I provide software engineering services on a contracting or consulting basis from my office in Redwood City, California. I primarily focus on providing customer-oriented software solutions for visual imaging and broadcast television applications, where my background in and love of film, video, and computer graphics production informs my design decisions and enhances my ability to really understand a customer's needs. My familiarity with the details and development of film and video technologies doesn't hurt, either.

But I'm happy to work outside the broadcast field: my 10+ years of experience with real-time, fault-tolerant, mission-critical custom applications with user-centered interfaces might well be useful elsewhere...

I also consult in video systems design and integration, and shoot and edit as well.

Have a look at my resumé below and send me some email if you're interested in what I can do for you.

EXPERIENCE

Customer needs analysis, product definition, interface design, object-oriented design and programming. Event-driven environments; graphical user interfaces. Networking, communications, client/server systems; real-time hardware control. Film & video production/post-production; stop-motion animation; still photography; computer graphics. Most recently:

Software for collaborative production applications and automation control; UI design; trade show demos and support. Win32, Visual C++ 6.0, MFC; MacOS; Java.

Broadcast industry market analysis, software engineering, network training for Pinnacle; custom UI & switcher control software, realtime elections data simulator & on-air database-driven elections software for ABC; perceptual analysis and display simulation software; scriptable video switcher and multiple-VTR controllers; live streaming video server scheduling. Win32, Visual C++, MFC, C++ Builder, MSSQL 6.5; MacOS, CodeWarrior4, AppleScript, Java.

FlashFile networked video still store. Customer operations analysis, product definition/specification, user interface (re)design. C++ and 8051 assembly programming; serial and network communications; real-time hardware control. On-site application engineering, training, installation at ABC/Capital Cities, ESPN, others.

Networked client/server scheduling system controlling GVG SMS-7000 router. Specification, design, Object Pascal programming, documentation, training, installation at CBS in New York. Networked multi-user database with user-configurable viewers and editors, NetBIOS RPC interface, comprehensive event logging, fully-mirrored redundant servers.

Bitmap/icon editor for OS/2 Resource Workshop. Design and C++ programming: RW's UI class hierarchy with multiple window interface and floating tool palettes; bitmap/icon editing.

A72 Video Character Generator.  Embedded C and assembly programming: system enhancements and extensions. Kanji support  including needs analysis / customer visits in Tokyo, Atsugi, Hong Kong; draw package;  user interface, file system, mouse/trackball, system utilities. Bitstream typeface converters for PC, Sun, and SGI; typeface utilities for PCs.

Velocity 3D broadcast animation system. C, 8086 assembly. Serial communications;  VTR control; file system with hierarchical files, long file names; icon editor. Designed, built, wired video graphics production suite; created animations for public television (The World of Chemistry); shot / edited video programs; maintained  NTSC and RGB video equipment.

PUBLICATIONS

"Technical Difficulties", semi-regular monthly column in DV Magazine, starting June 2000; assorted equipment reviews, too.

"The Promise of 24P", RES Magazine,  2nd quarter 2000.

"Orchestrating 1s And 0s, A Brief History of DV and IEEE-1394", Government Video News, March 2000.
"Still Stores and Networking in the Age of the Information Superhighway" (with George Uibel),  Television Broadcast , Mar 1995.

"Design of the A72 Digital Character Generator and its Implications", Proceedings, 26th Annual SMPTE Advanced Television and Electronic Imaging Conference, Feb 1992; reprinted as "Design and Evolution of the A72 Digital Character Generator",  SMPTE Journal, Dec 1992.

DEGREES

Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing, Design, & Controls). Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986.

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Princeton University, 1982.

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