Robert D. Ito

4940 Thunderbird Circle Apt. 100
Boulder, CO 80303-3943
Phone: 720-304-6825
E-mail: rdito at nyx dot net
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JOB OBJECTIVE

A position where I can contribute using my background in software engineering and applications programming, and software testing and technical writing.

EMPLOYMENT

Consultant
2002 - present
Developing a Java demo program to show how a new process for measuring blood oxygen saturation compares with and improves on existing methods, by displaying continually updated data, regression plots and calculated saturation values for both old and new methods.

Software Engineer / Information Analyst
Neodata / EDS; 1994 - 2001

Analyzed programming requests by discussion and interviews with Account Management personnel, and then created, modified and tested C programs on an IBM mainframe MVS/TSO/JCL platform; those programs created, reformatted, updated and corrected data files and databases. Created and updated program documentation.
Created and modified dictionaries, in-house software used to describe and access data files, and used by programs and software systems.
Analyzed and resolved Problem Reports ( production job problems and failures ), by analyzing job outputs, selecting records for testing, running test jobs, and fixing programs and data files.
Initiated and developed new utility programs for use in mainframe data processing.
Ran monthly updates on databases on Unix systems. Wrote additional Unix Korn shell scripts and C programs to support and automate that processing.
Participated on the team designing a new Unix-based database system to replace the mainframe-based database system.
Promoted programs and files into production on the mainframe system.

Member Technical Staff II
ARC Professional Services Group; 1989 - 1993

Analyzed requirements documents, and then wrote, developed and ran software test procedures for System 1, a large hardware/software system IBM was developing for the Air Force.
Wrote and developed System 1 software user manuals and documentation, based on analysis of requirements documents and interviews with development personnel.
Wrote some supporting programs for System 1 in C and Pascal.

Programmer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Space Environment Laboratory; 1987 - 1988

Maintained and expanded the Theo solar flare forecasting expert system used by the forecasting center
Wrote application programs for Theo's database.

COMPUTER BACKGROUND

Degree	M.S., Computer Science, University of Colorado
Programming languages	C, Unix shell, Perl; Java, C++, HTML, Fortran, Pascal, BASIC, 8086 assembly, Ada, Lisp, OPS83, OPS5
Operating systems	Unix, IBM MVS, Windows 9X/XP, MS-DOS; IBM VM, OS/2, X-windows, Apollo Aegis, VAX/VMS
Platforms / Hardware	PCs, IBM mainframes; IBM RISC/6000, Apollo, HP Bobcat, DEC Vax
Courses	EDS courses: Intermediate C, Advanced C, Microsoft C++, Unix shell programming Continuing Education: Introduction to C++ Programming, Intermediate C++ Programming Graduate: Theory of Automata, Numerical Linear Algebra, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Expert Systems, Database Systems, Graphics, Topics in Nonsymbolic AI (neural networks), Numerical Methods Undergraduate: Introduction to Programming 2, Survey of Programming Languages, Numerical Analysis 1, Microcomputer Architecture and Programming (assembler), Discrete Structures 1, Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Systems Development
Code samples	accrete.c, alien.cpp, minmax.java, spam.sh, tail.pl

OTHER EDUCATION

BA, Chemistry and Mathematics, Macalester College
MS, Chemistry, University of Colorado
MS, Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado
PhD, Chemistry, University of Colorado

HONOR SOCIETIES

Tau Beta Pi, engineering
Phi Lambda Upsilon, chemistry
Pi Mu Epsilon, mathematics

REFERENCES

Available upon request