Software design, development and testing for Mars Odyssey, Mars Exploration Rovers, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Missions.

• Developed a decompiler/integrity verifier program for THEMIS instrument command files.
• Interfaced ImageMagick to DaVinci data analysis language package, to export multi-dimensional data sets as images or movies.
• Wrote software to unpack image data downloaded from spacecraft, convert timing information, and store it in a MySQL database for later retrieval.
• Developed a database schema and wrote a data query tool to extract spacecraft image data based on orbital, experimental, areographic, and observational parameters.
• Developed code to process geometric map projection of hyperspectral images across multiple CPUs.
• Used the JPL/NAIF CSPICE software library to create database and time conversion utilities.
• Wrote a specification to add distributed shared memory features to davinci data analysis package.
• Developed interface programs to USGS ISIS package to streamline and simplify image mosaicking process.
• Wrote a JNI-based wrapper around the JPL/NAIF SPICE library to give Java programmers access to it.
• Wrote a GNOME Panel Applet to report true local solar time, solar elevation angles, and solar longitude for the Mars Exploration Rover missions.
• Developed a series of objects to create, edit, and format Planetary Data System (PDS) labels and PDS history objects for use in a Python framework.

Software design development in Perl, Python, PHP, and Javascript for internet, intranet, and newspaper production processes in support of two daily newspapers, The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette.

• Designed and implemented a location based advertising/guide Drupal module, using PHP, Javascript, Google Maps API, and AJAX methodology. Publically accessible: http://guide.islandpacket.com/
• Evaluated IT helpdesk solutions and deployed best choice application (in this case OTRS) for use by company IT staff.
• Transited all development projects to use the Subversion revision control tool.
• Deployed Drupal-based intranet for two newspapers.
• Designed and implemented a configurable workflow system to improve efficiency.
• Wrote a library to get access to Active Directory entries from Perl, PHP, and Python programs.
• Extended video player modules for Drupal CMS to accept newsroom and reader contributed videos to be hosted on 3rd party vendor site but remain integrated with our CMS.

Self employed, working on several embedded Linux systems projects for Valley of the Sun clients.

• Developed conversion software and GTK-based GUI front end to make Pertec 9-track format directories readable and exportable under Linux.
• Made Linux 2.0.38 for ColdFire processors work correctly with MS-DOS partition tables and the various FAT-based filesystems.
• Interfaced Pertec-to-SCSI emulation board to Linux system for remote management and file access via web browsers.

Member of the BRUPro Implementation Team, EST's follow-on product to its successful BRU Backup product. Successfully met all project milestones and delivered a working product to quality assurance on time and under budget on a repeated basis. BRU-Pro was recognized by Linux Journal as the Linux Backup product of the Year for 2001.

• Designed and implemented software licensing mechanisms in C and Python using RSA and MD5 to generate license keys.
• Integrated Rijndael encryption algorithm into aescrypt open source cryptography package.
• Designed and implemented user interface for product web interface using HTML and Javascript on the client side and Python on the server side.
• Designed and implemented the BRU-Pro job scheduling subsystem. Implemented numerous interfaces between application server, database server, remote clients, and user front-ends in C, shell scripts, and Python.

Contract position for American Express' International Risk and Fraud Management Web Services group.

• Managed two Sybase Adaptive Servers running on a Sun E10000 running Solaris 7.
• Managed Microsoft SQL Servers running on Windows NT.
• Developed new logical and physical models for web-based international portfolio performance econometric reporting for risk analysis and in-depth global fraud recovery analysis.
• Responsible for database performance and tuning, data access policies, and database security.
• Developed automated data loading procedures, using cron, Makefiles, and shell and Perl scripts.
• Supervise and mentor data analysts.
• Assist web developers in query optimization, data access, and security configuration.

• Assisted deployment of a 12,000 user intranet to three hospitals and numerous clinics in Arizona using Microsoft FrontPage, Visual Interdev, and IIS as the development and deployment technologies.
• Responsible for NT system administration, Microsoft SQL Server database administration, problem determination, and resource and capacity planning.

Contract position for Humana's Cincinnati ChoiceCare unit.

• Supported a data warehouse and datamart application running on Sybase Adaptive Server on an HP/UX platform.
• Tuned and optimized databases, which enabled required Federal reporting to be completed on-time, saving the company from paying significant fines.
• Responsible for monthly warehouse loads and daily datamart loads, OS and database upgrades, troubleshooting, and administration.
• Managed dedicated lpd print spooling system, running HP/UX. Rendered assistance to users on optimizing queries and other technical questions.
• Mentored other technical personnel on Unix systems, programming and TCP/IP networking.

Technical lead in the porting of the DARS mainframe product to a client/server architecture, using Unix as the server environment. The Client/Server version opened up a new customer base to Miami University, and resulted in nearly a $500,000 increase in licensing and support revenue to the university in its first year. In addition, the client/server version was recognized in the 1996 Infoworld Client/Server Top 100 (53rd place) while still a beta product.

• In charge of design, implementation, and modifications to the DARS application server, using C/SQL linked to legacy COBOL code.
• Managed, designed and maintained DARS web site, and online documents until 1997.
• Project lead for web application development, deployment, and support for the project.
• Technical lead during the analysis and design phases of the CAS (Course Applicability System) project for Arizona and Ohio public higher-education systems.

Maintenance design and coding for James River's package manufacturing division.