18 Sunridge Road Windham NH 03087 (603) 785-7165 kshort@oxmicro.com http://www.oxmicro.com/ A hands-on position, Managing or Leading a Software Development, Architecture, or Quality Assurance team, utilizing over 30 years' experience in software architecture, design, implementation, test, deployment and management. Voice over IP Embedded Systems Real-Time Systems Java Technologies Network Management Systems Optical Networking SNMP Robotics XML Technologies J2EE Web Services Object-Oriented Design & Analysis Java C C++ Perl Tcl/Tk Expect JavaScript/ECMAScript Gnu bison Gnu flex yacc & lex assembly languages Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD) Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) Red Hat Enterprise Linux SuSE Linux Sun Solaris Enea OSE FreeBSD IBM AIX HP HP-UX Wind River VxWorks Microsoft Windows MySQL PostgreSQL Microsoft SQL Server Hypersonic SQL Oracle IBM Informix IBM DB2 Intel StrongARM Intel x86 Freescale MPC8548 Freescale MPC7410 Freescale MPC860 Freescale MC680X0 Sun SPARC Zilog 80180 SNMP MIB design & agent development SNMP verification HP OpenView IBM Tivoli NetView Cisco IOS Juniper JunOS Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) (802.3ad) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Voice over IP (VoIP) Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Network-Based Call Signaling (NCS) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Signaling System #7 (SS7) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) TCP/IP UDP/IP Socket Programming Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) ISDN Q.921/LAPD ISDN Q.931/Call Control High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD (Ethernet) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) & OpenSSL Secure Shell (SSH) & OpenSSH Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) X11 Window System Domain Name System (DNS) Network Information Service (NIS) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAPv3) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Apache Ant Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT/JFace) Hibernate XDoclet Apache Log4j Java Management Extensions (JMX) Java Service Wrapper (JSW) JBoss Apache Tomcat Java Servlets Java Server Pages (JSP) Java Server Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) HyperText Markup Language (HTML) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Java Applets HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Apache Axis Apache HTTPD Apache Struts JavaServer Faces (JSF) JUnit HttpUnit Apache JMeter Apache Cactus ECPerf JUnitEE TagUnit Apache Watchdog Document Object Model (DOM) Simple API for XML (SAX) Extensible Markup Language (XML) Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) XML Schema XML Path Language (XPath) XML Pointer language (XPointer) XML Linking Language (XLink) Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) XSL Transformations (XSLT) XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO) Apache Xalan XSLT processor Apache Xerces parser Saxon XSLT processor Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Java Authentication & Authorization Service (JAAS) Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Java Foundation Classes (JFC/Swing) Java IDL Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) JavaBeans Component API Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) Java Message Service (JMS) Java RMI over IIOP (RMI-IIOP) Java Transaction API (JTA) Java Transaction Service (JTS) JavaMail OMG Object Transaction Service (OTS) IBM Rational Rose RealTime Real-time Object-Oriented Modeling (ROOM) IBM Rational ClearCase Concurrent Versions System (CVS) Microsoft Visual SourceSafe IBM Rational ClearQuest Bugzilla Jira Issue Management Jive Forums Adobe FrameMaker DejaGnu ZeroG InstallAnywhere IBM Lotus Domino & Notes Cognos ReportNet PostScript PL/M FORTRAN COBOL PL/1 Pascal LISP BASIC Cedar Point Communications, Inc. http://www.cedarpointcom.com.com/ Derry, NH Carrier-class Voice over IP Media Switching System. Daily hands-on management and operation of a high-bandwidth test facility, capable of simulating 250K cable telephone