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Karl N. Redman

kredman @ sleepingstill.com www.sleepingstill.com

Experienced Unix C/C++ Software Engineer

Summary:

Accomplished Unix C/C++ Software Engineer with extensive experience in the full life cycle of software development. Primary skills include Interprocess Communications (IPC) including Multithreading, Client/Server (Sockets), Standard Template Library (C++ STL), and Real-Time Data Delivery application Engineering and Development.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Languages:

C, C++, SQL, Perl, PHP, AWK, Python, Java, sed, shell scripting, HTML, WAP, XML, VXML, UML, Tcl/Tk, Pick Basic, Basic, Quick Basic.

Interfaces:

Standard Template Library (STL), POSIX, TCP/IP & UDP (Sockets), Interprocess Communications (IPC), SQL, RPM, PKG, GTK, MFC, WIN32, Expect, db, X Windows, Palm/PDA, XSLT, CSS.

Systems:

Solaris (SPARC & Intel), Linux, AIX, HPUX, ATT UNIX, SCO, QNX, BeOS, DOS 3.2 - 6.0, Windows 3.1 - 2000.

Administration:

Network installation and design, NFS, Backup and recovery, printer sharing, user security, X Server, Samba File Server, Solaris Install Server, CVS, ClearCase, Apache Web Server.

Hardware:

SCSI (RAID), IDE, serial interfaces (multiport), dumb terminals, X Terminals, printer installation and maintenance, network switches.

Work History

DoubleClick Inc. / Google, Inc. (contract) March 2008 – May 2008

Display advertising and keyword search enhancement / reporting company.

Perl and SQL development and code maintenance for the company's Search products. Started performing bug fixes within the first 2 weeks of employment.
Trained in both Affiliate and Search product architectures.
Basic Google engineering employee training -technologies and culture

Market Systems Inc. / Thomson Financial, Inc. June 2005 – July 2007

SEC Automated Exception Compliance Reporting.

C++ code maintenance of Exception Reporting applications.
R&D real-time exception reporting applications – front-end & back end (Python [QT Libs, PDF Libs, WxLibs], C++, Java, XSLT, JavaScript [Dojo, GWT], PHP). These experimental applications were created in order to explore new technologies.
Technical Administration: Server, network, and switch, hardware maintenance.
Server Administration: Apache, Cisco PIX firewall, VPN, Nagios, SVN, Trac.

Fathom Inc. / TransUnion, Inc. (contract) January 2005 - June 2005

Credit Score Model Reengineering.

C++ code conversion of financial scoring models originally written in C.
Code conversion entailed pattern recognition and the development of some C code pattern searching utilities written in Perl.
Won the first Fathom, Inc. developer of The month award for providing several developmental process improvements including data integration, informational presentation, project management, and quality control.
Work was performed and tested on Windows 2000 and then re-tested on an IBM S390 Mainframe.

Midphase Services, Inc. July 2004 - October 2004

Startup Web Hosting Services Provider.

Engineered Requirements and Specifications for the development of a World Wide Web based billing, help desk, and reporting system. The system was to utilize Semantic Web technology (RDF OWL) and development efforts were well underway, using C++ and Python, when the project was canceled.
Maintained all Source Code Control (CVS), Project Management, Operation System and support applications installation, and development environments.

Freelance Consultant (contract) April 2002 - July 2004

A progressive personal consulting business.

Performed C ++, Client/Server, and IPC maintenance for the current code base of a credit card processing system for a large transactions company.
Developed and engineered a Content Management System for a web site hosting company using PHP.
Engineered an object-orientated automatic trading system software design specification. The specification was written UML compliant.
Maintained web site back-end and security for several clients (using Perl, PHP, C, C++, Sockets and SQL).
Developed an SQL and GTK based Caller ID Client / Server GUI application and database system that tracks incoming personal and business calls.
System and network installation / administration coordinator.

Verascape, Inc. February 2001 - October 2001

Innovator of a product which integrates telecommunications technology with voice recognition software.

Coordinated Operating Procedures and Development Coding Standards utilized by co-developers.
Established and wrote installation procedures, specifications, and integration criteria for the end product.
Performed C/C++ developer support and mentoring with co-developers.
Spearheaded Application Build and Product Integration systems development.
Co-engineered the realization of object-orientated C++, Sockets, IPC and SQL software applications.

Lucent Technologies (contract) July 2000 - December 2000

A nationally recognized telecommunications company.

Member of the APLG -a wireless technology (TDMA / CDMA / AMPS / 3rd generation) Quality and Assurance branch of the company.
Maintained current source code while engineering various feature implementations for Bell Laboratories' cellular telecommunications Q&A testing applications using C++.
Developed and documented an Intranet Laboratory Testing Support Web site used by other developers for software development and testing purposes using Perl.

Jacobs Health Care, Inc. (contract) June 2000 - July 2000

A well respected prescriptions healthcare provider.

Performed code maintenance for existing Pick Basic applications.
Acted as System and Network Administrator while the company sought a permanent candidate for the position.
Assisted management in developing job description specifications for the IT department.
Instructed IT Dept. personnel in the maintenance and repair of various serial printers and dumb terminals as well as AIX and network administration.

The Helios Group, Inc. January 2000 - May 2000

A financial trading firm that utilizes cutting-edge technology to gain an advantage in European and U.S. options markets.

Held Lead Design Engineer and Programmer position for the development of a real-time object orientated automated financial options trading application. The final product was written in C++ and used threads and other forms of interprocess communications.
Ported several AIX modular C programs to Solaris object-oriented C++ applications.
Software Developed included multi threading, Sockets, Semaphore & cross â€“ platform programming.

HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. October 1997 - December 1999

A real-time financial data delivery provider.

Functioned as Engineer, C++ Developer, and Project Manager of a real-time financial data client/server SDK/API for Solaris, AIX and Linux.
Engineered and developed several database maintenance applications for in-house use using MFC, C++, Perl, and C.
Programmed several cross-platform (UNIX and Windows) data quality testing applications using C and C++.

Contact information is available upon request.

kredman @ sleepingstill.com

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