Walter A. Boring IV
353 Jai Dr.
San Jose, CA. 95119
waboring@uh.nu 

Walter A. Boring IV

Summary  

Fifteen years work experience in the software design and development field, specializing in Linux based applications covering a broad range of development from E-Commerce solutions to wireless networking technology research. Provided development leadership for internet startups, corporations and governmental contracts.

Skills  

Strong PHP, SQL, HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX, SOAP, REST, C/C++, TCP/IP, Python, Perl, Tcl/Tk, Java, MySQL, Oracle v8, PostgreSQL, QT1.44, Linux developer/administrator, POSIX threads, Apache, CVS, Subversion, Photoshop, GIMP, author of phpHtmlLib , contributor to ADODB

Senior Software Engineer

	Senior architect for Web 2.0 www.hikkup.com OOP PHP5 Application using phpHtmlLib, Prototype, script.aculo.us, lightbox
	Wrote Yahoo Messenger 8 Plugin.
	Co-wrote Hikkup Firefox Extension.
	Co-wrote Hikkup IM proxy server using libpurple.
	Managed production environment, including web, cache, database, and load balancer.
	Wrote build and release system using phing.
	Wrote email bounce handler using postfix hooks.
	Implemented Yahoo DomainKeys.

Senior Software Engineer

	Senior architect for Emaillabs OOP PHP5 Multi-tier Web Application.
	Rearchitected Emaillabs in an N-tier, Object Oriented approach using common design patterns and abstraction layers.
	Built a dynamically generated SOAP layer on top of the Business Logic layer.
	Built the UI layer using an MVC controller and PHP library phpHtmlLib.
	Built a transparent cacheable DataObject layer to access the DB.

Senior Software Engineer

	Senior architect for QualysGuard OOP PHP4 Oracle 8i Web Application.
	Architect of UI layer, DB layer and user management layers in PHP4 objects for QualysGuard.
	Developed data base data object layer on top of ADODB
	Rearchitected QualysGuard to use Object Oriented PHP library phpHtmlLib.
	Integrated 2-tier RSA SecurID authentication into QualysGuard.
	Developed customized PHP4 Session management for security.
	Developed serveral marketing CRM applications (Freescan, Sans20, Freemap, Browser Check).

Senior Software Engineer

	Developed web GUI for Billing Manager ISP Hosting Automation product in PHP and MySQL.
	Developed web GUI for ServerXchange ISP Hosting Automation product in PHP, PostgreSQL, XML.
	Developed web GUI for AppXchange ISP Hosting Automation product in PHP, PostgreSQL.
	Primary PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript lead for web development team.
	Developed rpm spec files for installing PHP and Zend Optimizer.

Senior Software Engineer

	Technical / Project lead for company's E-commerce website running on Linux and Solaris
	Principal architect of website and portions of Oracle database architecture
	Implemented entire website backend using object-oriented PHP classes.
	Designed and developed prototype redemption website for Sprite.com
	Implemented HTML pages in PHP template engines.
	Contributed functions to PHP v4.0 language
	Implemented queries to Oracle v8 and MySQL databases using PHP
	Implemented scaleable signup engine in PHP and XML
	Implemented proprietary CyberSource extension to the PHP v4.0 language
	Wrote Oracle v8 ProC libraries and CGIs for Linux and Solaris
	Implemented company-wide revision control system using CVS

Wireless Network Research - Staff

	Principal software engineer supporting wireless networked node design.
	Wrote software, device drivers, network protocols and user applications that enable research hardware to function
	Design and perform demonstrations of research for DARPA, FBI, NSA, Army and other universities
	Porting real-time operating system to the StrongArm SA110 RISC processor
	Wrote wireless network speech and video applications to demonstrate UCLA speech and video codecs
	Wrote device drivers for UCLA adaptive wireless modem, adaptive video codec and adaptive speech codec.

Software Quality Engineer / Application Programmer's Interface Test Engineer

	Wrote API test tools for the Macintosh system 7.5 installer.
	Wrote API test tools for the Macintosh online system help guide.
	Performance tested Apple Macintosh Internet router 3.0.
	Quality engineer of Macintosh hardware and system software.

BS Computer Science

References available upon request.

Interested?
Email me at:   waboring@uh.nu

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