Robert W. Rock
113
Woodhill Road
Bow,
New Hampshire 03304
Phone - (603)774-6472
FAX
-- (603)774-3223
E-Mail
--
RobertRock@comcast.net
Skills Summary
Project Management and Planning, good inter-personal and communication skills
Software Engineering including Windows .Net Development (Visual Basic and C#)
Java (plugins and Java-Swing GUI, Eclipse IDE), IM-protocols
Internet Protocols, and Installation Procedures.
Telephone network protocols (Analog and digital, local loop and inter-exchange)
Work Experience
3/2006
to 4/2006
Senior Software Engineer
DRS
Technologies
Merrimack,
NH
Configuration
utility for a militarized PBX VOIP Gateway.
Work
was done in C#.NET in a Windows environment.
4/2002
to present
Senior Software Engineer
EXACOM,
Inc. ( www.exacom.com
)
Designed
and developed network-based telephony products.
Responsible
for product architecture, design specifications, and implementation.
Supervised
and coached junior engineers.
Products included:
wEBNS – Emergency notification product for campus environment using instant messaging protocols (XMPP) currently under development. Designing Java-based plugins for Wildfire-server and Java-based clients for end-users.
HANDS - Windows-based telephone emergency notification system for airports and power plants using integrated telephone switching, multi-processor, fault tolerant design. Responsible for system top-level design, interprocess communications protocols, core state machine software, and end-user touchscreen workstation. VB.Net implementation.
EARS-Net - Voice recording archive system for proprietary EARS recorder. Implemented as a Visual Basic Windows service with integrated FTP server.
SIMON - A specialized PBX call accounting system used by the U.S. State Department in foreign embassies. MS-Jet (MS Access) multi-table database design.
1/1997
to 4/2002
Vice-President,
Product Development
TrueComm,
Inc. (
www.TrueComm.com
)
Designed and developed a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) qualification system using standard analog modem technology. Received a patent for the unique design approach. Developed a variety of Windows applications and services using Visual Basic, C, and web-based ASP.
1/1993 to 11/1996
Senior
Engineer and Project Manager (as contractor)
Tautron,
Division of General Signal (Westford, MA)
Supervised a group of contract engineers to design and develop a DSP-based telephone network trunk simulation tool used to troubleshoot trunk problems when installing digital telephone switches in emerging-nation telephone systems. Supported client on extended field-tests in Germany and the Ukraine. Responsible for instrument user interfaces using Visual Basic.
3/1988
to 12/1992
Engineering
Project Leader (1/1991 to 12/1992)
Custom
Product Project Manager (3/1088 to 12/1991)
Digital
Equipment Corporation (Merrimack, NH)
Managed a team of engineers to develop DECvoice, a PDP-11-based telephone network voice recording platform using digital T1 interfaces. DECvoice was used by a number of call centers and a voice-mail manufacturer.
Managed development of VAX VMS software to allow AT&T Datakit users to have terminal access to VMS systems via associated Ethernet Datakit server (also a DEC designed product) and for VMS systems to use the Datakit network to establish DECnet circuits. The success of the project resulted in my selection as a Circle of Excellence winner in Hawaii.
8/1984
to 3-1988
Engineering
Product Development Manager
Northern
Telecom, Concord, NH
Responsible for development of subscriber loop testing product line. Managed staff of 22 hardware and software engineers. Responsible for budget of approximately $3M.
Military Experience:
Veteran (Viet Nam Era), U.S. Coast Guard, 1967-1971