George Soules
gsoules@avantlogic.com
(802) 496-9102
Summary
Education
1980, BA Computer Science,
Experience (last
updated May 2008)
1/03 – Present : AvantLogic Corporation, Waitsfield, VT
Developing and marketing MapsAlive®, a web application that allows you to make
your online maps come alive by turning them into interactive tours. To learn
more visit http://www.mapsalive.com.
1/04 – 9/04 : Green Mountain Logic, Inc.,
Performed an independent assessment for a confidential client to identify ways
to improve their processes for developing mission critical software. Green Mountain Logic specializes in
FDA-compliant software solutions tailored to the specifications of medical
manufacturers and other organizations where safety and reliability are critical
requirements.
1/04 – 1/04 : Competitive Computing, Inc.,
Implemented enhancements to a web-based financial analysis system which is used
by Bombardier to manage their portfolio of aircraft. AvantLogic designed the core architecture for
the system in 2000/2001. Competitive Computing is
a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that develops e-commerce, B2B, and
enterprise solutions using Microsoft technologies.
8/03 – 9/03 : ABC
Television,
Enhanced ABC’s
touch-screen program used to control audio and video routing devices during
live television broadcasts from studios in
8/03 – 9/03 : Vermont
Agency of Human Services, Montpelier, VT
Evaluated a $31 million Medicaid Information Management System proposed by EDS
for the State of Vermont. Assessed the
project’s architecture, cost, benefits, and development plans. Made recommendations and reported results to
10/02 – 8/03 : Turner
Engineering Company, Venice, CA
Worked as part of a team with New York City Transit, Urenco Power Technologies, New York Power Authority,
and Turner Engineering to assess a Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) used
to capture electricity from braking subway trains. AvantLogic’s involvement pertained to the
software that controls the FESS electronics to direct the flow of energy to and
from the third rail. This effort
required knowledge of embedded control systems and safety-critical software
design techniques.
5/03 – 8/03 : MicroProcessor
Designs,
Developed a
prototype software application for an international foodservice manufacturer to
demonstrate the feasibility of an intelligent microprocessor-based industrial
kitchen device.
10/01 – 10/02 : Green
Mountain Logic, Inc., Montpelier, VT
Developed the core web architecture of a Laboratory Information Management
System used for genetics testing. The
application manages vast amounts of scientific data and is integrated with lab
automation equipment. The design
utilizes an HTTP Web Services model and makes extensive use of XML on both the
client and server.
12/01 – 11/02 : Vermont
Agency of Transportation, Montpelier, VT
Conducted an independent review of a proposed $2.2 million Digimarc
digital licensing system for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Assessed the system’s software and hardware
as well as its cost, benefits, and suitability for creating fraud-proof photo
IDs and driver’s licenses. Also reviewed
a $3 million software project to manage clinical recipient data within
2/00 – 10/01 : Green Mountain Logic, Inc.,
As lead web architect, designed the web interface to a hospital point-of-care
data management system developed by Green Mountain Logic (GML) for a major
medical device company. The design uses a three-tier architecture with XSLT as the presentation
layer, COM+ and ASP as the business layer, and XML and SQL stored procedures as
the data layer. The pages of this
3-frame, drag-and-drop application can be rendered in multiple languages. Implemented the framework of the core design
and also coded some of the more complex pages that are dynamically constructed
based on XML emitted directly from SQL Server 2000 stored procedures. During the pre-sales phase of the project,
worked with GML to develop a proof-of-concept prototype and later presented the
design to the client for approval. Also helped design the real-time elements and hardware interfaces of
the system. The application is
now installed in numerous hospitals.
10/01 – 12/01 : Turner Engineering Company,
Developed a company-wide process guideline for a major world-wide supplier of
high-tech transportation systems and equipment.
The document will be used for developing and verifying software for use
in safety-critical systems.
9/01 – 12/01 : Learning Objects Network, Inc.,
Designed and developed components of a secure infrastructure that enable the
location, transaction, and delivery of high value digital content over the
Internet. This infrastructure is based
on international standards recently released by IEEE/IMS, SCORM and
others. Used XML based Web Services to
help develop a proof-of-concept prototype demonstrating component interaction
via SOAP-like HTTP messaging.
8/00 – 7/01 : Pumatech, Inc., San Jose, CA
Performed technical evaluation and engineering studies to assist Pumatech with protection of intellectual property. This work required familiarity with patent
law, examination of numerous patents, and close interaction with a patent
attorney. Pumatech
provides end-to-end mobile device management solutions for handheld devices,
cellular phones and other wireless devices and Internet appliances.
2/00 – 2/01 : Competitive Computing, Inc. (C2),
Designed and developed a new foundation architecture for building demanding
business-to-business web applications.
The first C2 clients to benefit from the architecture were the Vermont
Department of Economic Development (Vermont Business Registry site) and
the University of Vermont College of Medicine
(Continuing Medical Education site). The
design is implemented in XML, XSLT, ASP, JavaScript, and COM components. Sites that employ the architecture are
modeled with UML state diagrams which are translated into state tables and
interpreted at runtime by a finite state machine. Also led the design effort
for a new intranet application for Bombardier Capital, Inc. The site provides loan, leasing, and asset
management services for business and commercial aircraft. It makes heavy use of DHTML and JavaScript to
provide a highly responsive client-side experience with minimal trips to the
server. Co-designed significant
enhancements to C2’s e-commerce architecture and applied them as a member of
the development team that created a retail site for Vermont Country Store,
a $70M mail-order company with customers in all 50 states. Taught in-house classes to
introduce formal UML modeling techniques to C2’s developers and analysts to
meet the company’s goal of bridging the gap between specification and
implementation.
9/99 and 9/00 :
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Presented talks on software engineering and UML modeling as part of a special
lecture series presented to computer science majors by real-world technology
experts.
9/99 - 2/00 : Lynx Systems, Inc.,
Architected and led the development of a Web-based report engine for the client
(ChannelWave Software, Inc.,
4/99 - 10/99 : Lynx
Systems, Inc., Burlington, VT
Worked with the client (Turner Gold France Engineering, Torrance, CA)
and its client (DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems, Pittsburgh, PA) to
analyze safety-critical software design elements of the Automatic Train
Protection system for the new BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) extension to the
San Francisco airport. This analysis required familiarity with real-time
embedded operating systems, software/hardware interfaces, redundant fail-safe
architecture, IEEE safety standards, and extensive experience developing highly
reliable software.
3/99 - 8/99 : AvantLogic Corporation, Waitsfield, VT
Developed a user-configurable ActiveX control in Visual C++ for a municipal
permit tracking system. This MFC control uses multiply-nested splitter windows
to display owner-drawn lists, rich text, trees, and maps representing various
elements of a relational database containing town data. Maps showing land
parcels, roads, and streams, are drawn by the control using ESRI's
MapObjects OCX. Also guided the
overall design of the Visual Basic application which contains the control.
7/98 - 3/99 : Lynx
Systems, Inc., Burlington, VT
Enhanced embedded software running on Digital Audio editing hardware
manufactured by the client (confidential, West Coast). Added features that let
users convert the unit's proprietary audio format to standard formats like
Wave, Broadcast Wave, and AIFF while preserving edits, gains, cross fades, and
waveform drawing hints. Using C, extended the native
OS-9 based file system to access files on an external SCSI disk formatted for
DOS VFAT. Also wrote a disk block caching scheme to provide fast I/O.
