Steve Cowley's Professional Resume

Steven C. Cowley

E-mail: scowley@uswest.net Homepage: http://www.users.uswest.net/~scowley/ line

Objective

I am seeking a position working with a quick response team developing distributed and web based application systems. line

Cover Letter/Preamble

I have worked for my present employer for 14 years, 12 of which, as a software engineer working in large storage systems software development. I received my start as a programmer through a company sponsored programmer training program and have enjoyed programming ever since.

The experience I have gained as a software engineer has been varied and exciting. It has been a challenge to keep up to speed with the current programming environments while working with older technologies. For the past 5 years, I have worked in a software development environment using C and C++ as the base programming languages. My responsibilities have included: code design, documentation, implementation, review and testing, as well as software version control, project scheduling and code size estimating.

In addition to my expirence with C and C++, I have worked with HTML and PERL in order to learn CGI programming. I am currently in the process of teaching myself JAVA and IBM's VisualAge both in a standalone environment and as a web interface. I have worked with several different assemblers and have 4 years of expierence with COBOL. For a majority of my time as a programmer, I have worked in a UNIX/AIX environment. My current assignment is working with a team that is writting a storage application on top of an AIX kernal. I have also written applications for Windows 95/98/NT and OS/2.

Although my strength lies in storage control applications, I have been able to apply the knowledge gained to each environment I have worked in. I have had the opportunity to work as a member of a development team, as well as lead a small team in making specialized modifications to the storage control software for specialized use in the transportation industry's application environment. The primary purpose of these modifications was to improve performance in an environment that is very demanding and dynamic.

Specific Skills

		C/C++/Object Oriented Programming(5 years of experience)
		PERL, JAVA
		CGI and Web interfaces
		Operating systems include: Windows 95/98/NT, UNIX/AIX, OS/2
		COBOL (4 years of experience)
		Assembly languages (7 years of experience)
		Embeded software systems (12 years of experience)

Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer
1985 to Present
Employer: IBM
Manager: Jon Danielson
Tucson, Arizona
Hours/Week: 40
Responsibilities:

Work in a team environment to develope large storage subsystems applications. This work includes: software design, documentation, coding, review and testing.

Honors and Achievements

I have been awarded 2 US patents and have had 3 technical disclosures published.

Education

		Persued a B.S. in Computer Science, 1987 to 1990 Chapman University GPA: (Major) 3.8 (Overall) 3.5
		Computer Science, 1986 to 1987 Pima Community College GPA: (Major) 4.0 (Overall) 4.0