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=Introduction=
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Because it is no longer possible to put all my experience even on a double-sheet résumé, I have split it into two parts. First, a [[ron:resume.pdf|PDF-format overview]], presenting why you might be interested in my services, and giving a synopsis of my skills.  Second, this page, which contains those details about my work experience and history which you expect of a résumé.
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Please feel free to [mailto:ron@ronware.org provide me feedback].
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=Skills=
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'''Programming:'''
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* Applications and systems programming in C, C++, Java, assembly language, Forth
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* Client/server product development
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* Database programming in SQL, Java, Perl and others
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* Extensive "open-source" knowledge
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* Good knowledge of Linux (both operationally and application programming)
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* Familiar with Symbian programming (native and MIDP)
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* Many years of Microsoft Windows experience (from drivers up through UI work)
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* Secure coding techniques
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* Unix/Linux programming and tools (vim, perl, TeX, bash and many others)
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'''Managerial:'''
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* Led small programming groups
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* Led international teams of developers
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* Coordinated international customer requirements with development teams
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'''Languages:'''
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* native level English
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* almost native level Hebrew
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* good conversational Spanish
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=Experience=
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==Most recent==
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{| border="0"
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| 3/2009 - present || Hyperlync Multimedia (Jerusalem, Israel)
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|-
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| || ''Sr. Systems Engineer''
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|-
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| || Designed and implemented comm protocol for PC/Android data exchange. Responsible for Linux port of core product.  Added support for DLNA.  Responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of production management system, as well as end-to-end multi-lingual installation and auto-update system.  IT infrastructure.
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C++,Java,bash,perl,PHP,wxWidgets, JSON.  Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux, Android.
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|-
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| 10/2007 - 3/2009 || ClassifEye, Ltd. (Jerusalem, Israel)
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|-
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| || ''Manager, Customer Integration''
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|-
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| || Drive multi-platform client-server product development from R&D through customer integration and deployment.  Work with overseas customers to determine their needs, produce specifications and deliver them.  Hire, train and mentor technical staff.  Left because the company went bankrupt.
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Java, J2ME.  Symbian C++, Nokia Series 60 platforms. SQL. JSON. XML. XML-RPC.
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|-
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| 4/2006 - 7/2007 || Motorola Corporation, (formerly Good Technologies) (Bellevue, WA)
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|-
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| || ''Principal Staff Software Engineer''
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|-
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| || Working with the same development group as at Good and Sproqit, on similar projects  (Good was purchased by Motorola in Jan 2007).  Windows Mobile 5, Linux, PalmOS.  Install/uninstall, cross-platform development issues.  Design for mobile device applications. Left to move to Israel.
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C++
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|-
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| 1/2005 - 3/2006 || Sproqit Technologies (Bellevue, WA)
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|-
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| || ''Sr. Software Developer''
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|-
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| || Client code developer for devices running WinCE, Palm and Linux operating systems. Reorganized the code base and build system so an SDK could be released to OEMs without exposing proprietary information.  Wrote port of low-level code to a Linux-based device, including design and coding of a small database for the embedded device.  Cross-platform build tools using ssh and make.  Left because the company went bankrupt.
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Mostly C and C++ (gcc, VC, MetroWerks)
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|-
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| 4/2002 - 12/2004 || Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
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|-
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| || ''Lead Software Development Engineer in Test''
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|-
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| || Led the team responsible for testing PTS (Page and Table Services) and LS (Line Services), which are core text layout components used by RichEdit, the Office suite of products as well as Vista. Coordinated testing effort for both products. Created new testing platforms and tools, upgraded and updated existing tools. Worked extensively with the developers, uncovering and remediation of both severe and non-critical defects as well as security issues in the products.
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C++ and C, SQL, VBA, Python, perl etc.
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|-
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| 7/2001 - 1/2002 || GoAhead Software (Bellevue, WA)
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|-
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| || ''Software Developer III''
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|-
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| || High availability software design and implementation in C++ and C. Used for monitoring telco equipment and ensuring the health of the system. Helped implement Linux and Windows framework for easy integration of the software by GoAhead’s clients.
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gcc, VC++.
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|}
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==Life as a contractor==
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From 9/1993 - 7/2001, was one of three founding partners of "Moss Bay Engineering", a software services contracting firm.  The majority of our work was done for Microsoft Corporation.
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Projects on which I worked included:
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* Linux and Windows modules for high-availability software system. Design and implementation of perl-based accessors for OEM APIs. gcc, VC++.  Continued this work at GoAhead.
 +
* Secure instant communication program. Design and implementation of new UI. Added features to client and server portions. Researched Linux components. Delphi, gcc.
 +
* MS NetDocs. Implementation of POP and SMTP protocols; SQL to MAPI translation layer. Lightweight system DLLs. VC++, MFC, COM, etc.
 +
* MS Outlook, multiple versions over three years. I18N, mainly for FE locales. BiDi and multibyte programming. Date and time parsing and formatting. VC++, MFC, COM, etc.
 +
* MS Direct-X SDK, initial version. Device drivers for high-speed video access, multi-player networked sample games. MASM, VC++.
 +
* MS Windows NT internals, fixed and enhanced USER and GDI modules. C, MASM.
 +
* Design and implementation of a compressing MSDOS disk-driver for a hand-held device. Use PCMCIA RAM card as compressed hard disk. TASM, Borland C.
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* Slide-show style screen-saver for Win16 using custom image compressor and user supplied photographs. Borland C++.
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==Other experience==
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{| border="0"
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| 1/2010 - present || Fossil SCM
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|-
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| || ''Contributing programmer''
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|-
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| || In my search for "something much better than SVN", I came across "[http://www.fossil-scm.org/ Fossil]", written by the author of SQLite.  I quickly became an enthusiast, and have been contributing features and fixes
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C
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|-
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| 12/2004 - present || [http://dev.ronware.org/p/reva Reva] - a small, cross-platform Forth
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|-
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| || ''Principal developer and project lead''
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|-
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| || A personal project which grew out of my search for small and fast development environments.  Programmers and enthusiasts from around the world contribute to this rapidly developing product.
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NASM, Forth
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|-
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| 9/1997 - present || VIM Development team (Internet)
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|-
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| || ''Contributing programmer''
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|-
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| || Ongoing contributor to the "vim" project - a "charity-ware", multi-platform programmer's editor. Work with developers across the globe on various parts of it: Windows port, GUI portions, I18N and UTF-8 work, many bug fixes and [http://dev.ronware.org/p/vim enhancements].
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Visual C, Borland C, gcc.
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|-
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| 9/2000 - 12/2006 || Congregation Beis Menachem (Bellevue, WA)
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|-
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| || ''Past president, Principal developer''
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|-
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| || Developed and supported custom-designed membership database for non-profit organization.
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C++, Win32Forth, SQLite.
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|}
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==Prior experience==
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{|
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| 9/1989 - 9/1993 || Traveling Software (Bothell, WA)
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|-
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| || ''Principal Engineer''
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|-
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| || Principal Engineer on Newton Connection for Windows product.  Lead Engineer on Blackbird for Windows and Laplink for Slate.  Responsible for Battery Watch Pro projects from proof-of-concept through design and implementation.
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C, C++, MASM, TASM
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|-
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| 10/1988 - 9/1989 || Softsel Computer Products (Inglewood, CA)
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|-
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| || ''Sr. Programmer/Analyst''
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|-
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| || Project lead, internal systems. Host-PC connectivity. Database and customer fulfillment applications programming.
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C, Pascal, Btrieve, MASM.
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|-
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| 5/1985 - 10/1988 || Mission Insurance Company (Los Angeles, CA)
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|-
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| || ''Sr. Technician, Specialty Areas''
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|-
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| || Worked for the Actuarial department; wrote data mining, consolidation and reconciliation programs.
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Turbo Pascal
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|-
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| early 1980s || Israeli Defense Forces (Israel)
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|-
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| || ''Liason officer''
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|-
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| || Liason between army and reserve soldiers.  Responsible for organizing training and related matters.
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|}
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=Other=
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* Education: Technion, Israel - mathematics/physics
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* Writing: Technical editor, "Vi IMproved - Vim" (New Riders). Also wrote various articles for "PC Techniques"
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* References available upon request
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[[category: work]]

