Experience

ExaGrid

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineering Director/Architect

  • Sep 2003 - Present

  Westborough, Massachusetts ExaGrid designs, manufactures and sells a multi-server networked data backup appliance, deployed on standard Intel server hardware running Red Hat Linux, implemented in C++ and Java. While at ExaGrid my roles have ranged from individual contributor through project lead to engineering director. I am also a member of the architecture team, responsible for designing the high level software architecture and reviewing component designs. The software is multi-threaded, in multiple processes… Show more ExaGrid designs, manufactures and sells a multi-server networked data backup appliance, deployed on standard Intel server hardware running Red Hat Linux, implemented in C++ and Java. While at ExaGrid my roles have ranged from individual contributor through project lead to engineering director. I am also a member of the architecture team, responsible for designing the high level software architecture and reviewing component designs. The software is multi-threaded, in multiple processes, on multiple servers, requiring a comprehensive understanding of concurrency, communications and system resource management. I have and continue to learn a great deal about software development in this environment, from the low-level technical details of OO programming through project and program management, product roadmap development and on to customer escalation handling. Show less



Springtide/Lucent Technologies

• Principal Software Engineer

  • Jul 1999 - Mar 2003

  Westford, Massachusetts Architect and project lead of the network management system for the Springtide IP Service Switch - a Java client-server application for provisioning firewall, VPN and QOS policies in the switch.



Microcom

• Principal Software Engineer

  • Jul 1994 - Jul 1999

  Norwood, Massachusetts Project lead for remote access system management software. Implemented in Java and C++, deployed on both Windows and Unix platforms.



Contract Work

• Software/Hardware Interfaces Engineer

  • Jan 1993 - Jul 1994

  Greater Boston Area Contract work developing software interfaces for various kinds of hardware on Mac & PC platforms using C++.



Apollo Computer/Hewlett Packard

• Technical Consultant

  • Oct 1988 - Dec 1992

  Chelmsford, Massachusetts Managed technical relationships with key software vendors that supported HP and Apollo workstations, such as Lotus, Frame Technologies, and Interleaf, providing consulting on porting to and integration with Apollo/HP workstations. Platforms were HP-UX and Apollo Domain/OS, using C++, X Windows, and OSF/Motif.



Applicon

• Software Engineer

  • Jul 1986 - Oct 1988

  Billerica, Massachusetts Worked on various CAD/CAM software and hardware products, based on Solaris and VAX/VMS.