Jeffrey C.

Read
OBJECTIVE

Littleton, CO 80124 Jeff.Read@ExpertCM.com

To obtain a position in Software Configuration Management and Project Management that can utilize my 18 years of SCM, project management, software development, consulting, and software implementation experience.

PRIMARY TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Tools: IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest Processes: CMM, CMMI, ISO, and government based process standards from the SEC, FDA, and FAA.

WORK EXPERIENCE
9/2004 Present SCM Supervisor Senior SCM Specialist Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. Englewood, CO

Team Lead and Supervisor responsible for implementing IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest tools and corporate SCM processes for several development teams. Responsible for the design, implementation, and deployment a corporate-wide SCM process set to Jeppesen's IT department based upon CMM/CMMI. Responsible for providing leadership and direction to a team of SCM Specialists to plan, track, and deliver their daily SCM activities and their SCM tool and process implementation tasks to their assigned development teams. Key Accomplishments: Lead an effort to evaluate and select a ClearCase branching and merging model for the corporation. Eventually, UCM was selected and is being implemented across the company. Creation of a team level work request tracking tool and process used to manage the large number of requests coming into the team for ClearCase and ClearQuest support. Implementation of a TWiki based content management system used to publish SCM Team documents to the corporation. Lead to effort to consolidate and synchronize the IBM Rational tool licenses for ClearCase and ClearQuest. Created project sizing, tasking, and estimation tools to be used to estimate the SCM needs for new projects. 1/2003 9/2004 Principal Consultant ExpertCM, LLC. Denver, CO

Provide consulting services to clients for the design and implementation of software configuration management, release management, build management, and CM process creation using IBMs ClearCase and ClearQuest tools. Select Client Highlights Beckman Coulter, Inc., Miami FL Responsible for a project to extend and further automate a set of tools that provided a custom link between ClearCase, ClearQuest, and project specific build tools. These tools provided for integrated defect tracking, ClearQuest hooks to create and lock branches in ClearCase, automatic branch creation and management, build management, event logging and email notification, automatic config-spec and view creation, automatic IQ, OQ, and PQ toolset validation, automatic build, event, and label record creation in ClearQuest. Developed a web-based interface to allow for easy developer access to the SCM tools. Beckman Coulter, Inc., Chaska, MN Assisted in the initial installation and configuration of ClearCase and ClearQuest. Assisted in the design and development of the initial ClearQuest defect tracking system and change request workflow. Responsible for porting, installing, and configuring the custom SCM tools developed at Beckman Coulters Miami development center into the Chaska environment. Provided support for the conversion of an existing legacy CM system into ClearCase and ClearQuest.

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7/1997 1/2003

Project Manager & Sr. Consultant

SCM Labs, Inc. Denver, CO

Instrumental in assuring the successful design, implementation, and deployment of robust SCM tools and process for several software development companies including Beckman Coulter, Qwest, OppenheimerFunds, Relera, and Hewlett Packard. Project Manager providing strategic corporate direction for consulting service delivery and is directing several consulting engagements with responsibilities for staff coaching, consultant mentoring, and project and client management. Select Client Highlights Qwest, Denver CO Supported the Corporate SCM team and was responsible for preparing an ROI study on the benefits of purchasing and deploying a single corporate SCM tool and solution. Managed three other onsite consultants and provided leadership to the other 14 team members. Provided technical input to the corporate SCM Solution implemented using Merants PVCS Dimensions toolset. Beckman Coulter, Inc., Miami FL Project Manager and technical lead responsible for a project to customize and automate a build and release process using Rationals ClearCase and ClearQuest toolsets. This work started with an SCM Assessment of current capabilities, generation of a proposal for an SCM Solution Implementation, development and testing of the SCM Solution, and the deployment of the Solution to two strategic projects. OppenheimerFunds, Inc., Englewood, CO Project Manager and technical lead for a five-person team responsible for designing, implementing, and deploying a corporate wide SCM solution. Hewlett Packard Company, Ontario, CA Project Manager responsible for leading consultants on the installation, conversion, and deployment of a Merant PVCS Version Manager and Tracker toolset. 12/1995 7/1997 Senior Software Engineer Information Handling Services Englewood, CO

Team Lead responsible for installing and implementing PVCS Version Manager for three different Windows/NT and five UNIX platforms. This work involved converting a large SCCS source code library to PVCS-VM then writing several shell scripts to make the existing build methods work with PVCS-VM without interrupting the development process. Implemented all new PVCS Configuration Builder scripts to build, manage, and release a three-tier, client server, multi platform product. The new PVCS-CB scripts allowed for the implementation of improved Configuration Management and Release Management processes. Also responsible for training the PVCS-VM and PVCS-CB users at IHS. Responsible for leading and directing test engineers who used PVCS-VM for release management. Responsible for the integration of XRunner automatic test procedures into the build process. Responsible for developing and maintaining an ISO 9000 compliant "Standard Operating Procedure" documents for SW Configuration Management at IHS. 3/1994 12/ 1995 Programmer II Evolving Systems, Inc. Englewood, CO

