RESUME OF:

Alan Balkany

P.O. Box ****

Ann Arbor, MI 48106

734-***-****

adrw7z@r.postjobfree.com

Linked In URL: www.linkedin.com/in/alan-l-balkany-b9400337

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Contract or permanent position in software engineering in southeastern Michigan or remote. Available beginning 8-1-22. (Current employment ending 7-29-22.)

EDUCATION

M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan,

Spring, 1992.

B.S. in both Computer Science and Mathematics, with distinction,

Wayne State University, May, 1986.

RELEVANT COURSES

Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Artificial

Intelligence, Analysis and Design of Algorithms, Adaptive Systems,

Knowledge-Based Design, Operating Systems, Principles of

Programming Languages, Data Structures, File Structures, Computer

Organization, Parallel Computer Architecture, Theoretical Computer

Science, Numerical Methods, Mathematical Models, Multivariate

Analysis, Advanced Multivariate Analysis and Model Construction,

Linear Algebra, Modern Algebra, Discrete Mathematics for Computer

Science, Calculus, Statistics, Probability and Stochastic

Processes, Graph Theory.

LANGUAGES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

C/C++ and C#. Have programmed in C#/WPF, JavaScript, Lisp,

Ruby on Rails, Java, BASIC, Smalltalk, PL/I, Fortran, and BLIX.

Windows, Linux, Docker/Linux.

WORK EXPERIENCE

10/18 – 7/22 H3D Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Software Engineer working on H3D's radiation mapping and

monitoring systems, using mostly C++ (and Ruby on Rails).

- Sped up H3D's radiation-imaging algorithm (used on most

of their products) by 70%.

- Sped up H3D's isotope-identification algorithm by 60%.

- Devised efficient algorithms to do 2D radiation mapping.

(Previously they had only 3D.)

- Added functionality to their products, including an

extensive alarm system to their RMS (Remote Monitoring

System) product, used in nuclear power plants.

03/16 – 12/17 Xoran Technologies, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Senior Software Engineer working on documentation and

maintaining software for CAT scanning and viewing 3D

graphical models.

- Prepared documents for the planning, design,

verification, traceability, and validation of FDA-

regulated medical-device software.

- Used Visual Basic 6 maintaining their legacy system.

- Maintained 3D tracking system for image-guided surgery.

- Studied CUDA programming for parallel processing.

- Wrote utility applications.

07/14 - 8/15 Systems In Motion/Nexient, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Technical Specialist working on Agent Workbench, a

- web-based support application for Best Buy.

- Used WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and XAML in

C#.NET.

- Fixed bugs and added functionality to the application.

- Used agile development process.

- Worked on an employee-tracking web application using

ASP.NET, webAPI, ASP.NET MVC, with C#, Razor, and HTML.

- Did some development with JavaScript, AJAX, and jQuery.

- Used Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 4.5.

3/07 – 2/14 EFI/Jetrion Industrial Inkjet Systems

- Was a Software Engineer.

- Wrote and maintained software used in inkjet printing.

- Wrote Label Designer, a variable-data printing

application that:

o Allowed interactive label layout,

o Bound graphics to data files, counters, etc.,

o Used mathematical morphology and error-

diffusion image-processing techniques, and

o Generated CMYK separations for four- (and five-)

color printing.

- Added functionality to Label Designer that eliminated

the need for a software team, saving the company

thousands of dollars a month.

- Designed and implemented image-dithering algorithms for

smooth transitions between print heads.

- Maintained printer-control software.

- Used C#, C++/MFC, and Win32.

10/06 – 3/07 Sigma Tec, Royal Oak, Michigan

- Contract job developing software controlling a laser

gauging system, for a former manager I had at General

Inspection.

- Developed algorithms to identify features in scanned

parts.

- Used C#.NET

12/04 - 12/05 Vision IT, Detroit, Michigan

- Accepted a six-month contract job at A & D Technology

(Ann Arbor, Michigan) which was extended to one year.

- Worked on creation of Task Flow Pro, a system for

maintaining the many types of knowledge an application

engineer needs to test an engine in an auto-test cell.

- Designed and implemented Task Flow Pro’s multi-

threaded scheduling algorithm for executing the

concurrent tasks needed for a test. Task execution is

constrained by a task-flow graph with arbitrary

dependencies between tasks.

- Programmed in C# and .NET.

