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Travis E. Brown

 
tebrown@csh.rit.edu

Objective To obtain a challenging position as a software engineer.
 
Experience   March 2002-July 2002
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
Software Engineer (Contractor)
  • Integrated 3rd party image processing libraries into existing image analysis tool to increase performance by 30%.
  • Analyzed and refactored existing code to increase performance by 10%
  • Implemented new features for proprietary image file format.
  • Performed software package analyses and comparison to determine suitability for various development projects.
  • Assisted in design of various software projects.

November 1998-January 2002
Performance Technologies, Inc., Rochester, NY
Software Engineer
  • Ported OpenSSH (Secure Shell) and OpenSSL (Secure Socket Layer) to VxWorks in two months, saving the company over $100,000.
  • Lead software engineer for the IPnexus™ Ethernet switch user interface.
    • Assigned tasks to other employees to ensure that deadlines were met.
    • Trained developers on software development in Lua.
    • Developed single solution software package for deployment on multiple products.
  • Developed NTP and Syslog clients for VxWorks.
  • Implemented a POSIX compliant version of TTY devices for VxWorks.
  • Assisted in developing test software for Ixia traffic generator.
  • Developed a web based user interface for the Nebula line of enterprise Ethernet switches.
  • Developed programs to test the switch under excessive loads.
  • Developed a cross platform graphical test suite.
    • Software interfaced to SmartBits traffic generator.
    • Tests were automated and testing time was reduced by approximately 35%
  • Developed a scripting language to automate test procedures.
  • Trained new co-op students on test procedures.
  • Assisted in deployment of Linux as a software development platform.
  • Developed a test plan for IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Science - Graduated May 2001
  • Major: Computer Science
  • Concentrations: Parallel Computing, Telecommunications
  • GPA: 3.1
  • Honors: Dean's List
 
Primary Skills Languages: C, C++, Perl, PHP, HTML, SQL.

Hardware: x86, PPC 603, Sun SPARC.

Operating Systems: Unices of various flavors, VxWorks, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.

Networking/Protocols: GVRP, GMRP, VRRP, Spanning Tree, Link Aggregation, SNMP as well as the normal suite of TCP and UDP protocols.

Server Software: Apache, Proftpd, Bind, Sendmail, SQL Database.

Activities 1996-Present
Computer Science House, Rochester, NY
Member
  • Junior member of the Advanced Research Group.
  • Maintained hardware for the public information system (InfoSys) in multiple lounges.
  • Wrote tools and device drivers for student built operating system, 'io'.
  • Participated in network core support and infrastructure maintainance.
  • Implemented a distributed audio broadcast server.
 
Interests Amateur Radio General Class (KC2HTM), Camping, Hiking, Reading, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball

References  Available upon request.