Objective:

    To work in an environment that involves a constant amount of 
    learning and bettering of my abilities, particularly in the areas of
    web application development, VoIP, and networking.

 Summary:

    * Proficient in Perl, Java, ECMA, most flavors of Unix, VoIP, and networking

    * Architected California State power deregulation network, and other
      large IP networks

    * Developing a Java lifeform simulator, and a Perl network management tool
      as well as maintaining the Brutal Copy open source bulk data transfer
      utility, and doing some development for 'ourTunes' in Java.

    * 10 years engineering experience involving programming, system and 
      network architecture

    * Strong knowledge of network protocols used in routing ( BGP, OSPF, 
      EIGRP, RIP ) and those used in VoIP ( MGCP, SIP, H.323, RTP )


 Work Experience Detailed:

	IBM - VoIP Application Developer
    Jan 05 - Present  Lowell, MA
            * Responsible for creating the VoIP softswitch carrier and
              service provider application pack for the Micromuse product
              suite

	Shopping.com - Network Engineer
    July 03 - Dec 04  Brisbane, CA
	    * Systems and network administration, toolsmithing, network design 
	      and planning, storage administration, production system support

	Cisco Systems, Inc - Software Developer 
    Feb 03 - July 03  San Jose, CA  ( consultant )
	    * Support and authoring OO Perl based web applications for 
	      infrastructure support by global IT organizations
	    * Worked on integration of Java in our development environment
	      and pushing API standards utilizing WSDL

	Pivia, Inc. - Network/Technical Support Engineer
    April 02 - Feb 03  Cupertino, CA
	    * Built automation environment for deploying multiple platform/OS
	      system installations from a laptop for the sales team.
	    * Implemented BGP for production network
	    * Manage network infrastructure
	    * Wrote webserver performance measurement tools in Java
	    * Wrote perl based tools for intranet webserver, and for product
	      monitoring system.

	Clearwater Networks - Staff Systems Engineer
    Jun 01 - Jan 02  Los Gatos, CA
	    * Administered the Solaris compute cluster and scripted automation
	      tools.
            * Managed Shoreline Networks VoIP solution for company IP phone
              switch and PRIs
	    * Worked with the embedded software development team to teach them
              IP and routing protocol fundamentals (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, etc).
            * Wrote the command line for a threadX based OS which adhered to the
              Motorola CLI spec used by Foundry and Cisco.   
	    * Was responsible for developing a test bed to analyze the 
	      protocol stacks running on the Clearwater MIPS based Network 
	      Service processor.  Tools written in Java, and Perl.  
	    * Built automation servers for test bed purposes as well as server 
	      construction and maintenance.  Wrote tools to synchronize all 
	      server platforms and built kernels for the compute cluster to 
	      optimize performance and work around Linux bugs.

	8x8 Inc. - Principal Systems Engineer / Director Software Engineering
    Feb 00 - Jun 01  Santa Clara, CA
            * Served as acting director for the SIP proxy team who developed 
              a strong H.323 to SIP proxy for interaction between our Java
              based iPBX and Cisco h.323 equipment
            * Systems integration work involving Cisco VoIP equipment
              ( AS5300s, 26/36xx, 3810 etc ), internal VoIP MGCP and H.323
              equipment as well as our own hosted iPBX solution written
              in Java running on the Sun Netra t1 platform.  
	    * Designed OSPF network for providing product services to end 
	      customers.  
	    * Built an automation server and suite of clustering tools
	      for system failover, reconstruction, and reliability.  Software 
	      currently used for product. Suite manages automated backup and 
	      restore using PKI infrastructure, as well as the ability to 
	      recreate systems capable of recreating other systems within the 
	      cluster.  Rewrote Sun's Solaris installation software to be 
	      better suited for automation and restoration.  
	    * Designed a diskless boot environment for Unix solutions 
 	      intended for high availability.

