SUMMARY

Experienced Unix Java developer with expertise in OBDMS and scientific programming including:

• Highly analytical and detail-oriented approach to problem solving and software development.
• Demonstrated expertise in core Java API.
• Over ten years OOP and Linux experience.
• Track record of developing clear, clean, modular code.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Languages	Java, C++, C, XML, HTML, Perl, Shell Scripting, SQL, Ruby on Rails, Fortran, IDL
Standards	EJB, Grid, Hibernate ,JCA, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, Spring
Software	Ant, Eclipse, MySQL, Objectivity/DB, Tomcat, Visual Studio, VMWare, WebLogic, WebSphere
Operating Systems	Linux, Solaris, Windows

Code samples - http://marathoncoder.com/code.html

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University Affiliated Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

2010-Present

The University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) is a performance-based task order research contract between NASA Ames and the University of California that is managed by the Santa Cruz campus.

Senior Software Engineer

Developed, tested, and maintained features in Air Traffic Operations real-time and near real-time simulation tools.

• Developed scripts to process simulation data allowing analysts to extract necessary data directly or through reprocessing.
• Made a variety of fixes to existing GUI data parsers and validators enabling the conversion of new FAA adaptations of airport control centers.
• Helped researchers isolate software bugs in simulation situations prior to data acquisition.

Lead Java Developer

Developed new features, pursued performance objectives, and maintained the Objectivity/DB Java language binding on Unix and Windows platforms. Wrote functional specifications and test plans. Served as a resource, working closely with customer support, technical publications, and QA engineers. Participated on a patent review committee. Researched new technological developments in chip design.

• Developed a method to support weak and soft references that allowed users to customize non-memory intensive data structures to fit their specific needs.
• Certified Objectivity/DB with IBM as a Ready for Grid ISV.
• Developed specialized solutions that allowed entity bean users to seamlessly bypass JDBC-only solutions and use container-managed persistences with WebSphere and WebLogic.
• Analyzed scalability of object ingest to determine root causes of performance degradation which aided company systems engineers in better prototyping customer needs and more accurately predicting performance.
• Created a design to to allow customers more concurrent thread context access while managing referential integrity themselves by creating a switch to release protective locking.
• Generated a resource adapter that permitted customers to plug in our product as an EIS and have transparent transaction and persistence management using JCA in their enterprise applications.
• Implemented a series of C++ applications and Perl scripts to allow management to maintain stable and test code branches and automatically and securely migrate changes that have been established as safe.
• Presented an overview talk on Objectivity for Java at the Objectivity WorldView conference in 2005. This was targeted at government integrators, including potential customers.
• Developed tests for new API as well as to validate bug fixes. Ran the certification test suite on all platforms prior to release.
• Wrote a JavaCC parser that provided full support of entity bean queries.

Performance Engineer

Pursued performance solutions in the Sales and Distribution module.

• Provided GoingLive and EarlyWatch service on customer R/3 installations, involving analysis of system parameters and high use SQL statements to ensure optimal performance.
• Characterized performance issues involving Vertex external tax interface.

Astronomy Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

1995-1997

NASA Graduate Student Research Fellow
Researched the composition and amplitude of hazes and clouds in the upper Uranian atmosphere. Published in peer-reviewed journals. Wrote successful funding and observatory time proposals and presented results at conferences. Maintained department webpages. Won annual department research award.

Astronomy Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

1992-1995

Teaching and Research Assistant
Performed cosmological and seismological research, taught introductory astronomy laboratories, and guest-lectured.

EDUCATION