Zane Kuchera
(617) 765-4893 mail@zanekuchera.com
OBJECTIVE: A Senior Software Engineering Position
SUMMARY: Technical Lead and C++, Database, J2EE Software Application Developer
· Language: C/C++, Java, J2EE, PHP, SQL RDBMS, ColdFusion CFML, Ada, Pascal
· Platform: Windows, Linux, MacOS, Solaris, HPUX
· API: Win32, Swing, JNI, NT Services, COM/DCOM, ODBC/JDBC, ActiveX, NT Explorer Shell and Namespace Extensions, MMC, WBEM/WMI, STL, ATL, JSP, Servlets, JavaBeans, AWT, SNMP, MIDI, Verity/K2 Server
· Tool: Microsoft Visual Studio, NetBeans, Eclipse, CVS, JRun, Jakarta Tomcat, Perforce, ClearCase, Source Safe, Bounds Checker, Purify, Borland TogetherJ and C++, Rational Rose UML
EXPERIENCE:
Zane Kuchera Multimedia Production & Design 7/2002-Present (Freelance / Contract)
· Freelance Website Developer creating dynamic content using Javascript, PHP, MySQL, MS Access DB, J2EE. 7/02-Present
· Children’s Hospital Boston: Database design, dynamic website developer. 2009-2010
· Certeon (Network Security/Acceleration): SQL RDBMS, J2EE, Windows, C++, Linux. Responsible for development of network management applications and network data transfer using socket programming in a multi-threaded environment. 1/05-7/05
· M-Audio/Avid/Digidesign: C++, Windows. Responsible for the development of the file category engine subsystem, and assisting with user interface programming. MS Visual Studio, Perforce. 10/04-1/05
· Comtrol (NTe/eCos embedded serial interface controller): C++, STL, Socket programming, J2EE, ASP, Javascript, Windows, Cygwin, Unix. Responsible for co-development of a cross-platform framework toolset. Rational Rose UML, Together C++ UML CASE tools, Source Safe, MS Visual Studio. 1/03-9/03
Allaire/Macromedia 3/00-7/02
Senior Software Engineer, ColdFusion Server Group, Visual Tools COM Group
· Responsible for designing and implementing functionality to configure and execute full-text searches of documents and database query result sets throughout the enterprise using custom gateways and Verity K2 Full-Text Search Engine technologies
· Developed in Java and C++. Used STL, JNI, JDBC, XML, MS Visual Studio, Borland JBuilder, CVS, ClearCase, Forte, and IntelliJ.
· Designed and developed Application frameworks in C++ using STL to abstract various full-text search engines and to allow Macromedia products to use common interfaces for these search capabilities; metadata collection management, indexing, searching, and reporting.
· This framework is included in the ColdFusion Application Server and is a multi-platform implementation (NT, Solaris, HPUX, Linux) and multi-lingual (25 Asian and European languages)
· Enhanced COM components in the areas of Explorer Shell and Namespace Extensions to support FTP and RDS folder management
Stratus 3/98-3/00
Software Engineer Technical Lead, Windows NT System Management Group
· Developed using UML, MS Visual C++, NT services, CIMOM providers, MMC GUI integration, STL, ATL, and COM/DCOM interfaces
· Performed system requirements analysis, created functional and design specifications, mentored team members in object-oriented design, C++, COM, and WMI
· Designed and coded prototype applications related to MMC, WBEM/WMI, CIM database schemas, and policy engines
· Designed the system architecture and service interfaces
· Designed and coded several of the NT services related to Policy and Alarm Management
Digital Equipment Corporation 7/97-3/98 (sold to Cabletron)
Principal Software Engineer, Network Products
Bay Networks 12/1996-7/1997 (projects relocated to CA)
Principal Developer/Software Manager, Optivity Enterprise SNMP NMS
Microcom 2/1993-12/1996
Software Engineer Technical Lead, SNMP NMS, expressWatch
Crest Audio 12/1991-2/1993
Software Engineer Technical Lead, Multimedia Control System NexSys
Fort Monmouth Department of Defense 7/83-12/91
Electronic Warfare Laboratories, Contracting Software Engineer
Mission Critical Intelligence Systems (Top Secret Security Clearance)
EDUCATION:
· Berklee College of Music
· Continuing Education: “Developing J2EE Applications (Servlets, JSP, EJB) With JRun”, “Java For Enterprise Systems Development”, “Java For C++ Programming”, “Java Programming Language Course”, “Microsoft WBEM/WMI”, “Microsoft NT Internals”, “Advanced Network Configuration of Bay Routers”
· American College of Computer & Information Sciences
· Brick Computer Science Institute

