Karl Meissner's Resume - C#, C++ Java dhtml

Karl Meissner

(978) 758-8496

Job Status:	happily employed - not actively looking
Experience:	Software Architect. Experience in C#.Net and C++
Region:	north of Boston, MA -not looking to relocate
Industry:	automation/controls/industrial - scientific - wireless/cell phone

Summary:

Architected high-end applications.
Managed teams of programmers.
Developed realtime controllers, databases, expert systems, network applications, and multi-tier web applications.

Languages:
C#, .NET
WPF
VSTO
C++, C
XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath
Java, J2EE, JDBC, Swing, JNI
ASP, JavaScript, HTML
SQL
Lex, Yacc, ANTLR

Operating Systems:
MS Windows
Solaris/UNIX

Links
Demos My dynamic HTML page for IE
Articles about some of the products I have made

SENIOR ENGINEER

MetaVR, Boston, MA

6/2010 - present

As part of a focused team, developed 3D graphics system for military flight simulator in C++.
Implemented C#.Net GUI and plug-in architecture.
Optimized algorithms of high performance graphics engine.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Thomson Financial, Boston, MA

6/2007 - 6/2010

Real Time data feed
Designed, implemented and deployed low latency network.
Implemented a real time financial data feed in C++ for algorithmic trading.
Expanded data network to multiple US and Europe locations.
Optimized release of embargoed news from government lockup sites.
Implemented free text parser for FTP and web data feed in C# .Net

Investment Banker server
Ported very large (half million lines of optimized C++) financial data server to 64 bits.
Enabled caching gigabytes of data in RAM.
Fixed memory corruption bugs in server.
Resolved COM interface integration.
Fixed distributed component issues.
Improved server performance by re-implementing bottle necks in code.
System was implemented with C++ and C#.Net

Data analysis smart client
Implemented dynamic query architecture with LINQ and PowerShell
Prototyped high volume billing system with LINQ and SQL
Implemented WPF analysis package. Integrated large data sets into tables and charts.
Implemented VSTO MS Office Add-in for data binding.

CONSULTANT ARCHITECT

Reveal Imaging, Bedford, MA

1/2006 - 6/2007

Software architect for next generation baggage handling system for explosives detection system.
System is designed for large US airports, government facilities, and overseas sites.
Component-oriented design allowed unified code base to operate across multiple product lines with different hardware configurations.
System features include supervisory control of conveyor and scanner hardware.
Integration with third party hardware over network.
Multi-threaded, event driven state machines.
Implemented xml script system for unit testing system in software simulation.
System was implemented with C++, STL, Boost and VS 2005/C#.Net 2.0

CONSULTANT ARCHITECT

Axcelis, Beverly, MA

6/2005 - 12/2005

Software architect for large, next generation, real-time control system.
The platform was new hardware. It consisted of nearly a dozen modular processing chambers and robotic handling systems which passed wafers back and forth.
Designed component based architecture allowing high module configurability.
Designed robust cooperative control and message passing.
Technologies implemented with C++, STL, Boost and XML.

CONSULTANT ARCHITECT

ReactSoftware, Marlboro, MA

1/2005 -5/2005

Implemented image viewer client for cell phones with BREW C++
Cell phone client connected to Internet server to download and execute scripts.
Implemented XML parser from scratch, from network packets layer to DOM.
Client could send and receive scripted commands via SMS.
Network client implemented to be occasionally connected and fault tolerant. Robustly dealt with network failure and still gave user good behavior.
Client ported to run on numerous cell phone platforms.
Implemented graphics, parsers, networking, file system, console, event loggers

CONSULTANT ARCHITECT

Invensys/Foxboro, Foxboro, Massachusetts

12/2002 - 12/2004

Implemented data aggregation server with .Net Remoting
Developed C# and .Net based process control system.
Wrote a compiler in C# .Net. It compiles script to MSIL to run in real-time.
Developed real-time process scheduler for Embedded XP.
Communication and persistence system in XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath.
Developed performance measurement system to record jitter and latency.
Extensive work with the ArchestrA control environment.

CONSULTANT ARCHITECT

Motorola/CPort, North Andover, Massachusetts

12/2000 - 10/2002

Led product cycle, from initial design documents to successful product delivery to customers.
Extended and improved performance of network processor simulation in C++.
Developed Java GUI for Windows NT and Solaris.
Wrote SQL transactions for data management and analysis. Rewrote relational database backend for increased performance.
Designed in-house scripting language using LEX and YACC. Implemented GUI and DB templates with language.
Designed and implemented performance analysis and debugging IDE for new C5 network router chip. This tool will be shipped to all C5 developers.

Teaching

NorthEastern University

10/2001 - 5/2002

I taught "C Programming I" through NorthEastern's "State of the Art" program.
The course featured lectures on C concepts and syntax as well as hands on development of programs.

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

SourceGate Systems, Burlington, Massachusetts

2/2000 - 11/2000

Managed on-time and on-budget development and delivery of client server system with several thousand simultaneous live users.
Designed and managed development of next version of product. Led team of 5 developers.
Implemented XML and JavaScript browser helper object.
Used SQL database in multi-tiered server to deliver news, stocks, and weather content.
Implemented third party plug-in architecture and interface for web application.

LEAD PROGRAMMER

THQ/GameFx, Lexington, Massachusetts

3/1999 - 2/2000

Led prototype project in C++. Scheduled and managed 3 other programmers.
Designed the software architecture of the prototype.
Wrote sound system and data object system for prototype in C++.
Developed low-level C++ libraries for memory allocation, file access, debugging, and stack tracing for next generation console.

SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Activision, Santa Monica, California

3/1996 - 3/1999

Developed video game in C++, "Civilization: CTP" which was the #1 selling PC title in June 1999.
Acted as lead programmer for three months.
Wrote wide variety of subsystems for commercially successful products, including resource allocation system, path search system, scripting language, fuzzy logic expert system, and real-time feedback controllers.
Application was written in C++ as a client-server architecture and could run over the internet or LAN with concurrent users.
Wrote phase 1 internal technology demo for application including graphics, sound, UI, and AI.
Co-wrote the technical design document.
The full application had a team of eight programmers. I managed sub-team of two other programmers to do the data logic and AI modules.
Much of the code I wrote was reused in several other successful products.

CONSULTANT

Carnegie Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

6/1995 - 3/1996

Researched and developed a neural network to predict mechanical failure and performance trends in the TF34 jet engine based on sensor data from an embedded fault diagnostic system.
Participated in code review, design analysis, and administration of C++ project involving 20+ programmers.

CONTRACTOR

U.S. Army Research Laboratories, Watertown, Massachusetts

5/1993 - 5/1995

Researched and developed automatic control for a resin-transfer molding injection system, which was designed to reliably fill an injection mold by using a Reinforcement Learning type neural network to learn a correct control strategy.
Researched using genetic algorithms to evolve pattern classifiers.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Scientific Systems, Woburn, Massachusetts

10/1992 - 4/1993

Developed concurrent engineering system for software production for a DARPA grant.
Designed and wrote several other grant proposals for DARPA and SDIO.

SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER

Advanced Acoustic Concepts, Ronkonkoma, New York

5/1991 - 11/1991

Designed and implemented a neural net to classify sonar signals based on whether they were biological or man-made for the U.S. Navy.
Designed and implemented office utilities in C.
Hardware production experience.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

American University, Washington, D.C.

6/1990 - 8/1990

N.S.F. funded program focused on Artificial Intelligence.
Independent project was to study feature extraction of financial data using Adaptive Resonance Theory.

References available on request.

site map