Experience

OpenEye

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Software Developer Level 4

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  Senior resource for Access Control on small team developing integrated video surveillance and access control software product. Senior resource for Access Control on small team developing integrated video surveillance and access control software product.



DVTEL

• United States
• Security and Investigations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Developer

  • Dec 2007 - Mar 2012

  Senior engineer on team responsible for development and production of large scale corporate security software systems under Linux. See previous employment under SAI, acquired by DVTel. Senior engineer on team responsible for development and production of large scale corporate security software systems under Linux. See previous employment under SAI, acquired by DVTel.



WHI Solutions

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Apr 2004 - Dec 2007

  Member of small team responsible for maintaining and upgrading multiple software packages, as well as creating new ones, used to interface with subscription-based e-catalog of aftermarket auto parts. Tasks included development of new application features and technologies on both GUI and API/SDK sides, diagnosing and troubleshooting data and functionality issues, as well as supporting third-party integrators with developing client interfaces for the e-catalog, including large corporate customers. Development was performed in a variety of languages (C, C++, VisualBasic, PowerBuilder) on platforms from Windows 95 to XP, Linux, HP-UX, SCO Unix, and others.



Self Employed

• New York

• Independent Consultant

  • Nov 2002 - Apr 2004

  Custom work specific to individual clients, including GUI development, database setup and management, Local Area Network setup and administration, user documentation, and initial support of completed projects. Custom work specific to individual clients, including GUI development, database setup and management, Local Area Network setup and administration, user documentation, and initial support of completed projects.



Security Applications, Inc.

• New York

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Nov 1995 - Aug 2002

  Lead programmer on team responsible for development and production of large scale corporate security software systems under Unix and Linux. The main product enabled companies to integrate many disparate systems across multiple sites and campuses under a single umbrella of control manageable by a minimum of security officers working from one or more centralized control rooms. The systems included access control, biometrics, intrusion detection, fire and other hazard detection, video badging, time and attendance, and several other optional modules. These systems consisted of hardware and embedded software from third-party manufacturers, requiring licensing of many proprietary communication protocols and the design and coding of low-level interfaces for each unique system to the main core. Tasks involved extensive GUI development using Panther environment to implement database entry and reporting screens as well as real-time system monitoring. Database access using HP-ALLBASE under HP-UX and Sybase through ODBC under Linux. Other GUI development used X-Windows in C, native Unix and Linux window management applications, and combinations of MS-Access and Visual Basic for various Windows client modules. Job covered all areas of development, including coding, testing, production and technical & end-user support, as well as documentation. Other development used embedded SQL in C for database applications, SQL scripts, and extensive Unix/Linux scripting. Main responsibilities were design, development, testing, and production of new code, writing of technical and end-user documentation, internal support serving as overall knowledge repository for other engineers, external support of clients, maintenance and upgrade of existing code, installing operating systems such as HP-UX, various flavors of Linux, and MS Windows on new computers, creating and maintaining databases using ALLBASE and Sybase, network administration, and overall troubleshooting.



GE Capital Corp.

• Application Specialist

  • Jul 1998 - Mar 1999

  Programmer on team responsible for development and maintenance of Point Of Sale (POS) private label credit card application software package using PowerBuilder 4 and Visual Basic 5 under Windows 95. Tasks include checking and upgrade of code for year 2000 compliance, maintenance and upgrade of application installation software and scripts using InstallShield, and creation of new software modules for addition to existing application in PowerBuilder, as well as creation of new versions of software using Visual Basic. Also responsible for direct client support of Windows-based applications for enrolling new credit card customers at client sites, and working with POS terminals such as Verifone. While at GE Capital also received training in CICS mainframe programming and Green and Black Belt quality assurance management (Six Sigma).



Patternworks, Inc.

• IT Specialist

  • 1994 - Nov 1995

  Was sole IT employee, involved in custom programming using C which automated upload and download of credit card and transaction data. Created custom database reports (dBase III), and a text-based menu system organizing all of the company's network resources. Responsible for company network, installing workstations and servers on Lantastic network, upgrading to newer versions of netware, database administration, troubleshooting specific problems, and end-user documentation and support. Was sole IT employee, involved in custom programming using C which automated upload and download of credit card and transaction data. Created custom database reports (dBase III), and a text-based menu system organizing all of the company's network resources. Responsible for company network, installing workstations and servers on Lantastic network, upgrading to newer versions of netware, database administration, troubleshooting specific problems, and end-user documentation and support.