	Knowledge Universe - Data Security Engineer
    Aug 99 - Feb 00  Redwood City, CA  ( consultant )
            * Managed corporate VPN ( Bay Networks Extranet Switch ) and 
	      Ipsilon/Nokia 440 Checkpoint Firewalls.  
	    * Designed and implemented the commerce site for the online 
	      testing facilities product based upon Solaris, iPlanet
	      LDAP and webserver, and Cisco LocalDirectors.

	MCI - Network Architect
    Oct 97 - Aug 99  Fremont, CA
	    * Administered state-wide Solaris servers and built Jumpstart
	      servers for installation automation of many server configs.
            * Implemented VoIP solution for CalISO using Cisco H.323 
              gatekeepers and edge devices with FXO/FXS ports.
            * Network protocol design including BGP, OSPF, RIPv2, ATM 1483,
              LANe, and others. 
	    * Designed a high speed EBGP failover mechanism
              for all power generation sites connecting to the Wepex network.
            * Designed and supported the existing Internet firewalls for the
              network.  
	    * Was responsible for integrity assurance of the network and 
	      modeling of it using Netsys.  
	    * Wrote a web based tool in Perl to generate Cisco router 
	      configurations for multiple customers to be used in 
	      conjunction with IP helper to automate new site installations.
	    * Supported the NASDAQ network as well as the the California ISO 
	      Power Deregulation Network, and NCO Financials.
            * Helped manage customer relationships 
            * With another key team member, we developed a firewall known 
              inside of MCI as the BDHSV based upon the IPF framework for 
              network management connectivity between client networks such 
              as Reuters, USPS, JP Morgan, NCO, and others.  
	    * Constructed another firewall for the Cal ISO project known 
	      internally as the Golden Firewall based upon heavily customized
	      IPF code, pieces of the TIS Firewall Toolkit, and the Gauntlet 
	      proxy set.  Used IPF for packet absorption and layer 7 hand-off
	      for the Gauntlet/Toolkit proxies.  

	Information Storage Devices - Systems Administrator
    Aug 96 - Oct 97  Cupertino, CA
            * Managed server architecture, and supported Cadence applications
              for approximately 35 IC design engineers and 12 mask designers.
            * Debugged Cadence SKILL code and wrote wrappers to tune their
              license management system.  
	    * Constructed the corporate network and firewall as well as 
	      Jumpstart, NIS, DNS, and NFS servers.

	Netcom - Systems and Network Administrator
    Oct 95 - Aug 96  San Jose, CA ( consultant )
            Position roles varied from supporting corporate Sun systems
            for mail, name service, and support applications for
            approximately 600 internal users.  Designed campus
            network for the Horizons facility in San Jose.  Built
            and implemented their corporate firewall based on the
            Gauntlet platform.

	AT&T Global Information Solutions - Network Operator
    Apr 95 - Oct 95  Columbia, SC ( consultant )
            Responsibilities included troubleshooting system and
            network problems for manufacturing production systems.
            Wrote scripts to automate tasks and manage tasks on their
            NCR 3575 multiprocessor System V Unix systems.

	
 Operating Systems:
    Solaris, BSD, Wintel, Linux, SVR4, IRIX, Ultrix, MacOS

 Programming:
    Java, Perl, ECMA, Bourne, some C

 Hardware:
    * Livingston/Lucent Portmasters, Routers, and IRX Firewalls
    * Alteon and Cisco load balancers
    * Cisco routers, LAN/WAN switches, and telephony products
    * Sun Microsystems, SGI, x86
    * Storage Tek Atlas OC3 ATM firewall systems, Nokia Ipsilon ATM firewalls, 
      Netscreen firewalls, MMAC switches, and FORE ATM switches.
    * NexSan storage devices

 Other Experience:
    CCNA certified
    Wide area network design with BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP,
        Frame, and ATM.  Good working knowledge of Netsys, 
	HP OpenView, and Opticom
    Cadence Design Systems software suites ( Edge & Opus, Virtuoso, Spectre,
	and Dracula DRC )
    Firewall products including Checkpoint, Gauntlet & the FWTK,
	PIX, and IPF/ipchains
    Apache, mod_perl, and OpenSSL  
    Oracle & mysql

 References available upon request.