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