Stan Vierhaus

Objective

Web browser based software or content development.

Summary

• Software engineer with over 29 year’s experience ranging from providing innovative tools for users to detailed work on system internals and administration.
• Quick learner who is always learning new technology.
• Have made significant and key contributions in human/computer interaction, graphic interface development, interprocess communications, data base and software development tools, music, video and other arts.
• Have worked in technical lead and development positions for both full time and contract jobs.
• Able to do graphic and software development.
• Willing to take ownership of jobs outside of my scope to get the project done.

Technical Skills

• Languages:
  • DHTML,
  • JavaScript/ECMAScript,
  • DOM,
  • CSS,
  • jQuery,
  • XML,
  • JSON,
  • C/C++,
  • JAVA,
  • Perl,
  • PHP,
  • ASP,
  • JSP,
  • UNIX Shells,
  • Visual Basic,
  • LISP,
  • SQL
• Methodologies:
  • AJAX,
  • TCP/IP,
  • J2EE,
  • Struts,
  • CORBA,
  • Artificial Inteligence
• Toolkits:
  • Swing,
  • X-Windows
• Operating Systems:
  • UNIX,
  • Microsoft Windows,
  • VxWorks
• IDEs:
  • Emacs,
  • Eclipse,
  • JDE
• Databases:
  • MySQL,
  • Oracle,
  • Sybase,
  • Microsoft SQL Server,
  • Microsoft Access
• Application Servers:
  • Apache Web Server,
  • Microsoft IIS
• Other Skills:
  • Management of SWQA Group,
  • UNIX Administration

Experience

• Yahoo

  Sunnyvale, CA
  Contract: 6/2008 - 12/2008
  • SDS Japan Web Analysis Tool - I worked on the Japan Pathing project. This project allows Yahoo Japan to better analyze their web traffic. Technology included DHTML, AJAX, CSS, Object Oriented JavaScript, PHP, YUI and Apache.

• stanV Consulting

  San Jose, CA
  6/1999 - present
  • Web content development - I build web browser prototypes for individuals and small startup companies. Technology includes DHTML, AJAX, CSS, Object Oriented JavaScript, PHP, jQuery, MySQL, PERL, C++ and client JAVA.

• Bluelane Technologies

  Cupertino, CA
  Full Time: 5/2006 - 11/2006
  • Web Browser based control GUI - I incorporated DHTML and AJAX into the Manager GUI. Technology included DHTML, CSS, Object Oriented JavaScript, AJAX, JSP, Struts, JAVA and J2EE on a Linux operating system.

• Maxtor

  San Jose, CA
  Contract: 2/2006 - 5/2006
  • Web Browser based configuration GUI for a NAS - I incorporated DHTML and AJAX into the Maxtor Shared Storage II. Technology included DHTML, CSS, Object Oriented JavaScript, AJAX, XML, PHP, C based CGI and Apache configuration and modules on a Linux operating system.

• Ask Jeeves Decision Lab

  Los Gatos, CA
  Full Time: 6/1999 - 6/2001
  • Virtual Shopping Assistant - I developed web pages, content and multimedia for web browser based application that assisted users in shopping for consumer items. Technology included DHTML, JavaScript, C++, PERL, SQL, JAVA, MS Active Server Pages, ISAPI filters, COM objects, XML data base import tools and proprietary multimedia.

• Synopsys

  Milpitas, CA
  Contract: 10/1998 - 6/1999
  • Resume Tracking System - I developed a web browser based application that allowed Human Resource personnel to input job applicant data into an Oracle data base. Front end was implemented in HTML, JavaScript and Perl CGI. Middleware was a number of JAVA programs that allowed input from this front end and various other textual front ends.

• BroadVision

  Redwood City, CA
  Contract: 12/1997 - 5/1998
  • Webmaster - responsible for Sun Sparc running Solaris 2.6 and Netscape Server 3.0, also Windows NT Server 4.0 running MS Internet Information Server. Content Development HTML, JavaScript, JAVA, CGI, Perl and graphics using Photoshop and variety of 3D computer graphics programs.
  • MS Access Development of tools written in MS Access/Visual Basic.
  • C++ Development in both Solaris and MS Visual C++ environment of templates used for BroadVision tools.
  • C++ Porting of BroadVision tools from Sun Solaris 2.5 to HP-UX.