Member of the Strategic Telephone Operations Business Unit. Responsible for the design and implementation of a C++ ASN.1 interface and the integration of a GTE proprietary API to communicate relational database records in a client server application. Team Leader in a Makefile and Configuration Management rework project. This work entailed the conversion of PVCS makefiles into GNU makefiles. Customized the GNU make program to use new command line options. Also integrated and tested automatic dependency generation into the makefiles used in the nightly build process. Responsible for investigation and prototyping of a new development and CM environments. Attended the IBM CMVC for administrators class. Member of the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) Business Unit. Responsible for the development of a Network Management Server, which was responsible for communicating over an OSI network stack using ASN.1 to transfer "base-station" configuration and usage statistics.

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11/1991 3/1994

Staff Software Engineer

Storage Technology Corporation Louisville, CO

Technical team leader for the Tools and Methodologies group. Instrumental in the design, development, and integration of software and processes in the build management system and the engineering development environment. Responsible for the development and integration of several new SW development tools using a combination of C, Perl, C shell, Make, and RCS. Responsible for the port of one large and several smaller DOSbased products over to the new UNIX build management system. Implemented automatic dependency generation, development tools for a server-based, distributed development environment, and a reproducible, traceable, automatic testing, and distributed software build process. Used UNIX and X Window System expertise to aid in transition from PCs to UNIX workstations. Consulted on UNIX problems, ported development tools, and answered questions about the UNIX development environment. Member of the Kernel Software development group. Responsible for the development and maintenance of operating system code for the AMD29000 used in the ICEBERG disk array product. Main responsibilities included the implementation of kernel features in the fault-tolerant, high-availability, multi-processor ICEBERG disk controller. Responsible for the implementation of a run time parity error detection and recovery feature. Also, responsible for system problem analysis during the final SIT phases of the project. McDATA Corporation Broomfield, CO

5/1988 11/1991

Software Engineer

Designed, developed, and maintained software for IBM plug-compatible network controllers using 'C' in the custom products group. Project leader for a team adding customizable print routing to the Token-Ring LAN capabilities of the terminal controllers. Worked in User Interfaces and Controller Configuration in both large and small development projects. Also responsible for the creation of makefiles, user and technical documentation and technical presentations. Metro State College of Denver Denver, CO

1/1990 12/1999

Part-Time Instructor

Teach 3-6 credit hours of Junior and Senior level undergraduate course in "C and UNIX Programming," "ObjectOriented Programming using C++, "and "Principles of Information Systems." Course material covers an introduction to the C language in the UNIX environment, an introduction to Object-Oriented programming using C++, and MIS concepts using common business software packages. Responsible for organizing and presenting lectures, and writing and grading exams and homework.

SYSTEMS
SCM Tools: IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest. PVCS Dimensions. PVCS Version Manager, Configuration Builder, and Tracker. Also, CVS, RCS, and SCCS. Other Tools: PeopleSoft, Documentum, SQLServer Operation Systems: All UNIX and Windows operating systems Languages: C, C++, Perl, Java, Visual Basic, Make, HTML, and UNIX shell scripts

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EDUCATION
1988 MS, Computer Science University of Wyoming Laramie, WY

Masters Research: A survey of relational database design techniques. Most of these algorithms were programmed into a system that was used to aid in relational database design. The system was used by the graduate level database theory class the following semester. Received Teaching Assistantship position in the Computer Science department and taught two computer science classes each semester. Partner in a small consulting firm that offered Database consulting services to a number of clients including the State of Wyoming and the Wyoming Wildlife Federation. 1986 BS, Computer Science University of Wyoming Laramie, WY

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Selected to present the topic "Evaluating Remote-location and Multi-location Solutions for IBM Rational ClearCase" to an audience of over 250 people at the 2006 Rational Software Developers Conference. Promotion to SCM Supervisor within 3 months of joining Jeppesen. Founder of ExpertCM, LLC Providing Expert Software Configuration Management Solutions Received promotion to Project Manager after one year at SCM Labs. Received promotion to Staff Engineer at first review at StorageTek. Always received Meets or "Exceeding" rating in annual reviews. Received Project Lead responsibilities after one year at McDATA. Nominated for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching in a Freshman or Sophomore level class at University of Wyo.

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