| William B. Pietri |
Experience
| Scissor, LLC Chicago, IL and |
Principal November 1996 - Present Co-founded a consulting and contract programming company. See http://scissor.com/ for details. Extensive experience with server-side development for the World Wide Web using Java, C, and Perl. |
| Flow Systems, LLC Chicago, IL |
Programmer/Senior Systems Administrator
March 1996 - October 1996 Jointly designed and implemented commodities trading and portfolio accounting software and foundational object libraries using NextStep and Objective C. Set up and ran a Frame Relay TCP/IP and IPX WAN connecting the Chicago office with traders in New York and San Francisco, with the Chicago Board Options Exchange trading floor, and with several information providers. Set up and ran a mixed network running Next Mach, Windows NT 3.51, and Windows NT 4.0; developed and maintained Flow Systems Internet presence. |
| Apollo Derivatives Group Chicago, IL |
Programmer/Senior Systems Administrator
February 1995 - March 1996 Helped with design and implementation of a corporate risk management and trading software package using NextStep 3.3 and EOF 1.1 Managed systems administration staff in Apollo offices in Chicago, London, and Frankfurt. Planned and executed move of London office and electronic trading operations with zero downtime. Designed, implemented, and maintained Frame Relay and T1 WAN connecting all offices and trading floor locations, totaling nine sites. Wrote network and OS monitoring tools in Perl and C. Installed and maintained an Auspex file server. Responsible for systems and network documentation and disaster planning. |
| Systems Administrator/Programmer August
1994 - February 1995 Designed and wrote extensive collection of tools for monitoring, managing, and maintaining a network of Unix machines. Converted from a mixed network of Unix and DOS machines to all-Unix network, maintaining legacy software in SoftPC. Implemented regular backups. Became primary contact for user support for over 50 traders and support staff. Installed and maintained third-party and home-grown software for trading, accounting, and general office tasks. |
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| National Computer Hotline Sydney, Australia |
Senior Consultant April 1993 - June 1994 Co-founded and ran a consultancy that provided hardware, software, training, and support to the publishing, graphic arts, and television industries. Extensive experience with digital pre-press, cross-platform networking, and with writing proposals and documentation. Also designed and wrote custom fonts in PostScript to give continuously-variable "hand-lettering" effect. |
| Institute for Public Policy Studies University of Michigan |
Programmer November 1991 - April 1992 From initial needs assessment to final end-user support, designed and wrote an original networked card game and data collection tools used to study cooperative behavior and learning. Used NextStep 2.0 and gcc/Objective C; program worked over TCP/IP network. |
| Department of Statistics University of Michigan |
Systems Research Programmer September 1991
- February 1993 Responsible for all facets of the departmental network of over 30 DEC Ultrix workstations, X terminals, and microcomputers in a heavily networked environment. Performed most installation and repair of CPUs, peripherals, and network hardware, including board-level diagnosis and cable installation. |
| Information Technology Division Consulting and Support Services University of Michigan |
Consultant III July 1990 - February 1993 Maintained and administered highly heterogeneous Unix network, including Sun, DEC, IBM RS/6000, NeXT, and 8Ox86 (SCO and BSDi) Unix systems as well as dozens of Macintoshes and MS-DOS computers. Assisted users with a wide variety of computer-related problems both in person and via telephone. Areas included Macintosh and MS-DOS hardware and software troubleshooting, and Unix administration and support. |