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SUMMARY

• UNIX and Windows software development, porting, maintenance, and QA
• Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, True64, and others
• Hardware diagnostics and test development
• C/C++, PERL, shell scripting
• Make, Tcl/Tk, HTML, some SQL and Java
• Business management and strategic planning
• Hands-on people and project management
• Strong legal background, including software contract negotiation, licensing, and intellectual property
• Functional in Italian and Spanish, some French

EXPERIENCE

Principal, Vice President, Corporation Clerk, and Corporate Counsel in a small software company specializing in UNIX and Windows software porting, quick response consulting, and productization of freeware.

• Estimated and undertook porting Linux to Win2K and Solaris of high-end text-to-speech system. Teamed with another person to complete project on time and within budget. Performed extensive evaluation and tuning.
• With 6 person team, ported an Internet wallet product WinNT to Linux and Solaris. Developed Unix emulation of the Windows registry, and made major contributions to the build system. Mentored junior engineers.
• Performed major upgrades and maintenance of a UNIX utilities toolkit for Win98/NT/2K.
• Ported and maintained the Microsoft FrontPage Web server extensions on numerous platforms.
• Developed Perl ASP and SQL based Web pages to handle database maintenance and user administration tasks on a client s education oriented Web site.
• Enhanced and maintained the company s software development infrastructure, including compilers, libraries, communications software, and other tools for UNIX and Windows.
• Crafted extensive enhancements to a Tcl/Tk based system monitoring and alarm tool for Windows and Solaris.

• Conceived and developed the "Porting Center" concept, allowing customers to use an extensive heterogeneous network to remotely develop and port applications. Turned an idle resource into a 5K/month revenue stream.
• Established strategic business relationships eg. Microsoft, 3M, IBM, SCO, Exxon and negotiated contracts.
• Prepared project estimate and proposals, leading to numerous contracts.
• Led engineers in a variety of porting, test, and consulting projects.
• Managed benefits, NDAs, stock plans, and the personnel manual.
• Protected intellectual property. Performed extensive analysis and review of copyrights and software licenses..

Vice President of Engineering for 30-person dotcom specializing in providing legal products on the Internet.

• Managed 7 member team responsible for developing a large 2500 page Win2K based eCommerce site.
• Developed and directed implementation of a very successful QA plan to address shortcomings in site testing.
• Redistributed tasks and responsibilities within the engineering group to minimize dependencies on individuals.

• Coordinated program to port and test the OSF/1 kernel and commands in a cooperative venture with OSF, DEC, and IBM. Negotiated and executed software licensing agreements.
• Managed East Coast half of a multimillion dollar workstation development program, including resource management, scheduling, lifecycle, and vendor interfaces. Coordinated work at 4 sites to bring this product in on schedule.
• Overcame budget and manpower constraints, quality problems with key chip vendor, and manufacturing test issues.
• Assisted in program management of a major operating system release. This was accomplished with highest overall quality, as measured by open bugs, of any HP/Apollo OS release in the previous 5 years.

• Prepared and implemented strategy for improving the quality of the division s diagnostic products.
• Handled program management and infrastructure for a 60-person engineering support organization.
• Led 10 person team. Expanded an online hardware diagnostic system, enhanced a stand-alone diagnostic executive, and developed tests for a wide range of hardware.

• Advised organizations in the U.S and Europe on issues related to maintainability, diagnosis, and hardware testing.
• Led 4 person team developing bootload and initial system environment tools for a new OS.
• Participated in development of an advanced memory queued I/O protocol. Helped plan the development of the first peripheral controller to utilize this protocol, and of the lab test software.
• Launched project to create a suite of design and functional verification tools for a major CPU development.

• Conceived and created highly successful system exerciser diagnostic to detect and isolate system bus failures and device/controller interaction problems.
• Coordinated diagnostic development activities in England, France, Italy, and the U.S. Delivered seminars to support engineers worldwide. Presented diagnostic plans and strategy to corporate management.
• Architected and managed online and offline diagnostic and utility development projects in C, assembly, and firmware.
• Designed diagnostic executive package and led the implementation team. Introduced C to an assembly language oriented diagnostic group.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• U. Mass., MS Engineering Management
• Suffolk U. Law School, JD cum laude
• Northeastern U., BS Electrical Engineering
• MCP Microsoft Certified Professional
• Commercial Radio Operators License GROL
• Member U.S. Patent bar, Mass. bar and Federal bar

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experienced with civil law practice including small business startup, software licensing, intellectual property, and consumer protection. Helped prepare and present a Continuing Legal Education course on, "Land Use Regulation of Federally Regulated Communications Facilities and the Doctrine of Federal Preemption"

• Director and Treasurer, Murdoch Charter School, a public school with 250 students
• President, Chelmsford Alliance for Education, Inc.
• Past Director, Ideal Software, Inc.
• Vice Director, ARRL, a radio amateur organization with over 160,000 members
• Active amateur radio operator, K1TWF
• Avid amateur linguist