Resume

Ron's resume is here, in PDF format.

Why me? Because I am:

• dedicated and efficient
• highly skilled yet flexible
• self motivated and easy to work with
• equally comfortable in English or Hebrew

Skills

Programming:

• Applications and systems programming in C, C++, Java, assembly language, Forth
• Database programming in SQL, Java, Perl and others
• Secure coding techniques
• Extensive "open-source" knowledge
• Unix/Linux tools (vim, perl, TeX, bash and many others)
• Extensive Windows experience
• Good knowledge of Linux and Symbian (native and MIDP)

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 working level Spanish

Experience

Most recent

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 when 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.
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", which was 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++.
• 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

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. FASM, 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