Stone Hill Consulting: History

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History

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Michael K. Jones

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Consulting Experience (1996–2009)
Venture Technologies, Inc. Billerica MA Sep. 2008 – Present		Product Design and Development Project for Cynosure Inc.: Device driver for PCI controller board Product runs on XP Embedded. Designed and implemented a device driver in C using KMDF 1.7.

Venture Technologies, Inc. Billerica MA May 2008 – Present		Product Design and Development Project for Hittite Microwave Corp.: Embedded software for GHz signal generator. Hardware is ARM7-based MCU (LPC2468). Software implemented in C using Keil MDK and RTX RTOS. Designed and implemented USB-CDC interface. Designed and implemented Telnet and socket interfaces over Ethernet. Designed and implemented GPIB interface using TNT4882 chip.

Venture Technologies, Inc. Billerica MA Apr. 2008 – Aug. 2008		Product Design and Development Project for Hasbro, Inc.: wireless command and control of target device Designed and implemented an ActiveX control to allow application development in a variety of languages. Control API implemented in C++/ATL using Visual Studio 2005. Used WinUSB interface to communicate with device. Designed and implemented 8051 firmware for the wireless USB dongle which communicated with target device Helped debug GP GCE001 firmware on target device.

PhotoTelesis LP San Antonio, TX Aug. 2006 – Apr. 2008		High-performance Digital Imaging and Communications Designed and implemented a Windows AVStream driver for a CardBus-based video capture card Worked primarily in C++ using DriverStudio 3.2; some sample code and test code in C AVStream filter provides a capture pin for an MPEG-2 Program Stream, a preview pin for raw video, and a crossbar filter for selecting one of three video inputs Supports two simultaneous channels of scatter/gather DMA (one for preview video and the other for MPEG-2 data) Assisted with hardware debug and integration with delivery platform and application software The card also contains a serial communications device; created INF files for multifunction install (using the Microsoft MF.SYS driver)

Gamry Instruments, Inc. Warminster, PA Jun. 2007 – Oct. 2007		Electrochemical Instrumentation Ported existing 32-bit Windows NT kernel-mode device driver to 64-bits. Also converted the driver from the Compuware DriverStudio Driver::Works framework to the new Microsoft KMDF framework. Ported 32-bit class installer to 64-bits.

Chaos Game Engine Loud Ant Software, Inc. Portland, OR July 2006 – Aug. 2007		Chaos Game Engine (for development of MMORPG games) Work is primarily C++; LUA is used for some scripting Client runs on Windows; uses OpenGL for graphics, OpenAL and DirectX for audio Server runs on Linux; uses PostgresQL as back-end database Project leader; act as resource for programming team, assign tasks, track progress, etc Analyzed performance of client start-up using Vtune; increased speed by 50% Fix build issues for server code on Linux (Fedora Core 5 and Debian 3.1), and get servers up and running for development use Trace various database issues on server, using PostgresQL and related tools Create and support customer releases for the Chaos Game Engine

Cranite Systems, Inc. Los Gatos, CA May 2007 – Jun. 2007		Secure Mobile Networking Solutions Work was in C and C++ on the Windows Mobile 5 platform, using Visual Studio 2005 Debug a prototype port of the SafeConnect for Windows to the WM5 platform Tracked down and fixed a host of porting issues (e.g. unaligned access, differences in driver implementation, and differences in NDIS architecure). Got prototype working in time for demos to large potential customer

DataRemote Inc. Ventura, CA Oct. 2006 – Feb. 2007		Cellular Data Modems Designed and implemented NT-style service, plus GUI configuration program Service receives reports from wireless modems, and updates DNS record if IP address of modem changes. Written in C++, using STL (plus ATL/WTL in the GUI) Service uses Microsoft DnsModifyRecordsInSet API function for DNS Update and Remove operations

Tactical Software, LLC. Nashua, NH Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2006		COM Port Redirection Software Ported driver to x64 (AMD64) Researched Linux PTY implementation for Linux port ODBC-based event logging system COM-based configuration API MMC snap-ins for controlling the TacServe serial port server and License server Windows-based security in TacServe serial port server License enforcement using UDP and OpenSSL Crypto library Graceful (instead of abortive) TCP disconnect Kernel-mode OpenSSL 0.9.7b Asynchronous, multi-threaded, Winsock-2 based Windows NT Service Fixed multi-threaded issues in License Manager service Fixed SMP problems in client driver drivers Work-arounds for differences in TDI on various versions of Windows (XP, NT, 98, ME)

