721 West Garden Ave
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
email: bapper@piratehaven.org

Objective:

Continue to grow my depth and breadth of knowledge in all areas in and out of computers and engineering through my work, personal projects, and personal research.

Education:

Graduate classes, Computer Science
GPA 4.0
(All masters class work is finished, thesis is not complete)
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Minor in Mathematics
GPA 3.4
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA
May 1997
De Anza College
149 quarter units completed with honors status
Cupertino, CA

Computer Skills:

  • Systems -- IBM PC, SGI, SUN SPARCstation, HP PA-RISC, Alpha, IBM RS/6000, Intel based embedded systems, PPC embedded systems, MIPS embedded systems, XScale embedded systems
  • Operating Systems -- Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, Irix, True64, Mac OS X
  • Languages -- C, C++, Objective-C, Java, 80x86 Assembly, Alpha Assembly, MIPS Assembly, Arm Assembly, Bourne Shell, SQL, PL/SQL, Perl, Unix shell scripting
  • Personal Experience -- Client/Server BSD socket programming, OpenGL programming in Unix and Windows NT, Java game programming

Experience:

Senior Software Engineer
Vivato
  • Helped bring up a custom Motorola 8245 based board in Linux
  • Debugged various 802.11 kernel driver issues
  • Designed and implemented a Cisco style CLI parsing engine
  • Designed and implemented a shared memory vector data storage
  • Ported various open source tools to embedded PPC system
  • Fixed bugs and added features to many open source tools
  • Designed and implemented an extensible multi-platform build system
  • Software project lead on two new access point products from start to completion of products
  • Implemented BSP for IDT MIPS based board, this includes a custom boot loader, Linux kernel modifications, and device driver support
  • Ported all existing product software to IDT MIPS and Intel IXP42x for new access point products
  • Designed and implemented a hardware abstracted system information library for getting and setting information on various aspects of our products
  • Implemented C based CGI web configuration pages
  • Implemented BSP for IXP42x based boards, this includes Redboot modifications, Linux kernel modifications, and device driver support
  • Ported kernel modifications from our various products' kernels to a single kernel based on the latest 2.4.x kernel to ease maintainance
  • Added features to and fixed bugs in the Atheros driver
November 2002-present
Spokane, WA
Senior Software Engineer
Allegro Networks
  • Identified requirements and recommended implementation directions for the infrastructure group
  • Designed and implemented a resilient file management strategy with synchronization and hot standby support
  • Designed and implemented a secure network terminal server that distributed logins from a single CPU to multiple CPUs in a two stage login
  • Designed and implemented a terminal multiplexer for all cards in the system over an i2c serial device
  • Did extensive performance analysis and modified code based on findings
  • Integrated code from several engineers debugging problems that arose
  • Scoped out and implemented a Cisco style Cli under Unix with a flexible plug-in architecture used by all other software groups
February 2001-October 2002
San Jose, CA
Computer Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Tested drives and RAID systems to characterize performance under Linux
  • Wrote a kernel RPC mechanism for a network block device over the Elan NIC for a parallel file system
  • Worked on porting a parallel file system from True64 to Linux
  • Worked on a device driver port for a high speed network card for Linux
  • Worked on a port of software to Linux from True64 for job scheduling and resource management on a Linux cluster
  • Installed, configured, and secured Linux on an Alpha cluster
  • Contacted vendors for new hardware procurements, including working with vendors on providing device drivers and support for Linux
October 1999-February 2001
Livermore, CA
Research & Development Engineer
eSoft, Inc.
  • Designed and implemented an IMAP mail client in Java
  • Created back-end solutions for a web-based system administration product for a headless server running Linux
  • Wrote device drivers for hardware that did not already have support under Linux
  • Helped debug and fix Linux kernel device drivers for components we use
  • Designed and implemented a platform independent configuration system for our web-based management system
    (it now works with Debian or Redhat and could be made to run on any Unix system)
  • Helped with new product ideas and ways of improving current products
January 1999-September 1999
Boise, ID
Software Analyst/Engineer
MLC & Associates, Incorporated
  • Design software solutions in Java to meet customer needs
  • Program Java database applications with a network model in mind
  • Optimize database and Java source for speed and efficiency
  • Design and implementation of SQL back-end code on a database server
January 1998-August 1998
Irvine, CA
Computer Science Instructor
California State University, Chico
  • Developed the curriculum for the Advanced Unix Systems Programming class
  • Lectured on Unix programming in C
  • Helped students during office hours learn more about C and Unix systems programming
  • Wrote notes on the class based on personal experience, information found in books, and information on the Internet
August 1997-December 1997
Chico, CA
Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard
  • Wrote Oracle server back-end code
  • Linked Oracle database to Oracle Web Application Server
  • Wrote ProC code for CGI authentication on Unix platform and Oracle database for a web application
  • Administered the Oracle test database for our group
January 1997-November 1997
Palo Alto, CA
PC/Unix System Administrator
California State University, Chico
  • Integrated the Unix files servers with the PC network
  • Maintained the PC network (50-60 PC's) in the Engineering building
  • Install new applications for use over the network
  • Trouble-shot problems in the network/software
  • Wrote batch files and startup scripts for Windows 3.11
  • Automated network installation and OS repair utilizing bootprom facilities
  • Repaired and replaced faulty equipment in PC's
April 1995-December 1996
Chico, CA
Network/Unix System Administrator
TTCI
  • Registered new domains with the Internic
  • Set up mail and web accounts for new customers
  • Installed and maintained web servers with multiple virtual domains
  • Installed and set up network equipment
  • Wrote Shell Scripts to manage user accounts
  • Administered PPP modem bank
  • Added new components to Linux kernel for our servers
  • Set up and maintained Usenet news feed
November 1995-March 1996
Chico, CA
Applications Programmer
Castle Rock Computing, Inc.
  • Programmed various Windows applications for network administration
  • Used SNMP extensively to poll data from RMON devices
  • Wrote C code for packet decoding used in network sniffing
  • Handled the administration of accounts on a Sun SPARCstation
  • Installed equipment on a Sun SPARCstation and on IBM PC's
May 1994-January 1995
Cupertino, CA