Researched the emerging MPEG4 multimedia standard extensively, especially "MPEG4 Systems", educated coworkers on standard details, reference source code, and architecture needs for transcoder and player/server. Created prototype DBV proprietary to MPEG4 file format system for both audio and video.

Assisted with architecture, design, and development of commercial MPEG4 File Format encoder, RealPlayer Video plugin. This included multi-threaded stream management, real-time packet handling, creating an Object Descriptor parser, Scene Graph (MPEG4 BIFS) management and interpretation, and assisted in the design and development of a flexible BIFS parser. Resulting player handles multiple video overlays, numerous video and audio streams, and complies with MPEG4 Audio/Video Main Profile.

Architecting, designing, and sourcing parts for a new type of DSL provider unit targetted at ILECs. This involves analysis and matching of detailed specifications of V.90, ADSL/SDSL, T1 framing, power management, and embedded microcontroller chipsets. Negotiated with suppliers and potential engineering/production partners. Embedded controller is Embedded Linux based. Software includes multi-link PPP support and remote configuration/monitoring.

Renovated network of a large tax accounting office with the use of a Linux server with Samba, VMWare, a Win2000 server virtual environment, firewall, Internet routing, secure remote access, VNC based remote troubleshooting, hardware Raid1 setup, offsite disaster recovery to a spare server. Reinstalled all network accounting packages, moved data, tested system. Setup integrated email configuration using existing cablemodem account and a local Postfix/Imap server. Used ReiserFS for reliability and fast recovery, SuSe 7.0 distribution, custom configuration.

This was a 2 weekend project for a relative.

As a member of both the Technical Advisory Board and executive management, provided strategic vision, planning, and help with market positioning. Also provided detailed technical training and assistance with scalability, enhanced features, interoperability, and a roadmap for extending Jabber's open IM/Presence system into a platform for general P2P and other transactional, message oriented applications. Worked with lead developers to plan changes to protocol, services, architecture, and interoperability. Interfaced with other large companies on interoperability and extension projects.

Managed and interacted with development team and technical staff of 12.

As part of an HR/Recruiting outsource product line, worked on the Web Self Service subsystem and related application servers. Brought a prototype custom web scripting engine to production quality with the creation of many features and while fixing many bugs. Assisted web designers with production and debugging of several client applications at engine, scripting, HTML, and client-side Javascript levels.

This environment consisted of NT servers running IIS in an ASP multi-threaded C++ environment with an extensive MSSQL distributed database platform. Extensive C++, Javascript, HTML, and custom scripting was employed in a very intense development schedule. In addition to extensive rewrites of the scripting engine, other important system-wide components were created such as SQL multi-threaded connection caching.

Clients directly supported included: Time-Warner, Landmark, Lucent, Corning, Deluxe, I2, and Goldman-Sachs.

Managed and interacted with technical and artistic staff of 6.

Consulted on Extranet website targeted at US Government personnel for communication and system ordering. Built a custom IM client using the QT cross-platform GUI development system.

Managed two developers.

Consulted on encrypted communication product and development process, tools, and architectural choices. Included recommendation of modified Extreme Programming (XP) process coupled with UML/Unified Process.

Advised on strategy, products, and implementation including scalability. Analyzed potential business partners.

Founder of Insta.com, Inc., a cutting edge mass market provider of advanced Internet technologies that provide must-have features to competitive web sites and businesses. These include real-time customer interaction for sales, support, and technical interaction, advanced email processing, an interactive HyperTree Navigator for the web, calendaring and scheduling, and many other advanced features.

Created business plan while both heading and managing development of state of the art communications features for current and future customers. Currently searching for and interviewing additional development staff, chief technical officer, and sales and marketing executives.

Have been an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP) standards committee. Insta.com will implement all standard protocols and will provide interoperability to all other participating entities.

Development, Internet, and Linux consulting for several companies.

Managed three developers, a consulting team of two, and a graphic arts team.

