Andrew Eichmann

978-204-0868
andrew_eichmann@afeman.com

OBJECTIVE: Work in the metro Boston area developing software in an engineering, scientific or academic environment that takes advantage of my physics background

SOFTWARE SKILL SUMMARY

Languages: C/C++ (6 years), Java (3 years), Perl (2 years), XML (2 years), SQL (3 years), Assembler (3 years), Visual Basic (2 years), HTML (4 years), Lisp (2 years), Scheme (1 year)

Platforms: Linux (6 years), HP-UX (3 years), other Unix versions (12 years), MS Windows NT (3 years), MS Windows 95 (6 years)

Tools: emacs, vi and Gnu tools (6 years), Ariba (2 years), Oracle (3 years), Sybase (1 year), MS Access (3 years), MS Excel (3 years), MS Word (10 years), Allegro Common Lisp (2 years), NetDynamics (2 years), ODBC (3 years), Tibco (1 year)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CNA Insurance, Chicago, IL
Software Developer, June 1998 - July 2001

• Lead technical development team for design and implementation of travel and entertainment expense reporting (T&E) module of web-based application
• Developed UI and process flow of expense reports and requisitions for web-based application (Java, JavaScript, SQL, XML, Ariba and Scheme on NT and HP-UX)
• Installed multiple web application server instances on NT and HP-UX
• Administered and provided user support for production and development procurement application servers running on HP-UX, using Perl to analyze log files
• Advised business customers in technical design for T&E application development
• Upgraded server configuration and customization from Ariba 6 to Ariba 7
• Wrote relational validity checker for flat file database in Perl
• Maintained and provided user support for company-wide T&E expense reporting application with Novell network security (VB on Windows 95 and NT) and web-based fixed asset tracking system (Java and HTML with NetDynamics on NT and HP-UX)
• Extracted data to Oracle from unsupported legacy database application
• Programmed bar code reader in Perl for fixed asset inventory data collection
• Promoted twice

Nycomed-Amersham, Arlington Heights, IL
Cyclotron Engineer, Jan. 1996 - May 1998

• Operated and maintained production radiopharmaceutical particle accelerators
• Upgraded mission-critical real-time cyclotron control and interlock display program (Borland Turbo C++)
• Performed statistical analysis of cyclotron product yields
• Maintained documentation on programmable logic controllers
• Kept maintenance and production logs for Department of Energy and FDA regulatory compliance
• Maintained and repaired high-voltage/high current RF power supplies, digital and analog signal and control electronics, radiation detection equipment, vacuum systems, and water cooling systems
• Completed training in radiation safety and hazardous materials handling

Self-Employed, Prague, Czech Republic
Translator, Proofreader and Technical Writer, Oct. 1993 - Oct. 1995

• Translated Czech and German documents into English for translation agencies Skrivanek and Media Market, and law firm McKenna and Co.
• Wrote and proofread software documentation and tested pharmacokinetic simulation application for software company Merlin
• Completed time-critical assignments without supervision
• Automated document processing system with MS Word scripts

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
Lab Assistant, June - Sept. 1989, re-hired Jan. 1991 and June - Sept. 1991

• Helped program and debug real-time data acquisition firmware for FASTBUS specification hardware used on high-energy particle physics experiment (C and 68020 assembler cross-compiled on VAX/VMS)
• Helped maintain and troubleshoot detector ADCs, particle detector hardware, and data analysis software

EDUCATION

Harvard University Extension, Cambridge, MA
Jan. 2003 - present

Unix Systems Programming: System calls, utility design, multiprocess programming, sockets; coursework written in C

DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Master of Science, Computer Science, awarded 2001 (GPA 3.42/4.0)

Concentration in Systems Fundamentals (software engineering and computer science), secondary concentration in AI; courses included algorithm design and analysis, UML, distributed and multi-threaded programming, OOP, design patterns and compilers; coursework written in C++, Java and Lisp on Linux and NT

Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Bachelor of Arts, Physics, awarded 1991

References provided by request