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Jeff Blokker MSEE, MS Financial Mathematics

*** ****** **** **. #*** Menlo Park CA 94025 650-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Software Development Manager

Seeking positions in software development, network communication, and financial modeling. I have extensive

experience as a team leader managing multiple software development lifecycles. I have a broad range of experience

in device fabrication, embedded processors, TCP/IP communication, real-time financial software, and Internet

application development. Currently working in the ASP.NET and MS.SQL environment.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems : Windows, Linux, DOS, Novel

Languages : C++, C#, SQL, JAVA, Assembler, Pascal, VB, Shell Scripts, Delphi, PHP

APIs : ASP.NET 3.5, COM, FIX, Windows

Hardware : x86, PCI, RS232, 802.3, 802.11

Network Protocols : ARP, ICMP, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX

Web Development : HTML, CSS, ASP.NET

Data Base : MS SQL, MY SQL, Btreive, Paradox

Environments : Visual Studio 2003-2010, SQL Server Management, SSRS, Dream Weaver, Delphi, Lotus Notes

2002 and Ongoing - Independent Software Consultant with the following major contracts

February 2012 - Ongoing - California Department of Health

Independent technical consultant brought on to assess and recommend solutions for server performance

problems in a Lotus Notes/Domino application with 4000 users attempting to print to PDF reports within the

same day.

November 2011 - Ongoing - California Department of Social Services

Systems Analyst for the Statewide Engagement Project that unified data from the three Social Service Agencies of

California and builds a custom web based report generation tool using MS SQL and SSRS and ASP.NET.

September 2007 - Ongoing - California Child and Family Commission

Systems Analyst responsible for maintaining the 23 million dollar Proposition 10 Evaluation Data System (PEDS) at the

California Child and Family Commission (CCFC). PEDS is a large ASP.NET, MS SQL, Visual Basic web application.

Maintenance of the PEDS system required learning the existing program structure, fixing existing problems, adding

enhancements, testing those enhancements, and then deploying the solution for state wide access.

September 2008 - June 2010 - Earned a Masters degree in Financial Mathematics at Stanford University

While working at the CCFC I attended Stanford University and earned a Masters degree in Financial Mathematics. At

Stanford I earned a 3.5 GPA and excelled in Monte Carlo modeling and algorithmic trading of O-U processes.

October 2007 to June 2008 - California Department of Transportation (DOT)

Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Consultant for the Construction Independent Assurance (CIA) System

Project at the California DOT. Managed the User Acceptance Testing (UAT), designed test procedures, coordinated

testing activities, tracked test results, and reported ongoing test activities.

March 2007 to September 2008 - California Department of Food and Agriculture

Independent Project Oversight and Independent Verification and Validation (IPO & IV&V) Consultant providing Risk

Analysis of a 5 year, 5 million dollar software development project at the California Department of Food and Agriculture

(CDFA). This project involves ground up development of a web based animal disease tracking system using C# and

Microsoft ASP.NET technology. My responsibilities included: Risk Analysis, Baseline Technical Assessment, Monthly

IPO Report/Risk Report, Project Management Oversight, Executive/Steering Committee Presentations, Continuous

Process Improvement Workshops, and Lessons Learned Reports.

March 1, 2007 to August 2007 - Omniquant

Systems Analyst to develop, debug, and walk through certification of an interface between their C++ application and the

Bank of America FIX network, allowing their application to automatically execute transactions on the NYSE, AMES, and

NASDAQ stock exchanges. To implement this interface, I used the Quick FIX open source library written in C++ and

compiled it as a DLL. I passed the Bank of America certification process for this application in June 2007 and then again

in August 2007.

2002-2006 Independent Business Developer and Consultant

Developed software tools for better implementation of WiFi (802.11) security on Windows Mobile PPC s using C#

and .NET. Successfully reverse engineered interface to the Windows Zero Configuration utility in spite of Microsoft s

incorrect documentation.

Business Developer for 3DSlots recruited to capitalize on significant intellectual property for the gaming industry.

Consultant for Developer of on-line poker system who enlisted my services to expand their demonstration design to a

full scale system to manage the accounting of thousands of simultaneous on-line users in VB and MS SQL.

1984-2002 Hands-on Founder and CEO, CableSoft Inc.

Founded CableSoft, Inc. to create embedded hardware and software to track the real-time financial markets (NYSE, AMEX,

and NASDAQ). The first product, LiveWire (1986), was developed in the era of DOS-based PCs. LiveWire grew in 18 years

to embrace five data-feeds and 3000 customers. LiveWire Professional (1990) added enhanced real-time graphics and

technical analysis. LiveWire Trader (1997) calculated equations tick by tick and displayed data on six monitors. LiveWire

Internet (2000) distributed live charts and the results of complex equations to Internet subscribers using a custom real-time

server operating system with our own TCP/IP stack.

Engineered the embedded hardware and software that introduced four successful hardware/software products into the

PC market.

Managed four programmers and two hardware engineers who created an add-on PC circuit board with RF tuner and

embedded microprocessor to digitize video signals. As this $2,400,000 project evolved, the team under management grew

to 20 personnel.

Coordinated R&D and marketing schedules on four product releases and six software updates.

Education, Patents, Associations

MS Financial Mathematics, Stanford University (2010)

PHD EE (not completed) UCSB - 4 years work Hetero-Junction Transistors with Nobel Laureate Herbert Kromer

MS Electrical Engineering, UCSB (1982) Major Device Fabrication, Minor Microwaves

BS Electrical Engineering, UCSB (1980) Major Device Fabrication, Minor Digital Systems, Deans List

Patent No. 4,811,407: Method for converting analog video character signals to computer recognizable binary data

Patent No. 5,113,438: Method and apparatus for jamming infrared remote controls (1992)

Member UCSB Engineering Advisory Committee (1996 2002)

Member UCSB Engineering Deans Cabinet (2002 - present)

Chairman of the Whittier Family Council at the Whittier Trust Company (2007 present)

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