Vitas Povilaitis
vitas@GracefulBoot.com

Objective
Software engineer with opportunities towards project management.

Skills
Currently engaged in self-study, learning C#, Java, SQL, and Lean Programming Methodologies.

Training
Google App Engine under Python and Django, Deep Agile 2009, Xionics Postscript/PCL Porting, Digital Imaging Overview, Java Programming, Windows VxD Programming, C++, Object Oriented Design, Oracle/SQL, AIX Internals 

Languages
C, C++, Java, Unix shell scripts (Perl, Ruby, ksh, csh, sh, bash,) World Wide Web HTML/CGI, Assembler

Environments
Linux, MS Windows

Tools
MS Visual Studio, Metrowerks Code Warrior, various hardware debuggers and interfaces (WireTAP, Abatron bdiGDB, IBM RiscWatch, Windriver VisionICE/VisionClick), GNU tools (gdb, gcc, Cygwin), basic operating system services (tasker, message passing, memory management, semaphores), various source control tools (Subversion)

Professional Experience

Ibis Technology – May 2007 to October 2008
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER, Danvers, MA
·	Enhanced host controller for SIMOX device programmed in Microsoft Visual C++ and SQL, and its complementary GUI programmed in Java.

Analysts International – January 2006 to February 2007
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER, Contracted with Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY 
·	Developed and documented real-time memory tracking in Linux for application groups at the kernel level adding system calls and /proc files.  The goal was to catch applications unintentionally going outside their designated memory requirements.
·	Added memory debug /proc file on PowerPC and ARM processors to show how memory pages are allocated (writable, read-only private, read-only.)

United Electronic Industries – October 2004 to July 2005
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER, Canton, MA 
·	Designed and implemented release procedure using shell scripts with an eye toward predictability and repeatability.  Wrote and updated user documentation.  Upgraded team to use Subversion source control.
·	Ported firmware to Motorola's MPC5200 PowerPC processor under Windows using Metrowerks Codewarrior.  Debugged via WireTAP JTAG debugger.
·	Updated data acquisition firmware and libraries for Motorola's MCP5272 Coldfire processor.  Programmed client-side libraries using Microsoft's Visual C Studio.

Motorola/Wavemark Technologies – April 1998 to November 2003
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER, Burlington, MA 
·	Ported product application, libraries and drivers to Linux on a new Motorola processor using C code. 
·	Ported application to new products on PowerPC processors as a team leader and developer; also gathered requirements, designed, implemented and documented port specific paper handling policies, for products that went to market.

Questra Consulting – November 1995 to April 1998
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Contracted with Eastman Kodak, Xerox and Xionics, Rochester, NY 
·	Motivated the development of the internal API's. Designed, implemented and documented API functions, which consisted of a volatile database and of its' reporting. This Xerox project was completed ahead of schedule earning a considerable monetary bonus for the company and recognition for the Questra project team. 
·	Ported application to new MFP on PowerPC processors under pSOS using Gnu gcc development tools and Windriver VisionICE/VisionClick dubugging environment.  [Xionics]
·	Designed, developed and enabled several integral daemon processes in C++ within the flow of Internet commerce server software. Made use of Rogue Wave Tools.h++ C++ class tools.  One of the processes interfaced with a prominent credit card processing firm, First Data/NABANCO, and utilized several processing programs which enabled customer to automatically process credit card orders submitted over the World Wide Web pre-dating general automated credit card processing. This was the backend work for Microsoft's Picture It!.  [Kodak]
·	Maintained microfiche printer that used a Sun workstation and C code as its controller. [Kodak]

Nortel – January 1993 to November 1995
SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR DIRECTORY AND OPERATOR SERVICES, Rochester, NY 
·	Developed, documented and maintained networking tools, and inter-process communications libraries using C code and standard Unix IPC facilities. 
·	Designed and developed web-based access, using HTML and CGI, to a proprietary bug-report database. 

Graceful Boot Bulletin Board Service – May 1991 to December 1995
OWNER AND OPERATOR, Rochester, NY 
·	Maintained the daily operations of Internet e-mail, Usenet newsgroups, and file downloads for the local Amiga computer community pre-dating general Internet access. 
·	Designed and implemented additional services to interface with the Internet via UUCP, including a newsreader, a FAQ archiver and an automated binary file decoder and uploader. 

Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
Graduated 1991, Rochester, NY 
·	B.S. in Computer Science 
·	Deans list twice 
·	Senior Lab Assistant 

Personal Disclosure
·	Site manager for Montage '93 -- city-wide technology art fair in Rochester, NY
·	Network integrated home theater hobbyist
·	Board game hobbyist 
·	Glass fusing/sculpting hobbyist 
·	Day-hiker and casual bicyclist 
·	Writer (creative and technical)
·	Artist 

References available upon request