RODNEY A. NORDEN
OBJECTIVE
- A full- or part-time position in software training that uses my background in software development
and domestic and international technical training.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
- Software Training - 28 years' experience preparing course curricula and
course materials, as well as
teaching software engineering classes in Java, C++, C, Ada, TAL, FORTRAN,
and operating systems (UNIX System V, Linux, BSD 4.3 and Windows from 3.1 to 7)
- Software Development - Ten years' experience on UNIX OS Internals,
Tandem OS and OLTP, and Xerox bit-map displays.
EDUCATION
- MS in Computer Science, University of Arizona, 1978
- BS in Astrophysics, University of Arizona, 1976 (Highest Distinction)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA, August 2008-present
- Adjunct Professor of Computer Science.
- Prepare and conduct various Computer Science classes (see Catalog).
- Prepare and conduct Computer Science class for Digital Bridge Academy (see Catalog).
- Simonson Technology Services, Inc., Reno, NV, January 2003-present
- Contract Education Specialist.
- Prepare and conduct customized training courses on various Java and Solaris topics,
including Java Application Tuning Seminar for system administrators.
The course covers complete external tuning from the OS level (Solaris
and soon Linux)
through tuning the Java Virtual Machine to improve performance of large
J2EE Java applications running under various Application Servers.
- iSpheres Corporation, Oakland, CA, July 2001-December 2002
- Senior Education Solution Specialist.
- Teaching programmers to develop custom applications using the MetaApplication Platform
Sense and Respond System.
Work involved developing 200+ page courses and teaching Advanced Java and J2EE topics,
IBM VisualAge for Java,
Weblogic App Server, and Oracle. Interacted with internal development
including Dr. Mani Chandi, iSpheres Chief Scientist and Professor at Caltech, and
Dr. Trond-Henning Olesen, VP of Engineering. Taught in US, Tokyo and Singapore.
- Austin Community College/UT, Fall 1999-May 2001
- Associate Professor of Computer Science.
- Teaching courses on Basic and Advanced Java Programming, Unix
Programming with Linux, and C++.
- Advised students on various topics in Computer Science.
- University of California at Santa Cruz Extension, 1998-1999
- Senior Instructor, Staff. (Annual Contract)
- Teaching courses on Basic and Advanced Java
(CORBA, RMI, JDBC, AWT, Servlets),
Advanced C++, and
Object-oriented Programming with Java and C++ and Java through
UCSC Contract Training Office to clients from Santa Clara to Monterey
and at Extension Campus in Santa Clara.
- Sun Microsystems, Sun Educational Services, Asia/Pacific/Latin America 1994-1998
- Senior Technical Education Specialist, Programming Area.
- Teaching 5-day courses on Java Programming,
Java Programming Workshop with JDBC,
Distributed Programming in Java,
Java JDK1.2 Security,
Object-oriented Analysis & Design Using Java,
Web Publishing with Java,
System Interface Programming,
Solaris 2.4 Concepts and Tuning,
Solaris 2.X Internals ,
C++ Programming,
Object-oriented Design Using C++,
Web Server Administration,
& 15 more on Solaris Programming.
- Taught courses to customers and VARs in UK, Holland, Paris, Brazil,
Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, India, Korea, PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Australia.
- Tandem Computers, Software Development Groups 1982-1993
- Sr. Technical Education Specialist, Software Development. (7 years)
- Developed and taught courses on Object-oriented Programming in C++,
Programming in C, Software Code Inspections, Software QA Methodology,
Guardian OS Internals, and Tandem Application Language (TAL).
- Created a training program for software developers. Supervised one trainer and one administrative assistant.
- Was project lead/curriculum designer for Object-oriented Technology
Training Program within software development.
- Served as Education Committee Chair for Tandem OO Technology Introduction (TOOTI).
- Won Tandem Outstanding Performers (TOPS) Award and Tandem Education Group STAR Award.
- Taught courses to customers in Singapore, Bombay, Montreal, Toronto, Mexico and Australia.
- Software Designer, Tandem Software Development. (4 years)
- Designed and implemented automated tests of the distributed relational database
protection code in Transaction Monitoring Facility DBMS using C and TAL.
- Designed, implemented, and tested a NonStop Process Monitor Program using
persistent process pairs for an IBM PC-based menu-driven DBMS system.
- Hewlett-Packard, Computer Systems Division 1981-1982
- Software Engineer & Trainer for Software Engineers.
- Taught classes in SPL and HP FileSystem for new personnel.
- Designed and implemented a numerous applications using SPL and Pascal.
- Xerox Corporation, Advanced Systems Department 1979-1980
- Software Developer.
- Designed and implemented a fast linking loader, font handling and display routines,
automatic horizontal scrolling, and menu display of document catalog
on a Xerox Alto bit-map workstation. Hired by Bob Metcalf and worked for Charles Simonyi.
- Bell Laboratories, Computer Science Studies Group 1978-1979
- Member of the Technical Staff.
- Designed and implemented C programs to transfer files over the DDD network
between UNIX systems and IBM 370 VM/CMS and PDP-10 systems at remote sites;
work required code modifications to local Bell Labs' versions of UNIX 3.3.
- Software Trainer.
- Taught internal Bell Labs' classes on UNIX 3.3 and C for other Members of the Technical Staff.
- Astronomy Dept. & Computer Science Dept., University of Arizona 1974-1978
- Research & Teaching Assistant.
- MS Thesis on advanced data structure analysis, manipulation and
pattern matching techniques under Dr. R. E. Griswold.
- Wrote FORTRAN software to generate model atmospheres for Jupiter and Venus
under Dr. Lyn Doose.
- Also wrote software to do digital image enhancement and correction
on data from the Pioneers 10 & 11 under Dr. Tom Gehrels.
Work published in NASA SP-349 & Science.
- Photometric Research on Metal-weak Stars in Globular Clusters at Steward
Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) under Dr. Raymond White.
- Developed and taught FORTRAN and Pascal courses to undergraduate students.
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
- Sun Education Services, Asia Pacific/Latin America Stock Bonus Award
(800 shares) in November, 1997.
- Sun Education Group NAFO Cash Bonus Award in February, 1996.
- Tandem Education Group STAR Award in June, 1993.
Division-wide Cash Award ($500) for General Contribution to Tandem Training.
- Tandem Outstanding Performers (TOPS) Award in July, 1984.
Company paid 5-day trip for winners (and guests) to Montreal.
- University of Arizona Computer Science Technical Report TR78-8,
"A List Scanning Facility for ICON" (MS Thesis)
- Baker, et al. "The Imaging Photopolarimeter Experiment on
Pioneer 11", SCIENCE, Volume 188, No. 4187, pp. 468-71
- A. E. Douglass Scholar in Astronomy, 1975-1976. ($400 cash award)
References Supplied Upon Request