subscribers, for each of 36 development/test chassis. Each chassis connected to eight Gigabit optical networks with redundancy; to development and management networks. The goal being to perform daily smoke, load, and regression testing of SAFARI carrier-class Voice over IP (Media Switching System), and SafariView (Element Management System). Proactively isolated performance issues and provided timely support of development and test teams, working closely with software and hardware developers, on both embedded systems and EMS. Responsible for all budgeting, planning, and operations of this complex, dynamically expanding and changing lab facility. Managed the teams responsible for daily smoke, load, and regression testing, and for all lab operations, and for all (non-IT) developer and tester troubleshooting and support. Received several President's Awards by achieving technical goals for international product markets, remote development facilites, and integrating new technologies in record breaking time. Skills: OSE, Java, C, Tcl/Tk, Expect, Perl, JMeter, SilkTest, Hibernate, MySQL, Eclipse, JUnit, Apache Ant, Apache Log4j. Quintron Systems, Inc. http://www.quintron.com/ Santa Maria, CA Integrated Facial Biometric Devices for an Access-Control System. Integrated Facial Biometric Devices for an Access-Control System. Developed plug-in modules supporting distributed facial biometric devices. Supported use cases for subject enrollment, standalone identification, and verification in conjunction with card readers. Developed multi-threaded application, device drivers, and Java SWT/JFace GUI interfaces, with a persistent store managed with Hibernate. Cross-platform access control system supported Windows and Linux, and was database-independent, supporting SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, embedded databases, and more. Skills: Java, SWT/JFace, Hibernate, HSQLDB, SQLServer, Eclipse, JUnit, Apache Ant, Apache Log4j. Cellular Specialties, Inc. http://www.cellularspecialties.com/ Manchester, NH Digital Repeater (Bi-Directional Amplifier) for in-building wireless solutions. Developed embedded software for a Digital Repeater (Bi-Directional Amplifier) for in-building wireless solutions. Developed SNMP MIB and agent; event reporting protocol; inter-process communication, command line interpreter; low-level hardware interfaces for SPI, I2C, PCMCIA, USB, A/D, digital I/O. Introduced software engineering practices; source code control; software defect management; software life cycle management; mentored team members. Skills: C, Tcl, Expect, Perl, SNMP, Embedded Linux, User-Mode Linux, Linux From Scratch, Red Hat Linux, CVS, Bugzilla, MySQL. Envisn, Incorporated http://www.envisn.com/ Bolton, MA J2EE application framework for Cognos ReportNet. Developed a framework for integrating new applications with the Cognos ReportNet Enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) product. The solution comprised Servlets, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, DHTML and the ReportNet Java SDK, for improved data exploration and integration with Cognos Connection, Report Studio and Query Studio. Skills: Java, J2EE, J2SE, Servlets, JSPs, XML, XPath, XSL, XSLT, Eclipse, MyEclipse, JavaScript, DOM4j, DOM, SAX, SOAP, WSDL4j, CSS, DHTML, HTML, HTTP, JAXRPC, JSTL, JUnit, SAAJ, Apache Ant, Apache Axis, Apache Commons Discovery, Apache Commons Logging, Apache Log4j, Apache Tomcat, Apache Xalan, Apache Xerces, Apache XML Commons, Cognos ReportNet, Sun iPlanet LDAP Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Brightline Technology, Incorporated Rye, NH J2EE application server for IBM/Lotus Domino. Architect for an enterprise-quality Java application server for IBM/Lotus Domino customers. The "Brightline Application Server - Enterprise Edition" allows customers to host existing J2EE applications in a Domino environment, scale Domino-based web applications through J2EE technologies, add Notes and Domino functionality to J2EE applications, add J2EE functionality to Notes and Domino applications, and use the Domino security model in J2EE applications. The server technology includes an extensible