Resume for:
Joe Gerber,
Software Engineer/UNIX System Administrator/Scientist/Writer
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Objective:  To contribute my Software Engineering/Design skills to an
interesting Programming environment.

Experience:
Software: C/C++; HTML; Perl, C-Shell, Bourne Shell, & Korn Shell scripting; AWK;
TCP/IP, IDL; Mathematica; BASIC; Assembly; Adobe GoLive; WebCT; Microsoft Office,
etc.
Operating Systems: Embedded  Systems, LINUX; UNIX; DEC ULTRIX; Windows
AIX/UNIX/LINUX Hardware: CRAY-YMP; CRAY-2; SGI; Alliant FX-80; IBM-PC; Sun; Power
PC
Other Hardware: Macintosh; VAX; Gould Image Processor; 8XC196NU; 8XC196NU; AMD
186; DSPs: TMS320C5402, ‘C542, ‘C209
Diagnostics: Logic Analyzer, such as HP /Agilent 1650/1660/1670 series;
Oscilloscope, with or without cross-trigger to Logic Analyzer; Volt/Ohm
Meter/DVM/VOM; Ammeter; Screen Room, Environmental Chamber, Spectrum Analyzer

	CISCO Security Bootcamp, CISCO Professional Security Development
Regis University, March 2007
o	Configured routers, firewalls, and VPNs for secure operation
	Web Programmer/Site Administrator/Project Coordinator
Consultant, August 2004 to Present
o	Designed, created and maintained Web pages using a combination of HTML and
Adobe Go-Live.
o	Wrote Linux Shell scripts to process site usage statistics, separating robot
visits from real users
o	Wrote AWK/CSH/Bash Shell scripts to log, categorize, and determine the
severity of errors.
o	Processed images for websites using Adobe Photoshop.
o	Updated and maintained site using a variety of ISP-offered tools.
o	Gathered and evaluated site-usage statistics.
o	Maintained email accounts and mailing lists through website.
o	Coordinated efforts of a large team of support personnel.
o	Interfaced with Tech-support at ISP to help them resolve their technical
problems.

	Embedded Systems Software Engineer/C Programmer:  
      SpectraLink Wireless Telecommunications, Boulder Colorado, June, 1995 to
November, 2004:
o	Developed Real-Time Embedded Software/Firmware for Multiple,
intercommunicating processors with direct access to hardware, often over large,
distributed systems, primarily in C.
o	Designed software interfaces amongst multiple processors and between these
processors and PCs, networks, and telephone equipment.
o	Interpreted hardware schematics at a high level—and was able to find hardware
bugs and give guidance to hardware technicians.
o	  Used logic analyzers and oscilloscopes to debug software, occasionally
reviewing and debugging raw assembler output.
o	Developed LINUX-Based TCP/IP Networking tools & applications for Power PC.
o	Ported TFTP and DHCP to Proprietary BSD UNIX-like machine.
o	Developed numerous RS-232/RS-422 based software applications
o	Wrote a simple software-based RS-232 modem for an embedded processor with a
port and a clock.
o	Found, investigated, and sometimes diagnosed hardware bugs and compiler bugs.
o	Experienced all phases of product life cycle, for many products.
o	Worked alone, with a team, and shoulder-to-shoulder with Digital/Analog
Hardware Engineers.
o	Helped maintain custom, in-house-written Version Control Software.
o	Worked directly with Marketing Department of my company and partner companies
to determine product specifications..
o	Chosen to represent the company to other engineering firms to facilitate
better communication, and to Coordinate development efforts between firms.
o	Squeezed more memory than a compression tool; counted more cycles than an
optimizer.
o	Wrote and improved instruction-counting shell scripts, as well as shell
scripts for a variety of other maintenance tasks, including error logging,
version control, software porting.
o	Supervisor Project: Designed and Developed Pivotal Communications Hub
(“Supervisor”) Software for Distributed 3200 Phone System.
	Designed and implemented massively parallel downloader to
simultaneously provide software downloads for up to 238 cards of up to four types
-- with no interference to normal system operation.
	Designed, coded, and shipped large telephone systems with Mean Time
Between Failures too large to measure, certainly well over one year of continuous
24/7 operation.
	Ported UNIX ctime functionality to ‘186-based Supervisor, provided time
to clients 
o	Open Applications Interface: Implemented and helped design Interface to grant
Third-Party PC programs limited access to and control of SpectraLink phones.

