Amy Fong

Address
2 Evanshen Crescent
Kanata, ON
K2K 2X8
Phone (cell): (613) 276-6036
Phone (home): (613) 592-0084
Phone (fax): (613) 592-5943
Email: afong@furryterror.org

Skills and Experience Summary Table

Area	Details
UNIX (Linux, Solaris, HP-UX)	C/C++/Java application development, software installation, system administration
Web applications	HTML, CGI, Java Servlets, SQL integration with Oracle, Java-based Servlet gateways to public web services such as Yahoo Yellow Pages
TeX	Presentations, academic essays
C	GNU software installation, client/server applications, statistical data collection, curses user interface, real-time kernel development, Tcl/Tk integration with C
Unix scripting languages	Bourne Shell, GNU bash, awk, sed, Perl
Perl	CGI scripts, SQL integration, client/server applications, report generation, data massaging, configuration scripts
Object-oriented programming	Concurrent programming, Java and C++ development
GNU utilities	Make, GCC, GDB, CVS. CVS administration, software development using GNU tools, configuring and building GNU and other free packages from source
GUI	Designed and implemented UI's for AI systems, client/server applications, Web interfaces, simple email clients. Tcl/Tk, GTK/GTK--, JFC (Swing)
Client-server programming	Calendar applications, TCP/IP and HTTP servers, QoS configuration client application
Web server administration	Apache setup, configuration, module programming. Java Web server debugging.
TCP/IP	QoS routing, configuration applications, client/server implementation
Java	Tracking 3rd-party packages, Jini, JDK 1.2, RMI, mobile agents, Servlets, server-side WWW gateways, JFC/Swing, concurrent programming, debugging Java Web Server
Concurrent programming	Real-time OS kernel development, Cisco router administration GUI application, design and implementation of large systems, implementation/design of a C++ setup/installation library using pthreads
C++	Concurrent programming, Linux distribution installation, Debian package installation
OS/kernel development	Real-time OS kernel and embedded application development
Matlab, Maple	Scientific applications, applied math course work
Mac OS	Desktop publishing
Real-time OS Development	Device drivers, real-time programming, embedded systems, system-level X86 assembly language programming. Model train control software, video and serial drivers
Desktop Publishing	Book publishing using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress
Corba	Studied Corba, wrote sample applications, integration with Grasshopper, setup and evaluation of several vendor ORBs
Cisco IOS	QoS manager application
Mobile Agents	IBM's Aglets, Concordia, Grasshopper, Voyager. Implemented extra functionality in IBM's Aglets for error handling and status notification. Wrote sample applications, evaluated packages, wrote some large applications, Jini integration
Miscellaneous programming languages	Modula-3, Scheme, Pascal, Tcl, BASIC

Education

University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario)

Honours Bachelor of Mathematics Computer Science Co-op

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Wind River
Ottawa, Ontario
May 2004-current

Embedded Linux kernel development: BSP, drivers

Software Specialist, Xwave Solutions
Ottawa, Ontario
November 2000-May 2004

Contributed to the Simulation and Training system - implementation and wrote proposals for systems.
Participated in the implementation of a scheduler (C++) for dynamic flight scheduling (SASS: Sequence and Scheduling System) with some real time components.
- Re-implemented the system to remove dependency on Rational Rose Real Time.
- Rewrote many significant components, optimising for performance.
- Implemented new features.
- Monitored for memory leaks and implementing required fixes.
Implemented TCP/IP (C++) based protocol clients/servers given the protocol specifications.
Implemented XML parsers (C++).
Analysed message architecture and modified it for better memory usage and performance improvement.
Implemented a C application based on NTP (network time protocol).
Debugged of serial port communications application.
Implemented memory usage monitoring scripts in Perl for HP-UX.
Participated in the implementation of FIMS - Flight Information Management System (C++).
Developed a distributed database system in C++ (HP-UX).
Developed/implemented system to distribute software in Tcl/Tk and Bourne shell.
Database administration (Objectivity).
Used UML to do process analysis.
Wrote proposals to implement tasks (time and work estimates).
Compiled/installed/configured software on a HP-UX system.
Developed FreeBSD device drivers.
Installed/configured a FreeBSD system.
Modified gigabit Ethernet chip-set firmware (Tigon II).
Ported/debugged a T1 driver on FreeBSD.
Set up test bed for T1 testing.
Enhanced the performance of a C application which filters strings.