Scotty Techology, Inc. Atlanta, GA May 2006		Video Phone Project review for new version of video phone product Review status of new hardware, and the software to go with it

Cranite Systems, Inc. Los Gatos, CA Mar. 2006 – Apr. 2006		Secure Mobile Networking Solutions Created export driver (a.k.a. kernel-mode DLL) containing common code

Corrent Corp. Tempe, AZ Feb. 2005 – Sep. 2005		Network Security Appliances Designed and implemented a Windows NDIS Miniport Driver for a new dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter The adapter has on-board processing to support IPSec Offload and TCP/IP Checksum Offload The driver was created by using an existing Linux driver as a reference; not strictly a port, but it did require an understanding of how Linux drivers work

Imera Corp. Santa Clara, CA Sep. 2004		Microsoft NetMeeting Pluggable Transport Designed an implemented a pluggable transport for Microsoft NetMeeting which allowed access to the data stream for encryption and decryption The project was completed well ahead of schedule and under budget

Scotty/Zydacron Inc. Manchester, NH Jun. 2004 – Jul. 2004		Video Conferencing Products for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 Review development plan and schedule for new video conferencing codec board Review driver and system code to assess further schedule risks Found and fixed a few driver bugs.

Sentillion, Inc. Andover, MA Feb. 2004 – May 2004 Oct. 2003 May 2003 – Jun. 2003 Oct. 2002 – Mar. 2003		Vergence Suite (strong authentication, single sign-on, context management) Designed and implemented “Bridge” for legacy OASGold application on very short schedule, to support a customer demo. Designed and implemented “Bridge” for legacy ClinicalManager application (published from a Citrix server) Adapter to allow LaunchPad to start, monitor, and control EPF in conjuntion with the EPF Bridge. Pilot “Bridge” to allow legacy RIS Application Manager 6.2.1.0 and Physician Desktop 1.0 to participate in CCOW context (completed in 3 weeks) “Bridge” to allow legacy McKesson EPF to participate in CCOW context C++ System Tray application using Vergence COM objects to implement CCOW System-wide CBT hook, window subclassing to monitor events in EPF FindWindow, FindWindowEx, SendMessage, PostMessage, AttachThreadInput, SendInput used to control EPF from Bridge

Avantware, LLC Berlin, MA Nov. 2003 – Mar. 2004		SccIP Network Service Provider (Internet-based serial comm.) AvantWare is a consulting company under contract with Travellers Express/Moneygram. I was hired to address various problems in the client-side SccIP device driver, primarily a concurrency issue which resulted in lost data under heavy receive loads.

Lexign, Inc. Nashua, NH Jun. 2003 – Oct. 2003 Sep. 2001 – Jun. 2002 Acquired by eiStream, Inc. in October, 2003; eiStream Inc. changed its name to Global 360, Inc. in January, 2005		Formerly icomXpress; formerly Keyfile, Inc. Custom control using .NET (C++ and ATL 7.0) for KDS administation API< Port 16-bit image display, annotation, print to Win32 Implement Active Document Server (ADS) for display and annotation Use IPrint interface to implement printing of compound documents Fix TIFF and CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 FAX decompression bugs

Dialout.Net, Inc. Nashua, NH Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2002		SccIP Network Service Provider (Internet-based serial comm.) Port OpenSSL 0.9.6b to Windows Kernel Mode Windows kernel-mode TDI client drivers (Compuware/Numega DriverNetworks) Modify routing table; listen for incoming connections; retrieve DNS servers Proxy server support (SOCKSv4, SOCKSv5, Web HTTPS Proxy)

Sophisticated Circuits, Inc. Woodinville, WA Aug. 2001 – Dec. 2001		Hardware and software for reliability, remote access, automation. Windows WDM USB device driver for Kick-Off! product Service to monitor hardware and OS Control Panel Applet (CPL) to configure hardware and service RPC interface for third-party integration

GeoTrust, Inc. Wellesley, MA May 2001 – July 2001		Internet identity, authentication, and security products Microsoft Internet Explorer add-in COM objects Browser Helper Object (BHO) to monitor navigation ToolBand object with toolbar control to authenticate and display result Explorer Bar InfoBand object hosting a web browser control to display additional details on request

