Software Engineering

Eric Ortega

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Westminster, CA 92683 E-mail: ***@*****.***

Summary

Fifteen years experience in C++ applied mathematical programming.

Familiar with, employed, and have developed advanced programming techniques

including linear algebra, probability theory, optimization/minimization routines, neural-

networks, and performance optimizations.

Able to plan, manage, and coordinate significant technical programming efforts.

Able to become an expert in new subjects and techniques, identifying important concepts

and information, and troubleshooting problems.

Highly analytical, focused, and detail-oriented.

Thrive while researching and attempting to solve challenging problems.

Experience

2005-Present Applications Scientist INTELLIGENT IMAGING INNOVATIONS

Currently developing additional statistics, graphical interfaces, and backend for the latest

version of the company’s software, SlideBook.

Implemented statistical verification of C++ software in Matlab.

W rote custom software for particular customers as needed.

Analyzed, redesigned, and implemented the IT needs of a small company located across

the United States as well as in Europe.

1999-2005 Doctoral Candidate UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Built a 20-processor computational cluster which has been used for over 100 computer

years by laboratory members. Performed the networking and system -administration

duties for a lab that included over 35 machines, 22 users, and runs Linux, Microsoft

W indows, and MacOS.

Hand-built event-driven network software for parallel computation.

Gave 15 poster and 5 oral presentations at scientific conferences.

Experienced with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and

Excel, and LaTeX and HTML.

1997-1998 Chief Technical Supervisor WORLDSTUFF.COM

Managed 13 Perl and HTML programmers. Responsible for all aspects of the company's

computational equipment. The position required satisfying the technical needs of the 60

person staff as well as generating and delivering internet-based product.

Analyst/Simulation Experience

1999-2005 Doctoral Candidate UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Research involved developing a color constancy algorithm which extracted inform ation

from input images as well as developing a benchmarking suite to test its efficacy versus

other, previously published algorithms.

The final product consisted of roughly 30,000 lines of C++, including numerous hand-

written implementations of numerical methods.

Developed a suite of tools for automatic image generation and segmentation. The

research project utilized 15,000 test images and implemented ten different algorithms for

benchmarking purposes.

Implemented, maintained, and supported a software library used by 9 lab members.

Used Matlab extensively for analytical and presentation purposes.

Developed experience with shell scripting, Perl, HTML, SMTP, Linux, FTP, SNMP, PHP,

MySQL, CVS, and POP/IMAP support.

1998-1999 Doctoral Candidate UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Project for the qualification exam consisted of a simulation of horizontal cells in the retina.

Took courses in machine perception, physiologically plausible image processing, and

simulations of the visual system both in hardware and software.

Teacher’s assistant for Signals and Systems Processing.

1992-1997 Student UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Took courses in applied mathematics to better understand the generation and

implementation of engineering equations.

Developed a familiarity with the technical difficulties of modeling engineering systems

within a programming environment.

Took multiple courses in the simulation of biological systems.

Partook in projects modeling blood-flow, chemical release and uptake, vision, and

biophysical fixed-body movement.

Summer, 1995 Intern DHK ENGINEERS

Collected field samples. Helped to prepare client reports. Analyzed data using

environmental modeling sets.

Education

1998-2005 Doctorate of Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering

University of Southern California (6 years: 3 years, NSF Fellow)

University of Pennsylvania (1 year: 1 year, Fontaine Fellow)

Dissertation: A Probabilistic Approach to Color Constancy

Using Higher Order Scene Information

1992-1997 Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor of the Arts, Applied Mathematics/Scientific Programming

University of California, San Diego

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