Software Developer, Espial
Ottawa, Ontario
May 2000-November 2000

Installed Linux on proprietary Cyrix MediaGX-based system boards - stripped down Debian Linux system containing X server and web browser, installed on DOC2000 DiskOnChip, wrote Tcl/Tk application for user friendly PPP dial-up interface.
Support - setup of international fonts and Java, debugged in house software problems, offering solutions/work-arounds by decompiling Java byte-code, integrating USB support into Linux kernel.
Wrote MPEG audio and WAV plug-ins in C++ with POSIX threads (pthreads) with JNI interface for Java interface.
Took course for Tao's Intent JVM system and proprietary PV assembly language. Developed device driver for a touch screen in PV.
Investigated different alternatives to the X11 window system for embedded systems such as MicroWindows, DNX, WeirdX.
Worked with various Linux JVMs for compatibility/functionality issues.
Offered Linux expertise where needed.
Developed a custom built Linux system on an embedded system that boots off of a flash (SBC-MediaGX) using Linux mtd and jffs. Created a CD to install the system.

Software Designer, Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
November 1999-May 2000

Built test beds for experimental networking implementation on Linux systems (OSPF, MPLS, etc.).
Tested, debugged, re-implemented, reintegrated, and verified RFC compliance for CR-LDP/MPLS network switching protocol support into Linux kernel 2.3.39 and later versions.
Extended the zebra package to work around limitations of select() in Linux.
Wrote test suites for, evaluated, and optimised gigabit Ethernet hardware on SMP Linux systems.
Experimented with performance enhancements to Linux TCP/IP stack.
Launched improvements to TCP/IP network device drivers and protocol stacks to increase throughput.
Took course in VxWorks/Tornado taught by Windriver.
Linux installation and administration on Sparc and i386 platforms.

Software Developer, Corel Corporation
Ottawa, Ontario
April 1999-Sept 1999

The Corel Linux OS group is a small team responsible for building Corel Linux CD images with a simplistic GUI-based installer.

Designed and implemented a library (setup_api) in C++ using a combination of pthreads, ptys, forks, pipes, and Debian's APT to work around integration issues between code modules that had already been coded but were not designed to inter-operate with each other. This was used in the installer of Corel's Linux distribution for partial automation of system configuration.
Contributed code to Debian's boot-floppies project CVS on Corel's behalf.
Various architectural/design evaluation/analysis with suggestions on improvements.
Advocated greater communication with Debian developer community and within Corel.
Packaged software in .deb format for Corel's Linux distribution.
Audited packages built by other Corel developers for Debian Policy compliance.
Wrote scripts to perform various tasks related to production of CD images (including package database used by the Corel installer), system installation, system startup and auto-configuration, and resolving package dependencies.
Wrote Perl script to auto-configure Debian packages by supplying answers to configuration prompts, essentially replacing debconf. Corel was unwilling to use or contribute to debconf at the time.
Debugging and failure analysis of various pieces of code written by other members of the group.
Provided one-on-one skill-goal-oriented tutorials for other developers to improve their skill sets based on faults discovered in testing.
De-facto CVS administrator plus occasional Linux systems administration and configuration troubleshooting.

Software Developer, Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
September 1998-March 1999

The Computing Technology Laboratory was a research and development group that experimented with and evaluated new software technologies such as mobile software agents and Java. As required, some new technical toy was picked up, played with, and written about.

Wrote documentation for an existing project that used Visigenic Corba for Java and JDK1.2.
Experimented with mobile software agents in Java: Aglets, Grasshopper, Concordia. Wrote technical reports for internal newsletter.
Researched and wrote demo applications on various mobile computing (nomadic) platforms.
Performed various Unix administrative tasks (Solaris, Linux).
Researched Jini, wrote sample applications.

