GUI Developer, Redshift Software, Inc.

February 2002 - Present

Learned C++ with the wxWindows toolkit, using Linux on PowerPC, bash, XEmacs, and gdb, to deliver cross-platform multi-threaded GUI for networked application (to run fast on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Linux PPC, MacOS X, many other platforms). Programming user asset management software, GUI interface, as part of a small startup with friends, fellow ex-NU programmers, Redshift Software, while seeking a full-time paid position.

Also: Hardware, software and system administration of 1998 Macintosh G3 Series Powerbook: MacOS X, MacOS 9, Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 and 2.1 quadruple-boot (thus encountering Linux partition limit for a single disk). Upgraded disk, memory, operating systems, programming tools; installed IP masquerading in Linux; performed troubleshooting and made fixes, such as accelerated video performance X server, a running Mac-on-Linux from external SCSI disk, building new software, contributing to Mozilla free software community. Webmaster duties at asgp.organd now serving dynamic content through hand-coded PHP and html for HalinaFAQ archive and its mirror. Continuing editing A Small Garlic Press and Agnieszka's Dowry (AgD) ISSN 1088-4300. Continuing translating the entire poetry of Halina Poswiatowska from Polish. Translating poetry of Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz from Polish. Handcoding html for Redshift Software's web pages.

Senior Programmer Analyst, School of Education and Social Policy - Northwestern University
Senior Programmer Analyst, Institute for the Learning Sciences - Northwestern University

August 1992 - February 2002

Java/lisp applications/systems/GUI programming, combining: Unix Solaris & AIX, Windows NT & 98, Macintosh X and prior, handcoding html in emacs/vi.

Learning sciences software, network-based applications, AI, integration and GUI. Doing own system administration and troubleshooting.

Research Engineer, Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory - University of New Hampshire

1991

Designing artificial life-based navigation for underwater untethered vehicles. Created grant proposals for NSF.

Associate Instructor, Computer Science Department - Indiana University

August 1989 - August 1990

Teaching and grading while pursuing Ph.D. Studies in artificial life (Computational Metabolism, published).

Software Design Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Defense Systems Electronics Group - Texas Instruments

January 1987 - August 1989

Implementing neural networks for radar signals & adaptive algorithm work (published, Complex Systems).

Associate Instructor, Computer Science Department & Mathematics Department - Indiana University

August 1984 - December 1986

Teaching and grading while finishing M.S. in artificial intelligence & pursuing Ph.D. studies in artificial life.

Research Specialist, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

August 1983 - August 1984

Accompanying Douglas R. Hofstadter, funding by Marvin Minsky, work on translation and on fluid analogies.

Associate Instructor, Computer Science Department - Indiana University

August 1982 - August 1983

Teaching and grading while working on MS in artificial intelligence and minor in semiotics and French as foreign language for scientific translation to English; 1 semester of Japanese.