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  http://www.woodsmall.com/SAN-NAS-Virtualization.htm http://www.woodsmall.com/kenya.htm http://www.woodsmall.com/insect-repellents.htm http://www.woodsmall.com/sunscreen.htm http://www.woodsmall.com/testing-QA.htm http://www.woodsmall.com/SCSI.htm http://www.woodsmall.com/linux.htm => Twenty years experience as a storage developer, embedded developer, embedded tester, QA and test professional, software / firmware developer and systems developer / analyst for small to large corporations - creating storage applications, hand- held & wireless code, worked on Real-Time, operating systems, systems, Real-Time Debuggers, manufacturing, imaging, POS, graphics, human-resources, telephony, statistical analysis, protocols, robotics, security, SME, troubleshooting, software & firmware. => ALL projects were delivered either early or on time. => Often a project leader/supervisor. => Over 8 years experience developing and testing computer Storage systems (SAN & NAS). 14 plus years utilizing C & C++. => 9 years experience with Linux / 12 years experience with UNIX w/Kernel, Admin & Apps. => Over 8 years experience in a QA / SQA Lead and Test Lead positions. => Over 11 years experience as a QA professional. => 14 years w/ Firmware, Embedded, Real-Time, BIOS & Systems programming. => My data verification and data integrity tests caught a data corruption problem. => Often developing Functional and/or Design Specifications. => Over 3 1/2 years designing & implementing Telephony & SS7 code. => Created communications and packet software, enabling StoreTec to capture IBM customers. => My work on a Nortel's telephony project allowed Japan's NTT to remotely test subscriber lines from many hundreds of miles away. This project saved NTT 645, 000 dollars a year. => Designed & implemented a software interrupt driven, distributed & embedded real-time imaging system which increased throughput by 23% over the older system. Used modeling. => Invented a multiplicative congruent random num

• Interests

  Computer Security, scuba, river running, Continuous Process Improvement, Quality Issues, Bridge.

• Organizations

  ACM, IEEE, Linkedin, USENIX, UNI-OPS, SAM, TISQA, Tri-XML

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• Employment status

  Freelancer

Educational background

• Languages

  English