Sean Gallagher
Offering:
An eclectic skill set which includes Software Engineering, Graphic Design, and Web Authoring on a variety of platforms and operating systems.
Buzzwords:
Perl, Java, JSP, C, XML, XSLT, XPATH, JavaScript, HTML, CGI, SQL, ASP, Visual Basic, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Flash, Unix, NT, Linux.
Work Experience:
Software Analyst, Kaiser Permanente 2/02 - Present:
Member of a software development and customer support group supporting Kaiser's Clinical Information System. Responsibilities to date include:
- On-call Level-3 support and emergency problem resolution for Kaiser's CIS application, an online patient chart and ordering system hosted on 35 IBM AIX servers.
- Developing a proof-of-concept Web-based system for archiving patient charts as XML
- Data mining and report generation from clinical patient chart data stored in an IBM DB2 database
- Writing a Java servlet report generator. Using XSLT templates, the report generator creates on-the-fly transformations of XML data files into various formats (HTML, MS Excel, etc.)
- Collaborating on a Java software application which acts as an adapter between the error reporting mechanisms of, otherwise incompatible, software utilities. Also acting as the primary technical point of contact and support for this application.
- Scripting of an automated regression test framework for existing code.
- Alpha testing of code prior to release to QA.
Senior Design Technologist, Rare Medium 11/00 - 8/01:
Responsible for client-side and server-side implementation of broadband and ITV projects. This includes:
Projects included: Back-end implementation and front-end HTML implementation of the 2001 Webby Awards Webcast.
- Implementing web site designs both client-side ( DHTML, JavaScript ) and server-side ( SQL, ASP, Mod-Perl/Mason ),
- Researching new technologies suitable for use in broadband and rich-media applications,
- Providing technical guidance and expertise to visual designers and information architects during the creative design phase of web development,
- Performing benchmarks and load-test analysis of back-end implementations,
- Mentoring junior team members
Field Application Engineer, BackWeb Technologies 3/97 - 7/00:
Responsible for pre and post sales consulting to BackWeb customers. This included:
Projects included: Real Networks' Music Delivery Service, HP Pavilion's BackWeb deployment, HP Hardware Services Division's BackWeb deployment and US West's integration of BackWeb into their desktop Web portal.
- Analyzing customer requirements and making recommendations on network design, server scalability, and BackWeb software customizations,
- Writing web crawling agents to aggregate and disseminate web-based information,
- Writing custom extensions to the BackWeb Server software in C, Perl and SQL,
- Writing custom client-side extensions & helper applications in C, Visual Basic, JavaScript, and Shockwave Flash.
- Creating interactive Web graphics and animations,
- Ensuring a polished user interface and good user experience.
- Writing email processing and auditing CGI scripts for BackWeb's web site,
Visual Asset Manager, Multimedia Services, Silicon Graphics, Inc. 3/95-3/97:
- Designed and implemented a Web-based digital image database serving images, animations and presentation to SGI's creative and design staff.
- Managed Silicon Graphics' 4th Annual Visual computing Awards - an international image contest hosted over the World Wide Web.
- Acted as a technical resource to SGI's Creative and Marketing divisions ( providing assistance processing various electronic media ) and as a resource for information regarding copyright issues and the licensing of digital media.
Software Engineer, Aurora Systems/Chyron Corporation, 9/89-11/94
- Designed and implemented new features for Aurora's high-end 2D video paint, animation, and compositing software.
- Provided software support for Aurora's older video paint systems.
- Wrote Ethernet and SCSI interfaces to Digital Video Disk Recorders.
- Wrote a low-level 3D spline drawing engine.
- Wrote a digital image database for CNN used by their video graphic designers.
Languages:
C and Perl on Solaris, IRIX, Linux, FreeBSD and Win NT. Also Java, HTML, Javascript, SQL, Unix Shells (csh, sh).
Education:
University of California, Santa Cruz. BA in Computer Science - June 1989
Copyright © 2008 by Sean Gallagher
