about

The City is implemented with SSI (Server-Side Includes). Dynamic elements are implemented in Javascript. This project serves several purposes: (1) it provides recognition to local poets, and (2) it is a working demonstration of Kathy Walker's Web development skills.

Future work will include integration with PHP and mySQL, which will improve the functionality of the web site. Poets will be able to access their poems online, edit them, and save the changes. Accounts will be enabled for poets and user-specific information will be retrievable from mySQL.

Kathy Walker is currently looking for either a Web Development or Software Engineering position. Interested? Contact kathyvirgw@yahoo.com.

Resume


Objective

A Software Engineering Position

Qualifications

Thorough experience with complete product scope and development - requirements, design, implementation, documentation and support. Coordinated several releases of a product.
Have integrated multiple software components on different platforms, languages and tools. Ability to quickly learn and make use of new tools.

Skills

Software Engineering: 9 years experience programming in a mixture of C/C++, 3 years' Java, Visual Basic, Object-Oriented, Swing toolkit, RMI, Motif/X, UNIX System and real-time programming, GUI programming, web-enabled applications, client/server programming, Windows and OS/2 API.
Web: HTML, Javascript, Java Applets, SSI, CGI. Setup Apache Server and Tomcat on Solaris.
Database: Microsoft Access, IBM SQL Server, some mySQL.
Systems Administration: 5 years experience on Sun Solaris UNIX platform with many systems level tasks including but not limited to: shell scripting (csh, ksh, sh), make, init script configuration, troubleshooting, backup and restore, source code control (PVCS), PC UNIX host integration with Cygwin and Exceed, Linux, etc. Administer own Sun Sparc 20 at home.

Work History

1997 to 2002 Software Engineer, Pegasus Technologies, Mentor
* Coordinated several releases of NeuSIGHT, Pegasu' neural-net based product used to optimize combustion efficiency for power utilities. Runs on Solaris; implemented in C++ and Java. Responsible for sizeable development on this outside of the below-mentioned items.
* Responsible for development of the "PerfCalc" product, a graphical calculation/programming tool with ASME steam libraries. Runtime interface implemented in C++/Motif and development interface in VB.
* Responsible for PV-WAVE module development, data visualization component in ISML.
* Responsible for NeuVIEW development, an add-on MMI package for NeuSIGHT. C++/Motif.
* Developed web-enabled product prototype.
* Support corporate web site.

1994 to 1997 Project Engineer, Pro-Tech Engineering, Akron
* Responsible for project management and implementation of controls projects for water/wastewater customers. From bidding to engineering design to project tracking, job completion. Some programming involved in implementing jobs (ladder logic, C)
* Developed business applications for Pro-Tech for job estimation/tracking, receiving, invoicing, accounting. Developed reporting applications for Pro-Tech's customers. Implemented in VB and Access.

1994-1997 Consulting
* Developed accounting database for QUICK-E Truck Lube. Implemented in VB and Access.
* Developed accounting database for Portage Controls. Implemented in VB and Access.

1993 to 1994 Internship, NEORSD, Cuyahoga Heights
* Developed programs for reporting purposes in C/C++. Use of embedded SQL code to interface to IBM SQL Server database and Windows and OS/2 API.

Education

University of Akron, BS in Electrical Engineering obtained while working full-time.