Forest Bond

Over more than a decade running a contract software development & consulting business, I successfully completed a wide range of touch screen kiosk & integrated user interface projects, and helped clients build products on the Ubuntu Linux platform. ▪ Created web-based Ubuntu Linux platform image build system to support client image development with simple online configuration, enabling generation of complete operating system images within minutes at the touch of a button. ▪ Provided custom Ubuntu Linux platforms for numerous client products including: digital signage for automative repair shops, laboratory control systems, & medical specimen collection kiosks. ▪ Designed & implemented employee incentive kiosk used in meat processing & packaging facility, including web-based management interface for use by administrative staff. ▪ Designed & implemented ticketing kiosk with payment processing for use in large museum setting. ▪ Provided complete custom Linux platform for all of client’s US taxi fleets, enabling rich multimedia touch screen user interfaces, secure push software updates, remote access, & connectivity with dozens of distinct peripheral devices used for mobile broadband connectivity, payment card processing, biometric authentication, & many other functions. ▪ Implemented touch screen user interface for taxicab client’s flagship rear seat “PIM” (Passenger Information Monitor) application, currently deployed on thousands of cabs in most major US cities, offering customer-facing payment processing functions and HD video content/ad scheduling & display. ▪ Developed new touch screen “MDT” (Mobile Driver Terminal) currently deployed on thousands of cabs in London. ▪ Created Android “PIM” (Passenger Information Monitor), targeted for future deployment on tablet configurations in select markets. ▪ Worked with a team to design & implement pilot cockpit display interfaces for electric aircraft on STM32 & i.MX platforms.

After joining with fewer than 10 employees, my role grew rapidly with the company, & within a few years I was leading a small team of developers working on a diverse set of projects. ▪ Maintained company-wide open-source IT infrastructure, including MySQL, Apache, Python, PHP, & Samba running on Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. ▪ Managed personnel & projects, conducted employee training, & played a key role in business decision making at the highest level. ▪ Provided top-tier technical support & consulting services to enterprise customers, primarily focused on Linux integration & hardware support. ▪ Chiefly responsible for maintaining & developing company website, which included e-commerce & substantial administrative functions. Completed several significant projects, including: custom ordering system, procurement system, & total front-end rewrite with focus on modern, standards-compliant design. ▪ Solely developed Linux-based burn-in/test & data collection software used to perform QA verification of all custom-built computer systems prior to shipment, bootable via network or live USB media. ▪ Implemented various internal web applications to provide access to critical business data, from hard- ware testing results to phone system usage analysis. ▪ Completed design of watchdog timer add-on module for use with standard PC hardware (circuit design, PCB layout, manufacturing process management).

I gained valuable experience working on team managing semiconductor product data. ▪ Took part in development of a large data processing application using Perl & shell scripts. ▪ Contributed HTML content for internal web-based help & training system.