From: will@genbank.bio.net (Will Nelson)
Newsgroups: bionet.jobs
Subject: Seeking position in computational biology
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:05:59 GMT
Distribution: bionet
Organization: GenBank Online Service

I am an experienced UNIX/C programmer seeking a position
in computational biology. My stay here at IntelliGenetics
ends when the current GenBank contract expires at the end of
this month.
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                        Will Nelson

                  20676 Gardenside Circle
                    Cupertino, CA  95014
              Telephone (408) 996-3829 (home)
                      (415) 962-7363 (office)


EDUCATION

     Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA   1971
     BS Degree in Biology
     City University of New York, NYC   1978
     PhD Degree in Psychology
     Pertinent Courses -

     Algorithm design          Data structures
     BASIC                     FORTRAN
     C                         Advanced C Programming
     UNIX System V Internals   System V Device Drivers


EXPERIENCE

     IntelliGenetics, Inc., Mountain View, CA   Jan  1989  -
     present
     Systems Programmer  -  Two  sets  of  responsibilities:
     coordinating   the   traditional   system  and  network
     administrator duties, and serving as a systems program-
     mer  for  GenBank,  a central computer facility for the
     molecular  biology  community  under  contract  to  the
     National Institutes of Health.  Software maintenance on
     a number of different software packages, including IRX,
     a protein translation program, a program that creates a
     set of files for a release  of  the  floppy  disk-based
     product,  and  the  PC  version of Authorin, a data and
     sequence entry program for molecular  biologists.   IRX
     was  written  by  the  National Library of Medicine and
     consists of about 50,000 lines of C. Changed it so that
     it can handle the format of our large online databases,
     as well as added many new features and bug-fixes.  Also
     been  involved with third party software, including the
     Sybase database system,  device  drivers  for  erasable
     optical  disks,  and the installation of databases from
     the European Molecular Biology Laboratories.

     In the system and network administration area,  respon-
     sible  for 26 SUN's and two Solbourne's running UNIX, a
     couple of MicroVaxes, and various IBM  PC's  and  Mac's
     throughout   the   company.   Responsibilities  include
     upgrades and installation of the  UNIX  machines;  net-
     working,  including  TCP/IP  software  maintenance (IG-
     Gateway,  the  TIPs),  external   network   connections
     (BARRNET,  our Internet connection), DNS; correction of
     aberrant system behavior (including  networks);  inter-
     facing  with hardware maintenance vendors; installation
     and configuration of new  hardware;  Netnews  and  mail
     support  (including  readers, transport, gateway)
     (checkgroups, newgroups,  etc)  EMail  servers  (FASTA,
     RETRIEVE,  etc), Database administration (Sybase, SQL),
     LANL contact (libdad), Mac Networking (CAP,  Ethertalk,
     K-Box) X, User presentation experience, Thorough under-
     standing of the UNIX programming and operating environ-
     ment,  Understanding of printing software, Knowledge of
     the mail and news protocols, Ability to program scripts
     in  either  sh  or  csh.   Experience with NFS and NIS.
     Installing and backing-up  systems  over  the  network.
     Kernel  customization and installation of bug fixes and
     patches.  Debug LAN and router errors.   Communications
     skills.   Project  management  and sharing of expertise
     with other systems programmers and operators.

     Cygnet Systems, Sunnyvale, CA  1986-1989
     Senior Software Engineer  -  Developed  and  maintained
     JIMS, the Jukebox Interface Management System. Involved
     in all phases of the design, coding,  testing,  release
     and  maintenance of the software.  Wrote the JIMS docu-
     mentation. Modified the SUN Optical Disk Device Drivers
     for  optimal  performance  in  a  jukebox  environment.
     Software Configuration Manager.  Senior engineer  over-
     seeing the System Administrator.

     Onyx Systems, San Jose, CA  1984-1986
     Software Engineer - Started in Technical Support  doing
     phone support to VAR's. Promoted to Test and Validation
     Group. Validated a UNIX System V port on a 68010  plat-
     form.

     Zilog, Inc., Campbell, CA  1983-1984
     Software Engineer - Applications and Development  Tools
     Group.
     Evaluated and released third  party  software  suitable
     for Zilog hardware.

     Cosmos Systems, Sunnyvale, CA  1981-1983
     Software Engineer - Validated UniSoft Version 7, System
     III, and System V ports. Responsible for documentation,
     customer support, software configuration management.

REFERENCES Furnished upon request.
-- 
Will Nelson
Systems Programmer, IntelliGenetics, Inc.
will@presto.ig.com