Engineer Software
Resume:
Fred
Kuhns
St.
Louis, Mo.
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Research and Development Engineer
(systems engineer and software architect)
Senior
R&D engineer in internationally recognized systems laboratory
known for its innovative high-performance architectures, robust
prototypes and extensible frameworks. In addition to our success in
the researchcommunity
the intellectual property developed in the lab has been used to
launch successful startups (e.g. Growth
Networks-
acquired by Cisco - and Global
Velocity),
develop open source platforms (Open
Network Lab,
Gigabits
kits)
and to produce extensible core networking platforms (GENI
core network platform,
currently under development). I have also worked closely with the
Distributed
Object Computinggroup
as part of the open source software effort for ACEand
TAO(middleware
and real-time CORBA). ACE and TAO are now supported commercially and
can be found in a range of products from telecommunication to avionic
systems.
Areas of Expertise:
Systems Engineering
Research and Development
Network Platform
Development
Communication Protocols
High-Performance
Architectures
Software Architecture
Operating System Internals
Resource Management
Algorithms
Distributed Computing
Real-Time
and Embedded Systems
Experience Summary
(recent):
Project
Leader: Technical and
project leadership (10yrs), agile development practices, rapid
prototyping, system oversight, mentoring, balancing trade-offs,
conducting technical reviews.
System
Engineer: Refining
concepts and resolving business requirements into top-level
functional, behavioral and quality requirements (10yrs).
Architecture and documentation.
Software
Architect:Convert
system level requirements and concepts into concrete software
architectures at varying levels of details (15yrs). Document
detailed SW requirements.
Developer:Hands-on HW and SW development
at all levels (20+yrs). Excellent analytical, diagnostic and
problem-solving skills. Able to generate new ideas and work
independently.
Technical
Expert:Computer
systems, system software, networking/protocols, virtualization,
hardware/software boundary, embedded environments and the underlying
physical principles.
Communication
skills:Able to
communicate throughout the technology ladder. Author of 30 technical
papers and instructor of undergraduate and graduate courses at a
major University.
Technical
Proficiencies (recent):
C
(20+yrs), C++ (15yrs), Python(3yrs), UNIX shells(20+yrs),
Perl(15yrs) and Java (3yr).
Expert
object-oriented paradigm (OOAD/OOP – 15yrs); design patterns;
experience with agile development practices; C++ generic programming
and the STL; working knowledge of UML.
Expert
knowledge of packet switching technology, network protocols
(IETF/IEEE/ISO-12yrs).
Expert
OS kernel programming for Linux/UNIX (15yrs). Windows driver
framework (3yrs).
Embedded
systems experience Linux(6yr), NetBSD (5yr), eCos(1yr) and
VxWorks(2yr).
Assembly
programming: IA32/64(20yr), PowerPC(2yr), XScale/ARM(3yr),
68000(1yr).
Experience
with VHDL programming several Xilinx FPGAs (xcv100, xcvp30 and
Spartan).
Professional
Experience:
Washington
University: Department of Computer Science, St. Louis, MO
1997-Present
Senior
Research Associate,
Applied
Research Laboratory
Worked
directly with the laboratory director and other investigators to
propose new research initiatives, pursue funding and oversee system
implementation and deployment.
Part
of a core team of researchers that defined the overall system
functional requirements, architecture and development goals (hardware
and software) of funded projects.
Role
included taking lead in software architectural specification and
directing the design and implementation phase (and performing major
portions of implementation).
Identify
and conduct research into novel approaches and solutions to important
and unresolved problems in networking and systems software.
Manage
software development team, create milestones, assign tasks, and
oversee internal integration while adhering to program office’s
(funding agency’s) project schedule.
Specialize
in resource management strategies, system software, high-performance
I/O, network protocol development and distributed control frameworks.
