Peter Watters

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Summary

I love working in a team of talented, smart and motivated colleagues. I enjoy the whole software life cycle – gathering requirements, designing, implementing, testing and maintaining software. I get the most satisfaction from delivering solid products that are on time, gratify the end user and make a real return on investment. My specialty is programmatic data access. I have 12 years experience with MySQL- (versions 5.0, 5.5 and 5.6).

I have 20 years of C++ design, development & maintenance experience in multi-threaded multiple process

distributed computer telephony product on Windows based platforms.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer at AVST

October 2003 - May 2015 (11 years 8 months)

Database Architect/Developer – Designed and maintained the internal database for the company's Window's based product. Implemented MySQL replication to support a multiple node architecture. Created stored procedures, triggers and User Defined Functions (UDF) to enforce referential integrity. Resolved customer issues for Tech Support and Professional services. Produced ad-hoc programs and scripts to support unique installation requirements in production environments. Automated procedures for data maintenance and data recovery. Trained and supported engineers in designing, building and maintaining data structures. Wrote key back-end services that coordinated process & thread execution with shared memory, queues and semaphores. Experience with Perforce, PVCS, MS Visual Studio, MS Visual SourceSafe, MYSQL, ODBC, OLEDB, STL, Windows Platform SDK, SQL, C, C++.

Software Engineer at Captaris

August 1995 - October 2003 (8 years 3 months)

Created a object oriented database access object to provide thread safety and referential integrity for OS/2 & Windows NT access to a Faircom CTree database. Developed a COM component for process scheduling for automated call out notification. Created key component that notified users of new voice/fax messages via SMS. Created reports using Crystal Reports

Certifications

MySQL Database Developer Certification

MySQL Database Administrator Certification

Business Programming Certificate

Web Application Engineering Certificate

Skills & Expertise

C/C++, Python, STL, OOP, Powershell, Multithreading,

SQL Server 2008 R2, MySQL,

Software Development, Testing, Relational Databases, Requirements Analysis

XML, Visual Studio, Perforce,

Crystal Reports,

Telecommunications,

Coaching & Mentoring,

Unix, Windows

Education

University of Washington

Mathematics, C++ Programming Certificate,

Washington University in St. Louis

BFA

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