$Id: cover.txt,v 2.12 2005/06/07 04:51:48 eric Exp eric $ PRINCIPAL APPLICANT =========================================================================== Eric G. Wong -------------------------------------------------------------------------- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX San Francisco, 94121 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Objective: Seeking a position that takes advantage of my broad knowledge and experience, proven creativity and problem-solving ability with computer programming and databases; one at which I can teach what I know as well as continue to learn that I do not. Education: Bachelor of Science in Physics, UCLA, March 1995 Experience: Software Engineer January 2003 to present Zappos.com San Francisco, CA http://www.zappos.com Part of the team tasked with developing and maintaining Zappos.com's custom web applications based around Apache/mod_perl and Mysql running in a SUSE Linux environment. Projects include producing a full-featured, integrated customer service email system; writing Zappos' RSS interface and feed; extending functionality of the in-house X12 EDI system; designing an automatic purchase order system based on supplier availability, stock model and product sell-through; and writing custom mod_perl handlers. Software Application Engineer June 2002 to September 2002 Blended Networks San Francisco, CA http://www.blended.net (contractor) Programmer responsible for writing custom applications for the Cisco 79xx series of IP telephones. Programs include interfacing telephones with the Cisco CTE1400 Content Transformation Engine, creating a system to edit and display a list of local attractions and designing a system to create flexible, custom groups of phones. Platform based on IIS and ASP and Microsoft SQL Server on Windows 2000. Lead Software Engineer March 2001 to April 2002 Data Group, Zengine/MCSi Berkeley, Ca http://www.zengine.com Primary engineer specializing in setting up and maintaining interfaces for data import, export and translation. Transport methods included ssh, http, ftp and smtp; formats included xml, delimited text and flat files. Developed experimental distributed object access access to the database with SOAP. Part of the database administration team tasked with for designing, approving and implementing schema. Technical lead of the team responsible for bringing MCSi, a billion dollar vendor of integrated technical services and audio-visual and office equipment, online with B2B services. Tasks included importing product, client, csr and salesrep data and setting up the X12 EDI processes for order placement and status updates. Intranet/Web Engineer Sept. 1999 to March 2001 High Speed Access Products, Nokia Petaluma, CA http://www.nokia.com (contractor) Designed and built cross-platform Perl modules and scripts for use on Windows NT and FreeBSD for Nokia's intra- and extra-nets. Tasks included creating a flexible and extensible web-based content management system, a general object-oriented tree application used for dynamically generating the site map and the division org chart. Worked closely with the design/marketing department to provide a unified look-and-feel between the static and dynamically served content. Contracted through Consultants Online (http://consultantsonline.net). Lead Engineer, Perl Dec. 1999 to Oct. 2000 Chipshot.com Sunnyvale, CA http://www.chipshot.com (contractor) Part of the team responsible for developing and maintaining the front-end mod_perl-based web site and back-end suite of web-based administrative applications in Perl 5 on Solaris. Tasks included developing reporting and auditing tools, integrating data from the Mysql database with the Oracle ERP system. Integrated Chipshot.com's web site with the Akamai proxy platform. Contracted through Consultants Online (http://consultantsonline.net). Webmaster March 1999 to Present Wessex Books Menlo Park, CA http://www.wessexbooks.com Designed and developed online book database and shopping cart using Mysql and Perl 5. Tasked with updating and maintaining company website pages and graphics. Initiated adding extra functionality to web pages with JavaScript. Re-wrote CGI scripts to improve site security, efficiency and utility. Currently responsible for daily maintenance and database administration. Continuing work as an independent contractor (1099). Student Sept. 1997 to April 1999 Los Altos, CA Pasadena, CA Studied intellectual property law. Passed the examination for registrat- ion to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (a.k.a. the Patent Bar Exam). Registration Number 45,232. R&D Specialist March 1995 to Sept. 1997 Comm. and Optical Research Lab, Summer 1994 Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA http://www.hpl.hp.com Primary responsibility in a team for testing and assembly of HP's Parallel Optical Link on both system- and component-levels in an R&D environment. Improved hardware and software test and assembly procedures using C, Visual Basic and Lab View which resulted in a three-fold increase in production efficiency. Developed a simple web server and CGI application in Perl 4 on HP-UX to sort and access component data. Intern Summer 1993 Instrumentation and Photonics Lab, Summer 1991 HP Labs Palo Alto, CA Developed and maintained the software interface to HP Lab's Low-coherence Interferometer in MS-Windows with Visual Basic and C across an HPIB (IEEE 488) serial connection. Implemented additional noise-reducing algorithms to significantly improve performance. Co-developed a novel photo-etching technique to determine doping depths in III-V semiconductors. Skills: Programming with: PERL, Python, SQL, C, JavaScript, sh Mark-up and text-formating with: XML, HTML, SVG, LaTeX, Postscript Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Solaris, MS-Windows Basic System Administration with: Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Solaris, MS-Windows References: Furnished upon request $Id: cover.txt,v 2.12 2005/06/07 04:51:48 eric Exp eric $