PHILIP KARRAS                                      [C] (301) 471-2596
3305 Hampton Court                                 [H] (301) 829-3260
Mt. Airy, MD  21771                                [E] philp_karras@yahoo.com


PROFILE:

Dynamic software engineer with creative problem-solving abilities. Extensive
experience in PC and Web applications and embedded software development in
multiple languages, with complete life-cycle experience in government and
for-profit environments. Rapidly climbs the learning curve for new systems.
Thinks outside the box to solve problems quickly.


SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:

* Patent holder: #4,464,054 Colorimeter Instrument with Fiber Optic Ring
  Illuminator.
* Technical editor: Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours, 3rd ed., by
  Michael Moncur.
* Technical writer for several radio & electronics magazines.


CERTIFICATES:

* Security+, 04/30/2014
* Certified Scrum Master, 10/07/2014
* DoD Secret Clearance


LANGUAGE AND TOOLS:

MS Windows UNIX  * LINUX * VAX * C, C++ * PIC C * C#.NET * VB.NET * ASP.NET *
Visual Studio * BASIC, VB6 * FOCAL * FORTRAN * SAS * SQL * ACCESS * Btrieve *
ORACLE * db_VISTA * HTML * DHTML * JavaScript * CSS * Perl * PHP * AJAX *
Java * DB_File * MySQL


MICROPROCESSOR EXPERIENCE:
Motorola 68xx, Intel xxx86, Paradigm emulator/debugger, NEC Vr4310 Microchip
PIC16C843.


IT, SOFTWARE, AND WEB CONSULTANT

* Developed web presence for client companies
* Updated a custom software application for the National Rehabilitation
  Hospital.
* Installed new hardware and software
* Solved customer web site performance problems with custom Java utilities.
* Set up peer-to-peer and Windows 2000/2003 server domain networks
* Implemented Linux Proxy Servers on Windows workgroup and domain networks.


EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

* Developed satellite communications equipment design verification tests.
  Completed on schedule.
* Developed  Fax Interface Module V.23 communications for a proprietary RTOS
* Implemented a median filter method in the embedded Flow System software.



PHILIP KARRAS                                      [H] (301) 829-3260


APPLICATION PROGRAMMING

* Designed drilling-control software with serial and parallel hardware
  interfaces.  The software ensured a repeatable manufacturing process,
  saving time and money
* Converted a paper-nomogram (equations, interrelated graphs, and written
  instructions) on copper-pipe water pitting propensity to an application
  program.
* Developed data conversion programs.
* Designed and wrote programs, including five databases, using BASIC, C, C++,
  C#, SQL (MS, MySQL, ORACLE), B-trieve and db_Vista.
* Developed a Perl DB_File database for a customer web site and enhanced the
  web site with DHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.


PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

* Managed the development of a family of water flow measurement instruments,
  progressing from prototype debug and firmware integration through the
  transition to manufacturing. This product family became a profitable best
  seller.
* Managed a multi-program, multi-year project developing software to address
  corrosion problems for the electric power industry. This five-year project
  was completed within budget
* Designed and managed the NACE-NIST Corrosion Data Center's software coding
  standards and code-library system.


LASER OPTICS CONSULTANT

* Developed control software for precision laser timing
* Designed sample positioning control software for precision sample
  alignment.


PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

* Future Technologies, Inc.	          MS SQL, C#, C#.NET/ASP.NET 2009 - 2014
* MJO Services, LLC	        SQL Database & ASP.NET program 2008 - 2009
* Business First Networks	 IT, Software & Web Consultant 2003 - 2008
* Syntek Systems Corp	         Embedded Software Engineering 1999 - 2003
* Innovative Solutions Group	       Applications Programmer 1998 - 1999
* SFA Inc.	                     Medical Imaging Physicist 1997 - 1998
* Marsh-McBirney Inc	            Embedded Software Engineer 1995 - 1997
* NIST, Molecular Physics   Laser Optics & Software Consultant 1995 - 1995


EDUCATION

* B.S.  Physics,  Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
* M.A.  Physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
* Continuing Education - 44 continuing education credits in engineering

Download the Doc version