• Knight-Ridder New Media

  San Jose, CA
  Full Time: 1/1997 - 10/1997
  • Web Content Development - Translation of newspaper content from news publishing systems to WWW written in PERL, HTML, JavaScript, JAVA and C++. Technology included a number of CGI and UNIX daemon processes.
  • Browser Kiosk - for Knight-Ridder Web sites written in Java. Used to navigate users through a presentation of Knight-Ridder web sites either interactively or stand-alone.
  • Classified Ad Translation - Classified advertising translation written using Java Compiler- Compiler and Java. Front end GUI allowed users to input advertising content.

• Sony Electronics - SEC

  San Jose, CA
  Contract: 5/1995 - 1/1997
  • Galaxy/DirecTV - development of video automation scheduling system running on MS Windows NT written in C++. Technology involved transfer of information between a number of different brands of UNIX systems using TCP/IP, ORBs and CORBA and interfacing to an Oracle data base.

• Interactive Network

  Mountain View, CA
  Contract: 5/1991 - 7/1995
  • Real Time System - development of real-time data packet applications written in C++/C under VxWorks to feed data to Interactive Network Control Unit.
  • X-Windows/Motif - design and development of GUI for monitoring and control of real-time data packet system through RPC-TCP/IP and written in C++/C. Application also used TCP/IP to other UNIX processes.
  • Tools Engineer - I led the investigated, design, development and installation of various software environment tools for use by our software development team. We used many of the GNU development tools.
  • Data Base Interface - design and development of Sybase dB interface used for the extraction and generation of IN game information. This included user interface Sybase forms, 4GL, C/dblib extraction software, triggers and management software written in a mixture of shell and AWK scripts and C.
  • QA Supervisor - supervised Quality Assurance department of 3 other people for integration and testing of complete IN system. Provided day-to-day scheduling, planning and status of testing plans.
  • Operations Engineer - maintenance and programming for day-to-day operation of IN system. Involved many scripts used for game generation and system wide programming. Duties included maintenance of Windows/DOS and MAC machines and 3Com and Novell network.
  • SUN/UNIX System Administration - management of a network of SUN workstations, X terminals and PCs. Involved system configuration, updating, monitoring reporting and planning. Wrote numerous scripts (Bourne, C-Shell, AWK, Perl, sed) and C programs to automate and report on the process.

• Hewlett-Packard

  CA
  Full Time: 9/1978 - 11/1989
  • X-Windows/Xtoolkit - design and development of a GUI front end for dB access to HP customer data and solution information written in C and LISP.
  • Software Development Environment - proposal, budgeting, resource allocation, design and development for X-window development environment which ran on HP-UNIX workstations with an MPE (HP os) target written in C and Lisp.
  • Proactive Repair Application - design of an application that used MPE operating system and peripheral logs along with a rules dB to determine when to have remote systems call into HP response center to schedule proactive maintenance action. Written in Pascal.
  • Artificial Intelligence - design, development and knowledge engineering for a post-mortem memory dump analyzer written in Lisp, C, Pascal and an object-oriented HP rules based language.
  • Computer Aided Design - design, development and beta site management of HP printed circuit board design system written in C, Pascal and IBM JCL. Duties included working on HP trace router, interface to mainframe trace router and part placement program, part dB programs and the management of a 4 person group of PC board designers using this system.
  • System Administration - HP-UNIX, MPE, RTE, networking and other PC systems.
  • Test Engineer - design and programming of board level testers and microprocessor controlled test.

Education

• University of California - Santa Cruz Extensions

  San Jose, CA
  • Programming, networking, computer graphics and drawing classes.

• Stanford University.

  Stanford, CA
  • Graduate classes in Computer Science

• California Polytechnic Institute

  San Luis Obispo, CA.
  • BS CS/EE

• DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA.

  • Film and Television Production

Related Contributions

• Cupertino Community Television

  Cupertino, CA
  • Video production and engineering

• DeAnza College Television Center

  Cupertino, CA
  • Teaching assistant, production staff and video engineer

• Oblong Productions

  San Jose, CA
  • independent producer and synthesizer musician developing scores, scripts and production for independent film and video.

• Various Recording Studios

  Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • audio engineering and production consulting for recording studios.

• Radio Stations WQTW, KQV, WDVE, WEEP

  Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • on-air talent, production/audio/RF engineer.

Interests

Computer graphics, Internet, computer protocols, creating music, music production, film, art