KEYWORDS

Operating Systems, Networking, Security and Infrastructure, Wireless, Algorithms, Leadership, OOT

Successful INFRASTRUCTURE, SECURITY AND SYSTEMS SOFTWARE ENGINEER .  Experienced in the analysis, design, architecture, implementation, management and technical leadership of software/hardware solutions using traditional and multi-tier technologies. Skills especially focused in the development of manageable architectures, systems and information security, wireless networking, distributed applications, system performance and scalability.

Principal Software Engineer • April 2001 - Present
EPIC Technologies • Marlborough, MA
Software development for information security, wireless networking and large filesystems. Lead product development of a wireless edge server designed to improve integration of wireless and wired networks. Requirements included ruggedized packaging, integrated authentication and encryption and ease of future software expansion. Designed and developed bridge-type transparent firewalls.

Design, integration and deployment of wireless data infrastructures and applications.

Developed transparent bridged firewalls for medium-sized data centers and workgroups.

Information security needs analysis and policy definition for wired and wireless networks.

Development of "next generation" 802.11 access points with managed security, linked edge-network access control and infrastructure services; including packet filtering, IPsec and Kerberos.

Planning, deployment and tuning of wireless networks.

Created a customized Linux distribution for an embedded wireless server with solid-state storage.

Ruggedized hardware integration and packaging of a single-board computer for harsh environments (IP66/NEMA 4 ratings); including Power-Over-Ethernet.

Evaluation of radio/antenna packages for 802.11b applications.

Director of Development • September 2000 - April 2001
Manufacturing.Net (A Division of Cahners Publishing) • Newton, MA
Launched next generation development and hosting platform for a large, established publishing and B2B e-commerce web site.  Lead small team in creating, launching and maintaining a new operations model featuring market leading security, low maintenance overhead and robust full redundancy.  Unix (Solaris) and EMC Symmetrix servers with PC desktops and remote servers.  Brought stalled project to deployment in 3.5 months. 

Defined and lead implementation of security solution using Cisco PIX firewall, PKI (VeriSign OnSite), Single Sign-On (One-Time Passwords, RSA SecurID) and encryption.

Defined network/server configurations utilizing sizing and load balancing strategies. 

Responsible for all infrastructure tasks; including installation of equipment at co-location site, system testing, leadership and mentoring of system administration staff and definition/ implementation of administrative procedures.

Implemented all networking services (routing configuration, SMTP, SNMP, SMB, etc.)

Defined and implemented system monitoring via SiteScope, MRTG and Sun Net Manager.

Assisted in creation of partner agreements - to insure maintainability/scalability/security.

Application customization and tuning in C and Perl.  Included mentoring of developers.

Created documentation of all configuration and procedural details with versioning and secured access for administrative personnel.  (MS Word, Excel, Visio and GNU Keyring) 

Conducted staff hiring and appraisals.

Director of Internet Security & Co-founder • April 1999 - April 2000
Passguard.com • Greenwich, CT
A funded internet startup concerned with secure data access over public networks.  Scalable and extensible security architectures created for in-house services and customer applications.      Solutions focused on the novel application of existing technologies and products to create solutions with superior ease of use, security and maintainability.  Provided technical leadership and business planning from conception through first-round funding, prototype development and product demonstration.

Designed an application security solution meeting technical and marketing requirements featuring user-configurable PKI and encryption.

Designed and built server infrastructure; including equipment specification, installation, configuration and tuning.  Vendors: Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Checkpoint, Netscape.

Created system security model used for in-house and customer applications.  Featured intrusion detection, firewalls, traffic auditing, PKI, One-Time Passwords and encryption.

Compiled and utilized market analysis data to refine product offering and attract funding.

Developed indexing, caching and retrieval algorithms to insure customer data was never handled in an unencrypted state.  Written in C, interfaced to Oracle stored procedures.

Principal Consultant/Owner • January 1998 - September 2000
Epic Technologies • Rochester, NY
Provided software development, information security, software engineering instruction, electronics integration and related engineering services to specialist clients in information technology and motorsports.  Client projects range from short-term targeted problem solving to ongoing engineering and development.

Specification and integration of advanced electronics and software for on-board computation, communications, signal acquisition and video capture; including wireless site tuning.

Algorithm development and engineering services for the analysis of vehicle dynamics, engine management and driver performance.  (C++, Excel and Visio)

Team management; coordinating development, preparation, driver and vehicle performance strategy.  Includes coordinating presentation and marketing materials for sponsors and investors.

