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Adam Jacobs

21930 Locust Pl

Lynnwood, WA 98036


Summary of qualifications

·         Programming experience in C/C++ and x86 Assembly

·         Proficiency with several debuggers including SOFT-ICE, Turbo Debugger, Visual Studio, DOS debug

·         Experience ‘White-box’ and ‘Black-box’ (Verification and Validation) testing. Exposure to testing C/C++/ASM/MFC/COM

·         User-level UNIX skills, including Linux, BSD, and Solaris in command-line and X environments.

·         Test and Development documentation experience in medical and commercial environments.

·         General MIS help desk related experience.

·         Excellent writing, analysis, debugging, and public speaking skills.

Education

·         1996 Graduated      Cascade High School       Everett, Washington

1994 – 1996                      Everett Community College    Everett, Washington

 

 

Experience

·         Jun2000 – Aug2001           Datalight, Inc.                                          Bothell, Washington

Software Test Engineer

§     Maintenance and ownership of the ROM-DOS automated test suite project. This suite is designed around a command scripting backbone with individual tests written in command scripting language, C, and x86 Assembly. This test suite was implemented on a 5 machine deployment, with each of 4 machines running separate DOS configurations and the host machine running Windows 98 SE. This test suite can be executed remotely from any node on the network and report results via email.

§     Writing and debugging individual tests for the ROM-DOS automated test suite. These tests were written in command scripting language for testing Command and Utils, C and x86 Assembly for testing Kernel level functionality.

§     General debugging of C, command scripting, and x86 Assembly relating to diagnosis of ROM-DOS application failures.

§     General PC Networking and configuration relating to the ROM-DOS automated test suite and general MIS duties.

§     Writing and debugging library functions for the ROM-DOS project. These functions were predominantly written in x86 Assembly for interfacing with C.

§     Development and testing for 100% compatibility of the ROM-DOS Diskcopy utility. This was implemented in ANSI C, using the IOCTL calls. Development included reverse engineering the MS-DOS Diskcopy utility using SOFT-ICE.

§     Testing and some exposure to development of the ROM-DOS IFS implementation. Testing included 49 configurations, accomplished over not more than two days.

§     Maintenance of the ROM-DOS and Sockets ‘autoproj’ automated build scripting project and all build scripting relating to those projects.

§     Responsible for resolving high priority issues relating to the legacy Novell network. Platforms included Windows 98, Windows 95, Microsoft DOS, Datalight ROM-DOS, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows 95 OSR2.

·         Oct1999 – May2000           Entrek Software, Inc                                Redmond, Washington

Software Development Engineer

§     Writing and development testing the Remote API handler module for the Majestic project. This project was intended to be an IDE add-on for development of Windows CE GUI applications. This included ITL communication between Windows NT Workstation and Windows CE.

Software Test Engineer

§     Writing Remote API automated testing code for the Majestic project. Software was fully automated to test marshalling.

§     Writing Remote API automated testing documentation for the Majestic project. Documentation included utilizing COM to perform marshalling testing in a code-level environment.

§     Buildmaster for the Majestic project. This involved configuration and maintenance of automated build procedures and Build Verification Tests for the Windows NT and Windows CE operating systems.

§     Installing and configuring server tape backup system.

·         Jan1999 – Oct1999         SeaMED                             Bothell,Washington

Software Technician

§     Writing and testing software for the Klone Peak project. This project was a medical videophone device, intended for remote health-care. This included end-to-end system validation testing and module level testing.

§     Administration of Klone Peak bug-tracking database. This included process administration, installation support for client software, and maintenance.

§     Buildmaster for the Klone Peak project. This involved manual build compiling and Build Verification Testing of applications and drivers for the Windows 98 and Windows CE operating systems.

§     Performed Y2K compliance testing for the Klone Peak project.

§     Wrote various FDA GMP Compliant processes and procedures used in the formal software release of the Klone Peak product.

§     Installing and configuring hardware and software on IBM PC’s. This included diagnosing and installing build environments, test environments and target system environments.

§     Configured the Windows CE Development environment using Visual C++ Version 5.0 and the Microsoft Embedded Tool Kit.

·         1996 – 1999            JEI                                   Bothell, Washington

Software Technician

§     Writing and testing software for the Orbit software project. This included testing kernel control, writer program and backup program.

§     Installing and configuring hardware and software on IBM PC’s.

 

Extracurricular activities

§         Over six years coding and testing on multi-user UNIX game environments on the internet, using an object oriented ‘C’ derivative called ‘LPC’.

 

§         Over two years coding and testing on multi-user UNIX game environments on the internet, using a macro based, scripting language called ‘MUSHCODE’.

 

§         JAVA and HTML development on a gaming website. Including page layout HTML and JAVA game modules.

 

§         Served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, as a Motor Transportation Organizational Automotive Mechanic.

 

§         Avid Juggler

Awards received

The subject of one Meritorious Promotion and one Meritorious Mast by the United States Marine Corps, for outstanding dedication to duty.

 


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