Resume

Colin MacDonald

2910 S. 20th St.
Arlington, VA 22204
(703) 271-0033
colin@bluegraybox.com

Summary

Twenty years of software development experience, the last 12 in web applications. Proven record of initiative and innovation in crafting software to meet organizational needs. Eager to learn, and able to adopt new techniques and technology quickly, but focused on business value. Balances “big picture” issues with attention to detail. Writes good, clean, elegant, maintainable code. Plays well with others. Gets things done.

Buzzwords

Full life-cycle development. Agile methodologies. Web applications and services. Distributed, asynchronous processing. Java, Perl, C. SQL, HTML, XML, XSLT. CVS, Subversion. Apache, Tomcat, JBoss. Linux, Macintosh.

References

Trey Jones (manager at CodeRyte): tjones at coderyte dot com
Tad McDonald (manager at Templar/i2): tad dot mcdonald at gmail dot com
Scott Evans (co-worker at Microstate and Templar): gse at antisleep dot com

Work Experience

CodeRyte, Bethesda, MD
Feb 2006 to present

Senior Software Engineer: Developed GWT/Lucene application to enable customers to search and view historical data. Designed and developed Perl webapps to enable non-technical users to manage system configuration, including regression testing workflow and version control interaction. Introduced tools and practices to improve software development process.

Templar Corporation, Alexandria, VA
Apr 2001 to Sep 2005

Senior Software Developer: Developed Java web applications to facilitate access to multiple, disparate legacy data sources. Introduced tools and practices to improve software development process. Provided project technical management, including requirements gathering, architecture, task decomposition, and mentoring of junior staff. Re-envisioned, -designed and -implemented core application successfully, dramatically improving performance, maintainability, and customer configuration effort.

Templar was acquired by Choicepoint in February 2004, and merged into its i2 subsidiary in 2005.

Microstate Corporation, Fairfax, VA
Aug 1999 to Feb 2001

Developed B2B web sites with server-side Java accessing SQL databases, running on Linux systems. Performed requirements analysis for business integration software.

Erols Internet, Springfield, VA
May 1997 to Jun 1999

Internet Developer: Administered various Unix systems. Developed software tools for customer management, involving small SQL database design and development, and Perl CGI. Co-wrote C interface between ActiveWorks messaging middleware and customer management system.

Lunaria, Alexandria, VA
Jul 1995 to May 1997

Developed several educational titles using Macromedia Director, including a window management toolkit. Designed and developed Web pages using HTML and Javascript. Programmed for CD-i platform as detailed below. Responsible for needs analysis and technical communications with clients, who included Imagine Publishing and The Smithsonian Institution.

CapDisc, Bethesda, MD
Apr 1992 to Feb 1995

Software Engineer: Assistant, then Lead Engineer for entertainment and educational titles created for CD-i platform. Cross-developed C/OS9 code in Solaris environment to create event-driven, real-time applications involving CD-ROM and MPEG-1 decoder. Worked closely with art and production staff throughout design and development.

Interactive Television Co., Arlington, VA
Jul 1990 to Apr 1992

Software Engineer: Developed C code for interactive, live-action video training simulator; and for video surrogate travel system.

MicroMagic, Amherst, MA
Sep 1988 to Sep 1989

Programmer: Wrote C code for Macintosh and Amiga ports of Electronic Arts’ Starflight game. Implemented game mechanics, graphics control, interface, and database.

Education

B.A: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Major: Mathematics (Computer Science)
May 1988

Other

US Citizen. Not willing to relocate. Prefer to be able to bike to work.