Stewart Evans

Achievements:

• Developed ground software systems for NASA's Kepler mission to discover extrasolar planets.
• Gathered and formalized system requirements. Modeled system behavior using UML, particularly activity and sequence diagrams.
• Developed in Java a prototype data pipeline to validate system architecture and data modeling.

Achievements:

• Developed new features for Web based GUI of network hardware product, using Perl.
• Was able to make productive contributions immediately by learning existing codebase quickly and without supervision,

Achievements:

• Rapidly developed a prototype client/server application using C#/.NET on Windows for the client and Java on Linux for the server.
• Evaluated and recommended message bus software to use in the product.

Achievements:

• Led technical team developing wireless network application, coordinated server and client development.
• Created an XML based language for page layout on handheld devices.
• Developed a GUI application based on that language in C++ using the Qt Embedded toolkit.

Achievements:

• Developed servlet based applications for customers using the Lutris Enhydra application server, server-side Java, Oracle and JDBC.
• Served as technical lead on several projects, working closely with customers on design and implementation.
• Consistently met aggressive project deadlines with quality code. Employed 3-tier architecture to separate business logic from data and presentation layers. Created and maintained test suites for Lutris's J2EE application server.

Achievements:

• Developed and supported custom applications for the billing center of a major telephone company.
• Worked with the customer to discover and formalize their business processes as part of requirements gathering.

Achievements:

• Designed and prototyped a new Motif GUI for a large data backup/restore software product, using the UIM/X interface builder.

Achievements:

• Developed X Windows clients, including a text editor and an email application, using the Motif toolkit.
• Helped design and develop a character-based office automation product, programming in C with the curses toolkit. Rewrote the email component of the product.
• Tracked email standards to ensure application compliance.
• Served as technical lead for a maintenance release of the product, supervising and mentoring a junior engineer.
• Participated in all phases of product development, from design through release.
• Administered SCO Unix, Xenix and Open Desktop systems used in development.

Achievements:

• Designed, implemented and tested expert systems applications using Syntel, a proprietary Lisp-based language.
• Extended the programming environment by developing Lisp tools and utility functions.
• Prepared and presented training courses on programming in Syntel.