KEVIN L. SHORT
18 Sunridge Road, Windham, NH 03087 • Cell: (603) 785-7165
Email: kshort@oxmicro.com • URL: http://www.oxmicro.com/
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Seeking a hands-on software development position as an independent contributor, in a senior, lead, or architecture role.

Proven track record of designing and implementing highly-reliable, robust software systems. Have brought several start-up and early stage projects to successful, timely completion. Defined software architectures; performed initial hardware/software bring-up; built software and SQA teams; implemented software engineering processes, including source ocde management, release engineering, and defect management; built and managed software development and SQA labs.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
  • Extensive, expert level experience programming in C, C++, Java, Python, Perl, Tcl/Tk, and Expect.
  • Extensive, expert level experience developing and delivering systems on Linux, Solaris, UNIX, AIX, and HP-UX.
  • Extensive experience building high-performance, concurrent, multi-threaded, "hard" real-time and embedded systems.
  • Extensive network programming and network management system experience.
  • Experience working in iterative/agile software development environments.
  • Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Technical leadership experience.
  • BA in Computer Science.
  • BACKGROUND HIGHLIGHTS
    Embedded Systems • Real-Time Systems • Java Technologies • Object-Oriented Design & Analysis • Network Management Systems • Voice over IP • Optical Networking • Robotics • SNMP • XML Technologies • J2EE • Web 2.0 Services
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
     
    Principal Software Engineer: Lantiq Broadband HoldCo Inc., Bedford, MA. (Apr 2011 – Present)
     
    Consultant: Constitution Medical, Inc., Boston, MA. (Jan 2011 – Apr 2011)
     
    Technical Director (Consulting Software Engineer) (Principal Software Engineer): Cedar Point Communications, Inc., Derry, NH. (Apr 2005 – Apr 2011)
     
    Consultant: Quintron Systems, Inc., Santa Maria, CA. (Dec 2004 – Apr 2005)
     
    Consultant: Cellular Specialties, Inc., Manchester, NH. (Dec 2004 – Apr 2005)
     
    Consultant: Envisn, Incorporated, Bolton, MA. (May 2004 – Sep 2004)
     
    Principal Software Engineer: Brightline Technology, Incorporated, Rye, NH. (Apr 2003 – Mar 2004)
     
    Consultant: Confluent Photonics Corporation , Salem, NH. (Aug 2003 – Feb 2004)
     
    Software Director, Optical Wavelength Management Group, Network Management Systems: Digital Lightwave, Incorporated , North Chelmsford, MA. (Oct 1999 – Apr 2003)
     
    Manager, Software Quality & Infrastructure, Systems Engineering Group: Lightchip, Incorporated, Salem, NH. (Oct 1999 – Apr 2003)
     
    Principal Software Engineer: Lightchip, Incorporated, Salem, NH. (Oct 1999 – Apr 2003)
     
    Principal Software Engineer, Alcatel Internetworking, Voice Over IP: Alcatel Internetworking , Salem, NH. (Aug 1998 – Sep 1999)
     
    Principal Software Engineer / Software Systems Architect: NBX Corporation , Andover, MA. (May 1997 – Jul 1998)
     
    Technical Lead, Advanced Systems, New Technologies & Software Engineering Teams: Oxford Health Plans, Incorporated, Trumbull, CT. (Jun 1995 – Apr 1997)
     
    Consultant: Quaker Farms Research, Southbury, CT. (Jun 1995 – Dec 1995)
     
    Consultant: General DataComm Incorporated, Middlebury, CT. (Oct 1992 – Jun 1995)
     
    Consultant: Data Switch Corporation , Shelton, CT. (Apr 1990 – May 1994)
     
    Consultant: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Eastview, NY. (Jul 1990 – Aug 1991)
     
    Consultant: JANUS Systems, Incorporated, New York, NY. (Feb 1990 – Apr 1990)
     
    Consultant: General DataComm Incorporated, Middlebury, CT. (Jul 1988 – Dec 1998)
     
    Consultant: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. (Aug 1987 – Jun 1988)
     
    Consultant: Telecomp, Incorporated , Milford, CT. (Oct 1986 – Aug 1987)
     
    Consultant: Pitney Bowes, Norwalk, CT. (Oct 1986 – Jan 1987)
     
    Consultant: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. (Jun 1985 – Sep 1986)
     
    Consultant: Digitech Industries, Incorporated, Ridgefield, CT. (Aug 1984 – Jul 1985)
     
    Consultant: Telecomp, Incorporated , Milford, CT. (May 1984 – Nov 1984)
     
    Senior Software Engineer, Dictaphone Systems & Products Division: Dictaphone Corporation, Norwalk, CT. (Mar 1982 – Apr 1984)
     
    Vice President, Consulting Services / Systems Programmer: InfoSoft Systems, Incorporated, Westport, CT. (Jul 1978 – Mar 1982)
     
    Consultant: Control Process, Incorporated, Plantsville, CT. (Jul 1978 – Mar 1982)
     
