Objective

To work on software contracts involved in emerging technologies like Java, The Palm Computing Platform, and Linux.

Education

1985-1989: Graduated with B.S. in Computer Science from University of Lowell, Lowell, MA.

1995-Present: Working towards a Masters Degree in Computer Science at UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA.

Technical Expertise

Programming languages:

• C (ANSI and K&R)
• C++
• Java
• Perl
• UNIX Shell Script (sh, csh, sed, awk, etc.)
• HTML
• SGML
• Assembly (80x86, Pentium, VAX)
• Other: Pascal, Modula-2, Lisp

Software APIs and SDKs:

• PalmOS SDK
• Palm Conduit SDK and Java Conduit SDK
• JDK 1.0.2, 1.1.x, 1.2
• Microsoft Foundation Classes
• Microsoft Windows API (Win16, Win32 and Win32s)
• TCP/IP sockets
• X-Windows (Xlib, Xt)
• Motif/Openlook
• Netscape Plugin API
• Microsoft Game SDK
• TIFF, GIF, JPEG, CGM, HPGL/2
• Registered MSDN member

Software:

• Microsoft Visual C++
• InstallShield
• ClearCase
• Metrowerks CodeWarrior
• Sybase/SQL, MS-SQL
• Purify and Quantify
• BoundsChecker Pro
• RCS, SCCS, CVS
• FrameMaker/Inteleaf
• MS-Office
• Emacs and vi
• Adobe Photoshop

Operating Systems:

• PalmOS (2.x 3.x)
• UNIX (Linux, SunOS, Solaris, IRIX, ULTRIX, HP/UX, AIX, SCO UNIX, Digital UNIX, etc.)
• Microsoft Windows (3.1, Windows NT 3.x & 4.0, Windows 95 & 98, Windows 2000)
• MS-DOS

Experience

PSync, Inc

    May 1999-Present

• Developing software for Palm Pilot for time tracking
• Developing Palm Conduit in Java using the Java Conduit SDK.

Parisi Software Development, Inc

        June 1998 - Present

• Started consulting company
• Telephony /CTI work. Creating software to communicate with PBX and ACD switches, for integration into a CTI product.
• RAID system integration. Added support for Sun StorEDGE RAID A1000 to Sun Solaris integrated system.
• PalmOS development. Developing end user PalmOS applications in C and Java.
• Development of HPGL/2 interpreters and parsers.
• CGM interpreter / renderer written entirely in Java.

Davox

June 1997-June 1998 - Contractor

• Developing emulators for PBX and ACD switches (Northern Telecom, Aspect, Siemens)

Orion Systems

February 1997-April 1997- Contractor

• Developed  user interfaces for MS-Windows using MFC and Visual C++, as a front end to Microsoft SQL Server.

Carberry Software Associates

November 1996-June 1998 - Contractor

• Working with former customers of Carberry Technology, supporting Carberry Products.
• Modified HPGL/2 rasterizer to support Japanese Windows NT.
• Added Kanji Character Set support to HPGL/2 renderer.

Carberry Technology / Electronic Book Technologies (EBT Mass) / INSO

August 1989-October 1996 - Principal Software Engineer/Co-Founder Carberry Tech

• Co-Founder of Carberry Technology.
• Managed Carberry Engineering Group of five developers. Responsible for all software development, which consisted of over 400,000 lines of C and C++ code.
• Software Architect for all Carberry products: CADleaf, FIGleaf, and OEM Graphical Libraries.
• Designed and developed Carberry's flagship product: CADleaf, a graphical translation and viewing package.
• Designed and managed development of FIGleaf Inline, a Netscape Plugin to view and zoom images over the Web. FIGleaf Inline was one of the first plug-ins available on Netscape's Plugin Page. It was also one of the few plug-ins available on both Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Designed and developed core Carberry Graphics engine that is used in CADleaf, FIGleaf, and DynaText product lines. DynaText is EBT's flagship product for browsing SGML. Graphic formats included: CGM, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, HPGL, HPGL/2, IGES, DXF, Frame MIF, Interleaf ASCII, and others. Graphics Engine allowed graphic files to be viewed, printed, zoomed, rotated, flipped, cropped and converted.
• Worked closely with management and developers at EBT Providence to integrate Carberry Graphical Libraries into DynaText 3.x.
• Excelled at code reusability and Object Oriented Design methodology. Same Graphics Engine was used in over 7 distinct products.
• Ported Graphics Libraries to all major UNIX platforms and Windows 95/NT and Windows 3.1 (Win32s).
• Wrote/maintained home-grown source code management system using RCS and Csh on UNIX and Windows NT.
• Designed and developed the CADleaf Scripting Language (CSL), a structured programming language that allowed users of CADleaf to modify the user interface and functionality of CADleaf. Motif and MFC was used extensively in the development of the CSL.
• Designed and developed the CADleaf user interface, using X-Windows (Xlib and Xt), Motif, OpenLook, MFC and the Windows API extensively.
• UNIX System Administrator for Carberry Technology, with a mix of over 8 different UNIX Operating Systems. Installed new Operating Systems. Setup and trouble-shooted network. Installed new hardware.
• Localized CADleaf for the Japanese market. Added support for Kanji fonts in our CGM Vector viewing technology. As well as support for Japanese versions of Interleaf and FrameMaker.
• Designed and developed Carberry Technology's first product: ExpressPAGE. A page layout publishing tool for users of PageMaker.
• Worked on-site on several Government contracts to support CADleaf products.

Additional Information

• Carberry Technology was acquired by Electronic Book Technologies in 1993 for its graphics expertise.
• Carberry/EBT was acquired by INSO in July 1996. Carberry Technology was dissolved in October 1996 due to redundant technology.

Gateway Design Automation (Cadence)

July 1988-July 1989- Software Engineer

• Wrote and extended software libraries. Responsible for fine tuning and enhancing products for external use and worked closely with supervisors in creating and modifying program designs.

Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

December 1988-February 1989 - Contractor

• Project leader in Modula-2 compiler port from VAX to Intel 80386. Responsible for team strategy, design, implementation, testing and optimization.