Objective

To find an engineering or management position where I can use my experience to lead a team of developers. I want to be in position to make a difference and solve interesting real-world problems.

Work Experience

7/02 - present              TechLink Systems                                San Francisco, CA
Consultant

* Release multiple products for Covalent Technologies
* Add features and fix bugs in Covalent’s FTP server product
* Implement licensing scheme for all Covalent products
* Design and Implement system for measuring response time in multiple web and application servers

1/00 - 7/02                  Covalent Technologies                           San Francisco, CA
Team Lead, Core Services (5/01-7/02)

* Oversaw team of 5 people
* Ensured that all release and nightly builds succeed
* Built all installer packages for all product releases
* Acted as liaison between Engineering and Professional Services by defining escalation practices
* Reviewed potential OEM deals to estimate engineering timelines
* Visited potential customers to help sales team
* Assigned and review quarterly objectives
* Handled engineering overflow work due to insufficient resources
* Worked with Product Management to review new product proposals
* Presented monthly web seminars about Apache 2.0

Senior Software Engineer (1/00-5/01)

* Added filtering and other major functional improvements to Apache 2.0
* Designed and implemented portions of the Apache Portable Runtime
* Acted as Technical Lead for all OEM product releases
* Implemented custom Apache modules
* Provided level three support for Apache
* Provided on-site Apache training courses for customers, including Union Pacific and Hewlett-Packard
* Presented monthly web seminars about Apache 2.0

01/1998 - 01/2000 IBM Research Triangle Park, NC
Software Engineer

* Developed Lotus Go web server dynamic cache
* Ported process-based Apache web server to threaded web server
* Designed and implemented first version of the Apache Portable Runtime web server (APR)
* Designed and created Thread/Process Hybrid Apache
* Worked to improve Apache performance on all platforms, NT in particular
* Designed process for support team and development group to address user complaints about Apache

Publications

* Apache Server 2.0: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill
* Regular Columnist (Apache 2.0), O’Reilly publishing, 04/2001 - 03/2002
* Regular Columnist (Apache 2.0), C|NET, 08/2000 - 1/2001
* Regular Columnist (Apache 2.0), ApacheToday.com, 06/2000 - 12/2000
* “Using Apache Portable Run Time”, Dr. Dobbs Journal, October 2000

Selected Conferences

* “Apache 2.0 Overview”, ApacheCon Europe 2000, October 2000
     http://www.ntrnet.net/~rbb/Apache-2.0/img0.htm
* “Writing Apache 2.0 modules”, ApacheCon 2000, March 2000
    http://www.ntrnet.net/~rbb/presentation/modules/modules.htm
* “Porting Apache 1.3 modules to 2.0”, ApacheCon 2000, March 2000
    http://www.ntrnet.net/~rbb/modulespres/img0.htm
* “Using the Apache Portable Run-Time”, ApacheCon 2000, March 2000
    http://www.ntrnet.net/~rbb/aprpres/img0.htm
* “Apache 2.0: The Next Generation”, ApacheWeek Issue 173, September 1999
    http://www.apacheweek.com/features/apache20
* “The Evolution of the Apache Thread/Process Hybrid” (Apache Track Keynote Speech), O'Reilly Open Source Convention, August 1999
    http://www.ntrnet.net/~rbb/presentation/oreilly/index1.htm

Software and Computer Languages

Education

1994 –1998 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA

* B.S. (honors) Computer Science
* Member Upsilon Pi Epsilon

Affiliations

08/1999 – present Apache Software Foundation

* Member, Apache Software Foundation (emeritus)
* Core  contributor, Apache Portable Run-time (APR) project (emeritus)
* Vice President, Apache Portable Run-time project (2000 – 2002)
* Core contributor, Apache Software Foundation’s http project (emeritus)