Dave Schultz: Unix C++ Software Engineer, Computer Programmer in Atlanta, GA Area – Suwanee

David A. Schultz

Phone:      (678) 232-5895

Email:       Dave.Schultz@gmx.com

Software Engineer, Technical Writer, or Instructor.  Available for contract or permanent assignment, full time or part time.

Experienced C Software Engineer, primarily in the Unix environment. Capable entrepreneur, instructor, technical writer, and project leader. Proponent of sound software engineering practices, including adherence to an SDLC. Very conscientious, meticulous, and results-oriented. Equally adept at working with both people and technology.

April 2007 to Present                      Sanalu Cleaning Service, Inc.

President

Took time off from my career to grow the janitorial and maid service that my wife had founded. Now that the company is successful, I am transitioning control back to my wife.

August 2006 to March 2007                       Scientific Games

Software Engineer (Consultant for Tech Resource Group)

Using C and the Unix sed utility, developed tools to partially translate horse-race management (“tote”) software from Pascal to C , thus reducing the amount of manual translation required.

January 2006 to  June 2006              Business Software Incorporated (BSI)

Senior Advisor to the Director of Development

·         Researched Business Process Management (BPM) systems.

·         Thoroughly evaluated the DevTrack system.

·         Implemented a Unix-based and Windows-based print server that produced high-volume tax reports in Postscript format and printed the reports.

December 2001 to December 2005   Cingular Wireless (now AT&T)

Software Testing Manager

For about one year, served as hands-on leader of a team that tested the Pricing system, which rated cellular phone calls.

·         Interviewed and selected software testers.

·         Managed a team of 14 people.

·         Conducted C training for testers.

Software Architect and Project Leader

For three years, developed software used in the rating (pricing) of cellular phone calls.

·         Established a reputation as a top-notch AIX C software engineer who always produced high-quality software.

·         Supported FusionWorks, a product used for event mediation. Used DSD, a language derived from TCL.

·         Served as the technical leader on the very successful One Bill project, the goal of which was to produce the bills for the company’s Telegence and Care-Pricing-Wisdom (CPW) customers in the same format.

·         Designed the changes for processing Nortel TDMA data in STARR, a system used to track and manage switch-data files.

·         Designed and coded the C programs used to reformat GPRS and GSM 12.05 switch data. Those programs proved to be highly reliable and easily maintainable.

·         Developed various tools, including an editor for binary files.

June 2000 to December 2001                        Alltel Corporation

Senior Client/Server Programmer at Cingular Wireless (now AT&T)

Maintained and enhanced C and Korn Shell programs used to price cellular telephone calls. Worked mostly with Toll Module, a program that calculated toll charges on cell calls.

November 1999 to May 2000                       S1 Corporation

Staff Developer

Maintained Unix-based C CGI programs used to do banking on the Internet. Used SQL to query and manipulate Informix databases.

May 1999 to November 1999                       Maxim Group (now TEK Systems)

Software Engineer (Consultant) at Bellsouth Information Systems

Maintained AIX C and Korn Shell programs used to price cellular telephone calls. Used SQL to query and manipulate Sybase databases. Maintained a server program that provided access to unbilled airtime over a TCP (sockets) connection.

March 1998 to May 1999                             Compris Technologies

Senior Software Engineer

·         Maintained MS-DOS C Point of Sale (POS) software for McDonald's restaurants.

·         Designed and coded the C report module for the McDonald's Buffer Engine, which controlled the amount of food to prepare in advance based on various statistics.

·         Produced four other technical designs.

·         Used Microsoft Developer Studio 97 and MKS Source Integrity.

Oct 1997 to Feb 1998                        JIL Information Systems

Systems Engineer/Analyst III

Supported the Surface Movement Advisor (SMA) at the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport. Developed in C by NASA Ames Research Center, SMA monitored the location of planes on the ground and helped the FAA and airlines make informed decisions. SMA used an Oracle DB and ran under IRIX on SGI machines.

Sep 1995 to Oct 1997                        ComputerLogic

Software Development Manager

·         For nine months, led the team developing automotive paint formulation software.

·         Conducted seminars on Software Engineering, Project Management, and Testing.

Software Engineer

·         Reengineered the PaintLogic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Tracking Module, a program used by body shops to track their emissions of VOCs. The VOC Module ran under Xenix, Unix, and DOS and used the db_VISTA database library from Raima.

·         Prototyped new software functions using Proteus. Tracked features and bugs using TrackRecord.

Nov 1989 to Sep 1995                        Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

Advanced Systems Engineer

·         Developed the EDS Document Wizard, a Microsoft WordBasic program that automated much of the process of developing a user manual.

·         Supported Unix and DOS systems at the GM Shreveport Assembly truck plant. One system was the Assembly Line Diagnostic Link (ALDL) system, which did end-of-line testing of every S-10 or Sonoma pickup truck manufactured.

·         Led design and wrote design specifications in several projects. Received a special $500 award from General Motors as recognition for one of those designs.

·         Administrated two Sun Microsystems 3/60 workstations running SunOS.

·         Maintained SunOS C programs and C Shell scripts used to process automotive service bulletins. Wrote MS-DOS batch files and C programs that prepared automotive service information for release on CD-ROM in a proprietary database format.

·         As a consultant to an EDI team, developed a windowing library using Waterloo C for MVS on the mainframe.

·         Published articles in CD-ROM Professional magazine (now Online Magazine).

·         Redesigned and coded LibMan (Library Manager), an MS-DOS application written in BASIC and C, the purpose of which was to enable software librarians to promote software from testing to production status. Wrote a comprehensive user manual.

·         Earned certification as a Certified Computing Professional (CCP) with honors. Subsequently was paid by the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) to develop questions for the Software Engineering test question pool.

May 1987 to Nov 1989     Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)

Programmer/Observer

·         Operated the Haystack Observatory radiotelescope.

·         Co-authored PC-Sched, a user-friendly Turbo C program used by astronomers worldwide to create telescope-control files. Wrote the PC-Sched user manual.

Jan 1985 to April 1987    Sanders-Lockheed (now part of BAE Systems)

Technical Trainer

·         Presented lectures to Navy students as part of the AN/SRS-1 (Combat DF) and AN/USM-406C (Flight Line Test Set) projects.

·         Taught a digital electronics course at the NH Vocational Technical College.

·         Created interactive videodisc lessons using authoring software.

Dec 1978 to Dec 1984      United States Navy

Cryptologic Technician—Maintenance (CTM)

Serviced equipment used for direction finding, signal interception, and data communications. Held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. Promoted to Petty Officer First Class at age 22.

1994                                   Regents College (now Excelsior College)

B.S. in Computer Information Systems (4.0/4.0 GPA)

1987                                   Cleveland Institute of Electronics (CIE)

Diploma in Electronics Engineering

1983                                   University of the State of New York

B.S. with a Concentration in Sociology (4.0/4.0 GPA)

Spanish: Advanced Proficiency