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CHRISTIAN GOETZE 346 1st Street #202 415-336-7697 San Francisco, CA 94105 cg@miaow.com http://www.miaow.com/people/cg HIGHLIGHTS * Over 25 years of software development experience. * Specialized in Perforce(tm) and ClearCase(tm) development environments for implementing ASPs, backend applications, embedded systems and Web services based on various UNIX variants. * Familiar with the dynamics of startups and growth companies. * Extensive personal script and Web application library, written in Perl, C, and various other specialized scripting languages. EXPERIENCE Linden Lab, San Francisco, CA June 2007 - present Release Manager Currently happily employed - recruiters please back off. SenSage Inc., San Francisco, CA June 2002 - March 2007 Release Engineer * Redesigned build, packaging and installer for a distributed, high availablilty, high data volume application * Developed a web front end for Perforce, including build control and automation * Carried out several build/installation/configuration paradigm shifts (tarballs, rpms, relocatable rpms, maven builds) Proficient Networks, San Francisco, CA June 2001 - June 2002 Contractor * Kickstarted Linux/ClearCase software development environment. * Training of developers and management. * Development and release strategy audits. Digital Island (now Cable and Wireless), San Francisco, CA June 1999 - Feb. 2002 Development Support - "Code Janitor" * Defined company-wide development strategies and procedures. * Provided training and support for multiple development teams. * Maintained multi-platform UNIX/NT development environments. Babycenter, San Francisco, CA Jan. 2000 - Mar. 2000 Contractor * Converted the whole Web site (over 20,000 files) from CVS to ClearCase. Quest Software Inc. (formerly Foglight, part of Captech Inc.), San Francisco, CA July 1997-June 1999 Senior CM * Overhauled the build and release system. * Planned and executed switchover to ClearCase. * Defined and implemented ClearCase branching and release strategies. * Maintained a multi-platform UNIX/NT development environment. * Automated maintainance of the intranet Web site and the public domain software repository. * Assisted in the design and implementation of the Web interface to the product. * Created a native Perl (Xsub) interface to the product. BankAmerica, San Francisco, CA April 1997-July 1997 Consulting Software Engineer * Responsible for integrating and releasing BofA's new, web-based Banking Center product. * Maintained and customized DDTS bugtracking system. BigBook, Inc., San Francisco, CA June 1996-March 1997 R&D Engineer * Developed Web-based database front end for issue tracking. * Developed build environment for BigBook's entire C/C++ code base. * Maintained and extended configuration management tools * Integrated C/C++ code coverage tools into BigBook's development environment. * Created regression test infrastructure. * Created software metrics visualization tools. University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan April 1993-March 1996 Assistant Professor, Software Engineering * Taught courses in computer graphics, algorithms, computer literacy and C++. * Created and implemented a C++ course using a Monopoly game engine as the test. * Assisted in the installation of a computer network consisting of over 900 personal Sun workstations and 12 servers at this brand new university. * Designed a standard working environment for network users. Telekurs GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany Sept. 1991-Jan. 1993 System Programmer/Consultant * Designed and installed a project framework for a company specializing in selling stock price data to banks and brokerage houses. * Educated the staff in the use of UNIX workstations and hardware installation. * Drafted coding and process control standards. EDUCATION Universitaet Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 1989-1991 * Diplom in Mathematics, 1991 * Participated in work-study program for automatic image recognition and classification. Universite Scientifique et Medicale de Grenoble, France 1984-1988 * Maitrise de Mathematiques, 1988 * License de Mathematiques, 1985 Eberhardt-Karls-Universitaet, Tuebingen, Germany 1982-1984 * Vordiplom in Mathematics and Physics, 1984 TECHNICAL EXPERTISE * Deployed maven based java builds. * Expert level knowledge of GNU Make, cook, perforce, clearcase, RPM, C/C++, bash and perl. * Proficient in web based development using CGI/PHP/Javascript * Working knowledge of tomcat/jboss/jsp environments, python and java OTHER ACHIEVMENTS * Contributor to the ClearCase International User Group. Voted a "Rational Superstar" in 2000. * The BugDB is written in PHP. * The ClearCase Extension Pack is written in Perl. * The Autodiscovering Build System uses cook, which feels like a cross between make and lisp. * Customer Commitment Award PUBLICATIONS Clearcase Extension Pack A wrapper set for ClearCase, superior to ClearCase UCM, at least for now. Also include a ClearCase FAQ. C++ by Example An HTML course displaying various C++ programming techniques using a Monopoly game engine as a test case. An Analysis of Lexical Frequency and Discourse Need for Instructive Purposes Technical Report 95-5-001, University of Aizu, 1994. EASE: A Software Integration Tool and User Interface Proceedings of the 1994 Comsaq Conference, Taiwan. New Method for Determining Eigenvectors Using Parallel Processing Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Tencon Conference, Beijing. Strukturbestimmung von Diskreten Isoflaechen Masters Thesis, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 1992. PERSONAL INFORMATION Languages Spoken: Excellent French, German and English; usable Japanese Citizenship: German/French INS Status: Admitted as resident alien 3/11/97, Application for citizenship pending. Hobbies: Go (3-dan), Certified flight instructor instruments