Education

2002–2004, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Master of Science, Computer and Information Science.

1982–1987, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Bachelor of Science, Applied Computer Science.

Experience

2002–Present, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Lecturer, Member of School of Business and Technology Department of Computer Science Academic Staff.

• Teaching assignments: Introduction to Computer Science (CSCI 105), Introduction to Programming (CSCI 130), Web Page Design (CSCI 220) and Web Programming (CSCI 322).
• Developed a new CS0 curriculum.
• Initiated and developed the Web Programming Certificate Program

1998–2002, GE Marquette Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI
Software Engineer: Member of a team developing the GEMnet product.

• As a team member, developed a medical imaging archival system (GEMnet).
• Individually, developed a CD archival system for GEMnet.
• Individually, maintained the Accuvision FS and RS product lines (with the assistance of service personnel) and provided US and foreign customer support.

1994–1998, Merge Technologies, Inc. Milwaukee, WI
Product Integration Engineer: Member of a team developing the MergeXPI product.

• Developed verification and validation plans, specifications and reports for the MergeXPI.
• Developed MergeXPI test software including DICOM test scripts and a 3M M952/P831 protocol simulator.
• Tracked and fixed defects related to the MergeXPI product.

DICOM Consultant: Member of team providing clients with consultation services relating to DICOM.

• Traveled to customer sites to test DICOM implementations. This involved execution of a custom test tool, generation of test suites and analysis of test case results.
• Wrote proposals for clients with respect to site testing, consulting and special projects.
• Developed test suites specific to customer DICOM implementations.
• Taught a 1-day DICOM overview class.

Product Development Software Engineer: Member of a team which designed, implemented, tested and maintained the MergeCOM and MergeCOM-3 Integrator’s Tool Kits.

• Acted as porting engineer responsible for porting the MergeCOM and MergeCOM-3 DICOM API Toolkits to UNIX, VMS, MS-DOS, Windows (3.1, 95/98 and NT), OS/2, RMX II, QNX and VxWorks. Tools: C, TCP/IP with sockets.
• Developed a DICOM conformant Query/Retrieve sample application used by the MergeCOM-3 ITK. Tools: C.
• Developed automated build procedures used to build the DICOM ITK’s on all platforms. Tools: C-shell and make.

1987–1994 Fluid Dynamics Intl. Evanston, IL
Programmer/Analyst

• Developed software protection and machine identification code used by the FIDAP product. Tools: C.
• Developed Tier-1 database interface tools used by developers coding FIDAP. Tools: C.
• Developed FDI’s source code control system using the Aide-de-Camp Software Management System. Tools: C and C-shell.
• Developed a defect tracking system used by customer support and engineering for tracking FIDAP defects. Tools: Quintus Workpro, X/Motif, Informix.
  

Technical Skills

 Expertise in the following areas:

• DICOM

Knowledge in the following areas:

• Hardware: Cray (UNICOS), Convex (ConvexOS), HP (HP-UX), SGI (IRIX), Sun (Solaris), IBM (AiX), Intel, VAX (VMS), Motorola, others.
• Software: X/Motif, MFC, Aide-de-Camp, Microsoft Source Safe, PC-based applications (i.e., Word).
• Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/2000/XP, VMS, OS/9, RMS, VxWorks.
• Languages: Java, JavaScript, Perl, C, C++, Shell Scripts, FORTRAN and others.
• Networking: TCP/IP programming with Berkeley Sockets, WinSock and NFS.
• Web: XHTML, CGI, JDBC, JSP, ASP, PHP, IBM WebSphere.

Familiarity in the following areas:

• COM
• CORBA

Certifications

General Electric Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

Scholarly Activities

Workshops

• T. Knautz and S. Hansen, Aspect Oriented Programming, Thirty-fifth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, March 1-3, 2004, Norfolk, VA.
• Guest Lecturer at UW-Eau Claire, Aspect Oriented Programming and AOP lab,

 

Updated: Sept 2004 by THK.