Software Engineer Development

Alexander Lamb

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> Creative software engineer with extensive experience of application design, research, and development for leading

businesses.

> Excellent communication skills: long track record of direct client interaction in a consultancy context. Experience in

technical hiring and high-level negotiation.

> Experience as both an independent researcher/developer on small rapid projects and as a team player in large-scale

application development.

> Strong background in Human-Computer Interaction, innovative GUI design, and Arti cial Intelligence.

> US Citizen, Married.

Technical S kills

Expert Knowledge Of: Java (13 years)

Extensive Experience With: Swing (10 years), Actionscript (3 years), Javascript (1.5 years), C (5 years), C++ (3 years),

SQL (12 years), MS Of ce (15 years), Visual Basic (3 years), MS Access (3 years), Lotus Notes (3 years), Prolog (5 years),

LATEX (5 years), Pascal (2 years), Hibernate (6 Months), Struts (6 Months), AJAX (6 Months)

Platforms Developed On: Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris

IDEs Employed: Eclipse, Intellij Idea, MS Development Suites, Emacs

Experience

SOFTWARE CONTRACTOR, INSIGHT EXPERIENCE, BOSTON, MA, SEP. 2006 - PRESENT

Worked as part of small team delivering interactive business simulation software to clients including Cisco, Fidelity In-

vestments, Ford, Caterpillar, Bayer Group, PayPal, eBay, Colgate & Chevron. Software was designed to fully simulate

the business leadership experience, including both nancials and human impacts trust, cooperation, con ict, etc.

Software required use of Java in both server and desktop contexts along with Tomcat and Swing. Also employed Ac-

tionscript for client software, accessed via Flash Remoting.

The work entailed signi cant exposure to:

Full software life-cycle over multiple iterations.

Small-company dynamics and the need to interact both rapidly and exibly.

Remote working and the need to operate ef ciently in an autonomous context.

CONSULTANT, PRAGATI SYNERGETIC RESEARCH, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, MAR. 2009 - DEC. 2009

Worked as lead software engineer for cluster analysis research rm involved in high-pro le government defense con-

tracts. Partner organizations included Raytheon and BAE. Client groups included DARPA, US Navy, US Army. Work

required rapid familiarization with complex source code, a grasp of both knowledge-based systems and statistical analy-

sis techniques, and capacity to consult on potential leading edge cluster analysis technologies. Undertook development

project to extend existing product to add semantic annotation to data points to enable secondary analysis of clustered

output. Aided in high-level negotiations of company s role with partner organizations.

SOFTWARE CONTRACTOR, SELF EMPLOYED, SANTA CRUZ, CA, OCT. 2005 - JUL. 2006

Worked on Java contracts through Quimbik, a San Francisco based rm specializing in bespoke software development

for web applications. Clients included the following:

Kaiser Permanente: Developed end-to-end web application components for integrated document management system.

Technologies used included: Hibernate, Struts (including JSP, JSTL), Spring, Javascript (including Ajax methodologies),

CSS.

Jacent: Developed innovative Swing front-end for call-center software for Pizza Hut. System required very rapid user

interaction and compatibility with users lacking English skills. Project required knowledge of all Swing components, the

creation of complex new components for application-speci c tasks, advanced use of Java 2D, and look & feel class

development.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, SELF EMPLOYED, CAMBRIDGE, UK / SANTA CRUZ, CA, MAR. 2001 - OCT. 2005

Split time between consultancy projects and creative endeavors, including following:

Awareware: Founder and CTO of small rm involved in deploying expert knowledge through software and training.

Provided product direction and developed Java prototypes.

University of Norwich Business School: Developed course materials and ran training workshops for major business

clients. Projects included leadership workshops for executives and Improgramming, a communication skills workshop

speci cally intended for the software industry.

British Telecom: Created and ran improvisation-based workshops for high-end technical sales training, to supplement

business-psychology-oriented coursework modules.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, CITRIX SYSTEMS, CAMBRIDGE, UK, FEB. 1999 - FEB. 2001

Worked as a Java specialist at the primary research site for the world leading provider of thin-client technology. Respon-

sibilities included:

Product Development: Worked on numerous server-based products written in Java for thin-client deployment. Tasks

required extensive use of Swing, including creation of a pure-Java desktop environment, and thorough investigation of

Javasoft s core UI source code. Conducted analysis and adaptation of Visual C++ legacy code, and used JNI to adapt

code to more recent Java-based products.

Product Research: Conducted research into feasibility of new technologies and production of prototype thin-client ap-

plication development systems.

