Project Manager Engineer

Resume - Eric Braun

Scotts Valley CA *****

Phone: 831-***-**** Email: ************@*****.***

SKILLS SYNOPSIS

Systems architecture and design, programming, database schema design, web and client/server design,

excellent debugging skills, C#/C++/C, Visual Basic, .NET, ASP.NET, T-SQL, Flash, Javascript, Web

Services, AJAX, Lunix/Unix.

In-depth knowledge of application development.

Technical presentation, research, and analysis, instructional design. Communicating complex technology to

anyone.

Advanced communication (leadership, instructional, presentation, and writing), with an emphasis on

interpersonal communication as a basis for building successful collaborations.

Project planning and management, technical team leadership.

Tenaciously getting things done well and on-time. Efficiently manages competing priorities.

Building creative, motivated teams to get projects done well and done right.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Echelon Corporation - San Jose, California

2008 -

Senior Software Engineer, Group Technical Lead

Present

Echelon (Nasdaq: ELON, www.echlon.com) develops smart meters and other smart grid devices and systems.

Substantially improved Echelon s order processing pipeline by acting as project architectural, engineering

and management lead to develop the smart-meter industry s first web-based dynamic product

configuration system. This system takes customer and company-internal inputs on a per order basis and

generates product configuration files used in manufacturing and first-article validation programs.

Coordinated across multiple functional groups. ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, T-SQL, Javascript, AJAX,

CSS, HTML, Web Services. Presented the system to senior management. Secured funding for subsequent

phases.

Responsible for developing and maintaining manufacturing test and configuration libraries that handle

device-specific operations including loading embedded Linux firmware. Wrote requirements and

functional specification documents. Coordinated across product hardware and software engineering

groups to optimize functions for use by manufacturing test. These C#/.NET libraries are integrated by test

engineers into National Instruments TestStand sequence scripts and run on the factory floor in China.

Architected and implemented a next-generation manufacturing test framework in .NET/C# that allows for

rapid integration of test cases and reliable execution in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

Delivered a robust solution on time.

Lead architect and software developer on four simultaneous C#/.NET systems, based on the above

framework, to test, load firmware, and configure product PCBAs. Developed a communication protocol in

C for use between test software and embedded test controllers. Delivered solution on time.

Technical team leader on a manufacturing test database upgrade project. Wrote detailed assessment of the

current system including identifying vulnerabilities and a solution implementation plan. Managed and

coordinated implementation.

Sustained legacy manufacturing test systems written in C++/MFC.

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Co-founder, President, Chief Technology Officer

2005 -

JITSR.com Just-In-Time-Stress-Relief - Scotts Valley, California

Present

JITSR is a highly-scalable web and mobile-based stress management training system based on methodology

validated at the Stanford University School of Medicine and popularized by JITSR co-founder, Fred Luskin, Ph.D.,

through his book Stress Free for Good (Harper San Francisco, 2005).I conceptualized this product and put together

a core management team. As chief technologist, I designed and wrote the software based on ASP.NET, ADO.NET,

C#, Syncfusion controls, HTML, XML, AJAX, Web Services, CSS, Javascript, Flash, T-SQL, and stored

procedures. JITSR was used in a research project with 200 students at Stanford University.

Founder & President

1989 -

Applied Wisdom Corp. - Scotts Valley, California

Present

Applied Wisdom (www.appliedwisdom.com) provides software systems design consulting, technology assessment,

and educational services. As part of running my company, I hire and manage contractors on an as-needed basis.

Everything listed below going back to 1990 I did as part of Applied Wisdom.

Lead Architect, Project Manager and Lead Programmer (on-going since 1998) for corporate-wide

training & development and certification web applications and Windows desktop electronic billing

applications for the legal department of McKesson (Fortune 35 company). Designed and implemented

applications using HTML, Javascript, Perl & PHP CGI, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft

Active Server Pages (ASP.NET), Microsoft Active Data Objects (ADO.NET), Microsoft Visual Studio .NET,

C#, CSS, Visual Basic, secure digital certificates, and asymmetric encryption (GPG).

