From: ess@hal.COM (Eric Swildens)
Newsgroups: tx.jobs,misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: seeking C/C++/Unix/GUI contract position in Austin, TX
Date: 31 Jul 92 14:19:53 GMT
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Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
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Prospective Employer:

If you are looking for a talented UNIX user-interface, 3-D graphics or
relational database contract programmer for a 4-12 month contract in
Austin, Texas, then I would like to talk to you.  

My current contract at HaL Computer Systems ends July 31.  My work
at HaL in the X/Motif UNIX user-interface area earned praise, a
contract extension and an offer for permanent employment.  At
ICEM Systems I worked on the development of a UNIX C/C++/FORTRAN
CAD/CAM system on Silicon Graphics workstations.  For Marktech
Systems, I led a team which designed and developed a medical
record/transcription database for networked PCs.

My experience with contract employment has been extremely
positive: I am a self-starter and enjoy the completion and variety
inherent in contract work.  I have a thorough understanding of
the software development cycle from design and implementation to
testing, debugging and support.  I know the tricks and traps of
the C/C++ language and have a wide variety of experience in
UNIX graphics, from 3D display lists and X server code to Motif
widgets and human interface design.

If you have any questions, or would like to schedule an interview,
please call me at (512)-795-8145.  Email to this account cannot
be received.

Regards,
Eric Swildens

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Eric Swildens   (512)-795-8145

Objective:      Computer Programmer/Analyst contract in Austin, TX
                UNIX user-interface, 3-D graphics, or relational database

Education:      B.S. Computer Science
                University of Minnesota, College of Science and Engineering

Languages:      C++, Objective-C, C, POSTSCRIPT, PASCAL, FORTRAN, and 
                various ASSEMBLY

Op Systems:     UNIX (SunOS, Mach, AIX, BSD, SVR4), PC-DOS and NOS/VE

Software:       Motif, X11, SGI GL (3-D), SQL and BSD networking

Hardware:       Sun, Silicon Graphics, RS/6000, NeXT, Mips, CDC Cyber, and PC

Experience:

Oct 1991-July 1992        HaL Computer Systems
Contract Programmer/SQA   Austin, TX

    Worked in the UNIX user-interface area at a company creating the next
    generation of SPARC workstations.

       - Responsible for assuring the quality and usability of
         all areas of X11R5 (X server, libraries and clients),
         Motif, OpenLook, and a desktop for the HaL SPARC workstation.

       - Wrote specifications and automated tests to perform
         comprehensive testing of the above products. Tests were
         written using UNIX shell, C, and automated test tools.

       - Implemented the XTest extension into the Sun X11R5 server
         to allow automated testing of the X server, clients and
         libraries.

       - Ported the X11R5 xtm suite of automated record/playback
         test tools to Sun X11R5.

       - Submitted xrecplay.tar.Z (record/playback automated testing
         package) and xcrash.tar.Z (a client written to test the X server)
         into the public domain. These can be found in the X contrib
         on the Internet.

April 1990-Sept 1991      Control Data Corporation/ICEM Systems
Programmer/Analyst        Arden Hills, MN

    Worked on ICEM, a CAD/CAM suite of programs for 3-D design, drafting,
    solid modeling and NC toolpath generation.  This is a huge (> 1000 KLOC)
    product, written in C++/C/FORTRAN, which runs on multiple platforms
    and is used by VW, GM and other industrial manufacturers.

       - Wrote a device independent user interface language which
         created Motif dialogs for 3-D functions in the ICEM CAD/CAM
         program.  Developed a C++ prototype, later turned into
         object-oriented C code, using LEX and YACC for parsing.

       - Wrote FORTRAN and C code to enhance the ICEM CAD 3-D entity
         database and SGI GL display code.

       - Responsible for a NOS/VE IM/DM relational database which
         contained QA information about the ICEM product.  Wrote code
         which synchronized the QA database in the US with an IM/DM
         database in Germany over CDCnet.

       - Responsible for UNIX and NOS/VE source code control of
         1000+ KLOC.  Wrote a pre-linker to reduce the UNIX link
         and debug time by an order of magnitude.  Removed the need
         to do a post-link C++ step to build the ICEM executable for
         development.  Received managers excellence award for this
         work in May 1991.

Summer 1989               Marktech Systems Inc.
Programmer/Analyst        Eden Prairie, MN

    Led a small team of programmers which designed and developed a Novell
    networked medical chart tracking and transcription database application
    in C using Vermont Views user-interface library, ISAM (Indexed
    Sequential Access Method), Informix SQL and Informix 4GL.  This product
    was successful and is currently in use at a number of large hospitals.

1984-1985                 Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation
Programmer                Arden Hills, MN

    Wrote educational computer games in M-BASIC along with 2-D graphics
    routines in 6502 assembly.

References:     available upon request.