Recruitment: Advanced skills in social dynamics led to a role as primary interviewer for development staff, including

one-to-one assessments for both technical ability and personality t.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, SELF EMPLOYED, BATH, UK, OCT. 1997 - JAN. 1999

Split time between consultancy projects and creative endeavors, projects included:

The Real Adventure: Provided Java games development and strategic technical consulting for rapidly growing advertis-

ing rm. Work included assessment of existing IT staff and methods, and resulted in a complete change of company

technical strategy.

Agenda 21: Provided strategic direction and product advice for technical recruiting rm involved in both the placement

of SAP experts and the development of knowledge-based change-management software.

ANALYST/PROGRAMMER, OXFORD HEALTH PLANS, NEW YORK, USA, JUL. 1996 - SEP. 1997

Worked as primary Java specialist as part of in-house Arti cial Intelligence team. Designed and developed cutting-edge

expert-systems application to operate over intranet company-wide. Had primary responsibility for both application archi-

tecture and management of knowledge acquisition. Interacted directly with wide range of staff to gather expertise, in-

cluding doctors and legal and technical specialists.

ANALYST/PROGRAMMER, BANK OF AMERICA, LONDON, UK, SEP. 1994 - FEB. 1996

Developed earnings-at-risk and deal capture systems in Visual Basic for bank branches world-wide. Extensive experi-

ence in cooperating with traders on nancial models and software projects. Role involved travel and remote work at

international of ces.

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CONSULTANT PROGRAMMER, ARTHUR ANDERSEN, LONDON, UK, MAR. 1993 - AUG. 1994

Acted as one-man team on high-pro le RAD projects. Work involved extensive use of VB, Excel and data analysis tools.

Required extensive interaction with clients as both a consultant and trainer. Received Andersen s training in business

and accounting skills.

PROGRAMMER, BACON AND WOODROW ACTUARIES, LONDON, UK, NOV. 1992 - MAR. 1993

In-house expert in Arti cial Intelligence programming in Prolog. Responsible for development of frames-based knowl-

edge system to support actuarial calculations.

Undergraduate Positions

FUJITSU LABORATORIES, TOKYO, JAPAN, SUMMER 1991

Worked in Fujitsu's Linguistic Systems Laboratory. Improved the capabilities of their prototype speech synthesis tech-

nology using neural-net based techniques.

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CO., READING, UK, SUMMER 1990

Worked in Digital's Advanced Development Laboratory. Developed new interface capabilities to enhance Digital's proto-

type multimedia executive desktop system.

ORACLE, BRISTOL, UK, SUMMER 1989

Worked as a database programmer using Oracle's application development tools. Work ranged from internal application

development to troubleshooting on customer projects.

Education

Masters in Arti cial Intelligence and Computer Science, Edinburgh University, Scotland. (Edinburgh is regarded as the

premier Arti cial Intelligence research establishment in Europe.)

O ther S kills

Creative Director for Theater Companies: Founder of three improvised theater companies including Amazing Specta-

cles, the UK s foremost long-form improv theater troupe. Role required extensive leadership and marketing skills and

resulted in extensive involvement with television and print media. Inventor of Archetypal Improv a methodology for

story building now used by improvisers, trainers, screenwriters, novelists and comedians widespread throughout both

the UK and US.

Science Fiction Author: Author of three science ction novels and many short stories. Graduate of prestigious Clarion

West writers workshop. Attendee of Milford writers' workshop. Currently in print with Wheatland and Small Beer Press.

Most recent novel currently in negotiation with Tor Books, the nation s largest science- ction publisher.

Communication Skills Trainer: Have used improvisation techniques to teach CEOs, high school students, sales profes-

sionals, astrophysicists, doctors, world-class athletes, and graduate students. Was a speaker at the ASTD International

Conference in 2008 the largest business training conference in the world. Recent focus on empowerment training for

women in science and minority student groups in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz. Expert on human status interac-

tions.

Digital Physics Researcher: Speaker at JOUAL international workshop on simulating physics using algorithms. Speaker

at the NKS Midwest Conference in 2008 on work simulating quantum particles using set-based algorithms on densely-

connected directed graphs. Papers covering recent work to appear shortly in the scienti c journal Complex Systems.

New work covers attempts to model relativistic effects, quantum mechanics, and creation of spatial geometry using

algorithmic techniques applied to very large networks.

O ther Interests

Hiking, photography, painting, swimming, cartooning, cycling, volcano climbing.

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