	UNIX System Administration:   IPST, University of Maryland, August,
1992-May, 1995
o	Managed 30 UNIX workstations (DEC 5000 and DEC “ALPHA” 3000) in NFS-based
Client-Server LANs and WANs using TCP/IP, Motif, Xwindows, MIT’s Project Athena.
o	Installed, updated, diagnosed, and repaired: System Hardware, peripherals,
operating systems, applications packages, networking equipment.
o	Satisfied needs of eleven different research groups (160 people) whose work
ranged literally from Astronomy to Zoology.
	Affiliate Professor for Regis University’s MSCIT Program:  Ft. Collins,
Broomfield and Denver, Colorado, July, 2002 to Present:
o	Teaching graduate classes in UNIX, Perl, Internet Security, Systems
Architecture, and Thesis Writing.
o	Teaching online, internet based classes using WebCT and WorldClass
o	Revising curricula for Thesis Writing Classes.

Scientific Programming Positions:
	Atmospheric Ozone: Atmospheric Chemistry and Dymanics Branch,
NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt Maryland, Summer, 1991
o	Programmed for research team that first discovered holes in Earth’s ozone
layer.
o	Collated data from such sources as Space Shuttle’s SSBUV, Weather balloons,
Ground based observations, and everything between.
o	Discovered Ozone/Temperature correlation in group’s 3D upper atmospheric
model. 
	Chaos in Fluids, Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST)
at University of Maryland, February, 1994-May, 1995
o	Worked for James A. Yorke, Director of IPST, and the Mathematician who named
Chaos. 
o	Discovered invariant dynamics in model of viscous fluid flow around obstacle,
with applications in airplane wing design, industrial air filters
o	Wrote reports Presented at United Technology, Connecticut; and Eotovos
University, Hungary.
	Plasma Fusion, Lab for Plasma Research, University of Maryland, Summer,
1992
o	Determined Plasma stability under current convection, one barrier to Tokamak
Fusion.
	Fractal Modeling for Strategic Defense Initiative: E.O. Hulbert Space
Research Center, U.S. Naval Research Lab, Washington DC, Summer 1990 and Spring,
1991.
o	Devised two fractal models of Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) images of
interstellar clouds, pivotal for next generation satellites’ operations/testing
software.
o	Developed and proposed time-saving Model Selection Algorithm for future
projects

Academic Publications:
	“Turbulence and Transport in the Magnetopause Current Layer,” published
as J. Gepphys Res.99, 11, 211-11, 223, with J. Drake and R. Kleva, Lab for Plasma
Research, U. of Maryland
	“Modeling Interstellar Cirrus using Fractal Geometry,” proceedings of
the California Institute of Technology’s EUREKA conference, March, 1991
	Four Historical Articles in The Encyclopedia of World History, Golson
Books, Ltd, Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

Education:
	M.S. in Physics, May, 1995, GPA: 3.5/4.0
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
	Focus on Chaos Theory.  Additional courses in C++, C, Digital
Electronics.
	Teaching Assistant for introductory physics classes.
	B.A. in Liberal Arts, May, 1991, GPA: 3.7/4.0
Saint John’s College, Annapolis MD and Santa Fe, NM
	Classical education in Great Books of Western Culture.
	Focus on Analytical Reasoning, Logic, Written and Oral Communication.
	Honors-winning thesis: Fractal Geometry and Experimental Physics.
	National Merit Scholar.

Other Interests: Hiking, History, Automotive Restoration and Maintenance, Four
Wheel Drive Roads