Senior Software Engineer for ZMeters, Inc. (www.zmeters.com) (2006-2007) as a core member of a team

that designed and built a Windows application in C# and .NET using Syncfusion controls for diagramming,

displaying data in grids and charts, and communicating via Bluetooth to a hardware meter for a power

distribution analysis system. Was a key contributor to the implementation design and decisions, and was

instrumental in taking the project from start to initial product completion. Developed test code for

TestComplete.

Project Manager, Software Engineer for Pandora Data Systems (2005-2006), for a 2nd generation hospital

drug dispersion and diversion reporting application. Managed a team of four programmers, three test

technicians and coordinated with the sales and marketing team. Took a stalled development effort and

successfully brought the product to market. Developed user interface code using Visual Studio, C# and

Infragistics controls. Developed T-SQL code for the SQL Server side of the application including database

version conversion scripts. Also developed a Flash-based front-end selector that launched a combination of

installers depending on the user s needs.

(Applied Wisdom client) Thomson Healthcare - Medical Economics (publisher of the Physicians Desk

1995 - 2001

Reference) - Montvale, New Jersey

Consultant / Project Manager / Systems Architect

Developed client/server database marketing systems and Vantive-based customer support systems based on

Sybase, Sun Solaris (UNIX), and an Information Retrieval Engine a high-speed indexing technology (similar

to Sybase IQ).

Programmed major components in C, Perl, Korn Shell, Sybase Transact/SQL, and smaller components in

Visual Basic and Microsoft Access Relational Database.

Led and managed a team of database and software developers during the first phase of this project. Was

responsible for project budget, timelines, and on-time delivery of results. Continued as chief developer for

several years thereafter.

Implemented a system based on the Inman Data Warehouse model.

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(Applied Wisdom client) Corning-Metpath - Teterboro, New Jersey

1993 - 1994

Consultant / System Developer

Designed and implemented a client/server business decision support system based on Sybase, Hewlett-Packard

HP/UX (UNIX), and a specialized Information Retrieval Engine a high-speed indexing technology (similar

to Sybase IQ).

Designed and implemented a client/server database asynchronous process scheduler and manager.

Programmed in Visual Basic, C, Sybase Open Client DB Library, and Sybase Transact/SQL, Korn Shell.

Designed and implemented all data preprocess and loading programs for the above decision support system

Programmed in awk and C.

Implemented a system based on the Inman Data Warehouse model.

(Applied Wisdom client) Dun & Bradstreet (Dun s Marketing Systems) - Parsippany, New Jersey

1991

Consultant / Benchmark Designer and Evaluator

Designed and implemented a database-centric benchmark suite using Sybase and specialized application load

simulation software. The system was used to evaluate the performance of Hewlett-Packard and Sun

Microsystems computers.

Wrote a comprehensive technical analysis summarizing these benchmark results. This paper was a significant

due-diligence factor in making the choice of a primary system vendor for D & B s multi-million dollar list

marketing services.

(Applied Wisdom client) United States Department of Labor - Washington, D.C.

1990

Consultant / System Performance Troubleshooter

Brought in as a key software troubleshooter after Unisys personnel failed to provide a performance solution.

Analyzed an Informix-based application on behalf of Unisys Government Systems Division. Rapidly

discovered and eliminated performance bottlenecks which increased system performance to the required level.

Sequent Computer Systems - New York Region

1987 - 1989

Field Application Engineer responsible for technical implementation of Sequent s family of parallel computers in

pre- and post-sales situations.

Gained extensive BSD and System V Unix experience including writing and implementing device drivers,

application tuning and parallelization, virtual memory tuning, file system performance tuning. Most

applications involved major relational database management systems such as Oracle, Sybase, and Informix.

Wrote technical proposals detailing how to integrate Sequent systems into existing and new applications.

Designed and implemented numerous benchmarks to prove system and application performance.

Delivered in-depth technical presentations to engineering and Information Systems management.

MTI Systems - Port Washington, New York

1983 - 1986

Field Application Engineer and Systems Integration Manager

Designed and managed MTI s corporate-wide systems integration facilities. Responsibilities included

managing a staff of two, custom system design and integration of Intel (RMX) and DEC (VMS and UNIX)

systems into a wide array of applications, and on-time delivery of results.

Performed extensive Operating System configuration and integration including writing UNIX device drivers.

Built the first Bloomberg systems used extensively in the financial markets on Wall Street.