Zydacron Inc. Manchester, NH Aug. 1996 – Apr. 2001		Video Conferencing Products for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 VxD, WDM, and NT Kernel Mode Device Drivers TAPI 3.0 TSP and MSP H.221 engine, supporting H.242, H.230, and HDLC. DirectDraw, DirectShow, Video DMA, Win98 Kernel Mode Transport NetMeeting 3 UI and IPluggableTransport; NetMeeting 2 T.120 Transport RadVision H.323, RTP H.261, H.263 parsing (for Microsoft’s Extended Bitstream Info) Q.922, T.123, FECC DTMF tone generation; NDIS WAN Miniport driver

Sonoma Systems Inc. Marlborough, MA Oct. 1999 – Apr 2001 Acquired by Nortel Networks Corp. in October, 2000		Sonoma Integrator pSOS, Cygwin, Procomm Flash File System Sonoma Xchange PBX Windows NT 4.0 Kernel Mode Device Driver for PCI Riser SNMP Extension Agent Remote Software Update Tool System Monitor Service

Okena Inc. Waltham, MA Feb. 2000 – Jan 2001 Acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. in April, 2003		Security products for Linux and Windows 98/NT/2000 VxD for Win9x, WDM Drivers for Win98/2000 Kernel Mode Device Drivers for Windows NT/2000

Factpoint Inc. Burlington, MA May. 1999 – Oct. 1999 Formerly NovaSoft, Inc.		Factpoint TrustValidator product Browser Helper Object (BHO) for Internet Explorer DDE client/server to monitor Netscape Browser System Tray Icon object

Xevo Inc. Marlborough, MA Feb. 1998 – May 1998		Technology for Application Service Providers Contributed technical and managerial expertise as company was forming Produced prototypes and demos for prospective customers, investors

Network Engines Randolph, MA Sep. 1997 – Oct. 1997		MP-700 fault tolerant systems Created a Software Development Plan. Evaluated SMX Modular RTOS; various SNMP Management Stations NT 4.0 Service Troubleshooting

Telco Systems Norwood, MA Sep. 1996 – May 1997		Producer of network equipment TELTRAC device simulator Runtime error logging and exception handler subsystem SNMP Agent DLL and Installer for Windows 95, NT 4.0

Work Experience (1980–1996)
Watermark Software Inc. Slough, England and Burlington, MA 1992–1996 Acquired by FileNET Corp. in August 1995		Founder; Director of R&D Windows 3.1, 95, NT 3.51, 4.0 Manager and lead developer for Internet Product Development (ISAPI, Netscape Plugin) Manager of Developer Services (PVCS, Atria ClearCase, builds, tools) Project Manager for port of Watermark client to the Macintosh Manager and lead developer for Watermark Image Server (NT SCSI Class driver for optical jukeboxes, folders, admin tools, backup/restore) Manager and lead developer for Watermark Client (imaging, TIFF, annotation, OCR, display, printing, faxing, graphics import/export)

Keyfile Corporation Nashua, NH 1989–1992 Keyfile became Internet Commerce Express (icomXpress) in April 2000; it was acquired in October 2001 and became Lexign, Inc. Lexign was acquired by eiStream, Inc. in October, 2003; eiStream then changed its name to Global 360, Inc. in January, 2005		Project Leader Windows 3.0, 3.1 (16-bit) TIFF 5.0, CCITT Group III and Group IV Imaging, anti-aliasing, annotation, scan, print, fax Source control (PVCS, T-Lib), software builds, install

Adra Systems, Inc. Lowell, MA 1988–1989		Senior Software Engineer 3D rasterization (AT&T DSP32C) Tektronix 4109 display emulation (68K workstation) MS-DOS coprocessor Ports to VA GPX, Sun 3/60, and DEC workstations. SCSI driver for PC parallel port. Mouse and tablet drivers for PC

Foxboro/Octek Inc. Burlington, MA 1985–1988		Project Manager Next generation Machine Vision System OS9/68K, VME; MS-DOS, Magic/L Hardware design and debug (Analog I/O, Frame Buffer, DSP boards) Image processing microcode (TMS32020) C Libraries for Image Processing Demo applications for sales support

Infinet Inc. Andover, MA 1983–1985		Senior Software Engineer Network Management System UNIX v7, BSD 4.2, Ultrix Source control and system maintenance.

Nixdorf Computer Corp. Burlington, MA 1980–1983 Acquired by Siemens in 1990; Spun off as Wincor-Nixdorf in 1999		Project Leader Multi-user word processing system Data General NOVA, RDOS Z80 Intelligent Terminals

Consulting Experience (1996–2009)

Work Experience (1980–1996)