Manager Software

Kenneth Kahn

Poughkeepsie, NY *****. 845-***-**** . ***********@*******.***

C / C++ Support Application Engineering

SENIOR-LEVEL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Focused, industrious, creative contributor who consistently delivers strong

outcomes and maintains a superior level of customer / user satisfaction.

Effective in gaining the trust of individuals, achieving consensus, and

maintaining long-term, mutually-beneficial relationships. Excel in

implementing efficiencies that improve organizational goals and monetize

results. Fully committed to continuous improvement within teams and

organizations.

Core Competencies

C . C++ . STL . Algorithms

Testing . Implementation . Cross Platform Development . Inter-process

Communication . Multi-Threading

Unix Shell Scripting . Host-Based / Embedded Linux . TCP/IP . Socket

Programming . REXX

Korn Shell . Bash . Clearcase . Totalview . GDB . VIM . OS/2 . Linux . AIX

. Solaris Sparc . Solaris x86

Familiar WITH

Python . HTML . Windows XP . Windows 8 . Windows Office Suite

EMPLOYMENT history

System Programmer Since 2002

Cadence Design Systems Kingston, NY

Closely collaborated with programmers, engineers, and management, and

worked autonomously to design, develop, and test software utilized in

support of Chip Verification and Acceleration (CVA) hardware platform.

Consistently met and exceeded organizational expectations, deadlines, and

fully achieved budget requirements. Provided training to junior team

members. Led special projects.

Noteworthy Achievements:

Using C++ and multi-threading developed a resource manager to track CVA

hardware resources and to facilitate fair and efficient resource allocation

to user jobs.

Using C++ and multi-threading developed a diagnostic program for

troubleshooting each component.

Using C++ and multi-threading developed a virtual resource manager to allow

testing of hardware configurations without the need to access them.

Using C++, multi-threading and TCP/IP sockets developed telnet and tftp

servers utilized as interfaces to other components.

Using shell scripting developed a build process used as a front end to

Clearcase.

Programmer 1982-2002

IBM Poughkeepsie, NY

Established and maintained a track record of success for challenging

projects critical to corporate profitability and market share growth.

Utilized leadership and technical expertise to plan and manage / co-manage

projects that consistently achieved deadline adherence and met quality

objectives. Strong focus on the design of software in support of the P/390

hardware platform.

Kenneth Kahn

Contributions:

Using C++ and multi-threading created a dynamic program emulating a 3274

control unit, the interface between a hardware mainframe and a 3270

terminal, including device driver that could handle keystrokes.

Using C++ and multi-threading developed a simple HTML server to dynamically

create webpages indicating the current state of various hardware resources.

Using C and multi-threading established the first and at-the-time sole 3270

terminal emulator for IBM OS/2 OS enabling users to logon to a mainframe

system from a PC running OS/2.

Previous positions include: Programmer - IBM Systems Division

EDUCATION & ENRICHMENTS

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Bachelor of Science

University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

PATENTS

"Subsystems input service for dynamically scheduling work for a computer

system" - US Patent #4,918,595

References provided upon request

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