- Modified ActiveX controls to add new functionality and

give them a more modern appearance.

- Wrote XSLT templates to transform XML into HTML.

8/02 - 10/04 General Inspection, Davisburg, Michigan.

- Was a Software Engineer developing industrial part-

inspection systems, based on laser gauging, computer

vision, and eddy-current analysis.

- Used Visual C++ and HTML.

- Designed and implemented image and signal-processing

algorithms such as bias correction and drift correction

- Maintained and developed GUIs in MFC and HTML.

- Made trips to customer sites in Michigan and Ohio to

troubleshoot problems.

- Learned C#.

7/01 - 8/01 Analytical Design Service Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Did a five-week contract job at the University of

Michigan.

- Implemented about 30 data processing algorithms.

- Used AIX and C.

4/00 - 4/01 Commerce One (formerly Appnet), Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Was a Senior Technical Consultant working on web-

based projects involving Java, Enterprise JavaBeans

(EJBs), applets, servlets, Java server pages (JSPs),

JavaScript, Weblogic, HTML, XML, and XSL.

- Wrote the architecture section of a proposal to

Daimler-Chrysler for a web-based automotive-diagnosis

system.

- Developed reusable web-based components in Java.

- Gave a "tech talk" on the use of XSLT to process XML.

- Received training in the Rational Unified Process,

Rational Rose, UML, and Extreme Programming.

- Did paired programming

1/00 - 2/00 Netstar Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

- Completed two contract programming jobs at the Ford

Motor Company:

- Debugged an Oracle Pro*C/SQL program in VAX/VMS.

- Made Y2K modifications to a Visual Basic program and

ported it to Visual Basic 6.

6/99 - 1/00 President of PatternScope Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Developed data mining/analysis tools using a variety

of statistical and artificial intelligence

techniques.

- Wrote patent claims for the above technology.

- Implemented GUIs for interactive data visualization

and analysis, using shape, color, and animation.

Used Visual C++ and MFC.

5/95 - 6/99 Innovative Software Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan

Worked on six projects with ISS:

5/99 - 6/99 - Worked on two projects as a Chief Scientist:

- Wrote the entire kernel for a high-performance

compressed-memory database. Wrote six data analysis

tools based on this kernel. Used Visual C++/MFC.

- Wrote patent claims for the above technology.

- Studied COM and Java.

6/97 - 5/99 - Worked at Triada Ltd, developing applications based

on their data mining technology. Used mostly Visual

C++/MFC, and also some Java to develop data

visualization and analysis systems.

- Used the tools I wrote to analyze data for Triada

clients.

- Worked on four projects as a Senior Software Consultant:

2/97 - 5/97 - Back at Automatic Data Processing, Ann Arbor, MI,

adding additional functionality to the electronic

banking system, Business Express. This is mostly

writing GUIs to the database, using MFC and Visual

C++, with Windows 95 and Windows NT.

10/96 - 2/97 - Designed and implemented a generic scheduling system

that ISS plans to turn into a product. The system is

based on a genetic algorithm, so is more flexible

than systems based on more traditional, rigid

scheduling algorithms. The scheduling engine was

done in Visual C++ and the GUI was done in Visual

Basic 4, with Windows NT.

7/96 - 10/96 - Worked on the creation of a web site for a database

of chemical solvents, for the National Center for

Manufacturing Sciences, in Ann Arbor, MI. Used HTML

and JavaScript.

5/95 - 7/96 - Worked at Automatic Data Processing, Ann Arbor,

Michigan, on a project to create an electronic

banking system: Business Express. Did the original

functional specification, much of the GUI, the

checkbook reconciliation module, and system security

(encryption, permissions, log in, and defenses

against hackers). Used Visual C++, MFC, and Windows

NT.

9/90 - 5/95 University of Michigan, Department of Electrical

Engineering and Computer Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Was a graduate student research assistant.

- Did research on the rapid construction and

modification of knowledge-based problem solving

systems using mechanisms. The main focus was on

configuration-design systems.

- Implemented the DIDS System (Domain-Independent

Design System) with my research group, using C++ with

UNIX and Macintosh OS, and Visual C++ with Windows

3.1.

- Participated in the design and implementation of a

constraint network for the solution of design

problems with many constraints. My contributions

included using graph-theoretic techniques for

optimizing the network's performance (by many

orders of magnitude for some design tasks).

- Co-authored papers on the use of artificial

intelligence techniques in design.

