Data Engineer
Resume:
Calvin McCutcheon
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I am currently a programmer with extensive experience in stand alone Perl applications and
web application development. It is my utmost desire to support an agile development team with
elegant, highly functional, and self evident code. I am actively seeking a position that allows me to
solve fundamental problems in a climate where the use of best coding practices is encouraged. I
work best in an environment which allows intrinsically motivated employees the freedom to pursue
critically important and experimental ideas, via drawing from a diverse and creative baseline.
Professional Experience:
Ball Aerospace & Technologies, November 2007 – Present
Programmer Analyst
Currently hold an active SSBI, granted June 2008
Maintained the Perl codebase as the primary Perl programmer for the past 15 months
Cooperatively worked with other software teams to deploy cross application functionality
Created multithreaded applications to stress test system functionality under extreme load
Developed multithreaded server daemons to facilitate the automatic dissemination of data
Maintained an application which verifies only appropriate data is sent between networks
Maintained a suite of data ingest applications which interfaced with an Oracle database
Assisted coworkers in translating Perl applications to Java where the data processed did not
strictly adhere to the ICD, resulting in smooth data work flow transition
Collected, prioritized, and implemented application requirements for several projects
Functioned as a dynamic team member to implement new features requested by the customer
Patched critical custom compression/decompression algorithm written in C for 32 bit platforms
to work on 64 bit platforms, restoring the ability to process received data
Authored C library to interface between C++ application and custom XML file using
LibXML2, allowing increased spatial and temporal resolution in processed data
Built a Java class which provides the WGS 84 coordinate system to imagery data via an API
O'Neil & Associates, January 2006 – November 2007
Application Engineer
Designed and wrote routines for web based XML S1000D authoring environment
Automated bundling and dissemination of XML files and their supporting documentation
Converted multiple source file formats to a single format for parsing updates and ingest
Engineered and built automated work flow, streamlining the publication generation process
Developed automated means to set required production options from multiple locations
Displayed mastery of Perl programming language to execute scripts across production
Refined existing database queries, improved performance and decreased process time
Auto generated stack trace and displayed progress updates to the user
Single handedly developed diffing capability to identify and parse changes for archival
Developed XML grammar to synchronize updates with original file content
United States Air Force, December 1999 – December 2005
Sensor Configurations Manager
Assigned the payload tasking priorities of $135M multispectral R&D satellite project
Wrote, tested, and deployed script for cron job based remote data retrieval
Developed fully database driven website (included building the database from scratch)
Wrote and maintained Perl modules which checked and flagged files for bad data
Developed cross platform data transfer tool in Perl with a Perl/Tk GUI, including the help
files
Managed all aspects of R&D sensor pointing, assuring the success of countless operations
Provided tipping/cueing for multiple collections, ensuring success for mission partners
Interfaced with contractor personnel, maintaining database for configuration guidance
Integrated MASINT Collection Requirements into Advanced ONIR sensor task database
Served as shift chief for processing Advanced ONIR data in MASINT exploitation center
Analyzed multispectral data of high interest events for ONIR sensors
Reported results to national level command intelligence clients
Authored time critical reports to theater commands for war efforts on many fronts
Supplied national level analysts with unique MASINT based meteorological products
Professional Training:
Security+ training course, November 2009
Airman Leadership School, 2004
Professional Awards:
Air Force Achievement Medal, June 2004
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Air Force Achievement Medal with 1 Oak Leaf cluster, December 2005
Computer Skills:
Currently Use Previously Used
Programming Perl; SQL; Java; C; Bash Scripting; JavaScript; HTML; CSS; XML; XSD; XSLT;
Languages Lua ; Python ; Erlang C++
Databases Oracle; SQLite MS SQL Server; MySQL; PostgreSQL
Graphics Packages Perl/Tk; GIMP ImageMagick
Source Control Subversion; Git CVS
Office Software MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Visio; OpenOffice.org 2.x; WordPerfect
OpenOffice.org 3.x
Operating Systems Windows XP; Windows 7; Fedora 11; Solaris; Irix; RHEL 3 4; Red Hat Linux 7.x 9.x;
RHEL 5 Fedora Core 2 6; Fedora 7 10; Mac OS 7.x 10.x
Actively learning these languages.
Education:
Pursuing a BS from Wright State University
Clark State Community College, 2005
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