Software Developer, Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
January 1998-April 1998

Cobranet does a lot of IP-related research and development.

Gave a tutorial presentation on SNMP.
Evaluated Cisco Router support for Quality of Service (QoS).
Designed and developed a Quality of Service manager, a distributed client/server and multi-threaded application in Java to dynamically configure and monitor Cisco Routers (running IOS 11.3).

Coop Student, Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
May 1997-August 1997

The Computing Technology Laboratory again.

Identified, removed and reported a bug in Java Web Server (by reverse engineering). Contributed patch to Sun mailing list.
Researched and compared graphic interchange and text mark-up formats (PNG, XML), analysing their architecture, capabilities and efficiency. Wrote report for colleagues.
Verified experimental implementations of mail transfer protocols (SMTP, POP3).
Ported a package to various web servers including Java Web Server, Jigsaw and Apache.
Updated in-house software as new toolkit releases became available.
Wrote POP3 mail client in Java.
Wrote experimental mobile software agents (aglets) in Java, and a tutorial on using them.
Integrated and enhanced Apache and JSDK with recent versions from both vendors.
Wrote Java servlet to provide an alternative user interface to Yahoo Yellow Pages.

Software Developer, Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
September 1996-December 1996

A technical support and performance monitoring group deep inside Nortel.

Wrote Perl (actually sqerl) scripts generating reports from SQL databases.
Wrote interactive CGI interface for generating reports with multiple states enabling user specified configurations.
Debugged legacy scripts and modified them for better performance.
Performed code audit and data analysis for specification requirements.
Trained other coop to write CGI scripts on Unix (HP/UX).

Systems Support Analyst, Nortel Networks
Ottawa, Ontario
Jan 1996-August 1996

An internal systems administration and support group. Just about everything deals with massaging data generated by the group's service operations.

Implemented packages generating reports in HTML.
Wrote CGI scripts to query and modify databases.
Wrote and maintained disk and network management tools.
Evaluated various tools and software packages.
Software Testing and Verification.

Graphical Interface Implementer, University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Sept 1995-Dec 1995

Design and implement a graphical interface using Tcl/Tk for an AI program written in Lisp.

Assembly Artist, Harlequin Enterprises
Toronto, Ontario
Sept 1994-Dec 1994, May 1995-Sept 1995

Assembled mechanicals for covers electronically
Developed Desktop Publishing skills
Implemented designs for covers (including embossing)
Modified high resolution images according to designer specifications
Operated a Unix file server (SGI IRIX).

Computer Programmer, BBM Bureau of Measurement
Toronto, Ontario
January 1994-April 1994

BBM collects data through surveys and polls and sells the results.

Modified a Unix (SCO) terminal program in C to inter-operate with more terminal devices.
Created and extensively tested logic tests for sampling measurement system.
Modified sampling measurement program for different surveys.
Modified survey results reporting program to be faster, more accurate, and more efficient.
On own initiative, found GNU software packages to increase productivity and installed them.

Extra Curricular Activities, Interests, and Miscellaneous Skills

Level 2 (Secret) Security Clearance (inactive)
Linux user since 1993
Set up and maintain Linux/i386 and Linux/Alpha on home network
co-administer furryterror.org
contribute to miscellaneous open source projects
Performed technical reviews for AWL (Addison Wesley) books,
these books include:
- Java Network Programming and Distributed Computing by David Reilly
- Advanced Linux Networking by Roderick Smith
- Linux System Administration by Marcel Gagne
Current maintainer of Linux 2.2 PPPoE kernel space implementation
Japanese animation
Music--Grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music piano, classical/folk guitar
Awarded the Isabel MacDonald Trophy and the McKnight's Scholarship in the Kiwanis Music Festival
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award holder
Fluent in Cantonese
Owned by 4 cats
Read sci-fi/fantasy novels