Craig P. Forbes - Résumé

Technical Skills

Expert C, Perl, PHP software developer.
Experienced in C++ and Java.
Knowledge of and development experience with C#, Python and other languages.
Detailed knowledge of the C++ and Java language specifications, stemming from developing and maintaining McCabe & Associates' C++ and Java parsers.
Ability to quickly and accurately understand and work on unfamiliar code.
Knowledgable in configuration/release management. Extensive experience using CVS and Subversion (svn).
SQL database experience including database design and application development. Experience with Oracle and MySQL.
Experienced network programmer, with TCP/IP and UDP client/server experience.
Knowledge of internet protocols, including SNMP, DNS, SMTP, and HTTP.
Skilled in the configuration and maintainance of common internet software packages including Apache, ISC Bind, MRTG, and Sendmail.
Familiar with standards documents including internet RFCs, W3C specifications, and ISO/ANSI standards.
Designed and implemented lexical scanners and parsers using lex(flex) and yacc(bison).
Experience working in a heterogeneous network environment, including Linux, FreeBSD, Sun, HP, Tru64, AIX, SGI, and Windows.

Employment History

Software Engineer
TDS Telecom (Madison, WI)
August 2005-Present

Subject Matter Expert(SME) for the TDS.net customer web portal. As the SME for the portal I am the primary resource for both technical and functional issues related to the portal. I also work with business units within TDS to design and implement enhancements to the TDS.net web portal.
Software development lead for Internet Video Monitoring Project. Duties included developing software to integrate a vendor supplied solution with the TDS web portal. Interacted closely with other TDS units and the vendor during development.
Technical lead for OfficeMax integration project. Managed all technical aspect of the project. Worked with the internal customers and OfficeMax to design an innovative solution to allow TDS to offer its customers discounts on OfficeMax purchases.
Primary developer for TDS's webmail system upgrade. Worked with TDS business units to customize the look and feel of the application. Implemented the code to integrate with TDS's authentication system.
Technical lead and principal develolper, PC Defender product migration. Worked with TDS product Management and the vendors to design and implement a system to ensure a smooth, on schedule, migration of TDS customers to the new product.

Senior Software Engineer
Celera Genomics/Applied Biosystems (Applera Corp.) (Rockville, MD)
November 2001-June 2005

Senior Developer on the Applera SNP Project data processing pipeline. The project detected Single Neucliotide Polymorphisms(SNPs) in the human genome through automated detection.
Lead engineer developing the automated detection software. Worked with biologists and other experts to develop algorithms and processes for automatic SNP detection.
Developed software to manage the automated detection pipeline.
Worked with domain experts to develop tools for extracting and visualizing the data generated by the Applera SNP project.
Lead Engineer for platform migration project. Managed the migration and porting of the team's pipelines from Compaq Tru64 to IBM AIX. Also mangaged migration of over 1.5 terabytes of data.
Designed and produced automated pipelines for validating data used in developing Applied Biosystems' VariantSEQr Resequencing Assays.
Technical Lead developing an automation tool for biologists analyzing Pharmokenetic data.
Technical Lead for the migration of the Informatics Group's computing platform from AIX to Linux
Installed and maintained the intranet web server for the Informatics group.

Software Architect
Looney Labs, Inc. (College Park, MD)
December 2003-Present

Maintained the Looney Labs e-commerce and content management system, which is used to manage the day to day operations of their sales, marketing and order fulfillment.
Worked with users of the system to develop requirements for new software projects.
Designed and implemented new features and functionality based on requirements.

Senior Network Programmer
Cogent Communications, Inc. (Washington, DC)
July 2000-October 2001

Technical lead for the Network Programming group.

Designed and implemented a network monitoring system to collect data from routers on Cogent's nationwide network. This project included a collection engine using SNMP and a web based display.
Designed and deployed a system to inventory networking equipment (i.e. routers) in Cogent's network.
Wrote an rwhois server to provide IP address allocation information for ARIN.
Built, installed and maintained tools and servers to support the Network Engineering team in monitoring and configuring the operational network.
Deployed departmental intranet web server, which was used as the primary interface for many tools developed by myself and the other network programmers.

Senior Network Programmer
Intermedia Communications, Inc./Digex, Inc. (Laurel, MD)
January 1999-July 2000

Technical lead in the development of network monitoring and automation tools.
Wrote a tool to build a map of network devices and their interconnections.
Designed and managed development of DNS management system.
Performed a variety of system administration tasks.

Software Engineer
McCabe & Associates, Inc. (Columbia, MD)
September 1994-December 1998

Team Lead, Parser Development Group, June 1997-1998. Technical lead for the parser development. Supervised six person parser group which maintained and developed parsers for over 15 languages. Planned and coordinated both longterm and short term development efforts.
Designed and implemented Java parser for use with the McCabe Visual Toolsets. This project included requirements specification, functional and technical design, implementation and coordination with the Quality Assurance group.
Maintained lex/yacc based parsers including extensive work on a C++ parser.
Cross platform software development on many Unix versions and Windows NT.
Designed and implemented a bug tracking database for internal use by the development group. This system utilized a World Wide Web front end to an SQL database using dynamically generated html documents.
Installed and configured an Internet server, including WWW and FTP servers.
Configured and maintained an internet firewall.
Performed various system administration tasks, including configuring DNS, NIS, and NFS.

Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Iowa, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Iowa City, IA)
January 1993-May 1994

Taught laboratory sessions, tutored students, and graded assignments.

Summer Contract Employee
Maryland Office of Planning (Baltimore, MD)
Summer 1989-1992

Performed various computer related tasks, including installation and maintenance of computers, peripherals, and commercial software packages.

Editor-in-Chief
The Pharos, College Newspaper, West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)
1989-1991

Proposed, designed and installed the newspaper's first desktop publishing system, including hardware and software.
Trained staff on the use of word processing and desktop publishing software.

Related Experience

Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS), Baltimore, MD, volunteer.

Designed a C++ based registration system and art show point of sale (POS) system for BSFS's annual Convention, Balticon. This was a full life cycle project, which included design, implementation, testing, deployment, and training users. The system includes a curses based user interface and integration with an SQL database(mysql).
The Art Show point of sale system was also used at The 1998 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).

Education

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, August 1994
University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
- Study emphasis on Software Engineering.
- Member of the team developing Intrepid, a software system for portable parallel programming.
- Thesis: A New Multi-Phase Compiler for Portable Parallel Message Driven Programming (part of the Intrepid project).
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May 1992
West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV)
- Senior Research Project: Designing and constructing the hardware and software for a parallel processing system based on 6502 microprocessors.
- President, Engineering Physics Club, senior year.