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Ernest
John Messersmith III |
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Contact Information Objective
Qualifications
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Education
Accreditations
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Interests Patents and Publications
Personal Information
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Contact Information |
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Email address Web address
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ejm@ejm3.net http://www.ejm3.net
+1 (808) 283 3017
1004 Kauhikoa Road
APT C
Haiku, HI 96708-5057
U.S.A. |
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Objective |
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Object-oriented
software development and project management in the area of new media
applications and/or astrophysics research including: WWW, Java, C++, ODBMS,
GUI, image analysis, interactive CD/DVD 3-D digital audio and computer
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Summary of Qualifications |
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Hardware
Experience
- PC compatible computers running Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP and Linux
- Macintosh computers running System 9, 10
- Full range of DEC VAX/MIPS/ALPHA computers running
VMS, Digital Unix/Ultrix
- Wide range of graphics workstations and peripherals from various vendors including: DEC,
SGI, Tektronix and Megatec
- Wide range of digital recording hardware including: DigiDesign, Neve/Logic and Sonic
Solutions
Software Experience
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Visual Basic,
Java, Visual C++, Visual J++, .NET
- Microsoft SQL Server and ODBC; Sybase SQL, Lotus Notes and Documentum
- Itasca ODBMS and POET ODBMS
- UML, OMT and Rational Rose object-oriented analysis and design tools
- Metrowerks Code Warrior
- X-Windows System, Motif, DECWindows and GKS
- 3-D Full color graphics systems including: VRML, Template and APL
- Wide range of music sequencers and hard disk recording systems including: Logic Audio,
Pro Tools, Vegas, SADIE and Sonic Solutions
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Years of Experience |
Skill Level |
C/C++ |
12 |
Excellent |
Visual Basic |
12 |
Excellent |
Fortran |
5 |
Very
Good |
| C# |
2 |
Good |
| IDL |
2 |
Good |
Java |
2 |
Good |
Pascal |
2 |
Good |
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Experience |
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Nov. 1996 - Present |
aprèsMIDI Productions |
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Senior Consultant |
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Institute for Astronomy Kula,
Hawaii
- Implemented (full life-cycle analysis, design,
coding, testing, deployment, support) a motion control and image
analysis system using MEI hardware and software, TheSky and IDL for the
Solar-C telescope and dome
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Exponent Software Geneva, Switzerland
- Implemented (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, support) a multimedia event sequencer for producing professional presentations
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Creative Services, St. Genis, France
- Implemented (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, support) an
online real time Internet auction client-server Java application using Sockets, TCP/IP,
JDK 1.1, Swing, Visual J++, Visual C++, MFC and Rational Rose
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UI Design/Nokia, Sweden/Finland
- Implemented (design, coding, testing) a Windows based graphics sub-system to emulate
target hardware graphics support for Nokia set-top boxes using Windows graphics API and
Visual C++
- Implemented (design, coding, testing) a Windows based class hierarchy to support MHEG UI
functionality for Nokia set-top boxes using Windows graphics API and Visual C++
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SoftVision, Nyon, Switzerland
- Improved and refined a database system using Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino at the United
Nations Commision for Human Rights
- Implemented a complete, tailored Documentum system at Medtronic
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MasterSoft Solutions, Ltd. London,
Engla
- Maintained and ameliorated (coding, testing) a legacy help desk system using Visual
Basic, SQL and ODBC
- Participated in the object-oriented analysis of the next generation help desk system
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World Radio Geneva, Geneva,
Switzerland
- System manager for both the office and production LANs
- Support and chief engineer for all digital audio production using TM-Centurys
broadcast automation system and IQSs SAW Plus
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Jul. 1996 Oct. 1996 |
EURODAT St. Genis, France |
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Chief
Engineer |
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- Responsible for software project coordination, product management and analysis and
design using MS Project and Rational Rose
- Project leader and chief engineer (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding, testing,
deployment, support) for the AudioSoft World Wide Web and intranet audio streaming
and copyright management client system using Visual C++, MFC, Visual Source Safe, Sockets
and TCP/IP
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Jan. 1994 Jun. 1996 |
aprèsMIDI Consulting Divonne, France |
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President
and Chief Engineer |
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- Designed and coded user interface for the DAWN document management
system at IBEX Computing using Visual Basic, Visual Source Safe and Visual Test
- Software project manager and engineer (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding,
testing, deployment, support) for World Wide Web real-time streaming audio player using
Visual C++ and MFC
- Software project manager and engineer (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding,
testing, deployment, support) VIRTUOSA virtual hi-fi system at EURODAT using Visual
Basic
- Designed and coded user interface for DOLCE project at IBEX Computing
using visual Basic and Visual C++
- Software project management tasks for DAWN system at IBEX Computing
using MS Project
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Aug. 1988 Dec. 1993 |
Digital Equipment Corp. Geneva, Switzerland |
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Senior
Software Engineer |
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- Technical project leader (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment,
support) for MPEG-1 digital video editor for Microsoft Windows using Visual Basic
- Technical project leader (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment,
support) for PANORAMA V2.0 an educational, interactive multimedia museum
application using ICON Author on Windows
- Technical project leader (analysis, design) for PROFILE a multimedia film
location database application for cinema producers
- Technical project leader for LIMELIGHT an advanced development project aimed at
building a system for the digitization and post-production of film
- Technical project leader (full life-cycle analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment,
support) for PANORAMA V1.0 a interactive multimedia application prototype using DEC
C++ and X-Windows
- Participated in coding and project management of a banking transaction system at
LinkVest in Lausanne, Switzerland using DEC C++ and X-Windows
- Wrote complete set of documentation for DEC Distributed Computing Services (DCS)
internal field test
- Designed and coded a DECWindows-based animation demo for DEC DCS using DEC C, DECWindows
and VUIT
- Provided primary customer support for DEC VUIT at CERN
- Designed and coded the DECWindows user interface to CAOS a VAX cluster management
tool using VAX C and VUIT
- Developed a real-time histogramming system based on a massively parallel computer in
cooperation with CERN and Active Memory Technologies using VAX C and X-Windows
- Designed and coded a distributed, full-color, interactive, DECWindows Mandelbrot set
display and zooming application to demonstrate the speed and advantage of DEC distributed
processing using VAX C and X-Windows
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Education |
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1981 - 1985 |
University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois |
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Bachelor of Arts in Physics |
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Accreditations |
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Systems Security and VMS Internals 1
Certificate, Digital Equipment Corporation |
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Patents and Publications |
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- "On the Use of Fractals to Analyze HEP Data" APRIL 1990
- Cover of "CERN Courier"- SEPTEMBER 1986
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Interests |
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- Football, Skiing, Swimming, Cycling, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Squash
and Triathlons
- Music composition (including computer assisted), performance, production and audio
engineering
- Instruments include bass, guitar, piano and trumpet
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Personal Information |
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- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1963
- Place of Birth: USA
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Languages |
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- English mother tongue
- French excellent
- German good
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References |
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Available upon request. |
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