software backbone that provides all standard J2EE services to Domino, administration and deployment tools for managing J2EE servers and applications from either a Notes Admin client or web browser, and a fully transactional, enterprise-ready data store to complement NSF (Notes Storage Facility). Skills: Java, JavaScript, Expect, XML, XSLT, XSL, XSL-FO, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Lotus Domino & Notes, SSL & OpenSSL, LDAPv3, SSH & OpenSSH, SMTP, IMAP, J2SE, J2EE, Eclipse, JBoss, Apache Tomcat, Apache Ant, Apache Log4j, Apache Xalan, Apache Xerces, Apache HTTPD, Saxon, Apache Axis, Apache Cactus, Apache Watchdog, AWT, CSS, DOM, ECPerf, EJB, HTML, HTTP, HttpUnit, JAAS, JAF, Java IDL, JavaBeans Component API, JavaMail, JAXP, JCA, JCE, JDBC, JFC/Swing, JMS, JMX, JNDI, JSP, JSTL, JSW, JTA, JTS, JUnit, JUnitEE, OTS, RMI, RMI-IIOP, SAX, Servlets, SOAP, TagUnit, WSDL, XHTML, XLink, XML Schema, XPath, XPointer, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Hypersonic HSQLDB, Adobe FrameMaker, CVS, Jira Issue Management, Jive Forums, ZeroG InstallAnywhere. Confluent Photonics Corporation http://www.cpclc.com Salem, NH Intelligent DWDM Mux/Demux. Developed software for the Lightchip RAM-20-200-PSM/PSD Rack Mountable Intelligent 200 GHz DWDM Mux/Demux. The monitoring and control features include optical power detection, traffic-direction LEDs, visual alarms, and craft interface that provides access to the unit's identification data. The product is a bi-directional dense wavelength division multiplexor (DWDM) with power loss detection on the primary fiber that can trigger alarm LEDs and relays. Integrated power taps allow monitoring of incoming and outgoing signals in the primary fiber. Digital Lightwave, Incorporated http://www.lightwave.com/ North Chelmsford, MA Lightchip, Incorporated Salem, NH Management: Hired and managed a team of six Quality Assurance Software Engineers, SNMP and TL1 software developers and Technical Writers. Coordinated efforts with Executive, Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Operations, Accounting, Human Resources, Optical Engineering and Systems Engineering teams. Engineering Infrastructure: Responsible for all software engineering hardware and software tool selection, purchasing, maintenance and support; development network configuration; obtaining engineering prototype hardware from the Optical, Systems and Manufacturing teams; communicating these needs to the company. Software Quality Assurance: Responsible for defining SQA needs, implementing a lab environment for testing multiple products, platforms and releases using a collection of highly configurable optical instruments, GPIB instruments and network interfaces. The SQA Lab was a showcase and was considered an essential stop when showing customers our product and engineering capabilities. Release Engineering: Responsible for all source code control, release engineering, builds and DCOs. Lightchip, Incorporated Salem, NH Optical Spectrometer for DWDM. Software architect for the Optical Wavelength Manager (OWM), utilizing StrongARM processors running VxWorks. The OWM monitors power, wavelength and signal-to-noise ratio for multiple channels on dense wavelength division multiplexed networks with programmable alarm thresholds and data logging. Configuration is done remotely or locally through a command line interface (telnet and RS232), SNMP, TL1 and/or Java based graphical user interface. Developed the Board Support Package for two StrongARM processor boards, using logic analyzers to debug assembler and "C" source code. Worked with technologists at Intel and Wind River to resolve problems encountered with early releases of silicon. Designed a comprehensive SNMPv1/v2c MIB for the OWM, including device traps, advanced row creation features, and integration with OEM customers' existing enterprise MIB trees. This MIB was advertised as "the world's first Optical MIB". Developed a Java GUI for the OWM; a patent application was filed for the GUI. Evaluated and selected real-time operating systems, prototype hardware systems and software development tools for bleeding-edge target (Intel