Stewart Evans

                              P.O. Box 1273
                          Santa Cruz, CA 95061

                       Home Phone: (831) 423-6468
                      Mobile Phone: (831) 359-1863
                        Email: stewart@doodah.net
                      URL: http://doodah.net/resume


Skills:

    Programming Languages: Java, C++, C, C#, Perl, Lisp, Unix Shell.
  
    Internet Technologies: J2EE, Servlets, HTML, XML, XSL, CSS,
    JavaScript, Email/MIME.
  
    Database Technologies: Oracle 8i, SQL, JDBC, SQL*Plus.
  
    GUI Toolkits: Java Swing, Qt, Motif/X-Windows, GTK+/Gnome, Windows
    Forms/.NET.
  
    Development Environments and Tools: Linux, Solaris, SCO Unix, UML,
    XMLSpy, CVS, Eclipse IDE.
  
    Professional Roles: technical lead, product developer, consultant,
    course developer, instructor.
  

Employment History:

    Senior Principal Software Engineer
    Orbital Sciences
    December 2003-Present
    
    Achievements:
    * Developed ground software systems for NASA's Kepler mission to
      discover extrasolar planets.
    * Gathered and formalized system requirements. Modeled system
      behavior using UML, particularly activity and sequence diagrams.
    * Developed in Java a prototype data pipeline to validate system
      architecture and data modeling.
    
    
    Software Engineer
    Amplify.Net
    May 2003-December 2003
    
    Achievements:
    * Developed new features for Web based GUI of network hardware
      product, using Perl.
    * Was able to make productive contributions immediately by learning
      existing codebase quickly and without supervision,
    
    
    Consultant
    Helium LLC
    April 2003-April 2003
    
    Achievements:
    * Rapidly developed a prototype client/server application using
      C#/.NET on Windows for the client and Java on Linux for the
      server.
    * Evaluated and recommended message bus software to use in the
      product.
    
    
    Senior Software Engineer
    Aztec Wireless Technologies
    February 2002-February 2003
    
    Achievements:
    * Led technical team developing wireless network application,
      coordinated server and client development.
    * Created an XML based language for page layout on handheld devices.
    * Developed a GUI application based on that language in C++ using
      the Qt Embedded toolkit.
    
    
    Staff Engineer
    Lutris Technologies
    August 1998-July 2001
    
    Achievements:
    * Developed servlet based applications for customers using the
      Lutris Enhydra application server, server-side Java, Oracle and
      JDBC.
    * Served as technical lead on several projects, working closely with
      customers on design and implementation.
    * * Consistently met aggressive project deadlines with quality code.
      * Employed 3-tier architecture to separate business logic from
      data and presentation layers. Created and maintained test suites
      for Lutris's J2EE application server.
    
    
    Software Engineer
    Flying Duck Computer
    June 1996-April 1998
    
    Achievements:
    * Developed and supported custom applications for the billing center
      of a major telephone company.
    * Worked with the customer to discover and formalize their business
      processes as part of requirements gathering.
    
    
    Software Engineer
    SpectraLogic
    June 1995-June 1996
    
    Achievements:
    * Designed and prototyped a new Motif GUI for a large data
      backup/restore software product, using the UIM/X interface
      builder.
    
    
    Software Engineer
    Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
    July 1988-June 1995
    
    Achievements:
    * Developed X Windows clients, including a text editor and an email
      application, using the Motif toolkit.
    * Helped design and develop a character-based office automation
      product, programming in C with the curses toolkit. Rewrote the
      email component of the product.
    * Tracked email standards to ensure application compliance.
    * Served as technical lead for a maintenance release of the product,
      supervising and mentoring a junior engineer.
    * Participated in all phases of product development, from design
      through release.
    * Administered SCO Unix, Xenix and Open Desktop systems used in
      development.
    
    
    Knowledge Engineer
    Syntelligence, Inc.
    September 1985-June 1988
    
    Achievements:
    * Designed, implemented and tested expert systems applications using
      Syntel, a proprietary Lisp-based language.
    * Extended the programming environment by developing Lisp tools and
      utility functions.
    * Prepared and presented training courses on programming in Syntel.
    

Education:

    BA in Computer Science and Cognitive Science, June 1985
    University of California at San Diego
    

Activities:

    Volunteer with the Open Directory Project as a meta-editor;
    contribute to the XML Resume project; research and maintain the Blue
    Grass Boys website; play bluegrass mandolin; enjoy playing soccer
    and softball.