About NetEFX

Mark S. Lewis - Principal

SKILL SUMMARY

WEB SERVICES: XML, XSLT, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, J2EE, JDBC, Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle

NETWORK PROTOCOLS: MPLS (DCL), RSVP, ATM (DCL & Trillium), PNNI, ILMI, Frame Relay, xDSL, PRI & BRI ISDN (Telenetworks), Channelized T1, http servers & browsers, TCP/IP, PPP/SLIP, SNMP, Novell IPX, bootp, sockets, syslog, RIP, ARP, UDP, NFS, applications like telnet & ftp, Tymnet & Decnet

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Linux, Solaris 2.X (Sparc & i386), Microsoft 2000/NT/95, BSDI 386, SunOS 4.X (Sparc), BSD 4.3, System V, HP-UX, AIX, VM/CMS, VAX/VMS

TOOLS: Java, C#, Visual Studio .NET, C, C++, Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, Pascal, assemblers, CASE tools, emacs, gdb (debugger), Informix 4GL tools, CVS (source code control) RCS & SCCS, X11, XVT Portability Library, OpenWindows & Motif

CLIENTS & EMPLOYERS

NORTHROP Grumman, Sacramento (10/03 - present) System Engineer and Manager. Developing systems to serve the armed forces. Architecting, developing and deploying full intelligence systems. Managing a group of developers building IP based networking sytems.

MAPLE OPTICAL SYSTEMS, San Jose (10/00 - 3/02) Network Technologist. One of the key developers of MPLS and ATM in this product for the carrier-class gigabit switching backbone environment. While not yet announced, the product demonstrates complete MPLS and ATM functionality. Most recently led the ATM development effort to provide full ATM switching capabilities including PVC, SPVC, and SVC with PNNI routing. Developed MPLS with traffic engineering capabilities using RSVP and related protocols. Developed MPLS inter-operability with Juniper and Cisco routers. Implemented QoS and ATM/MPLS interworking features.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Alameda (4/99-10/00) Senior Software Engineer worked on MPLS and Quality and Class of Service issues. Also developed and supported ATM and Frame Relay in the APX 8000 Multiservice Access Switch and the MAX TNT WAN Access Switch.

VARIOUS CLIENTS (11/94-4/99) Independent Consultant as NetEFX Software Design:

Consulted at Ascend Communications, primarily on Frame Relay in the MAX/ TNT products.
Implemented Frame Relay in a couple of router products. Wrote own Frame Relay stack, which attained full compliance with the Sprint Frame Relay network.
Implemented support of card-based Robbed Bit Signaling for channelized T1 in a router.
Developed and enhanced both BRI and PRI ISDN protocol stacks. Resolved international ISDN issues in Japan, Italy, U.K. and other European countries.
Extended DHCP server/clients stacks to work over PPP.

TELEBIT, Sunnyvale (7/90-11/94) Network Technologist. Worked on most parts of the NetBlazer, the first dial-up multi-protocol router. Implemented Frame Relay, enhanced PPP (Internet standard serial protocol), SNMP (network management support), and IPX protocol. Co-developed a header compression technique for IPX. Architected and developed GUI using SNMP in MS-Windows environment. Implemented new parallel development system using CVS/RCS. Integrated various changes and produced official NetBlazer builds. Chaired IETF working group meetings and participated in IETF standards meetings. Manager, Software Development. Responsible for all software development of the NetBlazer. Built a team of 10 senior developers. Specified tasks, found resources, and managed implementation.

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, (90) Mountain View Consultant. Developed an OpenWindows based system that controls several test processes. Integrated motor control, light sensing, temperature and current monitoring equipment. Configured and built X11/R5 and various X clients for Sparc platform.

IBM, Palo Alto (89-90) Consultant. Fixed and supported IBM's implementation of BSD 4.3 UNIX, hosted on IBM RTs. Responsible for all software components including kernel and drivers, token ring, Ethernet, X-windows, and NFS. Developed patchs and published in on-line.

SELLECTEK, Palo Alto (90) Consultant. Specified, designed and implemented a corporate information system. Configured Sun 4 server with NFS, QNX and serial network connections. Designed and wrote custom Informix database application.

INFORMIX, Menlo Park (89) Consultant. Designed and developed a proprietary database application to monitor contracts. Built the entire system in Informix-4GL.

HEWLETT-PACKARD, Cupertino (88) Consultant. Tested and enhanced Install and Update facilities of HP-UX 3.0. Used tools to assure sufficient testing coverage. Tested across entire Series 800 (RISC) product line.

IBM, Palo Alto (88) Consultant. Modified and enhanced code written to provide UNIX facilities for VM/CMS host. Ported curses and tn3270 (full-screen emulator) to AIX. Modified AIX code that establishes a telnet TCP/IP connection, logs into VM/CMS, and executes CP/CMS commands.

MICROPORT, Scotts Valley (86-88) Director of Applications. Analyzed market opportunities, evaluated potential products, negotiated rights, and produced products for the UNIX marketplace. Support Manager. Managed and provided on-line technical support for UNIX System V on IBM compatible 286 - 486 machines.

XMR, Santa Clara (85-88) Consultant. Designed and developed software for a PC controlled laser system. The software manages devices including: GPIB bus cards, timer board for laser triggering, stepper motor controllers, and gas pressure sensors. Code provided a high degree of control with simple & intuitive interface.

MICROBOT, Mountain View (84-86) Software Specialist. Designed Microbot's Robotic Dispensing System, which uses the Alpha II robot to dispense liquids. Developed software that controls the robot, interfaces to a joystick, handles RS-232 communication, and maintains pattern files. Product Manager. Defined products, developed them, and promoted them at shows etc.

IBM, San Jose (83-84) Consultant. Developed a data capture system, which runs on the IBM Personal Computer. The system captures Employment data and uploads it to the corporate database.

TYMSHARE, Cupertino (81-83) Major Opportunities Coordinator. Evaluated technical requirements and determined solutions for major opportunities. Configured integrated systems using electronic mail, 2780/3780 file transfer, and 3270 terminal emulation. Systems Consultant. Designed and implemented comprehensive information systems using 4GL tools.

SIEMENS, Sunnyvale (80-81) Systems Analyst. Developed real-time control software for the ND2C laser printer, which uses a PDP 11/34. As an IBM compatible device, it conforms to 360/370 I/O channel protocol.

INFORMATICS, Palo Alto (75-80) Task Manager. At NASA/Ames Research Center, managed a development and support group for approximately 25 DEC minicomputers. Implemented and tested DECNET as a beta site. Developed software for several network projects. Designed a software distribution system.

EDUCATION & PUBLICATIONS

U .C. BERKELEY (79) Received a Bachelor of Science degree. Honor student. Phi Beta Kappa.

DeANZA COLLEGE (77) Received an Associate of Arts degree in Computer Science. Honor student.

Founded and chaired the IETF Modem Management Working Group (93-94). Founded and chaired the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Consortium (92-94), where the crucial initial PPP interoperability testing was done.

Barnes, J., Brown, L., Royston, R. Waldbusser, S. "Modem Management Information Base (MIB) using SMIv2", RFC 1696, August 1994

Lewis, M., Mathur, S., "Compressing IPX Headers Over WAN Media (CIPX)", RFC 1553, December 1993

References available on request.