Software Developer, SEB Global Infotech, Vancouver

Owner and operator of this BC-registered business, developing software, building network projects and providing emergency support on a contract basis.

• Nov 2023-present: Began work on relaunch of Imperial Realms.
• May 2019-Nov 2023: Developed milestone 5 of Imperial Realms.
• Dec 2015-May 2019: Developed milestone 4 of Imperial Realms.
• Feb 2014-present: Ongoing development and improvement of Cebus features and modules.
• Jul 2006-Dec 2015: Milestone 3 of Imperial Realms. Developed parallelized back-end servers hosting game engines and agents. Developed game client for Windows, OS/X and Linux in C++ using Qt and OpenGL, with 3D terrain rendering and spatial displays. Developed and tested large-scale game content by Monte Carlo and procedural methods. Improved and modified internal database/communication subsystems. Migrated user accounting from PostgreSQL to BerkeleyDB, integrating with Cebus.
• Mar 2009-Feb 2014: Designed and released Cebus, a native C/C++ platform for web applications, featuring CSS formatting in UTF-8 Unicode, with XML storage and translation.
• Oct 2005-Dec 2007: Developed software for IBM Canada. Ported queue management system and 70,000 line C++ pattern recognition application from AIX to Linux, replacing RogueWave library with STL and achieving approximately 300% speed increase. Ported C GUI applications from Gtk-1 to Gtk-2. Developed new build system integrated with CVS, trained staff in its use. Wrote GUI tools in Perl with Perl-GTk. Modified test data viewer to work with DB2. Extended C++ library for use with Java, using JNI. Contract extended three times.
• Oct 2004-Dec 2007: Maintained co-located Linux servers for various clients, performing software installations and upgrades, security monitoring, routine tasks, emergency maintenance.
• Jul 2004-Jul 2006: Completed Milestones 1 and 2 in development of Imperial Realms, an online subscription-based game. Designed and implemented servers and network architecture in C/C++ on Linux. Wrote basic game client in C++ using OpenGL and Gtk+. Developed network protocols. Designed and implemented database subsystems for game data storage and client accounting, using BerkeleyDB and PostgreSQL.
• Feb 2007-Jun 2007: Designed and implemented SEBCMS v3, a web content engine written as a native C module for Apache 2.0, which emphasizes CSS formatting in UTF-8 Unicode, with XML storage and translation.
• Mar 2005-Jan 2006: Designed and implemented SEBCMS v2, a web content engine written in mod_perl 2.0 to work with Apache 2.0, which emphasizes CSS formatting in UTF-8 Unicode, with XML storage and translation.
• Mar 2005: Audited and revised PHP shipment-tracking web site for Aerostream Logistics.
• Feb-Mar 2005: Built office network for Rob Hannebauer consisting of NetFilter firewall, internal SAMBA/NFS file server and external web/email server using Apache, Postfix, Courier and Squirrelmail, all on Linux.
• Jun-Nov 2004: Upgraded an Internet job-posting system for the BC Certified General Accountants Association, working with object-oriented Perl, Linux, Apache and MySQL.
• May 2004-Present: Provided support and emergency service for clients.

Lecturer, Ohio University

Taught two evening classes in calculus using the facilities of Baptist University, Hong Kong. Part-time position.

IT Manager/Teacher, Concordia International School, Hong Kong

• Replaced the school’s 42 Macintosh PowerPCs running MacOS 7 and 8 with 45 self-built Intel PCs running Windows 98 and Red Hat Linux.
• Set up a centralized file-sharing and content-distribution system running on Linux, using Samba, NFS, and Netatalk. Automated server tasks using BASH shell scripts.
• Located and negotiated with suppliers and Internet providers.
• Upgraded the school’s LAN from localtalk to 100BaseTx ethernet running through a hierarchy of 3Com switches and hubs. Upgraded internet connection from individual modems to a leased line and later ADSL, using software and ISP-supplied hardware routing. Ran a DHCP server to assign local addresses.
• Built print servers driving Lexmark and HP laser printers, running Red Hat Linux 6 and LPRng.
• Built and operated a Squid proxy server and BIND 8 caching DNS server to accelerate web access.
• Built and operated an Apache 1.3 web server and wrote the school web site, with personal web storage for staff and students.
• Built and operated e-mail servers using exim and sendmail.
• Set up external shell and file access first using Telnet and ProFTPD, later converting to OpenSSH.
• Taught computer programming in C++, web page design, fundamentals of computing, physics, mathematics.

Physics Researcher, University of British Columbia

• Collaborated in high-energy physics experiments at CERN and SLAC.
• Wrote Korn shell scripts in System V Unix, to manage data processing systems running on an ethernet/token-ring network.
• Wrote user interface and database update code using SQL with Oracle.
• Analyzed test data and experiment results, using FORTRAN under Unix and VMS.

Research Assistant, University of Toronto/Fermilab

• Wrote a graphical display of experiment data in FORTRAN on a VAX cluster running VMS at Fermilab, USA.

Programmer, University of Lethbridge

• Wrote population migration simulations for Economics research, in BASIC.
• Wrote a computer-assisted instruction system in Pascal, which presented assignments online and recorded answers.

M.Sc, University of British Columbia (Physics)