Sam Robb

Software development team member.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.