking and maintenance, WWW, and MS Windows configuration.
<p><strong>Distribution:</strong>
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   <LI>120 hours:  Tcl/Tk Code development for Configuration Management GUI.
   <LI>100 hours:  Internet Software installation and configuration for a University.  Domain Name
      Service, Gatewaying, Sendmail, Pine, POP/IMAP, Security testing and auditing, Firewalling,
      SLIP/PPP dial in, Mail reflectors, and installing GNU utilities.
   <LI>25 hours:  Wrote Perl and Bourne shell scripts to query the University's Informix SQL database
      for all course information to construct WWW source for online Course Schedule and information (automatically updated daily via cron).
   <LI>35  hours:  Created  custom  Windows  PC  Internet  Installation  disks.   (TCP/IP  drivers  and
      WWW  browser  applications,  etc.)   Used  by  University  network  administrators  to  connect
      school's PCs to Internet via Ethernet and SLIP.
   <LI>15 hours:  Installed and configured httpd and gopherd Internet servers at University.  Trained
      staff on basic HTML, CGI, and Gopher source tree construction.  Wrote scripts and devised
      "MIME  type"  items  to  create  a  lynx/gopher  interface  in  which  novice  users  may  use  and
      modify their account without using the UNIX command line.
   <LI>6  hours:  Investigated  UNIX  login  logs  to  search  for  illegal  behavior  by  an  employee  of  my
      client.
   <LI>5 hours:  Wrote CGI scripts for a website to provide enhanced site search capabilities.
   <LI>15 hours:  Wrote TCP/IP socket client/server programs to allow USENET news service and
      print server redirection.
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