RODNEY A. NORDEN

• Mailing Address: P.O. Box 458, Capitola, CA 95010
  
• To contact me use: norden AT rodnorden DOT com
  

OBJECTIVE

• Software training and course development.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Over 10 years of developing curricula, preparing course material, and teaching the most recent software languages and operating systems including Java, C++, and UNIX.
• Employers include Sun Microsystems, Tandem, HP, Xerox, and Bell Labs.
• Fortune 500 customers include Texas Instruments, Sprint, Duke Energy, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and NASA.
• Foreign customers include Bank of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Telecom, Australian Navy, and Kyocera-Mita among many others.
• Taught courses and certified training centers in 20 countries.

Skill Summary

Skills:	Senior Instructor, Course Developer, Software Developer
Operating Systems:	Solaris, Linux, Windows, Tandem Guardian
Languages:	Java, C++, C, Fortran, Ada, etc.

COURSE DEVELOPMENT

• Developed custom course to help system administrators manage performance of large Java applications running on Solaris machines. Course covered system tuning from the hardware and Solaris OS level up to and including tuning the Java Virtual Machine. Fortune 500 customers were very satisfied with many repeat offerings.
• Developed custom course to help customers use all features of a complex meta-Application Sense and Respond system by utilizing actual customer issues as the lab exercises. Customers were very satisfied and used the meta-Application system to generate profits.

TRAINING

• Helped to set up training partners and VARs around the world in 20 countries by developing procedures for training and certifying partner instructors in Solaris System Administration and Java Programming. Was one of 3 Java Technical Leads in the world for certain Java courses offered by Sun Educational Services.
• Have experience teaching all levels of students from absolute beginners to very advanced and senior programming staff.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

• Designed and implemented automated tests for distributed relational database protection code in C. Tests involved capability to force unusual conditions to occur on command.
• Designed, implemented and tested a nonstop process-pair monitor program using persistent pairs.
• Designed, implemented and tested several process anti-deadlock testing protocols for UNIX.

CAREER HISTORY

• 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.

  EDUCATION

  • MS in Computer Science, University of Arizona
  • BS in Astrophysics, University of Arizona (Highest Distinction)

  AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Sun Education Services, Asia Pacific/Latin America Stock Bonus Award (800 shares)
  • Sun Education Group NAFO Cash Bonus Award
  • Tandem Education Group STAR Award
    Division-wide Cash Award ($500) for General Contribution to Tandem Training.
  • Tandem Outstanding Performers (TOPS) Award
    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 ($400 cash award)

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  References Supplied Upon Request