Current
project:Systems
engineer, principal software architect and developer for the GENI
Core Network Platforman
Internet-scale overlay hosting platform capable of supporting
platform- and network-level virtualization with guaranteed quality of
service (QoS). This research projects extends the idea of cloud
computing to include the virtualization of network-level devices and
enabling users to deploy new and possibly disruptive technology and
protocols. In other words you could replace TCP/IP with your own
internetworking protocol suite within your isolated virtual network
without disrupting any existing virtual network (which includes the
existing Internet).
Distributed
control framework developed in C++; embedded software on XScale/ARM
in C/C++; Linux kernel module in C; initial Prototype used Linux and
eCos on PowerPCs embedded in an SoC with custom logic; resource
manager developed in Python; used XML-RPC and a custom messaging
protocol; MySQL for resource management; PlanetLab infrastructure
software (PostgreSQL, Apache, XML-RPC API, etc.).
Preceding
project:
Project Lead for the Multi-Service
Routerproject,
a high-performance, programmable, integrated services router
supporting resource guarantees (core component of the Open
Network Laboratorynetworking
test bed). This platform also enabled users to embed application
logic directly within the router using embedded per port general
purpose processors.
Developed
a novel end-to-end resource reservation protocol (Lightweight
Flow Setup)
for managing flow-specific network state providing a core mechanism
for QoS guarantees.
Most
of the software was developed in C for an embedded x86 platform
running NetBSD and Linux. Utilities and management software written
in C++, Perl and C. Implemented the Queue management and packet
scheduling on a Xilinx FPGA using VHDL.
Early
project:
Software Architect and developer for a high-performance,
real-time I/O subsystemin
Solaris that provides QoS guarantees. Modified Solaris STREAMS
subsystem, IP driver/module, CPU scheduler, and the FORE ATM driver.
Used C/C++.
Instructional
responsibilities as affiliate faculty for undergraduate and graduate
curriculum:
CSE522S
Advanced
Operating Systems:
Classic papers, internals, real-time, virtualization.
CSE472S
Introduction to Computer Networks: traditional networking course.
CSE422S
Operating
Systems Organization:
traditional Operating Systems course.
CSE361S
Introduction
to Systems Software:
machine representation, assembly and sys SW.
CSE332S
Object-Oriented
Programming:
C++, patterns and OO design methodology.
Washington
University Medical School: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
1992-1997
Research
Associate in Radiology
Managed
the Radiation Sciences’ computer support group. Supervised
staff responsible for software development, computer/network
administration, database administration, information resource
management, equipment maintenance and other computer support tasks.
Major
development projects: image archive server, a distributed application
used for scheduling and billing medical scanner usage, web server
back ends and the design and implementation of a security policy.
Software written in C/C++, perl. Used Sybase, CGI scripts, network
proxy.
McDonnell
Douglas Aircraft Company, St. Louis, MO 1989-1992
Senior
Engineer
Member
of the Aircraft Support Engineering Advanced Studies Group. Lead
architect and developer for an expert system to analyze the
testability of analog circuits and systems. Developed using model
based reasoning and object oriented programming in the Lisp
programming language.
Built-In
Test Engineering, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN 1988-1989
Senior
Engineer
Lead
engineer for the specification and design of the In-Flight
Performance Monitor (IFMP), the run-time portion of the embedded
built-in-test software. CASE tools, VxWorks, Ada, C and Assembler.
Naval
Aviation Depot, Jacksonville, FL 1987-1988
Test
Engineer
Designed
and developed Test Program Sets for subassemblies of the APS 137
radar set.
Education:Master
of Science in Electrical Engineering
GPA
4.0/4.0
Washington
University – St.
Louis, MO.Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering, Summa cum Laude
GPA
3.87/4.0
Memphis
State University – Memphis, TN.
Select
Publications:
For
a complete list of publication see
http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~fredk/pubs.html
Supercharging
planetlab: a high performance, multi-application, overlay network
platform
The
open network laboratory: a resource for networking research and
education
Diversifying
the Network Edge
Lightweight
Flow Setup for Wirespeed Resource Reservation
A
conference control protocol for highly interactive
video-conferencing
Empirical
Differences Between COTS Middleware Scheduling Strategies
Supporting
High-performance I/O in QoS-enabled ORB Middleware
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