CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY
337 High Street										        781 740 4925 
Hingham, MA 02043				  			          [Send email using form at bottom]

Summary

Results driven lead software engineer with expertise in all aspects of Unix
systems development: Specification, Documentation, Development, Testing,
Deployment and Support.  Proven ability to mentor staff at all levels:
operations, systems engineering, data administrators and application developers
to achieve a consistent development methodology and product focus.  Track record
of delivering web based enhancements and keeping the product current with the
latest web technologies.
	
Technical Skills

Languages: Java, Rational UML, C, C++, shell scripting, Lisp, Perl
Databases: Oracle and Sybase, SQLServer, SQL stored procedures, PLSQL 
Unix: tcsh, bash, emacs, ftp, scp, sed, grep, awk, cvs, VM-Ware, RedHat, Suse,
Solaris 
J2EE Framework: EJBs, XML, Messaging, JMS MQ, Jsp

Professional Experience

Thomson Compu-Mark, A Trademark Research Firm, North Quincy, MA		1994 - 2009	
 
Lead Software Engineer 1997 - 2009
 
Established competitive advantage by implementing online web based enhancements
to the trademark research report.  Motivated, trained and mentored a team of
engineers, data and systems administrators and computer operators.

Web enabled the trademark research report product by Incorporating web page meta
data Xml and web page images.
Doubled the throughput rate for the Web Page Lookup process by splitting the Xml
files, processing on multiple WPL Servers in parallel and then combining the
results in RedHat Linux.
Established 92% success rate for the conversion of Whois ascii data to Xml for
500+ registrars by creating an online ascii to Xml conversion filter process and
supporting data files.
Streamlined manual Title and Copyright Searches by collaborating with developers
and the Copyright Research Group to produce a web based search and delivery
interface
Implemented generic ftp and scp transfer processes for global image and report
delivery to support online search and delivery systems including error detection,
email and recovery. 
Provided online global workflow management over the web by collaborating with
developers in Antwerp to provide a global JMS messaging interface using IBM-MQ
Series.
Supported a team of trademark design search analysts by leading a project team
of developers and data and systems administrators to implement an online
trademark image viewing JSP interface. 
Led a team of two database administrators, two contract consultants and a
contract systems administrator to convert Oracle Financials to PeopleSoft for
AP/AR/GL using PLSQL stored procedures and embedded SQL.
Implemented a report repository Electronic Archive Database System.
Completed the design of production data and print services for a world wide
trademark watch system including data from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office by collaborating with colleagues in Antwerp.
Documented the system using use case analysis and UML.
 


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Senior Software Engineer 1994 – 1996
Promoted to Lead Software Engineer

Completed the implementation of a Trademark Research Full Search reporting and
delivery system.   This involved writing Sybase stored procedures and coding in
‘C’ in a Unix Environment to call the Sybase open/client database interface
library routines with full error handling and processing.

Wang Laboratories, Lowell, MA
Senior Software Engineer 1991 - 1993
Software Engineer 1990

Completed the Optical Character Recognition API and an associated OCR Forms
Editor Windows application, using the Windows message pump and SDK, by teaming
with Wang’s Open/Image peripherals group.  Implemented OCR for both tiff and jpeg
including black and white, 8 bit gray scale and 24 bit RGB color. 

General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, CT
Ship Superintendent 1990
Software Engineer 1987 - 1990
Engineer 1985 - 1987

Promoted from individual contributor working with the ventilation systems
engineering team to ship superintendent where I coordinated all third shift
construction trades including electricians, plumbers, painters and ship fitters. 
Delivered two frame based diagnostic expert systems written in C and Lisp. 

Education

MS Computer Science, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Hartford, CT 
Published and presented an article on Optical Character Recognition for the
Graduate Center symposium.

Bachelor of Engineering Mechanical Engineering MANHATTAN COLLEGE, Riverdale, NY