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Computer Graphics Laboratory, Inc., New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury, New York

1979 - 1983

Project Manager / Systems Engineer

This laboratory was the predecessor of Pixar.

Managed the installation of turnkey 2D and 3D UNIX-based computer animation production facilities for U.S.

and international customers.

Wrote assembly-based firmware for single-frame video recording controllers.

Developed support hardware and software (UNIX, C) for computer animation applications.

LITIGATION CONSULTING (Applied Wisdom clients)

2001 Litigation Support Consultant for Arnold & Porter (www.arnoldporter.com) in technology issues. Advised

counsel for the defendant on issues of Internet functionality in the case of Goto.com vs. Disney (Go.com), and

advised counsel for the plaintiff in the Internet copyright infringement case of CoStar vs. Loopnet.com.

2003 - 2004 Expert Witness/Litigation Support Consultant for Fish & Richardson (www.fr.com) and Brooks Kushman

(www.brookskushman.com) in technology issues. Served as a technology researcher and strategist for the

plaintiff (a major Fortune 500 company) on a case involving patent infringement in the Storage Area Network

space.

2004 - 2005 Legal Support Consultant for Fenwick & West (www.fenwick.com). Wrote audit process document on

behalf of Cisco for confirming that their software intellectual property was being handled according to

agreement specifications.

PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE

1997 - 2008

University of California at Berkeley Instructor at the Engineering Extension School

Stanford University - Lecturer of Technology at the Stanford Continuing Studies Program

Various Corporations such as EMC, Adaptec, Network Appliance

Created, developed, and taught Essentials of Computer Technology for Business Professionals. Have

presented this class at UC Berkeley Engineering Extension, Berkeley Worldwide, Berkeley Haas Center for

Executive Development, Stanford University Continued Education Program and for many corporate clients

including EMC Corporation, Adaptec, Network Appliance and various law firms. Taught since 1997, this

comprehensive in-depth overview of computer technology is one of Berkeley Extension s most highly rated

professional development courses receiving an aggregate 4.8 out of 5 on over fifteen hundred evaluations.

Course details are available on request.

Contracted by Adaptec to author a full-day course entitled Storage Area Networks and Networking Essentials,

which I delivered over several sessions worldwide (live in classroom and via the web) to their corporate-wide

sales and marketing teams. The course was offered at UC Berkeley. Contact me for course details. Also taught

a SAN course at Cisco for their field engineers.

Contracted by BAIN & Co. (one of the world s leading business consulting firms (www.bain.com)) to help

launch their Information Technology practice by training their top 200 partners and managers worldwide (held

8 trainings in San Francisco, Boston, London, Munich, Milan, and Singapore during 2000 and 2001). Taught

IT infrastructure using a customized version of my Essentials of Computer Technology for Business

Professionals course.

Co-authored a 2-day course entitled The Technical and Legal Essentials of Using Linux and Open Source.

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Learning Tree International - Reston, Virginia

1992 - 1996

Instructor

Taught week-long seminars nationally in Hands-On UNIX, UNIX System and Network Administration,

Internet/Intranet Web Site Development, and Effective Communication Skills for Information Technology

Professionals. Classes involved combining theory and hands-on practice.

EDUCATION

Stanford University - Stanford, California

1994 - 1995

M.A. Health Psychology

Thesis: A Computer-based Psychological Resistance Intervention Training System.

California Institute of Integral Studies - San Francisco, California

1996 - 1998

M.A. program in Counseling Psychology (Marriage, Family, Child Counseling track)

I discontinued this program to attend the Stanford University program listed above.

New York Institute of Technology - Old Westbury, New York

1976 - 1981

B.S. in Electronic Engineering with a minor in Computer Science

1993 - 1994 Neurolinguistic Programming Institute of California - Felton, California

Advanced Communication & Interpersonal Skills Training - Master Practitioner Certified

EXTRA-CURRICULAR LEADERSHIP

Pacific Voices Choir Santa Cruz, CA

2007 -

Board President

Present

Pacific Voices is a 65-voice community choir. Besides singing, my role involves creating process and policy,

making core business decisions, hiring an artistic director and accompanist, and maintaining fiscal viability.

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advised counsel for the plaintiff in the Internet copyright infringement case of CoStar vs. Loopnet.com.

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