Latest revision as of 20:32, 30 July 2011


Introduction

Because it is no longer possible to put all my experience even on a double-sheet résumé, I have split it into two parts. First, a PDF-format overview, presenting why you might be interested in my services, and giving a synopsis of my skills. Second, this page, which contains those details about my work experience and history which you expect of a résumé.

Please feel free to provide me feedback.

Skills

Programming:

  • Applications and systems programming in C, C++, Java, assembly language, Forth
  • Client/server product development
  • Database programming in SQL, Java, Perl and others
  • Extensive "open-source" knowledge
  • Good knowledge of Linux (both operationally and application programming)
  • Familiar with Symbian programming (native and MIDP)
  • Many years of Microsoft Windows experience (from drivers up through UI work)
  • Secure coding techniques
  • Unix/Linux programming and tools (vim, perl, TeX, bash and many others)

Managerial:

  • Led small programming groups
  • Led international teams of developers
  • Coordinated international customer requirements with development teams

Languages:

  • native level English
  • almost native level Hebrew
  • good conversational Spanish

Experience

Most recent

3/2009 - present Hyperlync Multimedia (Jerusalem, Israel)
Sr. Systems Engineer
Designed and implemented comm protocol for PC/Android data exchange. Responsible for Linux port of core product. Added support for DLNA. Responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of production management system, as well as end-to-end multi-lingual installation and auto-update system. IT infrastructure.

C++,Java,bash,perl,PHP,wxWidgets, JSON. Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux, Android.

10/2007 - 3/2009 ClassifEye, Ltd. (Jerusalem, Israel)
Manager, Customer Integration
Drive multi-platform client-server product development from R&D through customer integration and deployment. Work with overseas customers to determine their needs, produce specifications and deliver them. Hire, train and mentor technical staff. Left because the company went bankrupt.