Retained Consultant, System Security and Performance
Xtier (Rochester, NY) (merged with NetSetGo)
Infrastructure Consultant and Object-Oriented Technology Instructor.  Clientele included mid-sized to Fortune 100 companies seeking to rapidly overhaul existing in-house skills and practices.  Demonstrated a consistent ability to rapidly connect with the clients' business goals and the individual skills of the client contacts.

Conducted an Object-Oriented Technology course for an established development team.  Used OO Analysis of a manufacturing process to produce an OO (UML) Model and project plan. 

Provided Security Analysis and Server Planning for clients in Healthcare, E-commerce and Manufacturing industries.  Provided domain expertise to existing IT project teams.

Installation, configuration and training for firewall, routing, VPN and network management products.  Vendors included Checkpoint, Cisco, Veritas and Sun.

WSRN.com (an Internet.com Company)
Infrastructure and Systems Software Engineer.  In an ongoing engineering role, maintained the performance and security of an expanding web property.  Focused on ease of maintenance.

Server/Application Performance tuning, security and hardening under Sun Solaris.

Created solutions for evolving performance requirements; including optimized database feeds and automated graphical report generation in C and C++.

Principal Consultant  • August 1996 - December 1998
Questra Consulting • Rochester, NY 
Development of security solutions, architectures and applications for network-based systems.  Projects have included Electronic Commerce and Business Process Automation.  Often required integration of disparate or legacy technologies to create a single, cohesive solution.

Definition and implementation of a network security consulting practice center.  Created a set of security consulting products for organizations making their first step towards a formalized and managed information security solution.  Typical solutions required firewall, VPN and router installation and configuration with operations and audit training for administrators.  Clients included healthcare, e-commerce, publishing and manufacturing.

Technical Sales and after-sales support for security and services from Sun Microsystems, Netscape, Oracle and Checkpoint.  Included ongoing personal certification.

Infrastructure planning consultant for large product support call center for Fortune 500 client.  Required system and product stress testing and application customization in C++.

Architect of multiple multi-tier client/server applications.  (C++, Java, Netscape, Oracle and Solaris)  Frequently required mentoring of development staff and coding in C++ and Java.

Senior Software Engineer & Architect/Research Scientist • July 1988 - July 1996
Eastman Kodak Research Labs • Rochester, NY
Algorithm and Heuristic Development

Derived and implemented a Film Frame Detection Heuristic (Patents held).  Written entirely in C++ and used in several Kodak professional products.  Notable for the use of non-monotonic logic to enable automated digital feature detection of analog image data.

Conceived and developed algorithms for Dynamic Scanner Configuration.  Devised a modular arrangement of state machines describing complex machine control, error and calibration procedures.  Significantly reduced development time and product defects.

Software commercialization of research-derived Imaging Algorithms in C and C++.

Application and User Interface Design/Implementation

Designed and lead team creating a highly extensible platform for development and manufacturing of a range of professional film scanners.  Later applied to product software.

Distributed and multithreaded computing projects for Image Processing using C, RPC and Java.

User interface and algorithm research for high-resolution Video Proofing systems in C.

Technical Leadership and Mentoring

Web technologies applied research and intranet development.  Early web collaboration.

Object Model for High-Quality Image Capture devices; covering all software and hardware components.  Included role as Image Scanning representative to Kodak USB committee.

Instructor, Project and Team Leader for Modeling, Design and Application Development.

Software and Systems Engineer • December 1987 - July 1988
Hafer Management Systems • Hagerstown, MD 
Software and communications engineer for an ISV of networked workstations and office business applications.  Included software customization in C and Pascal, selection of business (accounting, database, sales automation) and networking applications for integration and LAN planning.

Programmer/Analyst  • June 1986 - August 1987
National Association of Securities Dealers • Rockville, MD 
Software development for securities arbitration and surveillance automation applications.  All work performed in C.  Applications included networking, user interfaces and database elements.  Tasks included data modeling, coding of business logic, integration of program modules and system testing.

State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY
Computer Science, with studies concentrated on operating systems, computer graphics and AI.  Additional project work included UNIX communications internals, multiprocessing and distributed computational applications and C++ compilers.   Minor studies in economics and political science.

Certifications, Licenses and Training

Full Enterprise Computing Certification (Competency 2000) from Sun Microsystems with an emphasis on security, scalable systems and high-availability. Formerly Certified Reseller.

Checkpoint Firewall-1 and related products.  Formerly Certified Reseller.

Netscape Server (now I-Planet) Certification and training.

FCC Amateur Radio License, Call: KB1IGR

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Maryland Boys State, American Legion Leadership Action Program

United States Patent 5,596,415: Iterative Predictor-Based Detection of Image Frame Locations