GERRIT ANDREW KRUIDHOF Current Employment Location: Epicenter Research Vice President, Custom Software 17280 Newhope Street, Suite #7 Fountain Valley, CA  92708 kruidhof@endor.org

Operating Systems Experience:

• UNIX (Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, HPUX, OSF/1, Ultrix, BSD) *
• LINUX (Slackware, Red Hat, SCO)
• Windows (3.1, '95, '98, NT) *
• Novell Netware
• IBM S/390
• IBM OS/2
• DEC OpenVMS
• Apple MacOS *
• MSDOS *

Programming Languages :

• C (ANSI) *, C++ (OOP,MFC) *
• Visual Basic *, Active Server Pages *
• Java, JavaScript *
• Pascal & Modula/2
• Postscript (Level 1 & 2)
• Assembly
• HTML *
• LISP
• AWK

* - Highly proficient

Work Experience:

• June '98 - Present
  Epicenter Research
  Fullerton, CA
  Vice President, Custom Software
  Responsibilities include:
  Building and maintaining relationships with clients and peers. Customized programming built to client specification usually including a Visual Basic/C/C++ or ASP front end with an ODBC connection to a back end database system.  Design and development of client server applications, database systems, user interfaces, web applications, etc.
  Current non-client projects (resellable) include:
  Restaurant Master NX Point of Sale system.  Touch screen Windows 98/NT interface written in Visual Basic for maximum portability and efficiency of development and debugging time with Microsoft Access 2000 suite of databases for ease of transport to web sites for distributable reporting.  Designed dynamic enough for any point of sale establishment from pizza delivery to gift shop to gas station to dine-in.  Custom modules, reporting, etc.
  
• June '97 - June '98
  Halcyon Software
  San Jose, CA
  Research & Development
  Software Engineer
  Responsibilities include:
  Solved programming issues in MFC on the Windows NT platform and portability to UNIX MainWin environment (Solaris, IRIX, AIX, HPUX). Managed Java related problems on various experimental Java platforms (OS/2, S/390, Novell, IRIX, OpenVMS), solved platform independent bugs, and added enhancements to Basic for Java product line. Maintained and administrated Windows NT web server including database management and ASP scripting.
  
• September '93 - May '97
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  Rochester, New York
  Information Systems and Computing
  Computer Lab Consultant
  Responsibilities Include:
  Assisted users on OpenVMS, Windows (3.1 and NT), MacOS, and various UNIX platforms.
  
• May '96 - August '96
  Adobe Systems Incorporated
  Santa Clara, CA
  OEM Support
  Associate OEM Support Engineer
  Responsibilities and accomplishments include:
  Solved programming issues and automated internal tasks. Developed and supported an internal utility for automated font distribution purposes. Developed a plug-in for the new AdobePS v4.1+ Printer Driver.
  
• November '94 - August '95
  Adobe Systems Incorporated
  Mountain View, CA
  OEM Support
  Associate OEM Support Engineer
  Responsibilities and accomplishments include:
  Reproduced and solved problems with printers, Postscript, and Adobe drivers and programs on both Macintosh and Windows based systems. Wrote and supported a program on the Macintosh for the Adobe Postscript fax drivers. Designed and implemented a solution for Adobe’s support of OEM printers for Windows '95.
  
• January '93 - June '93
  James T. Jenkins, Attorney at Law
  La Mirada, CA
  Computer Consultant
  Responsibilities include :
  System configuration on DOS based systems including utility programming, software configuration, and assisted employees with unfamiliar programs and features.
  
• December '92 - Present
  Personal Programming Projects
  Projects include :

  Bulletin Board System - Public Software (C)

  Continuing hobby with over seventy thousand lines of original code for an abundance of features for both the user and the system operator. Developed on a 386 DOS based system, while tested and used on DOS & OS/2 based systems. c1991-93
  Currently being rewritten in C/C++ for Windows '95, NT, OS/2, and UNIX as a multi-line BBS and internet client/server using sockets. c1997+

  Interactive Multiuser Chess Game - Public Software (C)

  VT emulation-based chess game for the Vax (VMS) system at RIT. c1995-96

  VMS Utilities- Public Software (C)

  Various utilties for general use on the Vax Cluster at RIT. c1994-1997

  EveryDay Angel Yearbook - Web Site (HTML, C, ASP)

  Online database dedicated to the information and thoughts of fans of the singer/songwriter Jewel. c1997

  Audio/Video Music Central - Web Site (HTML, C, ASP)

  Interactive music trading site with database back end to help members keep track of concert recordings and active trades. c1997-1999

  Battleground (C++)

  Role playing battle arena character setup, fight processor, and result distribution system. c1997+

Education:

August '93 - May '97
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Major : Computer Science (B.S.) - 5 year program

CS Concentrations :

Operating Systems
Networking
Computer Graphics

Non-CS Concentrations :

General Business Administration
Economics

Applicable Courses :

Data Organization and Management
Data Communications
Distributed Systems Lab
Operating Systems Lab
Computer Architecture
Computer Graphics Lab
Electronic Imaging

Contact:

kruidhof@endor.org