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Arriad / Member of Techincal Staff
2008 - Present
Software development team member.
NetApp / Member Technical Staff
2006 - 2008
Software development team member, working on upgrades and enhancements to the software component of Network Appliance's products. Helped design and implement aspects of Network Appliance's distributed, scalable file system product (GX).
TimeSys / Senior Development Engineer
2001 - 2006
Responsible for evaluating and recommending alternate technology platforms for the TimeSys Tools group. Helped design and implement TimeStorm 2.x and 3.x, written in Java and based on the open-source Eclipse IDE; core elements of the C/C++ automated build system we developed were contributed back to the Eclipse project. As technical lead for Tools team development, helped coordinate development of multiple Eclipse-based tools projects, enabling individual tools to work together within the same IDE. Responsible for ensuring that Eclipse-based tools were integrated with other TimeSys products. Responsible for research and recommendations regarding critical enabling technologies for component build, component packaging, product installation and licensing.
CoManage / Senior Development Engineer
1999 - 2001
Worked extensively with ATL, COM, SQL Server, and SNMP.ISM 2.0 Senior Development Engineer. Designed and implemented general network support architecture, including 3rd party access APIs. Responsible for initial implementation of ISM 2.0 trace facility. Worked with other leads to establish coding standards and development guidelines.ISM 1.0 Senior Development Engineer. Designed and implemented modular network discovery framework for ISM 1.0. Established requirements for, designed, and implemented ISM 1.0 system trace facility.
Lycos / Principal Software Engineer
1998 - 1999
Responsible for investigating new technologies for use by Lycos Directory team, including COM/DCOM, STL, Microsoft Active Scripting, and XML-based data interchange formats. Ported several internal libraries from MFC to STL for cross-platform use. Helped design internationalization/localization guidelines for Directory team and developed Unicode-enabled versions of internal libraries and applications. Worked with other senior developers to recommend a cross-platform source control system for use by all Lycos subsidiaries. Modified internal build system to use third-party tools for generating source code documentation.
WiseWire / Software Engineer
1996 - 1998
Responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining thread-safe core software libraries used to implement the WWW-based WiseWire information filtering service. Acted as version control/release manager for over two dozen internal libraries and applications. Created internal build system based on Microsoft Visual SourceSafe used by development and QA. Assisted in developing a scalable architecture for the WiseWire service based on distributed Oracle database and multiple Netscape web servers. Technical liaison for WiseWire integration with Lycos and other corporations subscribing to the WiseWire service.
Clinical Tools / Software Engineer
1995 - 1996
Monitored and maintained office Windows NT/95 network, including Netscape HTTP server, mail server, and supporting software under Windows NT 3.51. HTML coding and standards development, CGI scripting in C\C++ under Windows NT. Analyzed and established baseline technical and programming requirements for mental health education software, and developed tools to assist in the production of educational CD-ROMs.
Great Lakes Behavioral Research Institute / Software Developer
1994 - 1995
Part of a small team developing accounting software for non-profit organizations in Microsoft FoxPro. Responsibilities included programming, requirements review, implementation planning, and maintenance of the project's data dictionary. Developed several tools and utilities used to integrate third-party products within the FoxPro environment.
United States Navy / Lieutenant Junior Grade
1991 - 1994
Junior management positions; responsibilities included personnel management, maintenance scheduling, planning equipment repairs and developing operating plans under the supervision of the ship's Captain. Responsible for coordinating and carrying out the decommissioning of the ship's Operations department.
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Sam Robb posted a blog entry Aug 10, 2011

Matthew 26:9

Came across a mention of Ayrton Senna today. What caught my eye:After Senna's death it was discovered that he had donated millions of dollars of his personal fortune (estimated at $400 million at the time of his death) to children's charities, a fact that during his life he had kept secret. Based... more »

Sam Robb posted a blog entry Aug 10, 2011

Matthew 23:14

Ira Stoll at Reason.com wonders why "Obama Gets a Blank Check for Endless War"...Record numbers of U.S. troops are dying under Obama, but the anti-war movement is nowhere to be found.
The Obama administration is on pace to have more American soldiers killed in casualties related to the wars in Iraq... more »

Sam Robb posted a blog entry Aug 6, 2011

You know you've just finished an MHI book...

... when you walk into WalMart, and think, "Hmm. When the zombies come, I can scramble up the display case over there and follow the air vent from the bakery up into the rafters. Maybe make my way back to sporting goods and grab a shotgun. No, there's probably no way up into the rafters back... more »

Sam Robb posted a blog entry Aug 3, 2011

I'm 1/3 Crazy

Well, perhaps a little over 1/3 - closer to 35%, at least according to the Libertarian Purity Test, where I end up at about 56/160. Assuming, of course, that you consider personal freedom to be "crazy". Given that I've got the the vice-president calling me a terrorist for thinking the government... more »

Sam Robb posted a blog entry Jul 29, 2011

Congress needs a CEO

A long time ago, in what seems like a different life BC (Before Children), I was what people these days tend to call a table-top gamer. I played a fairly complex little role-playing game (RPG) called Rolemaster with a bunch of friends from college, running around in imaginary worlds and killing... more »

Sam Robb posted a blog entry Jul 28, 2011

There is evil there...

Last night was the conclusion of VBS (Vacation Bible School) at our church, where I had the privilege of being part of the small group that spent part of those four nights telling the kids a (very!) condensed version of the life story of Corrie ten Boom.It was very intense, and very sobering. On... more »

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