- Also used Macintosh Common Lisp, Visual Basic, HTML,

and UNIX sockets.

9/88 - 9/90 Machine Vision International, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Worked on two projects: An automatic guidance system

for NASA, to enable a rocket to dock with a

satellite, using computer vision, and "Rover", a

robot dog.

- Programmed in C and Smalltalk.

- Learned object-oriented programming and the Smalltalk

Class Hierarchy.

- Implemented and used neural nets.

8/86 - 9/88 Datagraphic Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Maintained and wrote additional functions for

ImageMaster; a CAD / raster-editing and document-

management system.

- Did systems programming in C in an MS-DOS

environment.

- Did 8086 assembly language programming.

- Used HALO graphics package, Number Nine Revolution

and Pepperpro 1280 graphics boards.

2/85 - 5/86 Machine Vision International, Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Maintained and wrote additional functions for the IBM

AT end of a two-processor interactive image-

processing system.

- Programmed in C.

- Used MS-DOS, UNIX, and VAX/VMS operating systems.

- Designed structuring elements for use in image

processing. (Structuring elements are 2D and 3D

geometric shapes used in mathematical morphology

which define a region around each pixel.)

- Received training in Structured Design, a software-

design methodology.

9/83 - 2/85 Bureau of Business Research, School of Business

Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit,

Michigan

- Did applications programming for the Business School.

- Worked on IBM personal computers.

- Managed two computer laboratories.

9/81 - 9/83 Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit,

Michigan

- Was a scientific applications programmer.

- Did FORTRAN programming for an evolution research

team.

- Improved algorithm used to determine the optimal

arrangement of a dendrogram, (a binary tree

representing points of divergence of species with a

common ancestor), based on the number of mutations in

a region of DNA.

6/82 - 9/82 GMISCA Division, General Motors, Warren, Michigan

- Was a summer intern using PL/I, TSO/SPF, and IBM JCL.

- Received training in relational databases.

9/81 - 9/83 Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University,

Detroit, Michigan

- Was a student consultant for Pascal, PL/I, FORTRAN,

BASIC, and IBM 370 Assembly language.

- Debugged programs and answered questions about

algorithms, languages, and the operating system for

students.

9/82 - 2/85 Did private tutoring in computer science.

PATENTS

Sole inventor and author of the following U.S. patents:

- US Patent No. 7,139,765, “Hierarchical Method for Storing Data with

Improved Compression”, issued November 21, 2006.

- US Patent No. 8,396,844, “Hierarchical Method for Storing and Retrieving

Data with Improved Compression”, issued March 12, 2013.

PUBLICATIONS

Runkel, J.T., Birmingham, W.P., and Balkany, A.

"Solving VT by Reuse", International Journal of Human-Computer

Studies, 44, 403-433, (1996).

Balkany, A., Birmingham, W.P., and Runkel, J.T.

"Solving Sisyphus by Design", International Journal of Human-

Computer Studies, 40, 221-241, (1994).

Runkel, J.T., Birmingham, W.P., and Balkany, A.

“Separation of Knowledge: A Key to Reusability", Proceedings of the

8th Banff Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems

Workshop (1994).

Runkel, J.T., Balkany, A., and Birmingham, W.P.

"Generating Non-Brittle Configuration-Design Tools", Third

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design,

(1994).

Balkany, A., Birmingham, W.P., and Tommelein, I.D.

"An Analysis of Several Configuration Design Systems", in

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing

(January, 1993).

Balkany, A., Birmingham, W.P., Maxim, B.R., Runkel, J.T. and

Tommelein, I.D.

"DIDS: Rapidly Prototyping Configuration Design Systems", The

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 21-40, (1993).

Runkel, J.T., Balkany, A., and Birmingham, W.P.

"Prototyping Knowledge-Based Design Systems in a Object-Oriented

Environment", in Proceedings of the International Conference on

Object-Oriented Manufacturing Systems, (1992).

Balkany, A., Birmingham, W.P., and Tommelein, I.D.

"A Knowledge-Level Analysis of Several Design Tools" in Proceedings

of Artificial Intelligence in Design '91, Edinburgh, U.K.,

Butterworth Scientific Ltd., (1991). (This paper was cited in the

Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, 1992 edition).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Received the Karl T. Folley award for outstanding performance in the undergraduate program from the Department of Mathematics at Wayne State University (1986).

References available upon request.

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