1/98 - 7/98 : Lynx
Systems, Inc., Burlington, VT
Worked with
Lynx and the client (XiChron,
Inc., Norwich, VT) to develop a Windows NT hosted Digital Audio
Surround Sound Conversion System which utilizes a custom PCI card. The end user
(Chace Productions, Inc.,
Burbank, CA) utilizes the product to enhance motion picture
soundtracks. Developed a high-speed ActiveX grid control to display cue data in
real-time. Wrote time-code translation algorithms, enhanced the device driver's
access to shared memory, and wrote audio control sequencing logic for the
product's embedded PCI operating system. Used MFC, C++, C,
and Visual Basic for this project.
11/97 - 1/98 : Lynx Systems, Inc.,
Using C++, wrote
the serial I/O logic used to control audio/video routing devices and other
studio equipment for the ABC Tally Programming System. The software allows the
client (ABC Television, New York, NY) to control live television
broadcasts using a touch-screen monitor interface.
2/97 - 10/97 : Sylvain Faust Inc., Hull, Québec,
Developed the
user interface and data interpreter for SQL-Optimizer/DBA, an Oracle database
activity monitor. The application displays up-to-the-second statistics and SQL
in multiple views in real-time. Used NT synchronization
objects (semaphores, mutexes, and events) to
implement three separate threads of execution to facilitate simultaneous
retrieval, modeling, and display of data. Used C++,
templates, and MFC for development.
7/96 - 1/97 : Lynx Systems, Inc.,
Fixed critical
problems and made enhancements to the client's (Rockwell Automation /
2/96 - 6/96 : Kestrel
Technologies, New York, NY
Led the
analysis and draft design phases of a financial services application to be
hosted on Windows NT and UNIX and deployed in LAN and WAN environments
worldwide. Used OMT (Object Modeling Technique) to develop
class, instance, and event trace diagrams. Wrote a detailed design
document defining the object model and showing how CORBA and Reuters Triarch would be employed to distribute data in this large
distributed objects application.
1/96 - 3/96 : NEK
Adult Basic Education, Newport, VT
Developed a
Windows 95 student registration and reporting system using Access and Visual
Basic for Applications. Wrote translation and validation utilities to convert
existing data for import into the new database. Used normalization techniques
to define the numerous tables and relationships required for this application.
12/95 - 1/96 : Living SQL Corp., Waitsfield, VT
Developed a
prototype user interface and data modeler for a SQL server event monitor under
Windows 95 using Visual C++, MFC, templates, and DLLs.
8/95 - 7/96 :
Authored the
monthly Digital Vermont column on computing.
1992 - 1996 : Black & White Software, Inc.,
Prototyped a
fax driver interpreter to allow the behavior of an installed driver to be
modified (e.g. to support different modems) by supplying it with a new hardware
profile file. Designed a client-server order processing
application running under NEXTSTEP and using a Sybase database server. Written using SQL, PostScript, and Objective C. Developed a
database server and client applications for a technical support information
retrieval system. Used NeXT's DO (distributed objects)
to communicate between clients and server.
1993
:
Enigma Systems,
Converted a
10,000 line UNIX C++ application into C and modified it to run under IBM
System/370 MVS. Developed a technique for preserving the
original object oriented design in a C implementation.
1992
:
International Digital Scientific, Inc.,
Ported an
MS-DOS C++ application to UNIX and modified it to operate with dumb terminals.
1990 - 1992 : Lexical Software,
Developed a
compiling interpreter for an operating system control language. Implemented the
object oriented design in C++ and assembler. Designed a class
library of translator components (scanner, parser, code generator, symbol
table). Ported the code to Windows 95, UNIX, NEXTSTEP,
and MVS.
1990
: Alsys, Inc.,
Developed
MS-DOS based programmers tools in
1987 - 1990 : Wang Laboratories, Inc.,
Managed eight
developers rehosting 500,000 lines of
1986 - 1987 : Digital Equipment Corporation,
Implemented
enhanced debugger support for the VAX/VMS Ada
compiler.
1980 - 1986 : Wang Laboratories, Inc.,
Developed
compilers, interpreters, code generators, optimizers, runtime systems, linkers,
and editors in PL/1 and assembly language.