StrongARM processor) hardware. Skills: Java, C, Expect, Tcl, Perl, bison & flex, VxWorks, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Microsoft SQL Server, SNMPv1/v2c, HP OpenView, SNMPinfo SMICng, InterWorking Labs SilverCreek, SimpleSoft SimpleTester, MG-Soft MIB Browser, Ethereal, SNTP, PPP, SLIP, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Adobe FrameMaker, ZeroG InstallAnywhere, Rational Team Test, National Instruments Lab Windows/CVI, Apache Web Server, Avensoft PerfectTracker, Intel StrongARM, HP Logic Analyzer, TestPoint for GPIB, RS232, RS485, USB 1.1, PCMCIA. Alcatel Internetworking http://www.alcatel.com/enterprise/en/ Salem, NH Voice over IP (VoIP) Gateway. Principal architect for a Voice over IP Gateway for the Enterprise market. The VoIP Gateway supported digital (T1/E1) and analog interfaces. A typical configuration would connect to one or more PBXs to the PSTN and to an enterprise network. Capabilities included fax relay, modem, voice and data. Integrated software components for the VoIP blade into existing Alcatel switches. Developed VoIP configuration interfaces for signaling, coding, network, dialing plan and hardware. Selected and purchased software development tools, telephony products and test equipment. Performed system and network administration for a Sun 450 Enterprise Server in the Salem, NH office. Installed and configured development tools and coordinated the build process with teams in Calabasas, CA. Coordinated development between teams in the U.S. and Alcatel headquarters in Colombes, France, building an IP-based PBX and other packetized voice products. Advised Network Management development team on Java design topics. Skills: Java, C, bison, flex; PowerPC 860, TMS320C5xx, SPARC; H.323, ISDN, Q.921/LAPD, Q.931/Call Control, HDLC, RTP, RTCP, UDP, TCP; VxWorks, EST visionICE/visionCLICK, Solaris, Windows/NT; Alcatel IP PCX 4400. NBX Corporation http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=WEBBNGNBX100COMSYS Andover, MA Ethernet based Telephone System. Designed the system software architecture for an Ethernet based telephone system (NBX 100) with high performance telephony, messaging, and computer integration via a single infrastructure. The NBX system provided a voice and data management platform merging packetized audio with an Ethernet LAN. Designed object-oriented architectures for Call Processing, Voice Mail, Automated Attendant, TAPI Service Provider, Web-based System Administration, and system services layers. Selected software tools and components for product development and deployment, including embedded real-time operating systems and object-oriented software development tools. Designed reliable messaging protocols for system controller and DSP-based telephony devices. Pioneered development from ObjecTime models to Windows NT (Microsoft Visual C++) simulation environment and Tornado/VxWorks (Cygnus GNU C++) target environment. Developed a Java-based telephone simulator that interfaced with the NBX100, to support development prior to availability of telephone set hardware. Skills: Java, C++, C, ObjecTime, ROOM (Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling), Tornado/VxWorks, IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC), IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD (Ethernet), TCP/IP, H.323, GNU C++, Microsoft Visual C++. Oxford Health Plans, Incorporated http://www.oxhp.com/ Trumbull, CT Enterprise Web Services and Intranet. Developed intranet and Internet applications and infrastructure including a "Back-End Server for Intranet Applications" that enabled access to Oracle enterprise databases from web-oriented technologies. The server was implemented in object-oriented Tcl ([incr Tcl]) with Oracle SQL*Net client libraries and handled high-volume database transactions through pooled TCP/IP socket-based connections. The CGI client interfaces were implemented using Java, JavaScript, Perl5, Tcl, C, C++ and Korn Shell. Developed a secure Internet infrastructure for Electronic Commerce and Electronic Data Interchange systems utilizing technologies including routers, firewalls, demilitarized