Participated in business strategy, planning, investor road-shows, budget management, and vendor negotiations. This included originating numerous ideas that were incorporated into the marketing and publicity plans, business process functionality, and business description to great success.

Interviewed and hired technical staff. Provided technical training as needed for a wide variety of system administration and system and software usage and development tasks. Solved numerous emergency technical problems.

Performed hardware evaluations, selected vendors, purchased hardware systems and components, directed and participated in integration and installation of all equipment.

Managed and directed software development teams, both internal and external consultants. Provided architectural direction, selection of development tools, and review of features and progress. Integrated tools to accomplish performance testing and projected hardware/software/network needs for an 18 month window based on business plan forecasts.

Managed a development and technical team of 6 in addition to a consulting development staff.

Expert witness in patent infringement case. Participated in planning, investigation, and depositions. Performed extensive research on subject matter, prior art, examining patent claims, and wrote extensive reports on findings.

Due to the environment and complexity of the business rules the architecture utilizes a rule based processing engine embedded in a web targeted transaction monitor system (Netscape Application Server, NAS).  The system allows specification of applications almost completely via meta-data and business rules.  The system also involves Netscape Enterprise Server, Neuron Data's Elements Advisor (a Java based rule engine suite), and Oracle 8 running on Solaris servers. This system has become very successful.

In early phases of the project, I acted as customer liaison, project manager (including personnel, budget, schedule, and proposal), developer and project-manager interviewer, technical lead, architect lead, system administrator, and designer.  After staffing was completed, I concentrated on the lead architect role to complete the design details and development with the other developers.  I participated in developer and customer education sessions on the rule and meta-data concepts and technologies involved, helped solve development problems, and contributed to schedule evolution.

The design of this system is a cutting edge and optimum solution to the problem of rapidly building and maintaining a wide range of business applications, especially web based N-tier servers.  There are no commercial or literature examples of a similar combination of object oriented, transaction processing, rule based and meta-data driven application environments predating this project.

Lead and managed technical staff of 7 in the early phase of the project until a dedicated project manager could be brought.

Participated heavily in the design of new products with marketing, UI, and development. 

Championed VRML usage at the host, client, UI, and marketing levels. 

Also researched other topics related to Online Services and Internet/Intranet related topics: Ontology, advanced user interface interaction, security, and hyper-scalable systems and provided evaluation and reports to upper management. 

Informally managed project teams for BuddyList and Instant Images, tracking and providing direction to as many as 6 people. Frequently reported direclty to the senior VP of Host development.

Current research topics: 

Java/Corba/XML distributed processing systems, especially high volume transaction servers.

Video CODEC design.

Java CPU embedded development system.

Technology update for real-time financial clearing systems.

Experimental transactional, balanced, database-filesystem development for Linux/Unix.

Hired, placed, and managed as many as 7 consultants.

World Wide Web server, software, auto-administration system development and consulting. Consulted on selection and usage of external firewall, external web server, and secure data transfers. Built very easy to use web page authoring system including both text and image autoconversion from many formats into composite web pages, with versioning and approval mechanisms. 

Integration, testing, augmentation, and automation of Dec SEAL firewall and WWW servers (External and Internal). Integrated PC, Mac, and Unix Internet access software and wrote installation procedures and scripts. Also developed graphic conversion and production techniques including sequenced morphing videos. 

Managed one other technical worker at some points in the project.

Informally managed development partner on two sub-projects.

Started LIG Co. as a venture to produce turn-key Local Internet Gateway systems using satellite reception of Netnews/Usenet and on-demand slip/ppp connections to Internet. Wrote and integrated software to implement a BBS user system for public access. Provided all marketing and press releases worldwide. Created the worlds first compressing and archiving news server.

Later used this knowledge to help found an ISP in Cincinnati, Ohio with a previous co-worker.

Creation and sale of custom/vertical software in C for both MS-DOS and Unix (using own NCR Tower 32). Created complete database library and application generators for screens, menus and data entry of own design. This was a very flexible relational database with B+ indexing, multiuser, transaction logging, and conversion of data capability. 

Managed two other developers.