Duane Bronson

Objective

To obtain a software development role at Facebook

Highlights

• Mutli-layer networking and systems software engineer with a focus on efficiency and scalability

• Proposed and rolled out new project development technologies like git and continuous integration and methodologies such as scrum

• Helped craft the official definition of "spyware" while serving as a member of the Anti-Spyware Coalition

• Hired and managed teams as large as five while still contributing to development work

Knowledge

Languages

C/C++, Perl, Java, bash/ksh, Lua, PHP, Python, HTML, XML, Tcl, Lisp/Scheme, IDL, Lex, Yacc, Bat/Cmd, Smalltalk, JavaScript, SQL

Operating Systems

Mac OSX, Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, OS/2

SDK/Toolkit

X-Windows, STL, MFC, CORBA, CGI, STL, Motif, Tk, COM

Tools

Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio, Vim (vi), Jenkins, Git, SVN, CVS, RCS, Awk, Sed, UML, Purify, DNS, Apache, Make, Ant

Protocols

TCP/IP, UDP, T1/T3, HTTP, FTP, SMTP

Experience

2010-2019

Principal Software Engineer, Riverbed, Cambridge, MA

• Designed and built a network service hierarchy in C++ and SQL that defines a myriad of individual policies and gave the product a distinctive advantage over competitors

• Extended openssl to encrypt using an external FIPS canister and regularly audit the encryption mode in order to obtain FIPS certification for the product

• Added IPv6 support to a distributed system configuration with the capability of safely changing a remote address to IPv6 without losing network connectivity

• Maintained a mechanism to send customer usage information encoded in DNS requests

2008-2010

Senior Software Engineer, Sonos, Cambridge, MA

• Designed built and tested a SOAP based LAMP server to communicate with external music services. This demonstrates the product API which allows partners to plug in their music service.

• Worked directly with a French partner to connect our embedded device to their music service

• Engineered a bridge to two social networking partners from our embedded device

2007-2008

Lead Software Engineer, Lavastorm, Boston, MA

• Assessed scalability of product and provided hardware build-out guidelines

• Revised the server throttling architecture to maximize throughput

• Assumed Lead developer role of Java and C++ based server

• Designed and built a TCP/IP handshaking protocol in C++ to ensure a valid communication channel and thwart denial of service attacks

2005-2007

Director of Spyware Research and Principal Software Engineer, Process Software (formerly Tenebril), Boston, MA

• Personally represented Process Software in the Anti-Spyware Coalition and helped craft the official definition of "spyware"

• Hired and managed team of 5 software developers and researchers

• Improved SpyCatcher's footprint (60% reduction) and performance (10%-200% improvements)

• Managed live production website containing daily spyware updates while mitigating risk

• Designed tools for customer contributed spyware

• Debugged the spyware detection/remediation engine

• Technologies used: C++, Lua, Perl, PHP, MySQL, NetBSD, Windows, and Linux

1996-2005

Staff Engineer, Symantec Software (formerly Veritas), Roseville, MN and Boston, MA

• Full stack (GUI, CLI, Web, Data) cross platform development (Windows, Unix, Linux) in multiple languages (C++, Perl, Java, Bash)

• Improved scaling to 500,000+ jobs in the NetBackup Activity Monitor - Windows/C++

Education

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

• B.S. Electrical Engineering

• Heavy focus on Computer Science

• Graduated in 3.5 years

Community Involvement

• Boston Perl Mongers

• Boston PHP Meetup

• The Boston Java Meetup Group

• Music Hack Day

Extracurricular Activies

Commissioner of Ultimate Frisbee Leagues, Ultra Marathons, Volleyball, Rock Climbing, Underwater Hockey