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Build, Release, and Software Tools Professional

Computer Expertise

Programming Languages

• Expertise in Python, C, Perl, Bourne-Shell
• Experienced with HTML, CGIs, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Objective-C, VC++, C++, and tcl/tk

Operating Systems

• Expertise with Ubuntu (Debian), Fedora Core (RedHat), RedHat 6.0-9.0
• Experienced with MacOS 10, Windows 7, Windows Vista, WinXP, SGI IRIX 4.0.5-6.5 on Power Series, Indigo, Indy, Indigo 2, Challenge, and Origin platforms, Solaris 2.3-8 on Ultra desktop, Enterprise and Netra platforms, SunOS 4.1.3, NeXTSTEP 3.0, NetApp, Cisco IOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Win2000, NT 4, NT 3, Win98, Win95, HP/UX, AIX, Ultrix, DOS, Macintosh, and Novell Netware

Specific Technologies and Applications

• Build & Release Tools: CVS, Perforce, Subversion (svn), make, cook, Ant, gcc, egcs, g++, cc, CruiseControl
• System Administration: sendmail.cf, SMTP, POP, IMAP, fetchmail, qmail, Courier-IMAP, Microsoft Exchange, Samba, IRIX, Fedora Core (RedHat), and Ubuntu (Debian) Linux, Solaris DiskSuite, SCSI, IEEE 1394 (aka firewire, iLink), USB, NetInfo
• Networks: TCP, UDP, NETBEUI, IPX/SPX, IPSEC, portmap, FTP, ssh, openssh, stunnel, rsync, NFS, DHCP, DNS, YP/NIS, bind (named), djbdns, dnscache, PPP, SLIP, RIP, Multicast/mrouted, Ethernet LAN, Ethernet WLAN (802.11, 802.11b, 802.11g), VLAN (802.1q), FDDI ISDN, DSL
• Other: PHP, JavaScript, Apache, mod_ssl, mod_jserv, mod_jk, httpd, https, HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, JServ, Java, Servlets, Jakarta Tomcat, Oracle, MySQL

Work Experience

Software Build & Release Engineer at Google, Mountain View, CA - June 2004-Current

Software Build, Release, and Systems Integration Specialist at There, Inc., Menlo Park, CA - Mar 2003-May 2004 (50% layoff)

As a senior member of the build, release, and systems integration team of 4 people:

• Set policies for revision control (Perforce) for all (50+) users - engineering, 2d web developers, and 3d artists
• Kept 10 development branches in-sync with main development branch by designing and implementing hourly automatic inter-branch merge tool
• Tutored junior teammates in job-related technology, process, policies
• Reduced production cluster migration issues 500% by taking ownership of all major software releases
• Increased developer productivity and decreased QA downtime by increasing build frequency upto 6 times daily with automation; work smarter, not harder

Independent IT Consulting - Oct 2002-Mar 2003

Specified and completed several IT consulting projects including:

• Built qmail mail server with integrated virus scanning, authenticated and encrypted send, IMAPS, mailing lists, web based management, and fetchmail retrieval of E-mails
• Installed CVS & build server with commit logging, web based CVS browser, CruiseControl for continuous Java builds, and local customization of CruiseControl
• Replaced NT 3 file server with a RedHat Linux Samba server. Integrated with existing NT 4 domain to provide seamless authentication.

Build Engineer and Systems Administrator at Entise, Cupertino, CA - July 2002 through Oct 2002 (company closed)

As member of rapidly growing 25 person startup, supported developers by owning and managing build and release in addition to maintaining the internal and external network services.

• Integrated and automated separate builds into one coherent process: Linux kernel, Sun JVM, Trifork J2EE server, and Java management application
• Maintained UNIX, Windows, and networks including WLAN, PPtP VPN, Web, DNS, and firewalls

Engineering Troubleshooter at Nexprise, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (merged with Ventro in July 2001) - Sep 2000-July 2002 (company moved 400 miles away)

Major projects included:

• Increased performance and scalability of application 10-fold by tuning the operating system (Solaris), Apache, JServ, Oracle, SQL queries, and the Java application itself using RadView WebLOAD, Segue SilkTest, and the Solaris SE Performance Toolkit
• Developed a modular /bin/sh installer, independent of any third party tools, such as Perl
• Sped up build process by a factor of 10 by rearchitecting the automated build architecture. Tools used include CVS, CruiseControl, and Ant

Other projects include: load balancing, application scaling, performance benchmarking, customer solutions, project management, build and release, systems application architecture.

Silicon Graphics, Inc, Mountain View, CA - July 1996-Sep 2000

• Software Developer - C, C++, multi-platform porting from IRIX to Solaris and Linux, as part of a small 5-person team. Network throughput was particularly important for this streaming video project
• Project Manager - Organized 50+ engineers developing the SGI Freeware product consisting of 2 CDs and 250 installable packages. Created processes and automation software to make the release drive itself rather than requiring a person to organize the information by hand. (see: http://freeware.sgi.com/ )
• Release Manager - Coordinated the product handoff from engineering to manufacturing. Developed and documented the process and contacts involved: customer support, royalties payable, contracts, buyers, export compliance, and the factory change-control board
• Software Build and Release Engineer - Responsible for source control, final compilation, packaging, and release of software. Projects sized from the smallest of system patches, through medium sized projects, to the large 50M+ lines and 2 GB of source IRIX OS builds. Source control management was done via internal CVS-like tools (ptools)
• System Administrator - 24/7 support for company-wide source code and distribution servers, network services, desktop support, and managed Legato Networker daily backups for servers and desktops totaling over 1 terabyte

Treasurer and Network Administrator for Punk Net Internet Cooperative, San Luis Obispo, CA - Jan 1995-Jul 1996

Designed, implemented, and administered a twenty site city-wide network. Responsible for IP address space management, PPP, modem bank, terminal server, billing, new hardware.

Unix System Administrator at Academic Computing Services, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA - Mar 1993-Jul 1996

Performed network and system administration, security updates, software porting and installation, and new equipment specification of NeXT, Sun, and SGI systems, on a base of 500-600 users. Later (Sep 1995-July 1996), I additionally, cared for Aeronautics Dept's seven SGI machines in a similar fashion.

Education

• BS, Computer Science, Cal Poly State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA, 1996
• Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, CA, Class of 1990

Other Accomplishments and Hobbies

SAGE Unix system administrator classification

Qualified as Senior System Administrator of a large (100+ hosts) site. Experienced primarily with Linux and moderately experienced with SGI IRIX and Sun Solaris. (see: http://www.sage.org/field/jobs-descriptions.html) Contributed content to the IRIX System Administration Certification courses in early 2000.

Convention Staff - Various Science Fiction Conventions, San Jose - May 1990 - current

Worked BayCon, TimeCon, SiliCon, and Fanime with attendance ranging from 1,000 to 14,000 members. Positions include registration desk manager, and operations staff. Responsibilities include crisis management, registration, cashiering, scheduling, and managing a staff of upto 20 volunteers.

Computational Performance - SETI@Home, Crypto Speed Challenges - 1998-2000

Developer, Coordinator, and Advocate for the SETI@Home participation at SGI, as well as some of the RSA Security Inc sponsored Cryptographic Speed Challenges, utilizing thousands of machines across the company intranet. The difficult aspects of this project were coordination and advocacy; the technical portions were straightforward.

Personal Info

I enjoy equestrian pursuits, bicycling, electronics, woodworking, and yoga.