712 7TH STREET         PHONE (906) 337-1608
LAURIUM, MI            FAX (906) 337-5315
49913                  Mailto: ross@rossroads.com
                       Homepage: www.rossroads.com

Ross Ylitalo
Software Architect

Objective:
Seeking software development projects on the MS Windows Platform (95/98/2000/NT), which can be done via telecommute on contract basis.

                                        Experience:

1993 to 2000
Database Design and Development
GIS Software Development
Systems Programmer developing "RoadSoft, Integrated Roadway Management System."

Technology Development Group
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan

Was a pioneer in the design and development of Michigan's Roadway Management System.  Saw RoadSoft through many cycles of its still productive life-cycle, which preserved The Michigan Department of Transportation's Legacy Data and brought it together with the Michigan State Police's Annual Crash Data for Roadway management and crash reporting purposes.

RoadSoft is still the standard Roadway Management System in Michigan, and is now  used by Michigan's counties, cities and Law Enforcement Agencies (for its crash reporting capabilities).

Database design and development using Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Visual C++; System tool development using C++ and FORTRAN; ActiveX Control development using Visual Basic and VC++.  Wrote custom parsers and preprocessors in C and C++.

Developed GIS software using Visual Basic, Access and MapObjects.

1994 to 1995
Visual C++ Software Development
.Systems Programmer developing Version 1.0 of the "LTAP News CD"

Local Technical Assistance Program
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan


The LTAP News CD is an archive of all of the United State's LTAP's (Local Technical Assistance Program) quarterly newsletters, Tribal quarterly newsletters, and technical bulletins, both image and text, all stored in electronic form.

The LTAP News CD features:

State-of-the-Art Search Functions

Information search is provided in two ways.

By Topic
Unlike databases that use keywords to reference information, LTAP News searches all the words contained in the archive's text files. This feature provides a comprehensive search that makes information retrieval amazingly productive. 

Search By Publication
LTAP News is an "electronic file cabinet". You can zero in on the publications of an individual center or browse through the publications of all the centers.

I created the user interface using Visual C++, and designed the internal interface for the modified B+ Tree (also written using Visual C++) which was the heart of our very high-performance search engine.


1992- 1993
Signature Research
Systems Programmer, Developing with Visual C++ 
and Fortran77 on Silicon Graphics

Signature Research
Calumet, Michigan

Developed object-oriented software using Visual C++, which manipulates Cincinnati AVIO image data (infrared data.)

Performed software development on Silicon Graphics Platform, developing software for the US Department of Defense using Fortran.

1991 -1992
Programmer/Analyst
Low-level Database Developer (in 'C')
Interface Development using C-Scape
Maintenance of existing Fortran Code

Data Boy 
Laurium, MI

Programming, consulting, systems analysis. 

Contract work for Environmental Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University, developing contaminant database and interface using "Metaware High-C" and "Watcom Fortran."

1990 - 1991
Database Development
Structural Analysis Software Development
Houghton, MI

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan

Wrote a temperature database and analysis system for the Civil Engineering Department.
Also wrote structural analysis software in C for the same department.

1987 -1991
Highway Maintenance Worker Senior
Basic Programming
dBase Program Debugging
Photography and writing

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Detroit Lakes, MN

Highway Maintenance.  I was just getting introduced and interested in computers:  Data Entry into MNDOT Maintenance Database; Wrote software in BASIC for ordering supplies from the central district via modem; helped with debugging some dBase problems in the District's Inventory system.

Writing and photography work for statewide newsletter. Helped secretarial staff make conversion from Wang Systems to PC's and WordPerfect.

Education:

As a non-traditional student, I have been working full-time and working on my secondary education for fourteen years now.

1990 - 2000
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
Computer Science

Finishing computer science degree (30 credits left.), with the computer science option.

1989 - 1990
Moorhead State University
Moorhead, MN
Computer Science

Beginning to work towards computer science degree.

1988
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Civil Engineering

Taking generals while working as a Highway Maintenance Worker.

1985 - 1986
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Professional

Taking generals while working full time as a welder/fitter, fabricating structural steel.

Notes

I have two computers networked on Ethernet 10 base T. My server is running NT 2000 Advanced Server, and my client is running Windows 98.
 Both computers have removable drive bays, which makes it easy for me to customize my system for working on special problems or duplicating environments.
All of my software is current and belongs to me, obtained via my Microsoft Developer Network Universal Subscription.