Resume 4

OBJECTIVE

• Skills: Configuration Management, Release Engineering, installation technology, version control, source control, automation, cross-platform solutions, open source tools, documentation, websites, software development, programming, scripting, Client/Server, training.
• Languages and technologies: ClearCase, CVS, PVCS, InstallShield, PERL, AWK, unix shell scripting, batch scripting, Solaris and Irix installers, CGI, Bugzilla, Tinderbox, Talkback, HTML, C, C++, JavaScript, Java, IIS, Apache, SQL, ColdFusion administration.
• Platforms: Linux, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Solaris, Irix, Mac OS9.< /li>

• Companies served: Netscape Communications; eMotion, Inc.; KickFire, Inc.; InterTrust Technologies Corp.
• Provide expertise and engineers for build processes across multiple platforms; automated memory, footprint and performance related smoke testing on Linux; development and Release Engineering support for in-house webtools; Solaris and Windows installers InstallShield and XPInstall , XPInstall engine development.
• Train entry level engineers into Build/Release, Installer programming, and test automation positions.

• Recruited, hired and trained two Release Engineers, one specializing in build processes and the other in InstallShield programming.
• Automated the build process of a Java Client/Server product for parallel builds of multiple versions on multiple platforms using ClearCase, NT tools, Hummingbird Maestro and UNIX scripting.
• Ported installers for 3 products from InstallAnywhere to InstallShield and significantly upgraded installer quality.
• Maintained installers for Solaris and Irix products.

• Designed and implemented a tool to deploy shipping products across a firewall via HTML forms using CGI scripts PERL , an existing Oracle database and HTTPS security. The solution coordinated activities between Marketing and Release Engineering, synced Web content about products and actual physical bits on the Netscape portal site, removed opportunities for human error, controlled access to sensitive servers, and provided an audit trail of activities.
• Formulated an approach to internationalizing an existing CGI based tool used to manage product releases on the Netscape portal site. Requirements included supporting localized products, sites and advertising across different geographic user locations and websites.
• Designed and implemented SmartUpdate Builder SUB , which shipped with Mission Control Desktop. This tool was created to make Netscape Navigator s SmartUpdate features, a web based installation technology, more accessible for developers and enterprise users. SUB is implemented almost entirely in JavaScript/HTML, with a small C module.
• Redesigned and began implementation for the 2.0 release of Configuration Editor CE , a Mission Control Desktop tool used by enterprise customers to customize Netscape Navigator. The redesign included a complete UI redesign and the addition of several new features to the tool. CE is written almost entirely in JavaScript/HTML, with a small Java module.

• Automated and maintained the build and release processes for Netcaster 2.0 across Windows, UNIX and Mac platforms.

• Taught several semesters of introductory and intermediate C programming.

• Managed a small release team for IntraBuilder and Visual dBASE.
• Created and maintained InstallShield installers for above products and contributed maintenance support to installer for Borland C++ tools suite.
• Released a plethora of products, both domestic and international including double byte, over my entire tenure. Release responsibilities included version control, build, automation and installation.
• Lead the development and maintenance of several utilities for CM support and build automation using C, C++, Delphi, Paradox Engine, OPAL and DOS batch files.
• Contributed to several aspects of the installation technology development for DOS and Windows. In addition to work on in-house tools and solutions, this included both development of InstallShield installations and collaboration with InstallShield toward improvements to their product.

• Certificates in ClearCase administration and metadata from Rational Software Corporation.
• MS in Software Engineering from National University, San Jose, CA
• BS in Computer Sciences from National University, San Jose, CA
• CS in Computer Information Systems from Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA