Chip Killmar

Austin, Texas

Web: http://chipkillmar.net

Email: abqe1s@r.postjobfree.com

Voice: 512-***-****

Career Objective

I’m interested in part-time software design and development consulting. I’m currently employed full-time and am not looking for new positions.

Summary

I have more than 10 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing and managing large, complex software products on Java and Microsoft .NET platforms using several programming languages, with expertise in object-oriented design and the use of design patterns. I have 5 professional certifications and a strong education in computer science.

I am results-oriented, self-motivated, and independent while being a team player. I have excellent problem solving, communication, and people skills. I am good at leading a team of engineers on software projects.

Technical SkillsProgramming Languages: Java, C#, C++, C, JavaScript, and SQLOperating Systems: Unix (Linux, Solaris, AIX), Windows (7, Vista, XP, Server 2008, Server 2003)Other Tools and Languages: Eclipse, SWT, Swing, JSP, Servlets, EJB, JMS, RMI, JNI, JDBC, Struts, Wicket, GWT, Hibernate, Axis, JUnit, Ant, NUnit, NAnt, HTML, XML, ASP.NET, ActiveX, Unix shell programming, Visual Basic, Oracle, MySQL, Perforce, ClearCase, StarTeam, CVS, SVN

Education, Austin, TX, Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006 – 2007

Coursework: Software Engineering, Dr. Dewayne Perry; Verification and Validation, Dr. Sarfraz Khurshid; Data Mining, Dr. Joydeep Ghosh; Distributed Information Systems Security, Dr. William Bard; Software Architectures, Dr. Suzanne Barber; Requirements Engineering, Dr. Suzanne Barber; Hardware/Software Codesign, Dr. Margarida Jacome; Topics on Concurrent Programming, Dr. Vijay Garg; Practice of Programming, Dr. Adnan Aziz; Project Management and Evaluation, Dr. Bruce McCann

Master’s Report: Barad: An Automated GUI Testing Framework for SWT

4.0 GPA, Claremont, CA, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science, 1993 – 1999

Work ExperienceSenior Software Architect,, Dallas, Texas, October 2005 – PresentCurrently the lead software architect on iTKO’s LISA automated software load and functional testing suite

Senior Software Developer and Team Lead,, Austin, Texas, February 2004 – October 2005Team lead and developer on, an enterprise portal website

Senior Software Developer,, Austin, Texas, February 2002 – February 2004Senior GUI developer on enterprise video management and automation softwareSenior developer on enterprise scheduling software

Software Developer,, Austin, Texas, January 1999 – February 2002Developer on MCC ConfigViews, MCC Quote, MCC Catalog Manager, and MCC Swing Object ManagerDesigned and implemented a custom MCC integration framework used on 3 successful customer deploymentsDesigned and implemented a framework for automated Swing application testingAdministered Linux and Solaris development servers

Software Developer,, Claremont, California, September 1997 – September 1999Designed and implemented customer website Designed and implemented Perl modules to communicate with wireless pagers Designed and implemented a backend customer billing database

Software Developer Intern,, Houston, Texas, June 1997 – August 1997Tested code coverage for a software component on Presario desktop computers

Software Developer Intern, Interactive Simulations, Inc. [now ], San Diego, California, June 1996 – January 1997Designed and developed a customer tracking database

Certifications

Honors, Awards, and Distinctions2005 Cisco Team Achievement Award for Teamwork and Collaboration and Software Process Improvement, Cisco ProWatch Exchange2004 Lotus Advisor Editor’s Choice Silver Award, Forgent Alliance Scheduler2002 Frost and Sullivan Technology Innovation Award, Forgent Alliance Media ManagerDean's List, Harvey Mudd College

PatentsFiled 3/19/2007: "Testing In-Container Software Objects"

PublicationsSvetoslav Ganov, Chip Killmar, Sarfraz Khurshid., 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2008), Leipzig, Germany, May 2008.

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