Skills and Abilities

Expert in the following:
MS Office Word 2003, Borland StarTeam, C, C++, Visual Basic, Javascript, Visual Studio 6.0 (and .NET 2003), Visual SourceSafe, Windows CE Platform Builder, Windows CE .NET, Pocket PC development with MS eMbedded Visual Tools, Windows (3.1, 9x, Me, NT, 2000, XP), MSDOS 6.22

Proficient in the following:
Planning and Scheduling, Document Creation, MS Office 2003 (Outlook, Excel, Project, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat 7, Wise Installation System, VMware Workstation, COM/ActiveX development, Java, HTML, dHTML, Oral and Written Presentation, Software Localization, Object-Oriented Design, MFC, DirectShow, Pascal, Unix/Linux, PC Maintenance

Versed in the following:
XML, Oracle, SQL, DirectX, TCP/IP, CGI, Foxpro 2.0, NeXTstep, OpenVMS, OS/2, X Windows

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer - RAF Technology, Redmond, Washington - April, 2003 - May, 2005

• Acted as project lead for a knowledge-based authentication product. Managed multiple software releases and shipments to the government agency client.
• Identified goals for each release, created design documents and schedules, worked as development lead for feature design and coding, closely worked with QA team, developers, and client to monitor progress, participated in bug fixing, provided information and guidance to offsite user documentation writer, performed software builds, and acted as release manager for final shipment to customer.
• Maintained a custom, legacy database designed for efficient, secure access to data.

Software Engineer - Bsquare Corporation, Bellevue, Washington - February, 1998 - July, 2002

• Assisted in the research and development for a new business opportunity. Searched for potential partners and customers, assisted in discussions, suggested hardware and software requirements.
• Took part in design and implementation of a custom shell replacement on which a software development kit was based. Actively supported demos and provided internal and external training.
• Presented a talk and gave a demonstration on ?Developing Information Appliances with Windows CE? at the Embedded Developers Conference on February 6-8, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Acted as lead developer and owned complete design and implementation of an ebook demo. Wrote specifications, scripts and applications, provided artwork, and wrote final user documentation.
• As a member of a small team, worked with developers at Microsoft to design and implement a smart card toolkit. Developed IDE features, maintained build scripts, and created tools.
• As a single developer, worked closely with a Microsoft PM and QA team to address all localization issues in the product. Gained knowledge of how to prepare source code for localization, deal correctly with double byte characters, and handle UI issues.
• Participated in the full product life cycle of many projects.
• Often worked across teams (within the company and with clients) to find and implement solutions.
• Performed code merges on several projects.
• Gained knowledge of issues relating to IDE planning, development, and implementation.

Software Engineer - Pixel-Head Productions, Houston, Texas - June, 1997 - November, 1997

• Worked with a team of engineers and artists developing a state-of-the-art, first-person, 3D game for Windows 95/NT using Java and C++.
• Wrote a front-end program in Visual Basic 5 to supplement a Java command line tool.

Student Programmer - University of Houston Libraries (Systems), Texas - June, 1994 - June, 1997

• Designed, implemented, enhanced, and maintained the Reference Expert written in Visual Basic 3.
• Wrote and maintained LAN utilities in Visual Basic 3.
• Maintained student payroll system in Foxpro 2.

Library Assistant - Aldine Public Library, Houston, Texas - May - August, 1993; June - August, 1992

• Assisted patrons at circulation desk and shelved books.
• Organized and taught origami classes.

Volunteer - Aldine Public Library, Houston, Texas - June - August, 1991

• Shelved books and assisted the Children's Librarian.

Education

University of Houston, Houston, Texas,
University Honors College, BS, May 1997.
Major: Computer Science - Minor: Mathematics
Cum Laude; GPA: 3.35; Honors GPA: 3.7 (A = 4.0)
Dean's List: Three semesters
University of Houston Alumni Scholarship, University of Houston Honors College Scholarship