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CHRISTOPHER D. THOMPSON
550 Moreland Way
#2216
Santa Clara, CA 95054
mobile 646.675.7222
CHRISTOPHERTHOMPS@GMAIL.COM

Profile

• Eleven years professional software design and development experience
• Career focus on establishing new companies and projects

Languages: C, C++, Java, C#, Python, PHP, SQL, UML, HTML, Javascript, Lua, Bash and x86 asm
Systems: Linux (Redhat, Ubuntu, SuSE), Windows 95/98/2000/XP, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, VxWorks, VMWare
API: POSIX, STL, Boost, Win32, COM, CORBA, MFC, DirectX, OpenGL, Swing, Qt, sockets, pthreads
Protocols: TCP, UDP, 29West LBM, JMS/CMS, Zeroc ICE, HTTP, AIM/MSN/YAHOO IM, Proprietary protocols
Applied Tech: MPEG-1/2, DICOM, VPN, firewall
Tools: SVN, CVS, ClearCase, eclipse, Visual Studio, GCC, BridgePoint UML, sed, awk, make

Experience

Senior Software Engineer, MarketFactory
New York, NY, 7/2007 – Current

• Collaborated with CTO on initial system design, choice of target platform, developer tools, languages and technologies for the company
• Managed company IT infrastructure; recommended budget for new purchases
• Developed real-time market data enhancement software and appliance for FX trading
• Developed in C++ and Java on Linux, Flex/Actionscript on Adobe Flash platform; Used Python, Bash shell, GNU Make and Ant for builds, automated testing, and support tools
• Managed software configuration and releases using SVN version control
• Team delivered Whisperer appliance and software application to customers

Independent Contractor
New York, NY, 8/2006 – 7/2007

• Customer - Guerilla Gaming Concepts
o Created proof of concept for pre-funding video game startup
o Developed using open-source Quake 3 game engine in C, connecting to Java web services
• Customer - Video Game Startup
o Developed virtual currency trading application
o Client developed in C#/.NET using DirectX, connecting server via SOAP

Software Engineer, GE Healthcare
Salt Lake City, Utah, 8/2005 – 8/2006

• Developed software for OEC 9900 Elite X-ray system
• Imaging applications developed using C/C++, Java, on Fedora Core Linux using X11, Swing, CORBA, and Qt
• Embedded X-ray controller developed using UML and C on ThreadX RTOS

Software Engineer, Netopia
Orem, Utah, 2002 – 2004

• Adapted Internet filtering technology developed at DoBox to Netopia and partners’ embedded devices
• Heavy focus on TCP and UDP networking on VxWorks, BSD, and Linux platforms using C/C++
• Designed and implemented a network filter for instant messaging technologies using the Lua scripting language for dynamic parser reconfiguration
• Team partnered with Linksys to deliver WRT54GS wireless router using Netopia Parental Controls Service

Independent Contractor, Oxford Instruments
West Jordan, Utah, 2002

• Developed application interface to video feed from CCD camera, video overlay mixing and image capture features
• Software developed on Windows 2000 platform with Visual C++ using DirectShow, DirectX, MFC
• Software delivered in CMI900 X-ray devices

Junior Engineer, DoBox
West Jordan, Utah, 2000 – 2002

• Company developed a gateway/firewall/media center appliance
• Developed in-band filtering of networking protocols on BSD platform using C/C++
• UI developed using Apache, PHP, PostgreSQL, HTML, Javascript
• Heavy use of firewall and routing capabilities on BSD
• Company successfully acquired by Netopia, Inc.

Senior Programmer, IXR
Sandy, Utah, 1998 – 2000

• Responsible for all aspects of software design and implementation
• Company designed and developed Exerscape interactive exercise machine
• Delivered Blackburn Motivator in partnership with Bell Sports
• Product VC++ on Windows platforms, using MySQL, DirectX, MPEG-2 video, Web UI

Education

B.S. in Physics
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah