CAROL FIELDS
Sunnyvale, CA
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Software Development Engineer

EXPERIENCE:

3/03 - present: C Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems

• Modified UNIX (tm) utilities like tar, etc.

12/99 - 11/00: Software Engineer - Alopatek

• Worked on product planning and prototyping.
• Set up firewall and LAN consisting of Linux and Windows machines.
• Set up Linux web server running Apache, and wrote Perl code to run on the server.

Contract 1/99 - 9/99: Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems

• Created web site, using HTML, to document projects and procedures, and to track machine usage.
• Fixed bugs and enhanced Solaris libraries.
• Updated the Solaris timezone files and documented the procedure.
• Ported libmail to the UltraSPARC processor, created a new shared library, and wrote tests. Work done in C and UNIX.

Contract 6/98 - 12/98: Software Engineer - Hewlett Packard

• Created web sites and documentation, using HTML, to manage various projects. Wrote design document, test plan, and user documentation.
• Enhanced HP-UX C library functions, such as setmntent, for reliable shared access to the mount table. Developed a new libc function, delmntent, and fixed defects in other functions. Work done in C and UNIX using ClearCase.
• Wrote tests and integrated them into a test suite.
• Ported the libc changes and the test code.
• Coordinated changes to HP-UX commands.

Contract 7/97 - 2/98: Software Engineer - Hewlett Packard

• Developed a software product. Enhanced memory allocation in HP-UX C library functions such as malloc, calloc, and realloc. Ported changes to various HP-UX releases. Work done in C and UNIX using ClearCase.
• Created web site describing the project. Wrote design document, test plan, release document, and updated man pages. Documentation done in Framemaker and HTML.

Contract 7/96 - 3/97: Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems

• Ported Solaris libraries such as libc, libmp, and libadm to the UltraSPARC processor. Work done in C and UNIX. Fixed libc interfaces such as fread, fwrite, readdir, and rand to support 64-bit datatypes. Ported libmp interfaces such as mdiv and pow.
• Developed porting guidelines, worked on project scheduling, trained team members, and reviewed code changes.
• Wrote test suite to evaluate libmp functions.

Contract 12/95 - 6/96: Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems

• Modified Solaris file system utilities to work with large files. Work done in C and UNIX. Changed ufs utilities such as fsck, mount, df, ff, mkfs, and the quota utilities. Changed cachefs utilities such as fsck, mount, and cfsadmin.
• Helped with development of a test suite by running the ufs and cachefs tests on SPARC, Intel, and Power PC platforms, investigated failures and determined how the test suite should be fixed.

Contract 9/94 - 10/95: Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems

• Modified Solaris commands to conform to XPG4 standard. Work done in C and UNIX. Added new functionality and changed existing implementation of commands such as od, stty, nl, tabs, and pack.
• Fixed bugs in Solaris libraries and commands.
• Worked on internationalization of Solaris commands. Fixed defects involving processing of multi-byte characters in commands such as od and join.

Contract 3/91 - 3/94: Software Engineer - Amdahl

• Developed 5995M SVP (Service Processor) software. Code was written in C using Sun SPARCstation. Wrote ACS (Advanced Control System) user interface code, consisting of full screen menus and commands used by operators to monitor and control the mainframe.

Contract 1/91 - 2/91: Software Development Engineer - Mindcraft

• Fixed defects in software written in C and Bourne shell to evaluate UNIX library routines and utilities for conformance to POSIX and X/Open.

Contract 5/90 - 12/90: Software Engineer - 88Open Consortium

• Developed software written in C to evaluate X Window library routines, such as XFreeColors and XRestackWindows, for object compatibility across 88000 processors.
• Developed software written in C to evaluate UNIX library routines, such as libcurses interfaces, for object compatibility across 88000 processors.

Contract 2/89 - 5/90: Software Engineer - Mindcraft

• Developed software on RS6000 and IBM RTs using AIX, written in C and Bourne shell to evaluate UNIX library routines and utilities for conformance to POSIX and X/Open.
• Developed and documented project guidelines. Trained project members.

Contract 6/88 - 12/88: Software Engineer - Hewlett Packard

• Fixed defects in HP-UX utilities such as mount, compress, and reboot, and in libc functions such as fseek. Work done in C and UNIX.
• Wrote programs to report bug tracking statistics.

Contract 5/88 - 6/88: Software Engineer - Hewlett Packard

• Designed and implemented a C application program to evaluate product features of the HP Real-Time Database.

6/84 - 4/88 Software Engineer - Valid Logic Systems

• Designed and implemented Valid's Software Tracking and Reporting database software. Wrote menu driven user interface in C and EQUEL. Created Ingres database. Developed database administration tools. Supervised the data entry clerks.
• Developed programs for backing up SUN workstations.
• Fixed defects in C-Kermit on Valid's UNIX workstation.
• Ported utilities such as vipw and renice from 4.1C to 4.2 BSD.
• Fixed defects in 4.2 BSD UNIX utilities such as tail, finger, and dump.
• Developed UNIX shell scripts and C language programs for release and installation of Valid's software.

SKILLS:

Languages:

C, Perl/CGI, HTML, C++, Bourne Shell, Korn Shell, C Shell, Pascal, Fortran, Basic, PDP-11/70 and Z80 assembler.

Operating Systems:

Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, Windows98, System V UNIX, AIX, BSD UNIX, UTS, PC-DOS, VMS.

Source Code Control:

ClearCase, TeamWare, HMS, SCCS, RCS

Debuggers:

DBX, DDE, ADB, XDCON, Sentinel

Databases:

Ingres - EQUEL embedded in C.

EDUCATION:

BA Mathematics with Computer Science concentration (magna cum laude), San Jose State University, 1984.
Dean's List. Scholarship - San Jose State University.

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