Scott Ventura's Resume

Computer Skills

Languages: Equator MAP VLIW C and VLx assembly, C/C++, Perl, Java

Operating Systems: Windows 3.11 through XP MacOS, SunOS/Solaris, RedHat Linux, Fedora

UNIX

Editors: GNU emacs and vi
Programming Tools: gdb, xxgdb, gprof, Purify, dbx, GNU make, CVS and RCS
Document Preparation: HTML / CSS, LaTeX and gnuplot

Experience

Software Developer, Xerox Corporation

Webster, New York (October 1998 - present)

Optimized several algorithms for Equator Media Applications Processors (MAP).

Participated in architecturing, implementation, optimization and testing of image compression systems running on both UltraSPARC and Equator MAP systems.

Taught internal courses in basics of programming and optimizing for Equator MAP processors.

Software Developer, Xerox through Ajilon

Webster, New York (October 1997 - October 1998)

Restructured/rewrote an existing UNIX-based analysis program in C++ to be easily modified and maintained.

Used a combination of tools to regression-test the software to preserve the correctness of the implementation.

Multithreaded the analyses to improve performance on multiprocessor computers.

Implemented a Motif interface.

Implemented communication with external hardware devices over a serial cable connection to allow the software to control the device.

Software Developer, UR Center for Visual Science

Rochester, New York (May 1996 - October 1997)

Made extensive modifications to real-time psychophysics experimentation software in Metrowerks C including data collection from an external computer and modifications to the subject stimuli.

Extensively commented C code written by previous programmers on the project.

Collaborated on an analysis program to allow visual playback of the data and make statistical observations about subject behavior.

Wrote a comprehensive LaTeX manual each for the experimentation program and the analysis program.

Used Perl to create a prototype analysis program for an evolving experiment.

Current Activities

I sing in the Chorus of the Genesee, a male barbershop chorus. In addition to working as an assistant section leader, I serve on the Board of Directors and maintain the website and mailing lists for the chorus. I also sing in a quartet called Fever Pitch and maintain the web site.

I have a strong interest in usability issues for the World Wide Web. I have a knack for identifying compatability and accessability issues on web sites. I was an early user of several "alternative" browsers like SlipKnot and lynx, so I have a passion for cross-browser compatability.

I maintain a personal web site with about 400 pages. The biggest section of the site, movie reviews, is generated with a combination of perl and the C preprocessor. The perl script parses a field-value pair file for each movie, generating both pages for the movie and automatically updated index pages.

Education

University of Rochester: B.S. Computer Science, 1997 (Wilson Scholar) (Coursework)

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