A brief overview of my professional experience prior to founding I and I
Computing:
Chief Technology Officer
and Chief
Developer
2003-2005 |
Tiki Technologies
- Helped found startup anti-spam company,
set technical direction for company
- Developed working prototype of
spam filtering concepts from research proposal
- Author of pending US patent for spam
filtering techniques
- Developed project plan for complete
commercial implementation of Scora spam filter
service, wrote all key design documents
- Trained and managed development team
- Took large complex Perl-based system from conception to
full implementation on cluster of FreeBSD systems, through beta and to market
- Coded around 50% of final product
components including template-driven CGI-backed web GUI, written in Perl 5.6/5.8
- ... etc. ...
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Systems Architect
1999-2005 |
LavaNet
- Managed Systems Department projects
and staff at major Hawaii ISP
- Improved ISP core network and server
reliability through improving staff practices as well as network redundancy
and technical measures
- Implemented Web GUI-managed virtual email
domain management system (PHP) backed with MySQL user database on FreeBSD
mail-server, added features such as webmail, auto-responder
- Planned/performed conversion of ISP
email service to newer MTA
- Designed/drove ISP transition to
"virtualized service" network, replacing single servers with clusters to
eliminate most single points of failure for key services
- Technical lead on many projects
including improved service automation, service virtualization, NFS
benchmarking, OS testing (FreeBSD, BSD/OS, Linux).
- Planned/managed physical move of
NOC to new location with minimal
disruption to network availability
- ... etc. ...
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President and Co-Founder
1994-1998 |
LavaNet
- Took new ISP from its founding to
major position in Hawaii business world, brought into black
- Identified market need for ISP,
assembled management team, made key decisions for first years.
- Built reputation for trustworthiness,
high reliability, premium service
- Managed finances to grow from 0
to >$2.5 million annual sales, without external funding
|
Senior Software Systems
Engineer
1987-1995 |
VeriFone
- Oversaw initial porting of Amsterdam
Compiler Kit from UNIX (HP-UX/SCO) to DOS/Windows environment
- Responsible for integration and QA of
standards-compliant C development tool suite for OMNI line
- Wrote windowing interactive
source-level debugger for credit card terminal environment
- Developed Z8-based firmware for smart
card storage on Tranz 420 portable terminal series
- Defined POSIX-style C APIs for
proprietary terminal OS
- ... etc. ...
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Software Engineer
1984-1987 |
VeriFone
- Developed embedded system
applications and OS drivers for VeriFone Z80 credit card terminals
- Primary developer of ZAPD language for
downloadable credit-card applications on VeriFone terminals
- Primary author of software patent based
on ZAPD language (US Patent # 5,724,521.)
|
Software Consultant
1983-1984 |
I and I Software
- UNIX system administration (crash
recovery, general administration, etc.) as consultant
- Contract software programming for
VeriFone and other customers, including embedded code libraries
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| Programmer 1983-1984 |
U. of Hawaii CTAHR |
| Software Consultant 1983 |
Tongan Ministry of Finance |
| Programmer 1980-1982 |
Decision Research Corporation |
| Computer Specialist 1980-1981 |
U. of Hawaii Computing Center |
| Junior Programmer 1978-1979 |
U. of Chicago Library Systems Dept |
| Student Programmer 1976-1978 |
US Dept. of Energy Argonne Labs |