Resume For: Shawn Jacques

Shawn Jacques

1435 Tanglewood Dr, San Luis Obispo Ca 93401
Phone: 805.801.5918
Email: jax-at-punk-dot-net

PERSPECTIVE

I enjoy solving problems. Whether they are technical problems, team dynamic problems, or social interaction problems I like finding the way to get

there

from

here

EDUCATION

BS Computer Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, March 1994, GPA: 3.36

Outstanding Senior of the Year, CSC Dept 1994.

Outstanding CSC Senior, College of Engineering, 1994.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Medseek, Inc.
February 2002 to July 2004
Senior Software Engineer - R&D/Engineering Manager

Redesigned the flagship product (a full web based Content Management System) using OO methodology and practices. Implemented the new architecture from initial build through QA to successful client rollout.
Designed and implemented an embedded workflow system that allows developers to integrate full workflow functionality into applications with five lines of code.
Designed and implemented a secure data solution that allows developers to utilize public/private key encryption transparently by changing one row in a database.
Designed and implemented a module that generated 20% of the code in the final CMS product release automatically based on metadata descriptors.
Instituted client side version control management
Created and staffed the Quality Assurance Department and the Product Manager role.
Windows, IIS, MS-SQL, CFML/CFMX, JavaScript

Surveyor Corporation
October 2000 to April 2001
Senior Software Engineer/Technical Program Manager

Assumed responsibility for the flagship product of the company which was months behind schedule and delivered the product on time and under budget.
Worked with other companies as the technical liaison to Surveyor and managed the relationship and requirements of joint projects and deliverables.
Implemented a webcam video media archiving and retrieval system.
Worked on a three tiered system for moving web cam source video from the webcam host to a Linux based reflector to multiple web based clients.
C++, Apache, MS Windows,DB2, MS Project

Experts Exchange
October 1999 to September 2000, February 2001 to June 2001
Chief Architect/Director of Engineering

Designed and implemented a template parsing system in C++ for embedding database tags in served HTML as an intermediate translation step between hard-coded HTML and a generic scripting system.
Designed a standalone promotions module to handle recurring promotions, promotion tracking, reporting, and winner selection.
Created and implemented processes for version control, software design/documentation and release management.
Grew the engineering team from 5 to 10 engineers while continuing to deliver quality and timeliness on 2-3 week release cycles. Delivered 15 major site features and 2 complete site redesigns.
C++, Apache, Oracle, Linux/Solaris, Java/JSP

ALH Group, Inc.
June 1995 to October 1999
Senior Software Engineer/Technical Project Manager

Designed and developed a horizontal market product in Java/J++ utilizing COM/DCOM, Active X, and MS Olap Services technology.
Filled the role of project lead on two projects. Lead one product (Plan Manager) through several new feature additions and versions. Lead the other (Schedule Manager) from the initial design through to implementation and release.
Designed and implemented the middleware translation layer that connected ALH client applications with the backend server database systems.
C++, Windows 95/NT, Sybase, Oracle, DB2, Informix, shell scripting, and Java.

Kona Systems June 1992 to June 1993, December 1993 to June 1995
Senior Software Engineer

Managed development cycles from design to deployment.
Organized and scheduled development effort.
Designed, implemented and delivered a shrink-wrapped software product in C++ under Borland's Turbo Vision GUI and Windows 3.x.
C++, Windows

ROLM, a Siemens Company June, 1993 to December, 1993
Programmer/Systems Analyst, Full Time

Evaluated OO analysis tools.
Developed OO analysis and design guidelines for telephony systems.
Taught other engineers C++.
Provided prototype OO design structure for telephony systems.

Designed and implemented an automatic regression testing system for a real time embedded OS working with call processing.
Implemented multiple process socket and serial communication threads from Sparcs to a multi-threaded OS on the embedded card.
C/C++/Motorola Assembly.

OTHER PROJECTS

Emerald Moon, An Industrial Fashion Show Benefit for the AIDS Support Network
July 2000 to November 2000, June 2001 to October 2001, June 2002 to November 2002
Executive Producer

I organized and managed the volunteer models and staff putting on the production, which more than doubled from last years 3 staff and 22 models to 8 staff and 50 models. I directly interfaced with 10 clothing sponsors and as many other commercial sponsors and managed their activities and donations for the production.
SimStar, Simulated Starship Proj.
Ship Developer 1990-1993, President 1992-1993
I developed a major component of this 15 person project in C/C++, then went on to organize the design and development efforts as project leader. The Goal: to create a real-time, networked starship simulator playable by groups of 4-5 people in competition with each other.In 1990.

Public Domain Ocr software
Programmer, 1992
I developed an optical character recognition system using a neural network and image enhancement algorithims on Hp/700's under HPUX. This system has been requested by over 100 colleges and individuals worldwide. GNU requested use of the code to use as a base for their GNU OCR libraries.