Java, J2ME. Symbian C++, Nokia Series 60 platforms. SQL. JSON. XML. XML-RPC.

4/2006 - 7/2007 Motorola Corporation, (formerly Good Technologies) (Bellevue, WA)
Principal Staff Software Engineer
Working with the same development group as at Good and Sproqit, on similar projects (Good was purchased by Motorola in Jan 2007). Windows Mobile 5, Linux, PalmOS. Install/uninstall, cross-platform development issues. Design for mobile device applications. Left to move to Israel.

C++

1/2005 - 3/2006 Sproqit Technologies (Bellevue, WA)
Sr. Software Developer
Client code developer for devices running WinCE, Palm and Linux operating systems. Reorganized the code base and build system so an SDK could be released to OEMs without exposing proprietary information. Wrote port of low-level code to a Linux-based device, including design and coding of a small database for the embedded device. Cross-platform build tools using ssh and make. Left because the company went bankrupt.

Mostly C and C++ (gcc, VC, MetroWerks)

4/2002 - 12/2004 Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test
Led the team responsible for testing PTS (Page and Table Services) and LS (Line Services), which are core text layout components used by RichEdit, the Office suite of products as well as Vista. Coordinated testing effort for both products. Created new testing platforms and tools, upgraded and updated existing tools. Worked extensively with the developers, uncovering and remediation of both severe and non-critical defects as well as security issues in the products.

C++ and C, SQL, VBA, Python, perl etc.

7/2001 - 1/2002 GoAhead Software (Bellevue, WA)
Software Developer III
High availability software design and implementation in C++ and C. Used for monitoring telco equipment and ensuring the health of the system. Helped implement Linux and Windows framework for easy integration of the software by GoAhead’s clients.

gcc, VC++.

Life as a contractor

From 9/1993 - 7/2001, was one of three founding partners of "Moss Bay Engineering", a software services contracting firm. The majority of our work was done for Microsoft Corporation.

Projects on which I worked included:

  • Linux and Windows modules for high-availability software system. Design and implementation of perl-based accessors for OEM APIs. gcc, VC++. Continued this work at GoAhead.
  • Secure instant communication program. Design and implementation of new UI. Added features to client and server portions. Researched Linux components. Delphi, gcc.
  • MS NetDocs. Implementation of POP and SMTP protocols; SQL to MAPI translation layer. Lightweight system DLLs. VC++, MFC, COM, etc.
  • MS Outlook, multiple versions over three years. I18N, mainly for FE locales. BiDi and multibyte programming. Date and time parsing and formatting. VC++, MFC, COM, etc.
  • MS Direct-X SDK, initial version. Device drivers for high-speed video access, multi-player networked sample games. MASM, VC++.
  • MS Windows NT internals, fixed and enhanced USER and GDI modules. C, MASM.
  • Design and implementation of a compressing MSDOS disk-driver for a hand-held device. Use PCMCIA RAM card as compressed hard disk. TASM, Borland C.
  • Slide-show style screen-saver for Win16 using custom image compressor and user supplied photographs. Borland C++.

Other experience

1/2010 - present Fossil SCM
Contributing programmer
In my search for "something much better than SVN", I came across "Fossil", written by the author of SQLite. I quickly became an enthusiast, and have been contributing features and fixes

C

12/2004 - present Reva - a small, cross-platform Forth
Principal developer and project lead
A personal project which grew out of my search for small and fast development environments. Programmers and enthusiasts from around the world contribute to this rapidly developing product.

NASM, Forth

9/1997 - present VIM Development team (Internet)
Contributing programmer
Ongoing contributor to the "vim" project - a "charity-ware", multi-platform programmer's editor. Work with developers across the globe on various parts of it: Windows port, GUI portions, I18N and UTF-8 work, many bug fixes and enhancements.

Visual C, Borland C, gcc.

9/2000 - 12/2006 Congregation Beis Menachem (Bellevue, WA)
Past president, Principal developer
Developed and supported custom-designed membership database for non-profit organization.

C++, Win32Forth, SQLite.

Prior experience

9/1989 - 9/1993 Traveling Software (Bothell, WA)
Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer on Newton Connection for Windows product. Lead Engineer on Blackbird for Windows and Laplink for Slate. Responsible for Battery Watch Pro projects from proof-of-concept through design and implementation.

C, C++, MASM, TASM

10/1988 - 9/1989 Softsel Computer Products (Inglewood, CA)
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
Project lead, internal systems. Host-PC connectivity. Database and customer fulfillment applications programming.

C, Pascal, Btrieve, MASM.

5/1985 - 10/1988 Mission Insurance Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Sr. Technician, Specialty Areas
Worked for the Actuarial department; wrote data mining, consolidation and reconciliation programs.

Turbo Pascal

early 1980s Israeli Defense Forces (Israel)
Liason officer
Liason between army and reserve soldiers. Responsible for organizing training and related matters.

Other

  • Education: Technion, Israel - mathematics/physics
  • Writing: Technical editor, "Vi IMproved - Vim" (New Riders). Also wrote various articles for "PC Techniques"
  • References available upon request
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