zones, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), authentication/certificates, Netscape Enterprise Server, VeriSign certificates, Checkpoint/Firewall-1 and Sun Netra Internet Servers. Built a message routing system based on asynchronous Remote Procedure Calls (RPC). Built CGI applications in Java, Perl5, Tcl, C, and C++. Developed software for Optical Character Recognition, Imaging Systems and Handwriting Recognition Systems. Provided trouble-shooting for system and network security, configuration and administration groups. Skills: Java, JavaScript, Perl5, Tcl, Expect, C, C++, [incr Tcl], Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP-UX, Pyramid, Microsoft Windows 95/NT, IBM OS/2, Apple MacOS; Oracle SQL*Net, TCP/IP, RPC, PPP, CVS; HTTP, HTML, CGI; Apache Web Server, Java Applets, Netscape Servers. Quaker Farms Research Southbury, CT Telephone Key System. Projects: Telephone Key System. Developed embedded system software. System and network security, configuration and administration; Internet, DNS & PPP configuration. Skills: C, Perl5, assembler & M68K; SunOS, WinNT; DNS, PPP, NFS, NIS, automounter. General DataComm Incorporated http://www.gdc.com/ Middlebury, CT HP OpenView for SunOS & HP-UX, IBM NetView for AIX. Ported GDC network management applications from HP OpenView/SunOS to HP OpenView/HP-UX and IBM NetView for AIX. This required knowledge of BSD & SVR4 UNIX variants, multi-platform software development environments, SNMP, C++, X11 window managers, and system & network administration. Developed a tool for importing cross-product databases that enabled legacy systems to be managed by GDC's Megaview Network Management System. Created an extensible scripting language interface that enabled integration of third party network management protocols into GDC's Integrated Network Management Systems. This interface eliminated the need for Engineering to rebuild and redistribute system binaries to accommodate new protocols and reduced the frequency of software update releases. Developed a peer-to-peer network alarm-reporting interface for the INMS. Skills: C, C++, Perl5, Tcl, Expect; SunOS, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris; SNMP, TCP/IP, RPC, XView, CVS, Informix. Data Switch Corporation Shelton, CT Network Element Management System (EMS). Developed Element Management & Control Systems. Ported a real-time control system from PL/M to C for the SunOS Sun386I and SPARC platforms. Developed VT100 and IBM 3164 terminal emulators for SunView and the X11 Window System. Developed a Network Terminal Server interface for BSD sockets to network switches, user terminals and GUIs. Developed redundancy and fail-over systems for large and complex wide area networks. Developed graphical user interfaces for drag & drop port configuration and management. Skills: C, PL/M, Perl4, Tcl, Expect; SunOS; TCP/IP, RPC, NFS, NIS, Automounter, X11, XView. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center http://www.watson.ibm.com/ Eastview, NY Servo Controller for a 12-axis Robotics System. Project: Servo Controller for a 12-Axis Robotics System; this was a "hard" real-time system. Designed the software architecture for the robotics system, a network of INMOS Transputers, with parallel processing and coordination for a 12-axis servo controller. Implemented network layer stack for distributing files and messages between Transputer nodes. Developed low level programming, command & data upload/download interface between host programming system and real-time robotics system. Developed GUI on host to access low level interface to control and monitor robotics system. Skills: C, assembler, INMOS Transputer; AIX RS/6000, DOS, OS/2; TCP/IP, NFS, X11, VM/CMS. JANUS Systems, Incorporated New York, NY Graphics Retrieval System. Project: Total Integrated Graphics and Retrieval (TIGER) system for Ameritech Publishing, Inc. (now SBC Communications) Skills: C; SunOS 3.5; Sun Tools; SunView; DEC VAX/VMS; RPC, NFS, Automounter. General DataComm Incorporated http://www.gdc.com/ Middlebury, CT Integrated Network Management System. Integrated Network Management System: Architecture design team. Developed an AT&T Accumaster Protocol compatible alarm-reporting interface for the INMS. NetView Alarm Reporting Interface: Developed and integrated an IBM SNA alarm reporting interface into a multiplexor control system. The interface passed multiplexor alarms to a NetView/PC management station, which passed alarms to a mainframe NetView system. Skills: C, assembler; SCO XENIX & device drivers; IBM NetView/PC; IBM SNA protocols; Informix. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center http://www.watson.ibm.com/ Yorktown Heights, NY Robotic Fine Positioning Device. Projects: Robotic Fine Positioning Device. Communications System for Distributed Robotics. Digital Signal Processor Interface for Robotics. Developed all embedded software for these devices. Skills: C, assembler; Masscomp RTU & device drivers; VMEbus, Multibus, PC/AT bus. Telecomp, Incorporated http://www.telecompsys.com/ Milford, CT Point-Of-Sale System. Project: Point-Of-Sale System for Auto Parts Dealers. Migrated from NCR UNIX to SCO XENIX. Skills: C, assembler; NCR UNIX; SCO XENIX; Motorola 68000; Intel 80286. Pitney Bowes http://www.pb.com/ Norwalk, CT Manifest Mailing System. Project: Manifest Mailing System. Developed a prototype system for recharging postage meters using EFT and DES hardware. Skills: C, assembler, FORTRAN; SCO XENIX; MS-DOS; DES encryption devices. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center http://www.watson.ibm.com/ Yorktown Heights, NY General Purpose Automation Controller (robotics). Project: General Purpose Automation Controller & Programming System. Developed download & debug for embedded system. Scheduler/Dispatcher for real-time system. Messaging for real-time & UNIX programming systems. Skills: C, assembler; Masscomp RTU & device drivers; Motorola 68020; Multibus, RCS, VM/CMS. Digitech Industries, Incorporated http://www.digitechinc.com/ Ridgefield, CT Network Protocol Analyzer. Project: Network Protocol Analyzer. Developed an event programming language for the embedded real-time system. Skills: C, assembler; MS-DOS, CP/M-68K; Motorola 68000; VMEbus, protocol analyzers. Telecomp, Incorporated http://www.telecompsys.com/ Milford, CT Point-Of-Sale System. Project: Point-Of-Sale System for Auto Parts Dealers. Skills: C, assembler, NCR UNIX. Dictaphone Corporation http://www.dictaphone.com/ Norwalk, CT Digital Voice Operating System. Projects: Digital Voice Operating System. Dictation Control and Management System. Skills: C, PL/M & assembler; UNIX V6, V7, System III on DEC PDP-11 and VAX; Intel 8085, SCCS. InfoSoft Systems, Incorporated Westport, CT Control Process, Incorporated Plantsville, CT Embedded Process Control System. Projects: Embedded process control systems. Skills: C, assembler, Zilog Z80, CP/M; DEC RSX-11S/M; Data General Nova/Eclipse RDOS. Learning Unlimited New Canaan, CT & Research Triangle Park, NC Prescription-based Learning System. Project: Prescription-based Learning System. Skills: FORTRAN, PL/1, assembler; Data General Nova/Eclipse RDOS; IBM TSO, OS & DOS. Sales Maids of America division of GELCO Southport, CT Payroll System. Projects: Payroll System. Point-Of-Sale Data Collection System. Skills: COBOL; Data General Nova/Eclipse RDOS & ICOS. PR Data Systems Wilton, CT Press Release Distribution System. Projects: Press Release Distribution System. Mailing List Maintenance System. Skills: COBOL; Data General Nova/Eclipse RDOS & ICOS. Mnemonics Incorporated Norwalk, CT Market Tabulation System. Project: Market Tabulation System. Skills: FORTRAN, PL/1; Data General Nova/Eclipse RDOS. Indiana University, College of Arts & Sciences http://www.indiana.edu/ Bloomington, IN Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD) Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) USENIX Association SAGE (System Administrators Guild) Alcatel: SwitchExpert Motorola: PowerPC 860 Telogy Networks: Golden Gateway Software Telenetworks: ISDN Wind River Systems: VxWorks & Tornado ObjecTime: Integration & Performance Tuning USENIX: System & Network Security ObjectWorld: Managing Object-Oriented Development Projects Cornell Society of Engineers "Ingenuity in Science and Mathematics Award," 1976