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Resume 10

BILL ROSS

OBJECTIVE

Looking to be part of a team of engineers building web applications or database client/server applications.

WORK STATUS US

I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

EXPERIENCE

12/2000 - Present
Ticketsales, Los Angeles, CA

Senior Engineer Managed the rollout of the Citysearch platform to partners domestically and internationally Canada, Sweden, Australia . Responsibilities included training, installation, configuring, and customizing application in the partner s environment, which included customizing for foreign language support. Responsible for representing the partners needs in engineering decisions for the future of Citysearch development. Build custom applications/scripts for partners to monetize the Citysearch application in ways that Ticketmaster does not. Designed and built syndication scripts using XML.

Technologies/Systems used:
  • Perl mod_perl/Template::Toolkit
  • Oracle 8i and 7.3.4
  • MySQL
  • Apache
  • Linux and Solaris
  • SQL Server
  • XML
9/2000 - 12/2000
Snake Media Group, Santa Clara, CA

Senior Developer

Worked on a team of 10 developers architecting, designing and building a Digital Rights Management DRM system for the entertainment industry. I was trained by InterTrust Technologies, the leaders in DRM solutions and became a certified engineer. Our goal was to use the InterTrust API and build robust applications for packaging media, deploying media, and clearing payments. My primary focus was on the packager interface written in C++ and the UI to it. The user interface was a web-based tool written in ASP.

5/2000 - 9/2000
MySweetHome.com, Sacramento, CA

Senior Developer

Worked on a team of 4 developers building and maintaining the MyHome.com website. The website was run on a Linux system using Apache and Perl. My responsibility was to investigate a java solution using the Enhydra Application Server and to make recommendations. When the merger with Eve.com happened, we began the process of moving our site to the ATG Dynamo Application Server what Eve.com s platform was .

10/1999 - 5/2000
Healtwork.com, Edwardale, CA

Director, Software Development

Manage a team of 5 developers to build and maintain Healthwork.com website as well as develop internal tools to maintain customer database, process orders, and track progress. The website is run on a Windows NT system using IIS across 2 servers using an Alteon switch for load balancing. Dynamic pages are served through an ISAPI DLL written in Delphi. Administration tools are CGI executables written in Delphi as well.

  • Designed and implemented a database pooling system
  • Designed and implemented a caching system that scales across N machines minimizing access to a central database
  • Designed and implemented a cleaning mechanism for cache across N servers to make sure data is always clean as users are directed to different servers through load balancing.
12/1996 - 10/1999
Ticketsales Online-Citysearch, Sacramento, CA

Technical Lead, Tools Development
  • Lead a team of 5 developers in tools development using C++, Delphi, Java and Perl. Most of the tools are written for Win32, but some such as our stats solution which fell under my group for some time was done in Unix developed in Linux using Java and Perl, production is on Solaris .
  • Design And Develop Data Entry Tools In C++ And Delphi For Windows
  • Project Lead For Windows Development For Editorial Data Entry Tool
  • Maintain Software With Connectivity To SQL Server, Illustra, and Oracle Databases
  • Design And Develop Tools To Use Microsoft Transaction Server never put into production
Develop Internet Aware Tools:
  • Web Page Submission To Search Engines
  • ActiveX Components For Connectivity To Data Entry Databases
  • Transaction Server Component Development
  • Integration tools for TicketMaster Online and other internet portals
  • Develop both client and server CORBA applications never put into production
  • Developed an HTML editor for control of users HTML entry to our service
9/1993 - Present
Self-Employed Los Angeles, CA

Consultant, Developer
  • Develop websites for customers
  • Wrote custom CGI scripts under UNIX and Windows
  • Wrote customized mail server apps to automate customer support
  • Developed multi-user chat rooms and notifiers similar to ICQ and Yahoo! Pager
  • Completed a full-blown multi-vendor shopping cart in ASP then converted to Delphi ISAPI
  • Develop customized applications in Delphi
  • Database application for an import/export business
  • Customer database application similar to ACT or Outlook written in 95
  • Designed, implemented and maintain CheckTheGrid.com 30,000 page views/week
  • Completely written in Delphi as an ISAPI extension
  • Developed my own session management system
  • Developed caching algorithm for static content and data
  • Developed a message board and voting system using CORBA
  • Developed application server for ISAPI designed DLLs using XML to transfer data between application server and client.
EDUCATION

6/1995 UC Santa Barbara US-CA-Santa Barbara
Bachelor s Degree
Computer Science Degree



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