WILLIAM M. BOYDE Shoreline, WA 98155 (206) 453-3269 - wboyde@eskimo.com OBJECTIVE Experienced computer professional seeking employment relating to software development and maintenance, Build Engineering, Systems Administration, or web/internet-based development/maintenance. EDUCATION University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science - December 1987 SKILLS Programming Languages: C, C#, C++, HTML, JavaScript, Perl, SQL, Java, Visual Basic, LINUX/UNIX Shell Operating Systems: MS DOS, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista, RedHat Linux, UNIX Sun, IBM OS/2, Palm Software/Systems: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Visual C/C++, Standard Microsoft Apps, MS Source Depot, Windows Presentation Foundation, TCP/IP, PVCS, TWAIN, Novell Netware, CVS, VSS, Apache, Mason EXPERIENCE October 2007 to December 2008 Greythorn / Quardev / Varolii – Seattle, Washington Recruited by Greythorn to work as QA Engineer for Quardev at Varolii. Contractor and member of QA team performing Quality Assurance testing on custom built internal Java application. Helped to develop custom testing tools using Java and C#. Performed standard QA tasks of testing, identifying issues, filing bug reports, verifying bug fixes, and confirming resolution of issues. September 2006 to August 2007 Volt Technical Services / Microsoft – Redmond, Washington Contractor and member of “Windows Experience (WEX) Build Tools Team.” Performed “Integrations” between various branches of Windows source code tree; monitored progress of system “Builds”; designed and implemented enhancements to existing Build tools; also member of WEX “Out Of Band (OOB)” Build team, used for special-purpose projects. June 2006 to August 2006 Solutions IQ / HubSpan – Seattle, Washington Perl programmer – Contractor and member of “Operations” group for company responsible for transporting data between “trading partners.” Maintained existing and developed new perl programs (scripts) to aid in keeping various systems running smoothly and alert Support personnel of any issues. May 2005 to May 2006 Volt Technical Services / Microsoft – Redmond, Washington SDET 2 - Contractor and member of “Dot Net Client QA” Team. Developed test programs in C# for testing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, “Windows Forms” component. Member of “UI Framework Client QA Team”, testing interoperability between “Windows Forms” and “Windows Presentation Foundation” September 2004 to May 2005 Superior Staffing / Manpower Staffing / Nintendo of America – North Bend, Washington (Temporary job while continuing to look for employment in my primary field) Working in the "Mixed Case" department at the Nintendo Distribution Center in North Bend, Washington. October 2002 – September 2004 Freelancing / Personal Projects - While looking for additional Full-Time/Contract work, was keeping my skills current with various personal projects. Technologies used included 802.11 wireless communication, Networking, Linux tools and system administration, Perl/Mason, MySQL, C# and .NET, developing Palm based applications, as well as others. I also helped other people with their computing problems, both hardware and software. March 2002 to October 2002 Northwest Staffing / King County Metro - Seattle, Washington Perl Developer - Maintained and enhanced KC Metro’s “Online Trip Planner". Web site was implemented with CGI using perl on a Linux system with Apache as the web server. Languages and utilities used included Perl, HTML, Javascript, Linux/Unix shell. July 1999 to March 2001 EDP Contract Services / Corbis Corporation - Bellevue, Washington Perl Developer - Maintained and enhanced "Corbis View" - using perl, HTML, Javascript, SQL 7.0, C, C++, Netscape Enterprise Server, CGI, Sun Unix, Texis, TCP/IP, CVS, and VSS. Feb 1991 to June 1999 Boeing Computer Services - Renton, Washington June 1996 to June 1999 - Computing Systems Analyst, NonConformance Management (NCM) Project. (While maintaining INCA Project, described below.) Developed and maintained internal Web site for NCM application (on UNIX) using HTML and JavaScript. Also developed numerous Perl utility programs which assisted in maintaining Web site. Developed Client/Server application for acquiring scanned images. Client side was C on UNIX; Server side was Microsoft Visual C++ on Windows 95. Systems included TCP/IP Sockets (network) and TWAIN (scanner control). Additionally responsible for maintaining the INCA Production system, including performing Production Builds, "Blockpointing" (distributing) Workstation code, troubleshooting Production problems, and developing enhancements. April 1995 to June 1996 - Computing Systems Analyst/HOMER Project. (While maintaining INCA Project, described below.) Assisted in porting large scale Client/Server OS/2 based application from C to a combined OS/2 (PM) and UNIX (Motif) version using C++ and a Multiplatform GUI Foundation Class Library (ZINC). Developed components using Object Oriented Design / Development techniques. Trained existing COBOL programmers to use C and C++. August 1992 to April 1995 - Computing Systems Analyst, Integrated Nonconformance and Corrective Action (INCA) Project. Member of Workstation Development Team for large scale Client/Server system using C, OS/2 2.0, Presentation Manager (PM), and IBM DB2 (SQL) database. February 1991 to August 1992 - Computing Systems Analyst, Integrated Bill of Materials (IBOM) Project. Developed client side for Client/Server database application using OS/2, Presentation Manager, and C. Developed custom controls for user interface. Developed Workstation/Host communications API set for development team. October 1990 to February 1991 Orrtax, Inc./Harold Enterprises - Seattle, Washington Database Support Technician/Programmer. Assisted in design and development of tax software programs written in C. Developed internal accounting system, used to track company systems and manage client accounts. OTHER INTERESTS I have numerous hobbies, including a home network of PC’s running multiple operating systems which I use for (among other things), participating in the BOINC/SETI at Home project. I am also a fan of radio-controlled helicopters. I also participate in a Jeep club, a Palm programming club and attend Science Fiction Conventions. I also built a Tele-Presence robot by adding a small video camera to a remote control car. As part of a group putting on Microsoft “Puzzleday” events, I helped to create “functional magic wands” using accelerometers and LED’s.