    Consultant: Learning Unlimited, New Canaan, CT & Research Triangle Park, NC. (Jul 1978 – Mar 1982)
     
    Consultant: Sales Maids of America division of GELCO, Southport, CT. (Jul 1978 – Mar 1982)
     
    Consultant: PR Data Systems, Wilton, CT. (Jul 1978 – Mar 1982)
     
    Consultant: Mnemonics Incorporated, Norwalk, CT. (Jul 1978 – Mar 1982)
    EDUCATION
     
    Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science: Indiana University, College of Arts & Sciences, Bloomington, IN. (Sep 1975 – May 1978)
    PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
    Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD)Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
    USENIX AssociationSAGE (System Administrators Guild)
    TECHNICAL SEMINARS
    Alcatel: SwitchExpert • Motorola: PowerPC 860 • Telogy Networks: Golden Gateway Software • Telenetworks: ISDN • Wind River Systems: VxWorks & Tornado • ObjecTime: Integration & Performance Tuning • USENIX: System & Network Security • ObjectWorld: Managing Object-Oriented Development Projects
    HONORS AND AWARDS
    Cornell Society of Engineers "Ingenuity in Science and Mathematics Award," 1976.
    TECHNICAL SKILLS
    Programming Languages:
    Java, C, C++, Python, Perl, Tcl/Tk, Expect, JavaScript, yacc & lex, assembly languages.
    Professional Certification:
    Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD), Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP).
    Operating Systems:
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS Linux, Fedora Linux, Embedded Linux, SuSE Linux, Sun Solaris, ExpressLogic ThreadX, Enea OSE, Wind River VxWorks, FreeBSD, IBM AIX, HP HP-UX, Microsoft Windows.
    Database Engines:
    MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Hypersonic SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, IBM Informix, IBM DB2.
    Microprocessors:
    Freescale MPC8548, Freescale MPC7410, Intel StrongARM, Intel x86, Freescale MPC860, Freescale MC680X0, Sun SPARC, Zilog 80180, Intel 8051 Microcontroller.
    Network Management:
    SNMP MIB design & agent development, SNMP verification, HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli NetView.
    Network Routing:
    Cisco IOS, Juniper JunOS, SonicWall Firewalls, LACP, BFD, OSPF.
    Network Protocols:
    Voice over IP (VoIP), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), PacketCable 2.0, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Network-Based Call Signaling (NCS), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Signaling System #7 (SS7), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), TCP/IP, UDP/IP, Socket Programming, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), ISDN Q.921/LAPD, ISDN Q.931/Call Control, High-level Data Link Control (HDLC), IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC), IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD (Ethernet), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) & OpenSSL, Secure Shell (SSH) & OpenSSH, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), X11 Window System, Domain Name System (DNS), Network Information Service (NIS), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAPv3), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
    Java Technologies:
    Apache Ant, Eclipse, Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT/JFace), Hibernate, XDoclet, Apache Log4j, Java Management Extensions (JMX), Java Service Wrapper (JSW).
    Java Web Services:
    JBoss, Apache Tomcat, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Server Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL), Java API for XML Processing (JAXP).
    Web Services & Content:
    HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java Applets, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Apache Axis, Apache HTTPD, Apache Struts, JavaServer Faces (JSF).
    Web Performance & QA:
    JUnit4, HttpUnit, Apache JMeter, Apache Cactus, ECPerf, JUnitEE, TagUnit, Apache Watchdog.
    XML Technologies:
    Document Object Model (DOM), Simple API for XML (SAX), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML), XML Schema, XML Path Language (XPath), XML Pointer language (XPointer), XML Linking Language (XLink), Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), XSL Transformations (XSLT), XSL Formatting Objects (XSL-FO), Apache Xalan XSLT processor, Apache Xerces parser, Saxon XSLT processor.
    Java 2 Standard Edition:
    Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Java Authentication & Authorization Service (JAAS), Java Cryptography Extension (JCE), Java Foundation Classes (JFC/Swing), Java IDL, Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI), JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF), JavaBeans Component API, Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT).
    Java 2 Enterprise Edition:
    Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA), Java Message Service (JMS), Java RMI over IIOP (RMI-IIOP), Java Transaction API (JTA), Java Transaction Service (JTS), JavaMail, OMG Object Transaction Service (OTS).
    Object-Oriented Tools:
    IBM Rational Rose RealTime, Real-time Object-Oriented Modeling (ROOM).
    Release Engineering:
    IBM Rational ClearCase, Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Apache Subversion, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.
    Defect Tracking:
    IBM Rational ClearQuest, Bugzilla, Jira Issue Management, Jive Forums.
    Other Tools:
    Adobe FrameMaker, DejaGnu, ZeroG InstallAnywhere, IBM Lotus Domino & Notes, Cognos ReportNet.
    Other Languages:
    PostScript, PL/M, FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/1, Pascal, LISP, BASIC.


    Resume of Kevin L. Short, dated 29 June 2011, generated using XML & XSLT.