Project Manager Software Engineer
Resume:
Berkeley, CA *****
****@********.******.*******://sniggle.net/dave/resume.htmlDavid M. Gross
Desired Position
I am looking only for contract / 1099 jobs. I prefer to telecommute, but I will also
consider on-site work nearby or within BART range. I m booked up through the end of 2011
please try back in 2012.
Reviews
Thanks again for an incredible save today. You were exactly what we needed, right when
we needed it. I m so impressed at your ability to diagnose the problem (in 3 minutes, no
less), and fix it in 2 hours. It was a big help on a very important day.
It will take a while to read this. But I just wanted to say how happy it s making me so
far! I m really glad we found you You are shockingly, insanely thorough. And I love
that.
Dave has been a key contributor to the technical publications efforts He has been a
leader on a multitude of projects and has always been an advocate for process and
quality.
Wow! This is amazingly comprehensive and great. It s truly shaping up to be a complete
reference book.
Skill-set Summary
Technical Writing / Editing
FrameMaker, Adobe, UML, PDF, OpenOffice, javadoc, indexing
10+ years of professional experience
Web Programming
Skilled in XHTML/CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, microformats, and syndication format
variants
I write robust, standards-compliant, multi-browser compatible, accessible, and easily-
maintained pages
Software Engineering & Design
UML, C, C++, object-oriented development
5 years of professional experience
Project Management
Managed a team of technical writers, wrote performance reviews, provided mentoring and
guidance
Organized working groups to improve policies
Additional Technical Know-How
Unix (particularly Linux), PPP and PPPoE, neural networks, the MPEG 2 protocol, the
VxWorks networking stack, real-time and embedded systems, software design, ISO-9001 and
the CMM, TCP/IP
Professional Experience
Self-employedfreelance / contract (4/03present)
Completed several contracts in the technical writing and web programming fields
Also edited and published six (non-technical) books
Wind River (10/984/03)
Alameda, California
Project Manager, technical publications team
Wrote the WindNet Remote Access Framework Programmer s Guide, the WindNet PPP
Programmer s Guide, & the VxWorks Network Protocol Toolkit Programmer s Guide, among
others
Used FrameMaker, Adobe PDF tools, ClearCase, Vantive, UML, ISO-9001 process, CMM
Xing Technology Corporation (8/959/97)
San Luis Obispo, California
Software engineer
Worked on the Streamworks team, designing and writing software to stream live and on-
demand MPEG audio/video streams over networks
Proposed, designed and created a CGI-based tool for analyzing the components of MPEG
files
Code was primarily written in C++ on Unix and in VC++/MFC on Windows NT platforms
Information Presentation Technologies (12/9310/94)
San Luis Obispo, California
Software engineer
Wrote software related to image storage, thumbnailing, and interpretation
Code was primarily written in C on Unix platforms
Alexandria, Incorporated (4/939/93)
Los Osos, California
Software engineer
Wrote home video games for the Sega Genesis
Taught an in-house seminar on the use of neural networks in non-player characters
Code was primarily written in C on Windows platforms for use on the Sega Genesis
Education
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Science, Fall 1988 March 199
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