Engineer Software

Anthony R. Stevens

***** ********* ****

Ruther Glen, VA 22546

Phone 540-***-****

Email ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Systems Engineering position utilizing my object oriented

analysis and design skills on a highly focused Java or C/C++ development

project.

QUALIFICATIONS

Wide range of software development and test experience in a variety of

leadership roles on projects ranging from prototypes to complex production

ready systems.

CLEARANCE Secret

EDUCATION

4 State University of New York, College of Technology,

Rome, New York.

Master of Science in Computer and Information Science.

1980-1984 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science,

College of Engineering.

2009 Old Dominion University, Frank Batten College of Engineering

and Technology

Professional Certificate in Systems Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

August 2003 to Present

Principal Engineer, Northrop Grumman, Dahlgren, Virginia.

Independent Verification and Validation Engineer on DDG 1000 development

project. Analyzed development artifacts and reviewed technical

documentation from all phases of the software development life cycle

(Architecture, Requirements, Design, Code and Test). Provided

recommendations and worked closely with developers to adjudicate the

resulting defects discovered.

Received achievement award as Test Liaison for Software Qualification Test

and System Test on DDG 1000 program.

Received achievement award as Lead Engineer on project to update work

instructions for Requirements Analysis.

Anthony R. Stevens

October, 2001 to July, 2002

Advisory Software Engineer, Software Group, IBM Austin.

Developer on web programming project for content management solutions.

Participated in an object oriented design exercise to model the individual

and commercial registration components using UML.

January, 2001 to September, 2001

Advisory Software Engineer, Global Services Federal, IBM Austin.

Designer on multi-tier web application for viewing, creating and updating

Social Security Administration Disability Claims.

IBM Residency as part of four person team to author an IBM Redbook,

"Programming with J2EE APIs for WebSphere Advanced". The purpose of the

residency was to develop a Redbook with examples of programming to the new

Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) APIs using VisualAge for Java and

deployment on WebSphere Application Server Advanced Edition. Consolidation

of the "best of the best practices" related to J2EE development. This

Redbook contains guidelines on best usage of the new APIs for servlet and

JSP programming, that is, the Servlet Version 2.2 and JSP Version 1.1 APIs.

January, 1999 to December, 2000

Advisory Software Engineer, Global Industries Travel and Transportation,

IBM Austin.

Lead Designer for Booking Engine portion of web-based reservation system,

including airline, hotel and car travel segments. Developed a web-based

user interface for a prototype Booking Engine and presented the interface

to members of the press at JavaOne. The Booking Engine prototype utilized

JavaScript, JavaBeans, WebSphere Application Server, Servlets, XML and

Java. Implemented a prototype Geography Service for remote geographical

data lookup using Java RMI. Submitted the Geography Service design for a

patent.

December, 1996 to December, 1998

Software Engineer, Infrastructure Development for Semiconductor

Manufacturing Applications, Global Embedded Production Solutions, IBM

Austin.

Lead Developer for porting Reliability, Availability and Serviceability

(RAS) to both Windows NT and AIX. Implemented variety of usability

enhancements based on customer feedback. Created a standalone RAS product

for use by other departments. As a member of the Infrastructure development

team, implemented a prototype transaction service on Windows NT utilizing

DB2 and Oracle for object persistence in a distributed programming

environment. In a later driver, transitioned the product to utilize an

industry standard object broker (Orbix from IONA) and an underlying ENCINA

transaction service.

Selected as Functional Verification Test Lead for a critical driver. As

such, wrote thirty new test cases and implemented a variety of improvements

to the existing test process.

Volunteered for a small, fast-paced development project to create a JAVA

demo application for an industry trade show. Implemented a RAS interface

and a Business Object Lifecycle interface as a member of this team

January, 1993 to November, 1996

GUI Developer, LAN Systems, IBM Austin.

Developer on Web Administration GUI for LAN Server using HTML and C++. Key

Graphical User Interface developer on LAN Server 4.0 release, awarded

Product of the Year by LAN Magazine. Developer on Directory and Security

Server follow on release. Implemented the network resource definition

capability in the GUI.

Drove the system testing of interoperability support for previous LAN

Server releases. Resolved ongoing development build and packaging problems

and implemented improvements to the system.

Selected to serve on round-the-clock defect screening support for LAN

Server, diagnosing complex network-related problems. Selected as team

representative to advise management at executive meetings held to resolve

hot issues and track problem resolution for stop-ship issues.

Demonstrated OS/2, Directory and Security Server and the LAN Server Product

at several technical interchanges. Speaker for LAN Server 4.0 GUI and LAN

Server 4.0 Security at international trade shows.

Served as technical consultant on field support for LAN Server product

diagnosing critical customer problems, including performance and usability

scenarios. Served as ISO 9000 functional representative for 2nd line

management; provided expertise across the area.

April, 1992 to December, 1992

Staff Programmer, LAN Systems, IBM Austin.

Served as Executive Assistant to upper level management on various

assignments. Developer of the code server setup utility and remote command

line function of the LAN NetView systems management framework.

Led the design and implementation of the response file generation component

of a major LAN systems management application. Served as integration focal

point for entry into functional and verification test. Led the department

effort to improve quality and established an ongoing program to track

progress.

March, 1989 to April, 1992

Senior Associate Programmer, Personal Systems Programming, IBM Austin.

Designed user interface panels for Communications Manager Advanced Peer to

Peer Networking (APPN) support. Project lead for feasibility study

involving generation of Graphical User Interfaces via generalized

descriptors. Implemented the Open Systems Foundation (OSF) Distributed

Computing Environment (DCE) file set prototype for OS/2 in SMALLTALK.

Provided object oriented design and coding skills across departments.

Provided design expertise as owner of the verification and configuration

component.

June, 1991 to April, 1993

Volunteer Programming Consultant, University Of Texas, Department Of

Mechanical Engineering.

Volunteered as lead programmer for a graduate student project at the

University of Texas and implemented a state of the art course scheduling

program. The program utilized a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search

Procedure (GRASP) heuristic and met stringent performance requirements.

The program also encompassed a range of features never before implemented

in a program of this type.

February, 1985 to February, 1989

Team Chief, Knowledge Engineering Research Lab, Rome Air Development

Center, Griffiss Air Force Base, New York.

Received Air Force Commendation Medal for work performed as Chief Engineer

on in-house research effort to build an expert system for Air Force wide

use. Guided $1.4 million contract on object-oriented database management

for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Represented RADC in

technical exchanges with industry. Led in-house research program applying

Artificial Intelligence techniques to the construction of Battle Management

simulations. Received Air Force Achievement medal as a member of the

initial Battle Management Lab team that developed an integrated

demonstration scenario.

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