Simeon David Harbert (Sim)

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Simeon David Harbert (Sim)
779 Medlock Road
Decatur, GA 30033-5512
404.509.4867
sim@noisygecko.com

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
M.S., Electrical Engineering, June 1991
3.3 GPA, honors
General Electric Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1988-89

Davidson College, Davidson, NC
B.S., Physics, May 1988
3.5 GPA
Charles A. Dana Academic Scholarship, 1985-88

Technical Summary

  • Extensive experience with software design and development in Python, C++, C, Perl, SQL, Ada, Fortran, LISP, Tcl/Tk, AWK, Bourne shell, sed.

  • Software development and many administration/maintenance tasks on Linux and Microsoft Windows (also Solaris, SunOS, AIX systems).

  • Revision control and software maintenance/testing with Subversion, CVS, RCS, Python's PyUnit and Doctest, Perl's Test/Harness.

  • Experience with popular software packages and API's including C++ Boost Libraries, Zope/Plone web application server, XML-RPC, Apache (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, StrongHold), X Windows API, OpenGL API, Microsoft Office suite, and Python/Tkinter GUI framework.

  • Involved in Python Atlanta monthly user group meetings, including hosting the meetings and making presentations.

Experience

Georgia Tech Research Institute
Software Engineer December 2001 to present
DoD SECRET clearance since 1988

  • Project director for 2 years on State of Georgia funded >$200k project researching the use of laser projection technologies as an augmented reality human interaction system in industrial settings.

  • Ported MS Visual Basic guided munitions simulation to a new C++ simulation framework.

  • Helped design and code C++ software that evolved genetic algorithms of embedded missile warning receiver software.

  • Created Python/Tkinter based GUI on Linux for raytrace rendering software written in Fortran. This included interfacing with extensive flat file database system, and creating a complex input script for the rendering software.

  • Wrote a spreadsheet-like GUI front-end in Python/Tkinter on Windows 2000 that ran a MathCAD model of an Active Protection System for a US Army TACOM project.

ZapMedia, Inc.
Internet Software Developer, October 2000 to August 2001

  • Designed and developed Internet applications (Zope ZClass and Python-based products) targeted for interaction with convergence multimedia device, including coding maintenance system for large-scale image database.

  • Dramatically improved product performance by designing and developing caching system to integrate with Zope Catalog internals.

  • Engineered and led web development group's platform shift to Zope Presentation Templates to improve web designer UI/logic integration.

  • Enhanced product through diverse system tasks, including writing Apache Rewrite/Proxy rules, benchmarking Zope performance, building testing and productivity tools.

  • Attended Zope track of SPAM9 Python Conference in Long Beach California representing ZapMedia.

Cox Interactive Media
Internet Software Developer, December 1998 to October 2000

  • Managed group of 7 developers as Developer Manager from July October 2000, reporting to CTO. Handled coordination of developer resources with Project Manager

  • Key developer handling evaluation and initial development effort using Zope Open Source web application server. Helped Digital Creations develop Zope based free classifieds ad software for CIM sites and create example site software for stress testing.

  • Principle developer on search system which consolidated search results for all CIM sites; Written in Perl, this system used LWP and exec'ing CGI's to gather the search results from LookSmart, Verity and other databases and used templates to present the results.

  • Designed and developed efficient system for handling user site customization using Apache mod_rewrite rules to parse cookie information.

  • Modified system for handling news feeds which included AP Online; Perl code processed stories and inserted them into Informix (using DBD/DBI SQL interface) and into Verity.

  • Maintained and modified many software systems such as data feed processors, user login/authentication system, in-house designed and built content production system, and many CGI's to handle such things as postcards and polls.

Georgia Tech Research Institute
Software Engineer October 1991 to December 1998
DoD SECRET clearance since 1988

  • Principal developer of graphical user interface architecture (Xgtsims) and data management system for EO/IR threat/sensor simulation environment (GTSIMS) using Tcl/Tk and SQL.

  • Principal developer in transition of Xgtsims to Tcl/Tk and porting to seven different Unix platforms.

  • Installed and customized a problem report management system (PRMS) for GTSIMS, including web-based access in secure and publicly accessible areas.

  • Member of laboratory software engineering process group that lead a process improvement effort toward a CMM (Capability Maturity Model) level-2 rating.

  • Integrated GTSIMS legacy Fortran data generation and conversion programs into GUI by automating with C programs and Tcl scripts.

  • Developed three-dimensional interactive visualization tools with C, Tcl/Tk and Open GL.

  • Director of $45k project to develop GTSIMS IR models of the C-17 for McDonnell-Douglas

  • Developed web based email browsing and mailing system using OO Perl CGI scripts.

  • Developed large number of in-house tools and utilities and maintained Apache web server for laboratory official web pages and employee pages.

Georgia Tech Research Institute
Systems Analyst, Graduate Research Assistant 1988 to October 1991

  • Developed FORTRAN and C code for modeling of three-dimensional objects in IR.

  • Developed C code to generate three-dimensional models of botanical trees using recursive botanical growth based algorithm.

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